Past Projects

ZAI/08/002: Gouvernance administrative du programme de gouvernance 2008-2011/ Administrative Governance as integral part of Governance Programme 2008-2011

Main Expectations: Seven administrative areas have been targeted to strengthen governance as far as Public Administration is concerned in DRC:
1. Restructuring public sector organizations while redesigning working procedures along with the re-profiling of Human Resources considered as civil servants
2. Civil Service Rightsizing and sound management of state employees’ salaries
3. Review of civil service legal framework
4. Ethics and Integrity Promotion with implementation mechanisms throughout the public Administration
5. ICT Promotion and setting up E-government
6. Establishment of sound public communication within public administration including the links with judiciary and parliament Branches as well as with decentralized public institutions
7. Capacity Development of decentralized Administration.

Objective/Purpose of Project: Support for a new Public Administration with a special focus on an effective and efficient civil service working in a modernized and appropriate environment and taken into consideration decentralization as a priority orientation of the Government.

Key Accomplishments (to-date): As for December 2009 two key accomplishments can be underscored:
1. A Table with aggregate activities related to the new foundations of Public Administration standing for Public Administration Reform in DRC
2. A proposed new general Civil Service Code has been developed.

Cooperation Partners:DRC Government, UNDP, UNDESA, United Kingdom Cooperation-DFID (Trust Funds), Belgium Cooperation
Time Frame: May 2008 - December 2011

Funding: XBTC
Proposed Budget: US$153,454
Division: PACB

GLO/08/E01: E-Government Initiative in Africa-Ghana

Main Expectations:
This project will be the enhanced integration and collaborative operational process among the six institutions where the Certified Email System (CEM) will be deployed. The project will also strengthen the capacity of the government personnel, within the six institutions where the CEM will be installed, to use and manage the system.

Objective/Purpose of Project: The situation in all ministries is that the majority of government officials use private email addresses, such as yahoo and gmail. The government does not have a central email database that allows government officials to easily identify an email recipient. The government of Ghana uses drivers to physically deliver mail from one ministry to another. This manual approach is time consuming, costly, does not guarantee a secure method of communication, and reduces the effectiveness of government.

This project will address this challenge by supporting the implementation of a certified email system that, in turn, will enable a better electronic document workflow and records management. The resulting facilitated access to relevant information and the improved flow of information at all process stages, as well as the optimised process workflows, will strengthen the internal capacity of the government to use ICT for a more effective service delivery and for improved service outputs.

Key Accomplishments (to-date):The UN Procurement Unit has initiated an Expression of Interest for potential vendors to implement the project both internationally and locally. 16 prospective vendors have expressed their interest to bid on the project. A request for proposal will be send out to all qualifying vendor.

Cooperation Partners:Ministry of Communications, Government of Ghana
Time Frame: November 2008 - December 2010

Funding: XBTC
Proposed Budget: US$597,300
Division: EGB

ZAI/08/001: Gouvernance économique: Planification du développe

Main Expectations:

1. Work with the government to design a methodology for the National Long Term Vision;
2. Elaborate a strategic note;
3. Specify the methodology and the different steps, as well as the institutional setting;
4. Train national counterparts on the methodology;
5. Support the elaboration of the National Long Term Vision

Objective/Purpose of Project: This project is designed as an interim project to work for the design of another project with UNDP Congo in the field of Economic Governance. In this regard, the project is mainly supporting the Government of Congo for the preparation of a National Long Term Vision (prospective study) for the country. The National Long Term Vision will set the overarching goals for the development of the country, particularly for the achievement of the MDGs.

Key Accomplishments (to-date):
The project successfully elaborated the methodology for the study in 2008, as well as the strategic note, that have been approved by the government. The project also drafted the institutional setting for the conduct of the study.

Cooperation Partners: UNDP DR Congo, Government of Congo
Time Frame: May 2008 - December 2010

Funding: XBTC
Proposed Budget: US$85,000
Division: DMB

ROA-127-5B: Project "AH" - Enhancing the Role of National Economic and Social Councils for Inclusive socio-economic policy development.

Main Expectations:
1) Improved institutional environment and organization of ESCs to enable them to become comprehensive frameworks of multi-stakeholder decision making and institutional vehicles for civic participation in public governance;
2) improved capacity of ESC members to exercise stronger leadership in organizing, managing and supporting civil society participation in public policy processes, including integrating other participatory processes, such as the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs), into the ESC process.

Objective/Purpose of Project: The overall objective of the project is to strengthen the capacity of ESC in Francophone Africa to support the participatory process in public policymaking, implementation and monitoring, in order to improve service delivery and accountability in public programmes, including enhancing capacities for the achievement of the MDGs.

