Accountability

Fostering accountability and transparency

Strengthened system-wide reporting

Enhanced coordination continued to improve system-wide reporting by the UN development system.

99%

of UN teams produced an annual Results Report on joint results in 2021, up from 69% in 2020

88%

of UN teams say that their Results Report reflects the UN’s collective results and implementation of the Cooperation Framework

Enhanced coordination also continued to improve visibility of results by the UN development system and the Resident Coordinator system alike.

UN-INFO continued to be improved, as the only platform that enables to track system-wide activities, funding and partnerships to advance the SDGs and give them full visibility

Check out the new UNSDG Data Portal showcasing UN teams’ work with UN-INFO data visualization and other downloadable datasets.

The UNSDG website is available in all official UN languages, with over 1.7 million pageviews – a 1,000% yearly growth since 2019
A new DCO website was launched in 2021 showcasing results and thought leadership of the RC system at the country-level
132 UN team websites are now live, covering over 22 languages, with an average of nearly 1.4 million pageviews (a 52% increase from 2020)

A new Results Framework for the Resident Coordinator system has been presented to the UN Economic and Social Council

44 UN Information Centres (UNICs) are integrated into Resident Coordinator Offices
The job descriptions of UN communications staff on the ground have been updated and skillsets strengthened
UN team communications guidelines have been revised to boost joint communications for the SDGs