7th JPO Workshop - Havana, 25-28 October 2005

UN Reform and Coordination

Presentation

The Seventh JPO Workshop took place in Havana on 18 - 22 April 2005 on UN Reform and Coordination with the presence of Jan Mattsson, Assistant Administrator and Director of UNDP's Bureau of Management.
26 JPOs, working for UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNOPS, UNV and DESA, and members of the UN Country Team in Cuba participated in the sessions.

To read the outcomes and the recommendations to UNDG, please click here.

Participants and pictures

Participants to the JPO Workshop, Havana

A complete list of participants and resource people is available here.You can also view pictures from the workshop.

Evaluation of the workshop

The evaluation of the workshop by its participants is available here.

Agenda, presentations and speakers

The detailed agenda of the workshop is available here.

Monday, April 18th
09:00-10:30	Welcome message and workshop rules	Nasser Shammout JPOSC Manager
	Welcome by host and brief overview on Cuba	Bruno Moro UN RC / UNDP RR in Cuba
11:00-12:30	Inter-Agency Collaboration & Implications for the UN's Work in the Field	Jan Mattsson Asst. Administrator, Director BOM Clark Soriano Policy Specialist, UNDG New York
12:30-14:00	Lunch break
14:00-15:00	A Donor's perspective to the UN Reform and Coordination	Marielle Freudenthal OiC JPO programme, MOFA Belgium H.E. Pierre-Emmanuel de Bauw Ambassador of Belgium to Cuba
15:00-16:00	OECD-DAC Donor's view: From a wish to reform to a need to reform	Poul Grosen Director, UNDP Nordic Office
16:00-17:50	UN Reform - Strategic linkages	Jan Mattsson
19:30-20:30	Reception hosted by the JPOSC at the Meliá Habana

Tuesday, April 19th
09:00 -11:00	UNDAF Strategic Prioritization	Clark Soriano
11:00 -12:30	Result-Based Management and the UNDAF Matrix for Country Programming	Clark Soriano
12:30 -14:00	Lunch break
14:30 -15:30	Organizing a UN Country Team for an UNDAF: Senegal	Albéric Kacou UN RC / UNDP RR in Sénégal
15:50 -17:40	Group discussion on UNDAF effectiveness

Wednesday, April 20th
09:00 -10:30	Common Programmes and Joint Programming	Clark Soriano
11:00 -13:00	Joint Programming: lessons learned from Senegal	Albéric Kacou
13:00 -14:00	Lunch break
14:30 -17:30	Visit of projects of UNDP-backed Human Development Programme at the Local level (PDHL/Cuba) in Havana's historic centre

Thursday, April 21st
09:00 -09:30	Interagency Collaboration - Brief overview on the Resident Coordinator System	Clark Soriano
09:30 -10:30	Country team coordination: - What works & what doesn't - Implications for the work of JPOs	Albéric Kacou
11:00 -12:30	Interagency Collaboration: Thematic groups and task forces
12:30-14:00	Lunch break
14:00-15:30	Interagency Collaboration: Debrief on thematic group outcomes; comments / suggestions
15:30-17:30	Interagency Collaboration: China's experience with CCA/UNDAF/TGs	Junko Miura UN Coordination Analyst, UNDP China
17:30 -18:00	Wrap up, briefing and evaluation

Friday, April 22th
09:00 -10:30	Lead Agencies System in Support to Coordination in Ecuador Northern Border Joint Programming in Ecuador	Ecuador Country Team
11:00 -13:30	Key learnings and recommendations to UNDG: - How can JPOs contribute to, and what could be their role in UN Coordination and Reform? - How can UN Coordination and Reform contribute to JPOs? - Recommendations
13:30 -14:40	Wrap up, briefing and evaluation

Resources and documents

Key documents used or mentioned during the workshop:

UN Reform - Harmonization and Alignment to Achieve the MDGs
(also in French and Spanish)
CCA and UNDAF: Guidelines for UN Country Teams (also in French)
CCA Framework for the Republic of Kazakhstan
UNDAF for the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2005-2009
An example of good practice: CCA for Bosnia Herzegovina
Outcomes and JPO Recommendations to UNDG

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