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UN Delivering as One: Capacity Assessment for Rwanda External Stakeholder Perspectives on UN in Rwanda March 2008 NOTE: This tool/guidance has been developed based on the experiences of the DaO Pilot countries.

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Page 1: UN Delivering as One: Capacity Assessment for Rwanda External Stakeholder Perspectives on UN in Rwanda March 2008 NOTE: This tool/guidance has been developed

UN Delivering as One:Capacity Assessment for Rwanda

External Stakeholder Perspectives on UN in Rwanda

March 2008

NOTE:

This tool/guidance has been developed based on the experiences of the DaO Pilot countries.

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GOVERNMENT AND DONORS SEE ADVOCACY, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT AS TOP CHARACTERISTICS OF UN TODAY

4.54.0

Advocacy

4.0 4.0

Advisory - Technical Assistance

4.04.5

Programme management

3.5 3.5

Advisory - Policy

3.5

Direct implementation

Government

3.8

3.0

Research

3.0

Donors

“To what extent do the following characteristics describe the Un in Rwanda?”

3.8 = Average score given by both Government and Donors

StronglyAgree

StronglyDisagree

Note: Stakeholder responses represented on a scale of 1-5 where: 1=“Strongly Disagree”, 2=“Disagree”, 3=‘Neither Agree nor Disagree”, 4=“Agree” and 5=“Strongly Agree”Source: Interviews with external stakeholders in Rwanda, including 2 Rwandan ministry officials and 4 bi-lateral donor officials, March 2008

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GOVERNMENT AND DONORS STRONGLY AGREE THE UN IS A VALUED PARTNER AND ARE VERY WELL INFORMED ON ‘DELIVERING AS ONE’

Note: Stakeholder responses represented on a scale of 1-5 where: 1=“Strongly Disagree”, 2=“Disagree”, 3=‘Neither Agree nor Disagree”, 4=“Agree” and 5=“Strongly Agree”Source: Interviews with external stakeholders in Rwanda, including 2 Rwandan ministry officials and 4 bi-lateral donor officials, March 2008

Both Government and Donors see the UN as a valued partner in Rwanda..

…and are very aware of UN reform initiative underway

“Overall is the UN a valued partner to your organization?”

“How familiar are you with the UN reform initiatives in Rwanda?”

DonorsGovernment

4.35.0

StronglyAgree

StronglyDisagree

To a very great extent

Not at all

DonorsGovernment

4.34.5

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POSITIVE CHANGE PERCEIVED FROM ‘DELIVERING AS ONE’ AND MUCH MORE CHANGE EXPECTED IN NEXT YEARS

“There is a change in mindset. You see it already when you see the

different UN representatives together”

– Bi-lateral donor

External stakeholders already see some change as a result of ‘Delivering as One’

Donors particularly expect to see further prioritization and focus in next years

Source: Interviews with external stakeholders in Rwanda, including 2 Rwandan ministry officials and 4 bi-lateral donor officials, March 2008

“There are far fewer UN people around any table any day which is great. UN people are more informed about other UN people than

they ever were. We are not getting pestered by agencies coming to us for funding”

– Bi-lateral donor

“The Common Operational Document should not become the sum of all activities.

What we are really interested in is the prioritization of the COD on an annual basis.

We will be watching for a year-on-year improvement on that”

– Bi-lateral donor

Team, please share quotes from

your gvt / donor

interviews

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BOTH GOVERNMENT AND DONORS FEEL IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR UN IN RWANDA TO STRENGTHEN ADVISORY AND ADVOCACY INTERVENTIONS

4.5

3.7

Advisory - Technical Assistance

4.54.0

Advocacy

4.0 4.0

Advisory - Policy

3.0

3.7

Research

2.5

Direct implementation

Government

3.73.3

Programme management

2.5

Donors

“Do you agree with the statement that "It is essential that the Delivering as One initiatives and the One Programme lead to strengthening in the following area"?”

3.5 = Average score given by Government

StronglyAgree

StronglyDisagree

Note: Stakeholder responses represented on a scale of 1-5 where: 1=“Strongly Disagree”, 2=“Disagree”, 3=‘Neither Agree nor Disagree”, 4=“Agree” and 5=“Strongly Agree”Source: Interviews with external stakeholders in Rwanda, including 2 Rwandan ministry officials and 4 bi-lateral donor officials, March 2008

3.7 = Average score given by Donors

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IN 5-10 YEARS, GOVERNMENT WANTS UN IN RWANDA TO HAVE MINIMAL ROLE IN PROGRAMMES AND 75% OF FOCUS ON ADVISORY WORKDonors see ~20% of interventions in programmes and ~50% in advisory work

“What do you see as the intervention type mix in 5-10 years' time for the UN as a whole in Rwanda?”

(1) “Other” defined as Development Coordination and knowledge sharing (e.g., conferences, workshops etc.)Source: Interviews with external stakeholders in Rwanda, including 2 Rwandan ministry officials and 4 bi-lateral donor officials, March 2008

13

19

3

10

30

45

100%

Government

36

13

14

18

29

Research

Programme management

Advisory - Policy

Advisory - Technical Assistance

Advocacy

Donors

100%

Direct implementationOther(1)

Government wants 75% of UN focus on advisory work (policy and technical advice) and donors would like to see advisory work make up ~50% of UN interventions

Programme management

Donors expect programme management and direct implementation to make up less than 20% of UN interventions in Rwanda; Government sees no role in direct implementation and minimal programme interventions

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IN ADDITION TO CHANGE IN MIX OF INTERVENTIONS, EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS EXPECT INCREASED HARMONIZATION AND PROGRESS ON COMMON SERVICES

“We don’t want to see the UN execute too much because

others are better fit to do that…in policy, the UN system can

play a major role”– Bi-lateral donor

Expectations are around a change in the mix of interventions…

…increased harmonization and division of labor with broader aid

community…

“We’d like to see more division of labor across the agencies. The

key is how they fit with government priorities and

integrate with the rest of the aid community…they have to join for the division of labor discussion”

– Bi-lateral donor

…and progress on common services

“Common services and common communications is the main thing. If there is not a single

financial management system and single recruitment systems

then that would be very disappointing”

– Bi-lateral donor“We want to see more

commitment which means the UN stepping down in some places

and focusing on division of labor and their comparative advantage. Ten years from now I would want them to be well integrated into the

wider aid architecture”– Bi-lateral donor

“We want the UN to move away from projects. They have small

small programmes, not ones that really affect the economy…We

want them to help us prepare our strategies for the different sectors and doing small

interventions with big impact”– Ministry official

Source: Interviews with external stakeholders in Rwanda, including 2 Rwandan ministry officials and 4 bi-lateral donor officials, March 2008

Team, please share quotes from

your gvt / donor

interviews