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The UN Country Team (UNCT) in Malawi is pleased to share this report that takes stock of progress in the implementation of the Delivering as One in Malawi in 2009. The report summarizes progress and results in both programme and the reform process in 2009. The narrative One Plan annual report is annexed to this document while the financial Administrative Agent report of the One UN Fund will be available in March/April 2010. We expect that the report will contribute to save time and reduce transaction cost for our national and international partners and donors contributing to the One UN Fund and Transformation Fund.
The second year of implementing the current UNDAF, 2008-2011, brought major achievements. These accomplishments were supported by the Government leadership, a committed UNCT, and a supportive donor community. Enhanced ownership by the Government was translated into the co-chairmanship of the Joint Strategy Meeting, the close involvement in key decisions concerning the UNDAF/One Plan alignment with national strategies and the funding allocation from the One UN Fund.
The Delivering as One concept has been gradually internalized through increased collaboration and new business practices among UN agencies. There is marked shift from an agency-based focus to an issue focus in the common advocacy area. Key policy areas such as maternal mortality, HIV prevention have yielded results that individual agencies would not have been able to achieve alone.
Predictable funding to the One Plan has been increased in 2009 with the allocation of USD 18.51 million from the Expanded Window Fund. The additional fund is valuable as it is clearly a sign of global recognition of the progress made in Delivering as One in Malawi. But more importantly the fund enables the Government and the UN to upscale and prioritize interventions for development results as set out in the UNDAF/One Plan.
In 2009 the UN Country Team devoted considerable time to laying the foundations for a new way of working. By the end of the year:
(a) essential systems and mechanisms to support the Delivering as One such as the One Plan;
(b) One UN Fund;
(c) Resource Mobilization Strategy;
(d) Humanitarian Reform;
(e) Aid Effectiveness;
(f) Capacity Development and
(g) Common Services have been established.
2009 also proved to be the year in which new initiatives were needed in order to guide the change and transformation process.
A key success factor in delivering UN reform in Malawi is the role of the development partners. In both years 2008 and 2009, there was higher interest and engagement from the transformation donor group. Throughout the past two years the development partners have partnered with the UN and Government in the UN reform process, supporting the achievement of the reform objectives both politically and financially. |