Report of the UNSDG Chair
on the Development Coordination Office
Overview
Why stronger coordination works
Why stronger coordination works
Why coordination matters:
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Significantly upgrades the impact of the UN development system by enabling delivery of results at scale
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Reduces duplication, including through greater visibility over UN assets and capacities
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Reduces the burden on national governments of multiple UN entities seeking to assist them
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Reduces the burden on donors, by offering a more coherent funding space
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Increases efficiencies by reducing overlaps, resources spent on them and separate admin processes
2019 was a take-off year. Early results are promising.
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87% of the investments in increased coordination go to the Resident Coordinator system at the country level
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National governments and the UN development system reap the benefits from strengthened coordination
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50%
Over half programme country governments state that Resident Coordinators have made UN activities more coherent and helped reduce duplication
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75%
75% of Resident Coordinators state there is greater access to UN development system expertise to address specific national needs, priorities and challenges
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100%
All Resident Coordinator Offices report that UN Country Teams have changed activities in response to reforms, particularly through improved joint planning and joint programme implementation
Partner governments report increased capacity of the Resident Coordinators to coordinate UN activities in support of countries' development priorities
2/3
Change in the ability of UNFPA Country Offices to:
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officesKey Pillars: The measures of success
The Resident Coordinator system is at the centre of the United Nations development system on the ground and its transformation to better deliver on the ambition of the 2030 Agenda.
The reinvigorated Resident Coordinator system embodies the vision of the General Assembly for a dedicated, independent, impartial and empowered development coordination function.
This change is fundamental as we start the Decade of Action, and even more so in light of the COVID-19 crisis. The Resident Coordinator system is critical in raising ambition and mobilizing all actors to protect development gains, coordinate the multi-agency and multi-sectoral response to face the immediate and long-term effects of the pandemic on the ground, accelerate action and achieve the SDGs by 2030.
Success will be measured by:
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A new leadership at country, regional and global level
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Better Integrated Responses
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Innovative partnerships
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Quality of funding and financing
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More transparency and accountability for results
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Efficiencies