Key Accomplishments (to-date): Being at the initial stage of implementation, the project has
1. Gained ample support from stakeholders who will need to participate in and contribute to the project activities in selected African countries.
2. Produced diagnostic studies of the Economic and Social Councils in Benin Burkina Faso and Mali.
3. Sensitized civil society organizations, Government officials and development partners in Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali on the importance of ESCs as a policy instrument for improving governance and development policy making in Africa.

Cooperation Partners: UNDP; Union of African Economic and Social Councils (UAESC); European Economic and Social Committee (EESC); the International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions (AICESIS/IAESCSI).
Time Frame: January 2008 - December 2010
Funding: Development Account
Proposed Budget: US$281,000
Division: DMB

LIB/08/001: Strengthening Economic and Social Development Policy

Main Expectations:

The main outcomes expected from the project are as follows: (1) Qualitative Sustainable Human Development, (2) Strengthened capacity in economic and social development policy and planning, and (3) institutional building and human resource development through capacity building and training.

Objective/Purpose of Project: The project aims at assisting the General People’s Committee of Planning and Finance in strengthening the capacity of its staff in economic and social development policy and planning at the national and sectoral levels to contribute to the goal of sustainable human and economic development, as well as providing substantive support.

Key Accomplishments (to-date):
Under the situation that the only international expert on board is the Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) due to the delay in recruiting the other international experts and the national experts, the output that the project has produced is limited to various reports and papers prepared by the CTA as requested by the Government. These cover the subjects of macro-economic framework of the Development Plan for the period 2008 – 2012, modeling of the development plan, estimates of the Libyan GDP, etc.

Cooperating Partners: General People’s Committee of Planning and Finance, UNDP, UNDESA
Time Frame: January 2008 - December 2010
Funding: XBTC
Proposed Budget: US$2,438,855
Division: DMB

INT/08/X17: UN Peace Building Portal Implementation for the Commonwealth of Independent States

Main Expectations: To facilitate substantive information-gathering and develop regional, sub-regional partnerships and networks among multilateral organizations, national/regional institutions, NGOs, and other civil society partners in the East/Central Europe and CIS regions.

Objective/Purpose of Project: The goal of the Peacebuilding Portal is to support multilateral collaboration on conflict prevention & peacebuilding by offering local, national, and multi-lateral stakeholders a real-time web tool to strengthen their work and better respond to issues surrounding human security, peacebuilding & conflict. The objective of this project was to expand the outreach of the Portal to the countries in the Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Now the Portal connects and strengthens organizations working on peacebuilding and conflict prevention and is designed to offer information on peacebuilding organizations in these regions as well.

Key Accomplishments (to-date): The expansion of the Portal into Eastern and Central Europe and the CIS has been implemented successfully and now the Portal hosts over 3,000 profiles with number of beneficiaries more than doubled. The Portal has increased its users and stakeholder groups by over 50% and reached more diverse and multi-faceted beneficiaries in new sub-regions. Universities and academia usage worldwide has more than doubled accompanied by an increase in users from bi-lateral organizations working in peacebuilding from a variety of UN member states. The Portal expansion has been rolled out across the selected countries, canvassing the region for those organizations relevant to peacemakers and peacebuilders. The information from small, local organizations working in peacebuilding even in remote locations in the field through local consultants undertaking local travel, extensive in-person and on-line interviews, bilateral and small NGO group meetings was retrieved and included.

Cooperating Partners: UNDP country offices, NGOs, bilateral and multilateral organizations working in or on East/Central Europe and CIS in conflict prevention areas
Time Frame: April 2008 - December 2009

Funding: XBTC
Proposed Budget: US$142,500
Division: PACB

ROA-63: Project "T": Promoting Knowledge Management, Innovation and the use of Information Technology in the Public Sector to meet the MDGs

Main Expectations:
To provide members and partners with the tools and knowledge to help facilitate the sharing of knowledge, experiences and best practices, throughout the world by means of ICTs. Additionally, UNPAN’s focus is to build the capacity of regional and national institutions, so that they can access, utilise and disseminate the most relevant information by means of up-to-date information and communication technologies (ICTs) for the improvement of public service delivery.

Objective/Purpose of Project: UNDESA/DPADM was entrusted by the General Assembly in late 1999 to develop and implement the United Nations Public Administration Network (UNPAN).
UNPAN’s mission is to assist countries, especially developing countries and countries in economic transition, to respond to the challenges their governments face in bridging the digital divide and in achieving their development goals.
The first objective of UNPAN was to establish an internet-based network that links regional and national institutions devoted to public administration, thereby facilitating information exchange, sharing of best practices, and training in the area of public sector policy and management.
UNPAN's goal is to promote the sharing of knowledge; experiences and best practices; by means of ICTs, sound public policies, effective public administration and efficient civil services, and through capacity-building and cooperation among Member States, and UNPAN's commitment to integrity and excellence.

