UNDP will make available its wealth of global knowledge and experience on development. It will draw upon expertise available in areas such as poverty reduction, democratic governance, gender equality, environmental sustainability, disaster risk management, capacity development, crisis prevention and recovery, and South-South Cooperation in the UNDP Regional Service Centres as well as headquarter units such as the Bureaus for Crisis Prevention & Recovery and Development Policy and External Relations and Advocacy. In promoting South-South Cooperation, UNDP will also encourage Government to tap on knowledge from countries and institutions in the Global South. UNDP continues to work closely with national and international United Nations Volunteers in the implementation of its projects.
UNDP. Beyond transition: towards inclusive societies. United Nations Development Programme, Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS; 2011.
UNDP. (a) Facilitating Project implementation, administration, management and monitoring and evaluation, including: (i) UNDP’s Direct Cost;
UNDP. The UNDP project office located in Sukhumi (with programmatic and operational support from UNDP Country Office in Tbilisi and the coordination support from MPTF Office) will host staff carrying out various tasks, such as technical assistance, administration and management that are directly attributable to the implementation of the Joint Programme. Both full-time dedicated and part time specialized project staff will operate as part as the project team. Part-time staff will be charged to the Joint Programme’s budget based on the time spent directly attributable to the implementation of the Joint Programme. The proposed workload ratio of the staff is an average percentage of the work to be performed during the JP implementation period. The percentages in a certain period might be higher or lower depending on the needs. Throughout two prior phases and one complementary action implemented since 2017, the team locally implementing the ENPARD programme - Abkhazia component has accumulated solid expertise and capacities; as such, this Joint Programme will empower locally recruited staff to lead on JP implementation, notably through the introduction of a Technical Coordinator’s position to be based in Sukhumi. Thanks to the afore-mentioned expertise and experience, the Technical Coordinator shall be able to fulfil all standard administrative duties and responsibilities of JP management. An International Technical Advisor / International Consultant will be additionally recruited to focus on the substantive part of the Joint Programme, on strategic liaison with stakeholders in Tbilisi and Sukhumi, and on ensuring transparency and oversight of sensitive components of the Joint Programme, such as the granting mechanism, etc. The project office will consist of the following project staff: Technical Coordinator based in Sukhumi will provide, among other duties, programmatic and operational oversight of the JP’s implementation, including coordination with JP partners. He/she will ensure development and implementation of the monitoring plan, risk management, evaluation, support to visiting missions, collection of data and lessons learned, reporting, including provision of substantive analytical inputs for EU and UNDP. The Technical Coordinator will be charged through direct project costs for the time spent directly attributable to the implementation of the joint programme at the rate of 100% for the first 24 months of the JP implementation period and 30% - for the last si...
UNDP. UNDP completed a skills training “voucher” pilot program to improve the skills of unemployed persons and create new employment opportunities. In 2002, they also funded a Microstart program to improve acess to microcredit in both the rural and urban areas of Mongolia. Currently, UNDP in coordination with World Bank is undertaking a survey to focus on the needs of the Ger Area residents. This survey should be completed in late 2003. They will be designing community development programs that will also provide economic opportunities to the poorest Ger Area residents.
UNDP. The I-PSA and the N-PSA will replace all international and local ICs as of 31 March 2022 (extended from 31 December 2021), except those which are of lumpsum deliverable-based arrangements. After this date, the use of ICs will be restricted to lump-sum deliverable-based arrangements only.
UNDP. UNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. UNDP is on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges (climate change etc) UNDP- implemented projects and programmes are primarily managed by the organization's extensive network of over 130 country offices, with the central UNDP GEF environment team providing technical guidance and support. The local UNDP is the Implementation Agency for the SAWEP.
UNDP. UNDP is accountable to the GCF for the implementation of this project. This includes oversight of project execution to ensure that the project is being carried out in accordance with agreed standards and provisions. UNDP is responsible for delivering GCF project cycle management services comprising project approval and start-up, project supervision and oversight, and project completion and evaluation. UNDP provides a three-tier oversight and quality assurance role involving UNDP staff in Country Offices and at regional and headquarters levels. The quality assurance role supports the Project Board by carrying out objective and independent project oversight and monitoring functions. This role ensures appropriate project management milestones are managed and completed. The project assurance role is covered by the Accredited Entity (AE) fee provided by the GCF. As an AE to the GCF, UNDP is required to deliver GCF-specific oversight and quality assurance services including: (i) Day-to-day oversight supervision, (ii) Oversight of project completion and (iii) Oversight of project reporting. The role of UNDP is to represent the interests of the parties, which provide funding and/or technical expertise to the project (designing, developing, facilitating, procuring, implementing). In addition, the Government of Ghana may request UNDP to provide direct project services for this project. The UNDP and Government of Ghana acknowledge and agree that those services are not mandatory and will be provided only upon Government request and specified in the Letter of Agreement. If requested, the direct project services would follow UNDP policies on the recovery of direct project costs relating to GCF funded projects. Project Organisation Structure Project Assurance (UNDP) Implementing Partner Forestry Commission (National Project Directorate: Climate Change Directorate) Development Partner UNDP Project Executive Chief Executive Officer, Forestry Commission Beneficiaries Representatives Government institutions and end- users i-n the Northern Savannah Zone Project Board Output 4 (FC ) Output 3 (FC) Output 2 (FC and Responsible Party - GSA) Output 1 (FC) Project Management Unit (based in Tamale) Integrated Project Monitoring (PMU, Monitoring and Safeguards, Climate Change Directorate, UNDP, Technical Advisory Team and Project Board)
