Delivering as One Pilots: One UN Funds

Overview

The "Delivering as One" pilot initiative will test in eight countries how the UN family - with its many and diverse agencies - can deliver in a more coordinated way at country level. The objective is to ensure faster and more effective development operations and accelerate progress to achieve the Millennium Development Goals - in short, a UN development system that delivers more and better for the poorest and most disadvantaged.

The creation of the "Delivering as One" pilots was recommended by the Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on UN System-wide Coherence, a group of heads of state and policy makers tasked to examine ways to strengthen the UN's ability to respond to the challenges of the 21st Century. Following the launch of the Panel's Report (watch the video of the launch here), the Governments of eight countries (Albania, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Pakistan, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uruguay and Viet Nam) volunteered to become "One UN" pilots.

The pilot countries have agreed to work towards a common UN presence in the country while capitalizing on the strengths and comparative advantages of the different members of the UN family. During 2007, the eight countries will pilot different models to deliver as "One", looking at common elements, such as "One Programme", "One Budgetary Framework", "One Leader" and "One Office".

The "Delivering as One" pilot initiative builds on the existing reform agenda set by UN member states, which asks the UN development system to accelerate its efforts to increase coherence and effectiveness of its operations in the field through the establishment of Joint Offices. In response to the High-level Panel's Report and consistent with the work under the TCPR, the Secretary-General requested the Chair of the UNDG to move forward with the implementation of the "Delivering as One" pilots (the Secretary-General's letter).

To support the coordinated resource mobilization, allocation and disbursement of donor contributed resources for the unfunded elements of the One UN Programmes in the eight pilot countries, UN agencies have established common development funds that will be managed under the leadership of the respective Resident Coordinator, and designated the United Nations Development Programme’s Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) Office to be the Administrative Agent.

For specific information related to the One UN Funds in the eight countries, click on the links in the menu to the right.

"Delivering as One" Pilots: One UN Funds Cumulative Donor Pledges, Commitments & Deposits as of 31 October 2009
One UN Funds	Pledges (US$) a/c	Commitments (US$) b/c	Deposits (US$)	Transfers to Participating Organizations (US$)
Albania One UN Coherence Fund	-	14,176,307	12,105,104	8,219,338
Cape Verde Transition Fund	-	6,841,125	5,823,125	4,094,790
Mozambique One UN Fund	-	32,061,622	24,570,622	11,199,427
Pakistan One Fund	-	60,333,646	14,873,568	11,804,353
Rwanda One UN Fund	-	42,552,779	20,922,892	15,159,881
Tanzania One UN Fund	9,940,358	57,070,879	45,239,879	41,837,167
Uruguay One UN Coherence Fund	-	10,650,771	9,630,771	8,997,074
Viet Nam One Plan Fund I & II	-	70,782,442	50,256,139	39,554,646
Total	9,940,358	294,469,571	183,422,100	140,866,676

a. Pledges: A pledge is an indication of intent to contribute funds.
b. Commitments: Contribution as per signed Letter of Agreement.
c. USD equivalents of pledges and commitments not yet deposited are estimated at UN operational exchange rates and are for indicative purposes only.