Governance
One UN Steering Committee
The One UN Steering Committee in Rwanda guides and decides on the overall strategic orientation of the entire One UN - Delivering as One Initiative in Rwanda. The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning is the chair of the Steering Committee and it is comprised of four members of the Government of Rwanda, the UN Resident Coordinator, four members of the UNCT and three donors. The Administrative Agent participates in the Steering Committee as observer.
UN Resident Coordinator
The overall management of the Rwanda One UN Fund is led and coordinated by the Resident Coordinator in consultation with the Participating UN Organizations. In line with the overall objective of the One UN in Rwanda to deliver more effectively at the country level and the UNCT Code of Conduct, the Resident Coordinator will be responsible for: strategic leadership of the One UN Fund on the basis of the Common Operational Document; mobilizing resources for the One UN Fund in collaboration with Participating UN Organizations; signing the Standard Administrative Arrangements (together with the Administrative Agent) with Donors and the Memorandum of Understanding with Participating UN Organizations; approving allocation of funds from the Rwanda One UN Fund based on priorities identified within the Common Operational Document and endorsed by the overall guidance of the Steering Committee, as well as the allocation principles outline in the COD; and chairing the UN Country Team including making ultimate decisions on fund allocations.
Support services provided by the Resident Coordinator's Office
The Office of the Resident Coordinator is responsible for support to the strategic leadership role of the Resident Coordinator for the One UN Fund. It provides support in all the designated tasks for the Resident Coordinator and drawing on the narrative reports provided by each of the UNDAF Theme Groups, the Office of the Resident Coordinator makes recommendations to the UNCT. The Office of the Resident Coordinator provides strategic focus including analysis of progress and lessons to be learned for future programme implementation. It circulates the finalized annual consolidated report on the Rwanda One UN Fund to the One UN Steering Committee for consultation. The Senior Policy Advisor within the Office of the Resident Coordinator is fully dedicated to supporting the consolidation of the narrative reports, to support the UN Policy Advisors and the UNDAF Theme Groups, and to prepare and report on consultations with stakeholders regarding the One UN Programme and Rwanda One UN Fund.
The UN Country Team/Allocation Committee
The UN Country Team is responsible for allocation decisions of the Rwanda One UN Fund under the leadership of the UN Resident Coordinator and including the Country Directors/Heads of Participating UN Organizations. The UN Country Team will be responsible for developing a joint resource mobilization strategy, for approving prioritization of allocation of funds from the Rwanda One UN Fund, and for providing oversight of the management and operations of the Rwanda One UN Fund. The prioritization will be guided by recommendations from Common Operational Document Annual Reviews, recommendations by the UNDAF Theme Groups, and the overall strategic orientation of the Steering Committee. In this process, the Resident Coordinator and the UNCT can seek inputs from the M&E Task Force and the UNDAF Theme Groups. Decisions of the UNCT are made by consensus. In the event that no consensus is reached, the Resident Coordinator can make ultimate decisions on fund allocation (with documented process and rationale for these decisions). Programme implementation will be the responsibility of the Country Directors/Head of Participating UN Organizations.
The UNDAF Theme Groups
The UNDAF Theme Groups are responsible for allocation of the resources within each UNDAF Result on the basis of the criteria and process listed in the Common Operational Document (COD).
The Administrative Agent
The UNDP MDTF Office has been appointed the Administrative Agent of the Rwanda One UN Fund. Its responsibilities include to provide the delegated signature authority to the UNDP Country Director for the Signature (as Administrative Agent) of Standard Administrative Arrangements with Donors and Memorandum of Understanding with Participating UN Organizations; to receive, administration and management of contributions from Donors; disbursement of such funds to the Participating UN Organizations in accordance with the approved Annual Work Plans/Programmatic Documents; to provide consolidated narrative and financial reports, in accordance with the MOU, on the Rwanda One UN Fund Account to the Resident Coordinator based on reports of the Participating UN Organizations.
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