UNITAR Workshop Impact of funding on systemwide coherence

UNITAR Workshop Impact of funding on system-wide coherence of UN operational activities for development New York, 4 November 2011 1 Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA

Presentation outline A. Fragmentation of funding (a) Contributions (b) Expenditures B. Possible options to strengthen the funding architecture for enhanced system-wide coherence 2 Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA

A. Fragmentation of funding (a) Contributions q Diversification of funding sources q Competition for resources among UN development system entities (b) Expenditures q UN universal character (present in 135 -140 programme countries) q Modest share of total ODA (18 per cent of total ODA excl. debt relief) 3 Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA

(a) Contributions Figure 1 - Sources of non-core funding (DEV only, major groups, 1995 -2009) 4 Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA

(a) Contributions Figure 2 - Trends in contributions (DEV & HA, 1994 -2009) 5 Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA

(a) Contributions Figure 3 - Total DEV & HA funding in 2009 6 Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA

(a) Contributions Figure 4 - Non-core funding modalities (DEV only, 2009) 7 Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA

(a) Contributions Figure 5 – DAC multilateral aid flows as share of total ODA (billions of constant $US, 2006 -2009) 8 Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA

(b) Expenditures # UN development entities 36 UN entities delivered operational activities for development in 2009 The top 8 entities of UN development system accounted for some 86 per cent of total expenditures in 2009, with the remaining 14 per cent divided among 28 entities 9 Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA

(b) Expenditures Figure 6 - Concentration/fragmentation of UN development system 10 Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA

(b) Expenditures Figure 7 – Concentration/fragmentation of UN development system (entities) Less priority, less significant: 830 (47%) Priority, less significant: 837 (47%) Priority, significant: 106 (6%) Less priority, significant 6 (0%) 11 Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA

B. Possible options Possible models to strengthen the funding architecture for enhanced system-wide coherence include: (a) Reform the funding system q Negotiated replenishment system q Negotiated voluntary core contributions q Global thematic funds managed by lead agencies in respective sectors (b) Strengthen existing funding system q One UN Funds, one budgetary framework, one programme at country-level 12 Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA

B. Possible options Table 1 – One UN Funds in 2009 Total ODA Total UN One UN Fund Share of Total Share of total expenditures expenditure ODA UN expenditures Recipient country (millions of United States dollars) (percentage) Albania 358 19 3. 6 1. 0 18. 5 Cape Verde 196 11 2. 4 1. 2 20. 9 Malawi 772 123 1. 1 0. 9 Mozambique 2013 141 10. 9 0. 5 7. 7 Pakistan 2781 586 1. 7 0. 1 0. 3 Rwanda 934 96 5. 8 0. 6 6. 1 United Rep. of Tanzania 2934 165 16. 4 0. 6 9. 9 Uruguay 51 36 6. 7 13. 3 18. 4 Viet Nam 3744 84 19. 7 0. 5 23. 5 Total/Average 13784 1262 68. 3 0. 5 5. 4 (Source of ODA data: OECD/DAC statistics, DAC Table 2 a) 13 Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA