Resident Coordinator System

Multiple Hats: A day in a life of the RC 09:00–9:30 Breakfast and Goes to office 09:30–11:00 UNCT meets to discuss programming adjustments due to current situation 11:30–12:00 Instructs FSO to tell JPOs in Cuba to go on extended vacation 12: Signs UNDP communications 13:00-14:00 Lunch and reads 14:00-17:00 Meets with NGOs on crisis 17:00-17:30 Writes to OCHA on crisis 17:30- 18:00 Picks up daughter from gym practice

Multiple Hats: A night in a life of the RC 18:00-20:00 Attends symposium- delivers SG’s speech 20:00-22:00 Dinner Reception 22:00-23:00 Relaxes at home, talks to partner about days events 23:00-23:45 DPA NY calls – SG to call President tom. 23:45-24:00 Calls coordination officer to contact government first thing in the morning 2430:0100 Call from UNDP & WFP RD – about SG call 0100:0130 Calls DGO and asks DGO to talk to DPA, Ex- com RDs and others preparing SG’s note: “One UN, One Voice”

RC SYSTEM at the Country Level SUPPORTING MECHANISMS Heads of Agencies (accredited to government) Country Team Theme Groups and Task Forces –CCA and UNDAF –UNAIDS –Operations Security Management Team UN Staff Association

RC SYSTEM at the Country Level SUPPORTING TOOLS Old: RC Annual Work Plan New: –UNDAF Results Matrix –UNDAF Annual Review and Evaluation

UNDAF Annual Review Theme Groups review progress (including assessment of joint programmes) for each UNDAF Outcome (based on Annual Work plans) and produces 2-3 page report UNCT reviews theme group reports Informs RC’s annual report as well as agency and donor reports

UNDAF Evaluation A joint UN review which assesses: - to what extent the UNDAF outcomes have been achieved and if this has contributed to achieving national goals (impact) - to what extent the UNDAF outcomes continue to be relevant - the effectiveness of the UNDAF as a tool for UN system collaboration, including joint programmes …And informs subsequent CCA-UNDAF preparation for the next 5year cycle

From Results Matrix to M&E Framework M&E Framework Expected UNDAF OutcomesIndicators (w. baseline)Sources of Verification Outcome 1Indicator 1 Baseline Source CP OutcomeIndicator 1 Baseline CP OutputsIndicator 1 Baseline Outcome 2… National Target/ MDG UNDAF Outcome CP OutcomeCP OutputsRole of Partners Resource Mob. Targets Improved quality of instruction Skills of 1500 teachers strengthened Improved quality of instruction Skills of 1500 teachers strengthened National education legislation adopted ?? No reliable source Learning performance Teacher testing results Information transferred Primary school completion rates are improved by 10% By 2011, policies and programmes implemented for increased enrollment and improved quality 1. MoED reports 2. Spot visits MoED reports

Table 1:UNDAF M&E Framework OutcomesIndicators (w. baseline) Sources of verification Risks & Assumptions UNDAF Outcome 1 CP Outcome 1.1 Major Outputs… CP Outcome 1.2 Major Outputs… Indicator 1 Baseline: Indicator 1.1 Baseline: Indicator 1.2 Baseline: Source 1 Agency resp. Source 1.1 Agency resp. Source 1.2 Agency resp. Summary of risks and assumptions for each UNDAF and CP outcome UNDAF Outcome 2 … UNDAF Outcome 3 …

Table 2: UNDAF M&E Calendar Yr 1Yr 2Yr 3Yr 4Yr 5 Surveys/ Studies Monitoring Systems Evaluations Reviews UNDAF Eval. Milestones Capacity Building Use of info Partner M&E Activities UNCT M&E Activities Planning Refs. UNICEF Educ Survey (by February) Eval (March- May) Nat HIV/AIDS Review (Sept) Eval. of support to Nat. HIV/AIDS Prog (Outcome 2); UNAIDS- May) HHS Survey on Poverty (Outcome 4; UNDP- March) PRSP (July-Nov)