Education in Emergencies and Post-Crisis Transition PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT PARMO New York, May 2008

Features of the Netherlands contribution  Largest single earmarked contribution to UNICEF – $201 million ( )  In line with Paris Declaration – flexible, multi-year commitment, few conditions = low transaction costs  Encourages support and resources for a traditionally under-resourced area (incl. IASC education cluster)  Enables innovative solutions for transition countries e.g. Liberia Primary Education Recovery Programme

UNICEF funding types  Regular resources (RR) – unearmarked, untied – provide foundation/continuity of programmes and ensure UNICEF’s ability to respond to priorities, emerging needs and upstream policy dialogue.  Other Resources (OR) – earmarked for specific programmes/projects; includes OR-Regular and OR-Emergency; also covers new modalities (e.g. pooled funding, joint programming). Thematic – innovative OR funding to increase flexibility and reduce transaction costs, few conditions  18% of UNICEF education spending goes to EiEPCT

Proposed financial arrangements  Contributions from all donors to be pooled  Individual contributions cannot be earmarked  One financial report to all donors – includes overall contribution from each donor and amount allocated to each programme country

Programme management  To ensure efficiency and unified approach:– One programme One M&E logframe for all donors One consolidated annual narrative and financial report – same for all donors – due end-June One annual progress review meeting to coincide with existing reporting obligations – end-June One annual payment from each donor, harmonized where possible – forecast and payment request – by Sept Possibility of harmonized field visit for participating donors External evaluation by end of third year (2009)