ECOSOC
Operational Segment
Implementing the internationally agreed
development goals, including those contained
in the Millennium declaration: national
perspectives and strategies
New York
7 July 2005
The UN Country Team in Tanzania
Tanzania – Emerging Model of Reform
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Strong sense of National Ownership
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5 years of 6% economic growth, macro economic stability,
enhanced governance, improving socio-economic indicators
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Strong commitment to the Millennium Declaration and the
MDGs, political will and tangible results : MDG 2, 7 and
more recently MDG 4 now on track
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Paris & Rome Declarations: Tanzania - owned national
development agenda; alignment around national priorities
and processes
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2 key Policy Pillars: National Strategy for Growth and
Reduction of Poverty (MKUKUTA) and Joint Assistance
Strategy (JAS)
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Tanzania – Emerging Model of Reform
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In such an environment, it is key that the
MDGs are fully integrated into the policy
framework, subject to public debate, not
parallel processes
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New (MKUKUTA 2005-2010) is “MDG Plus”. Many targets are more ambitious
than the MDGs (halving extreme poverty
by 2010, not 2015)
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Tanzania – Emerging Model of Reform
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Focuses on 3 key outcomes – Growth and
Reduction of Poverty; Quality of Life and Social
Well Being; Governance and Accountability - rather
than priority sectors (maximizing synergies across
goals – MDG approach)
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Organization of outcome-based investment clusters
is a very innovative yet challenging approach to
poverty reduction
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“National” strategy – not just Government but also
Civil Society, Private Sector, Parliament etc.
Supported by Development Partners (including the
UN)
The UN Country Team in Tanzania
UN Role
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UN (including WB; IMF) playing key role
regarding the promotion of the MDGs in five
ways:
1
Advocacy for the MDGs, including need to fully
integrate them into the policy framework
2.
Support to Full integration of the MDGs into
key policy frameworks through Joint UN
Support to the review of PRS I and currently to
the review of the Zanzibar Poverty Reduction
Plan (ZPRP) including:
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UN Role
a.
Integration of the MDGs into the new PRS framework
b.
Mobilization of various constituencies – young people;
children; private sector; women; labour - to articulate
their concerns on poverty reduction priorities
c.
Better Addressing Cross-Cutting issues – HIV/AIDS;
environment; gender; population
d.
Capacity Development support to the Vice President’s
Office and Ministry of Finance in Zanzibar (including
facilitating broad stakeholder engagement at grass roots level)
e.
Initial Communication Strategy on PRS II (MKUKUTA)
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UN Role
3.
Support to model Poverty Monitoring System
(http://www.povertymonitoring.go.tz), including
full integration of TSED which is now used as
basis for DGO global standard (www.tsed.org)
4.
Support to Initial Costing within MKUKUTA
framework (Millennium Project + national
stakeholders + IMF)
5.
Advocacy for Mobilization of Increased
External Resources for achievement of the
MDGs (within MKUKUTA framework)
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Challenges for UN Support to Full
Integration of MDGs in MKUKUTA
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Moving to an Outcome-Oriented Approach:
Planning; Budgeting; Implementation; Monitoring
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Costing MDGs
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Capacity Development
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Providing truly “Joint” UN support as one not by
Agency
The UN Country Team in Tanzania
Tanzania and Development Partnership –
Evolving Best Practice
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Very strong sense of National Ownership and
leadership regarding Rome and Paris
Declarations – “Paris in Action”
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Tanzania Assistance Strategy (TAS) – overall
framework of coherent partnership principles
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Harmonization and Alignment: several best
practices including Independent Monitoring
Group (IMG) and Quiet Times
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Tanzania and Development Partnership –
Evolving Best Practice
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Very Good Results
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Greater Use of National Systems
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Enhanced Predictability
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Large Increase External Assistance – from USD
986 million in 2002/3 to USD 1.7 billion in 2004/5
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Large Increase in Direct Budget Support to USD
600 Million (2005) plus USD 200 Million Baskets
(2005)
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Joint Assistance Strategy (JAS)
Objectives:
 Strengthening National Ownership and
Leadership
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Improving Aid Effectiveness - Aid Coordination,
Harmonization and Alignment to national
priorities and systems, and Managing for
Results.
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JAS objectives in line with the Rome and Paris
Declarations on Aid Harmonization and
Alignment
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Joint Assistance Strategy (JAS)
Principles:
 National ownership
 Domestic accountability
 Mutual accountability
 GBS as the preferred aid delivery
modality
 Reduction in transaction costs
 Division of labor
 TA policy & capacity building
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Repositioning the UN in Tanzania’s
Dynamic Development Environment
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Joint Analytical Work (Poverty and
Human Development Reports; TSED)
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Overall Leadership in Aid Coordination &
Alignment – UN RC Co–Chair DPG;
UNDP DPG Secretariat
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Joint UN Support to Review of PRS I and
now ZPRP
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Repositioning the UN in Tanzania’s
Dynamic Development Environment
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Independent Joint Strategic Review of UN
Support to the PRS and the Zanzibar
Poverty Reduction Plan conducted (including
Assessment of UN’s Comparative Advantages)
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Active UN Engagement in the JAS
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New Draft UNDAF Results Matrix
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Joint Programmes – TSED; Joint UN support to
PRS and ZPRP Reviews; Humanitarian/
Development Transition – NW Tanzania;
HIV/AIDS in Zanzibar; Private Sector Support
Programme
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Repositioning the UN
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New Focus - Very tight focus on just 3
UNDAF Outcomes Aligned to New
MKUKUTA (and emerging new ZPRP)
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New Instruments
• DBS (WB)
• SWAPs (UNFPA and UNDP today;
Tomorrow - FAO, UNICEF?…..)
• Baskets (UNDP and UNFPA Today;
Tomorrow - Several Agencies?)
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Key Challenges
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Under the new JAS, is the UN ready to move
from an implementation role to a more exclusive
policy advisory and capacity development
role?
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Is the UN ready to move away from many
small project interventions and instead
participate in new instruments and be more
aligned around national processes?
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JAS & new Funding Instruments (Direct
Budget Support, SWAPs/Basket Funding): Can
the UN Country Team sign up together to the
new JAS or just Agency by Agency ?
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Key Challenges
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Maximizing New Technical Assistance Policy UN staff capacity, skills mix and incentive
structure to be demand-driven & provided on
a flexible basis (JAS)
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Address the implications of a new TA policy
on the role of UN expertise as outsourced
through internal UN structures (regional/HQ)
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UN Communication Strategy: “One UN”
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