Delivering as One: Making the UN system more coherent, effective and efficient
The concept of One Leader is for an empowered Resident Coordinator (RC) and an empowered UN Country Team to work together with clear accountability. Under the One Leader concept, the empowered Resident Coordinator is expected to provide strategic leadership throughout the development programming process, bringing together relevant analytical capacities, both national and international, developing synergies between various UN “assets," and linkages between the UN entities with their respective mandates and other partners. The RC leads the process in a collegial and participatory way, but will be held accountable by the government and UN organizations to ensure that the UN system is responding to the most relevant and strategic national priorities in an effective and timely way. The RC provides ongoing guidance and support to the UN Country Team during programme implementation, including by mobilizing additional resources. The RC prepares an annual report of the progress made against each result, based on agency commitments and reflecting actual expenditures. Each agency retains authority and accountability over the use of agency resources. The agencies support the leadership role of the empowered RC over the preparation and revision of the UN plan and budget framework. The RC’s performance is assessed by a team of Regional Directors of relevant funds, programmes and specialized agencies reflecting input from UNCT members. The RC also holds UNCT members accountable for the results they committed to deliver. |
