Sections:
Working in partnership with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
New Performance Framework (PF) – UK and Denmark, 2008/09 – 2010/11.
Introduction
DFID is designing a new multi year core commitment to support UNFPA. This will be governed by a new Performance Framework (PF) for UNFPA for 2008/09 to 2010/11.
We are commencing a public consultation as part of a process to developing the new PF. The new PF will replace the just ended 2004 – 2008 UNFPA Institutional Strategy. We are also developing similar frameworks for UNDP, WHO and UNAIDS to ensure there is consistency across the agencies.
UNFPA Mandate
UNFPA is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. It supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect. UNFPA is guided in its work the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) roadmap in 1994 agreed by 179 countries: The focus areas of UNFPA are:
- Population and development
- Reproductive health and rights
- Gender equality
- Mainstreaming young people’s concerns
- Emergencies and humanitarian assistance
- Special attention to marginalized and excluded populations.
UK’s Support
The UK is a major supporter to the UNFPA and its global mandate. We provided £80 million core funding from 2004/05 to 2007/08. We are currently developing a new multi year commitment to UNFPA from 2008/09 to 2010/11. This investment is our contribution to promote MDG 5, the ICPD and Universal Access to Reproductive Health through the implementation of UNFPA’s Strategic Plan 2008/09 – 2010/11.
New Performance Monitoring Framework
The new UNFPA PF is being led by DFID’s United Nations and Commonwealth Department and will be a joint donor PF for the UK and Denmark. It is being developed in close consultation with other parts of DFID, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK missions in New York, Geneva, Civil Society and other external Stakeholders. The PF sets out the rational and objectives for UK and Denmark’s support to the UNFPA to make it:
- Accountable ensuring that sustainable results and impact are fully integrated into its business processes and culture, and
- Demonstrate that our support is having an impact on the MDG 5.
To build ownership and commitment we have based the PF on UNFPA’s own Strategic Plan (2008/09 – 2010/11), its results based frameworks and the ICPD Programme for action. Where possible we are drawing on indicators, targets, and outcomes from these documents or adapting existing indicators to minimise any additional reporting burden on UNFPA.
Monitoring
The new PF will help UNFPA to deliver high performance and demonstrate impact. It will be reviewed annually and adopted to changing circumstances. This represents a modification from our previous Institutional Strategies concept which focuses on a broad set of objectives. It will be used annually to assess UNFPA’s progress and will draw on UNFPA’s Annual Report, Multilateral Development Effectiveness Summary, Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network, Joint Donor Dialogue, Executive boards and Bilateral Meetings. We will track performance in the following areas:
1. UNFPA has the capacity to deliver its Strategic Plan effectively.
2. RBM embedded in management and decision making; consistent reporting against
outputs at country level and accountability of senior management. Programmes and
policies built on evidence.
3. UNFPA achieves international standards of financial management,
accountability and oversight.
4. UNFPA’s Strategic Priorities and programmes in worse off countries adequately
resources from core funding.
5. UNFPA to demonstrate leadership on Aid effectiveness through greater
harmonization and alignment and through their active support of UN Reform.
6. UNFPA addresses gender inequality and advances women empowerment, including
universal access to reproductive health.
7. Increased RHCS security in poorer countries.
8. UNFPA lead governments to address the consequences of unsafe abortion.
Consultation
As part of our consultation process we are inviting comments and views from stakeholders with an interest in UNFPA and global health issues. Your views and ideas will be very helpful to us in producing a final version. Specific questions are set out below:
- Do you agree that the UK should support UNFPA across the areas outlined above?
- How can the UK best work with UNFPA to reduce and deliver the MDGs and ICPD Programme of Action?
- How can UNFPA maximise its output at the country level alongside other UN and international agencies?
- How can we work with UNFPA to improve its human resources, results based management and evaluation?
- How can we best measure and monitor progress with the PF and UNFPA?
Please send views on these questions, or indeed any other point you may wish to make to: mailto:unfpapf2008@dfid.gov.uk
UK £100 million contribution to UNFPA GPRHCS: UK is also developing a five year support. This will be governed by separate log frame and project memorandum. A separate consultation process is taking place. However, the PF will be used to monitor UNFPA’s success in the area of RHCS (based on GPRHCS M&E framework) as this is a major UK priority. We are aiming to complete consultation by 30th June.
The consultation will run until 12 September 2008. We are very grateful for your comments; however we cannot provide response to all questions received.