The UNDG has made notable progress in a number of areas including aligning its own planning instrument, the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) with national priorities. The UN Funds and Programmes have harmonized fund transfers to governments through the Harmonised Approach to Cash Transfers (HACT), thereby reducing partners’ transaction costs. In some countries the UN has played a role in supporting national capacity to coordinate Joint Assistance Strategies (JAS), as well as facilitating the donor/developing country government negotiation process. The UNDG, including through its specialized agencies, participates in and supports many developing countries in the implementation of programme based approaches such as SWAPs. The UN system supports national ownership particularly through capacity development with programme country institutions including in the areas of public financial management, monitoring and evaluation, and aid co-ordination.
The United Nations system supports governments in reviewing implementation of the Paris Declaration at the country level. Through its broadly-based partnerships, which include civil society, the United Nations system is able to support national governments in making this monitoring a transparent and inclusive process, thereby promoting the principle of mutual accountability among all actors at the country level.
The UN system supports the role of the civil society and appreciates the potential role of independent monitoring mechanisms at country and especially regional levels to support the implementation of the Paris Declaration and other international commitments in this respect.
Through its programme of UN Reform, and more recently in the ‘delivering as one’ pilots, the UN system has increased its own internal coherence and is working towards improved harmonization with donors, for example through greater use of pooled funding mechanisms.
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