UNDAF Design Meeting

1. UNDAF Design Meeting

2. Introductions • Your name • Your agency and position

3. Our vision... The UN in (insert X country), 5 years from now • What 3 headlines do you want to see in a national newspaper? At your table: • Brainstorm in 5 minutes • One headline per card Green

4. Overall Objectives • Create UNCT shared vision: why prepare an UNDAF in Kenya now • Generate initial, partial analysis • Country challenges • UNCT comparative advantages • Response Strategies and key stakeholders to engage in UNDAF preparation • Outline a plan to complete the UNDAF • Further joint analysis with key stakeholders • Timeframe for completion

5. Our schedule

6. Our Roles:Resource Persons & Facilitators

7. Ground Rules • What are some ground rules to guide our work together during this retreat?

8. Update on UN reform and aid effectiveness

9. The 2007 CCA-UNDAF Guidelines:Changes that affect priority setting

10. 2004 Road Map

11. 2007 Road Map

12. 2007 Road Map Anticipate, position, influence Respond, adapt, influence

13. Setting Strategic Priorities “What makes a national issue a strategic priority for a UN Country Team?” • e.g. link to MDGs; potential impact, etc. At your table: • in 10 minutes, identify 3 criteria • Write one criterion per card Pink

14. Strategic Priority Setting for UN Country Teams MD/MDGs/ International norms Major National Challenge UNCT Comparative Advantage Alignment of key actors to support UNCT action 2 1 3 4 Top strategic priority Potential high priority: use negotiation/consensus building to seek alignment Potential high priority: draw on regional/global UN capacity where feasible 4. Lower priority: does not meet major national challenge

15. Obstacles “What are the 3 most significant obstacles that a UN Country Team faces in setting priorities?” • e.g. competing mandates, etc. At your table: • in 10 minutes, identify 3 obstacles • Write one per card and hand to facilitators

16. UNDAF Design Meeting

17. Introductions • Your name & organization

18. Objectives Participants will: • Have been briefed on the national planning context and frameworks • Have been briefed about new developments in UN reform and aid effectiveness • Have identified a preliminary list of the major national development challenges

19. Our schedule

20. The UNDAF in X Country

21. Strategic Priority Setting for UN Country Teams MD/MDGs/ International norms Major National Challenge UNCT Comparative Advantage Alignment of key actors to support UNCT action 2 1 3 4 Top strategic priority Potential high priority: use negotiation/consensus building to seek alignment Potential high priority: draw on regional/global UN capacity where feasible 4. Lower priority: does not meet major national challenge

22. Initial Country Analysis

23. Initial Country Analysis In table groups, discuss and agree… How do we know if an issue is a major national challenge? What are the 3 most useful criteria? One criterion per card • Plenary grouping and review Blue

24. National Challenges (45m) In table groups… • Identify 4-6 most significant national challenges, using the criteria • Write each challenge on ½ sheet fc paper, and include: • Rationale • What else we need to know about this challenge? (key questions) • Hints • Some challenges may be a subset of others • Some challenges may be causes of others

25. National Challenges (45m) Example of National Challenge statement (from Sudan) “Increasing provision of primary health care facilities and services” Rationale/evidence • Government MDG commitment • Joint Assessment Mission • Household Health Survey Questions • Variation in local capacity to deliver services? • Models for scaling up primary health from comparable countries?

26. UNDAF Design Meeting Day 2

27. 2004 Road Map

28. 2007 Road Map Anticipate, position, influence Respond, adapt, influence

29. UNCT Comparative Advantages

30. Definition of Comparative Advantage • Mandate to act • Capacity to act • Better positioned to act than others

31. Criteria for assessing CA Imagine you were reviewing a programme proposal submitted by a group of UN agencies • What are 3-5 ways in which an agency might be “better positioned to act” than others”? (10 mins) • What are 3-5 ways in which a UNCT might be “better positioned to act”than others??” (10 mins) • Cluster and debrief (10 mins)

32. Sample Cmp. Adv. Statement WHO is the best qualified agency in XXXXX (name of Country) to respond quickly to disease outbreaks and other health emergencies, and to provide technical assistance on health surveillance, throughout the Country. Rationale/evidence Mandate: disease control, building government capacity in health sector Capacity: offices in all municipalities; qualified technical staff Comparison to other agencies: WHO recognized by Min. of Health as primary international partner for disease control Questions • Other UN agencies with comparable capacity? • Non-government agencies with comparable capacity at state level?

33. Comparative Advantages (20m) In agency groups: • Review the list of competencies and expertise and identify your top 3 comparative advantages – “that which your agency does better than any other actor in X country” • Write each CA on a card, along with your agency name, and means of verification (i.e.. How do you know?) • Studies, evaluations that demonstrate the CA • Statements from partners that acknowledge the CA • Requests to take lead in area of CA, etc.. • Be ready to present your cards in plenary

34. Putting it all together (45m) Choose one of the matches to work on - In groups: Step 1: Strategies & stakeholders • Review the challenge cluster and pick the most critical element (perhaps an underlying or root cause) • re-formulate if necessary • Review the comparative advantages, and identify 1-2 possible strategies for UNCT response • For each strategy identify the: • Comparative advantages • Participating agencies • Key stakeholders who will be critical for success

35. Strategic Priority Setting for UN Country Teams MD/MDGs/ International norms Major National Challenge UNCT Comparative Advantage Alignment of key actors to support UNCT action 2 1 3 4 Top strategic priority Potential high priority: use negotiation/consensus building to seek alignment Potential high priority: draw on regional/global UN capacity where feasible 4. Lower priority: does not meet major national challenge

36. Putting it all together (45m) Step 2: Stakeholder mapping • Using the list of stakeholders, prepare a stakeholder map

37. Putting it all together Gallery Questions/ Comments • Challenge area (significance?) • Strategies • Comparative advantage(s)? • Stakeholders?

38. Market PlaceReviewing strategies & plans for stakeholder engagement Main Menu

39. Group Work Instructions Before Rotation • Select 1 or 2 people from your group to stay at your stall to «sell your product» and to receive feedback During Rotation(every 10-15 minutes). • Rotate as a group through other stalls • Examine the product posted at that stall • Using post-its: Make comments & suggestions for additions and/or reformulation After Rotation is Completed • Unite with your original small group at your stall • Discuss the received comments & incorporate suggestions Main Menu

40. Plan of Engagement

41. Plan of Engagement (xxm) • Proposed structure of Plan of Engagement • Content: - Next steps for country analysis - Next steps to finalize assessment of UNCT comparative advantages - Next steps for engaging stakeholders • Timeline for preparation of the PoE • Review the next phases of the UNDAF preparation process

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