UNDAF Strategic Prioritization

Strategic choice to maximize UN impact

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CCA – including MDGs

Advocacy with civil society etc

UNDAF – including MDG/HR-related outcomes

UN agency programmes – including contributions to MDG outcomes

MDG Reports/monitoring

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National Priorities & Plans/Budgets (nationalised MDGs/HR)/PRS

Provides input for the periodicreview of progress toward the achievementof Millenium Goals.

Principles of Priority Setting

• Focus on a few key national priorities• Focus on areas where the UN is most

effective• Work together and find synergies

– UN Agencies– Government– Civil Society Organizations and other partners

• Don’t pre-judge agency priorities

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Priority Setting: An example…Step 1: Review and Cluster – use the filters to decide

where the UN can make a difference…

Human development

Advocacy for poverty reduction

Environmental protection

Equal access to quality basic services

Investment climate for sustained growth

Peoples participation in governance

Areas of Areas of cooperation (CCA)cooperation (CCA)

Good governance (MD)

MDGsMDGs

Promote gender equality

Eradicate extreme poverty, hunger

Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, others

Reduce child mortality

Improve maternal health

Achieve universal primary education

Environmental sustainability

National Plans

Political agreement on reform program

Macroeconomic stability

Self-sustaining social protection

system

Fulfill pre-requisites for EU membership

Implement fiscal reform

Fulfill pre-requisites

for EU mem

bership

Environmental

sustainabilityEnvironmental protection

Political agreement

on reform program

Good governance (MD)

Peoples participation in governance

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Improve maternal healthCombat H

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Equal access to

quality basic services

Priority Setting: An example…Step 2: Develop an action statement for each cluster, using a

verb like: support…, reduce…, strengthen…

Increase the safe and equal access to

primary and secondary education

Basic Services

Build the capacity of government

structures to be transparent and

accountable

Good Governance

Strengthen capacity to comply with

EU/UN standards and environmental

conventions

Environment

Fulfill pre-requisites

for EU mem

bership

Environmental

sustainabilityEnvironmental protection

Fulfill pre-requisites

for EU mem

bership

Environmental

sustainabilityEnvironmental protectionEnviro

nmental

sustainabilityEnvironmental protection

Political agreement

on reform program

Good governance (MD)

Peoples participation in governance

Political agreement

on reform program

Good governance (MD)

Peoples participation in governanceGood governance

(MD)

Peoples participation in governance

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pro

tect

ion

sys

tem

Achieve universal

primary educationReduce child

mortality

Improve maternal healthCombat H

IV/A

IDS,

malaria, o

thers

Equal access to

quality basic services

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f-su

stai

nin

g s

oci

al

pro

tect

ion

sys

tem

Achieve universal

primary educationReduce child

mortality

Improve maternal healthCombat H

IV/A

IDS,

malaria, o

thers

Equal access to

quality basic services

Outcome Formulation: An example…Step 3: For each cooperation area, collect and review all action

statements and formulate 2-3 possible outcomes. Thenvalidate with the criteria and select one UNDAF Outcome

There is increased and equal access to quality

basic health and education services

National and local capacities are strengthened for

transparent and accountable provision of decentralized

services

By 2009, national capacities for sustainable management

and protection of natural resources are strengthened

Action Statements:1. Strengthen capacity to comply with EU/UN standards and environmental conventions 2. Support government/CSOs to develop and implement sound agricultural and environ. policies 3. Ensure sustainable use of natural resources

Environment

Action Statements:1. Increase participation of vulnerable groups & their access to basic health 2. Enhance safe and equal access to quality education, health3. Increase the safe and equal access to primary and secondary education

Basic Services

Action Statements:1. Support people-oriented governance through decentralization and local capacity building 2. Build the capacity of government structures to be transparent and accountable

Good Governance