United Nations Reform III

• United Nations Reform III

• System-wide coherence process

• New York, 19 November 2010

System-wide coherence process

• System-wide coherence process

• Key milestones

• Major decisions of GA 64/289

• Next steps

• Lessons learned

GA 60th legislative session

• GA 60th legislative session

• World Summit Outcome invites SG to “launch work to further strengthen the management and coordination of UN operational activities” (Sep.’05)
• Kofi Annan appoints High-level Panel on UN system-wide coherence (Feb.’06)

GA 61s legislative session

• GA 61s legislative session

• HLP delivers report to SG (Nov.’06)
• Ban Ki-moon responds to HLP findings (Apr.’07)
• Ambassador Christopher F. Hackett of Barbados and Ambassador Jean-Marc Hoscheit of Luxembourg appointed as co-chairs of informal consultations on SWC - series of informal consultations/briefings (May.-Aug.’07)
• GA adopts oral decision to continue SWC consultations in 62nd session of Assembly (Sep.’07)

GA 62nd legislative session

• GA 62nd legislative session

• Ambassador Augustine Mahiga of Tanzania and Ambassador Paul Kavanagh of Ireland appointed as co-chairs of second round of consultations (Jan.’08)
• Series of informal consultations/briefings (Feb.-Jun.’08)
• Deputy Secretary-General submits paper “Institutional options to strengthen UN work on gender equality and empowerment of women” (Jul.’08)

GA 62nd legislative session (cont.)

• GA 62nd legislative session (cont.)

• GA adopts resolution 62/277 deciding that subsequent SWC consultations will focus on five areas (Sep.’08):
• Harmonization of business practices
• Funding
• Governance
• Gender equality and empowerment of women (Focus on composite gender entity)
• DaO at country & regional levels

GA 63rd legislative session

• GA 63rd legislative session

• Ambassador Kaire Munionganda of Namibia and Ambassador Juan Antonio Yanez-Barnuevo of Spain appointed as co-chairs of third round of consultations (Feb.’09)
• Series of informal consultations/briefings - Secretariat submits background documents on composite gender entity, governance and funding (Mar.-May’09)

GA 63rd legislative session (cont.)

• GA 63rd legislative session (cont.)

• Co-chairs issue summaries of state of consultations in three key areas: (a) composite gender entity, (b) governance and (c) funding (Jun.’09)
• Co-chairs conduct informal consultations with regional groups and Member States (Jun.-Sep.’09)
• GA adopts resolution 63/311 proposed by co-chairs following informal consultations (Sep.’09)

GA 63rd legislative session (cont.)

• GA 63rd legislative session (cont.)

• GA resolution 63/311 provides framework for final round of consultations in 64th session of GA

• Important additions - SG requested to:

• Propose modalities for establishment of independent system-wide evaluation mechanism
• Create central repository of information on operational activities for development building on annual funding report of SG
• Make urgent arrangements for independent evaluation of “delivering-as-one” pilots

GA 64th legislative session

• GA 64th legislative session

• Ambassador Tiina Intelmann of Estonia and Ambassador Ghazi Jomaa of Tunisia appointed as co-chairs of fourth round of consultations (Nov.’09)
• SG submits two reports: (a) composite gender entity and (b) all other areas (informal note on funding followed in March) (Dec.’09-Jan.’10)
• SWC consultations resume in five clusters (Feb.’10)

GA 64th legislative session (cont.)

• GA 64th legislative session (cont.)

• Intensive substantive dialogue through informal interactive sessions and WGs on governance and funding (Feb.-Apr.’10)
• Co-chairs circulate draft elements for resolution to facilitate formal negotiations (Apr.’10)
• Intensive intergovernmental negotiations on draft resolution (Apr.-Jun.’10)
• GA adopts SWC resolution (2 July 2010)

Establish UN-Women

• Establish UN-Women

• Merging DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM

• Launch process in EBs of funds and programmes to define “critical mass” of core funding

• Establish coordination meetings of bureaus

• President and bureau of ECOSOC to convene informal coordination meetings with bureaus of funds and programmes

Conduct independent evaluation of lessons learned from “delivering-as-one” pilots

• Conduct independent evaluation of lessons learned from “delivering-as-one” pilots

• SG to proceed with evaluation and independent Evaluation Management Group to submit report to GA at its 66th session

• Establish Joint Meeting of Boards as forum for informal discussion on common country programmes

Conduct “client satisfaction surveys”

• Conduct “client satisfaction surveys”

• SG to conduct periodic surveys of programme country governments on effectiveness, efficiency and relevance of UN support to national development efforts

• Funds & programmes to report annually to EBs on progress in harmonization of business practices

• Commission review of institutional framework for system-wide evaluation

• SG, in consultation with UNEG and JIU, to commission a comprehensive review and submit a report with recommendations to GA at its 66th session

Strengthen voice of national policy-makers from developing countries in governing bodies

• Strengthen voice of national policy-makers from developing countries in governing bodies

• ECOSOC and governing bodies of funds, programmes and agencies to consider measures to strengthen participation of national policy-makers in programme countries in their meetings

• Improve governance of non-core funding flows

• EBs of funds and programmes to include in annual reports assessment of how programme and project-specific funding is aligned with strategic plans

Governing bodies

• Governing bodies

• Executive boards of funds and programmes to launch dialogue on how to define “critical mass” of core funding
• ECOSOC and governing bodies of funds, programmes and agencies to discuss how to strengthen participation of national policy-makers in programme countries in their meetings
• ECOSOC bureau to launch informal coordination meetings with bureaus of funds and programmes

Secretary-General

• Secretary-General

• To make UN-Women fully operational as of 1 Jan.’11
• To conduct comprehensive review of institutional framework for system-wide evaluation
• To proceed with independent evaluation of DaO

Other UN entities

• Other UN entities

• UNDESA, funds, programmes and agencies
• To improve reporting in areas of governance and funding
• UNITAR
• To conduct training of delegates on functioning of UN operational activities for development

Other UN entities (cont.)

• Other UN entities (cont.)

• CEB Secretariat
• With ECOSOC President, to organize periodic briefings on work of CEB to Member States
• To regularly brief ECOSOC on progress in harmonization of business practices
• Provide update on establishment of central repository of information to ECOSOC at its 2011 substantive session
• Publish inter-agency agreements and decisions on CEB website

Importance of political leadership

• Importance of political leadership

• Co-chairs conducted final round of negotiations in a highly strategic, professional, transparent and politically-sensitive manner

• Strategic workplanning makes a difference

• Co-chairs presented at outset a transparent workplan for the consultations with clear timelines and deliverables for a process that was fast-paced but allowed for ample opportunities for interaction on technical issues

Quality of process consultations is critical

• Quality of process consultations is critical

• Interactive approach adopted leveled playing field among Member States and helped dispel misconceptions on important substantive issues that otherwise might jeopardize the formal negotiation process at a later stage

• Secretariat can play a catalytic role

• Through impartial and effective support in areas such as strategic planning, background documentation, legislative drafting and high degree of responsiveness to requests submitted by Member States during the consultative process