Key Accomplishments (to-date):
The network reached 37 partners with approximately 3100 registered users in 2009. To maintain UNDESA/DPADM’s relationship with the UNPAN partners a feedback phone call is held with a different partner each week.
In 2009, the Special Award for UNPAN Member Excellence for Knowledge Sharing, was established by UNDESA through DPADM to recognize UNPAN Members who exemplify excellence in knowledge sharing.

Cooperating Partners: CIIIAP, DPADM/UNDESA, IIAS, ILO, UNDP, UNCRD, UNPOG, UNU, AAPAM, AMDIN, CAFRAD, CPSI, ECA, IDEP, MDP-ESA, OFPA, ARADO, DSG, ESCWA, CGG, EROPA, ESCAP, RCOCI, CAIMED, ECE, NISPAcee, SSPE, CARICAD, CLAD, ECLAC, ICAP, ASPA, ICCE, IPAC/IAPC, IPMA-HR, NASPAA, UNU-NY.
Time Frame: January 2008 - December 2009

Funding:Development Account (DA)
Proposed Budget: US$550,000
Division: EGB

DJI/08/002: Appui justice et harmonisation des textes/Support to Justice and Harmonisation of Legal Texts

Main Expectations:
1. Codification and Harmonization of legal texts, documentation and other regulations applicable throughout the Republic of Djibouti;
2. Consolidated Data Base on judicial and legal texts including all the regulations with a special focus on gender issues;
3. Support for the establishment of a national body for Human Rights protection;
4. Support for the organization of a national forum on Human Rights status;
5. Elaboration et Publication of CIDH periodic reports;
6. Consolidation and capacity building of judicial sector staff (magistrates, clerks of the courts, prosecutors.)

Objective/Purpose of Project: Consolidation and Reinforcement of Rule of law all over the Republic of Djibouti by a better access to information about laws and regulations in force including a better access to justice.

key accomplishments(to-date):

The following codes of laws have been revised to date:
Code du Domaine de l’Etat et de l’Expropriation/ State Property and Expropriation
1. domaine public de l’Etat/ State Public Property
2. domaine privé de l’Etat/ State Private Property
3. l’expropriation pour cause d’utilité publique/ Expropriation for Public Utility
Code des sociétés/ Business Activity
1. généralités sur les sociétés, des sociétés civiles particulières et de la société en
2. participation/ Commonalities
3. sociétés commerciales et du groupement d’intérêt économique/ Commercial Business Companies
4. les sociétés de zones franches/ Free Zone Business Companies

Cooperating Partners: UNDESA, UNDP and Djibouti Government
Time Frame: July 2008 - December 2008

Funding: XBTC
Proposed Budget: US$49,009
Division: PACB

DJI/08/M01: Appui à la région d’Arta / Decentralization support Project to ARTA

Main Expectations:
- Sound implementation of the decentralization support project on institutional capacity building by an international expertise provision
- Institutions of Arta local area are capable and responsible for sound implementation of decentralization process and for sustainable development objectives achievement at local level.
- Local institutional environment is conducive to transparency and participation of all local actors in planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation processes for sustainable local development policies and programmes.

key accomplishments(to-date):

- Planning tools suitable for Arta local area have been developed and are available as stated : [(i) guide de planification, (ii) monographie, (iii) plan de développement de la Région (PDR de 5 ans), (iv) Plan des Investissements Prioritaires (PIP2009-10)]
- Training modules have been developed and are available.
- Four local Development Committees (CLD de Damerjog, de Wéa, du Secteur Ouest et d’Arta Ville) and the regional development coordination Committee (CCDR) have been set up and are functional with reinforced capacities.
- Around 20 local development groupings all over Arta region benefited from training on administrative, organizational, planning and implementation tools with regard to local sustainable development in the midst of decentralization process.
- A website have been developed for the local area; and the link is : www.région-arta.dj
- A computerized network has been set up connecting functional desks of Prefecture and regional Council with possibility of internet connection.
- Equipment and working materials have been provided.

Cooperating Partners: UNDP; UNDESA; Djibouti Government
Time Frame: May 2008 - December 2008

Funding: XBTC
Proposed Budget: US$48,322
Division: PACB

GLO/08/X01: 3rd Internet Governance Forum, Hyderabad, India

Main Expectations:

Pursuant to the Tunis Agenda, among others: build on the existing structures of Internet governance, with special emphasis on the complementarity between all stakeholders involved in this process, meet periodically in order to facilitate and foster discourse on Internet Governance issues.

Objective/Purpose of Project: The IGF mandate is described in paragraph 72 of the Tunis Agenda as a meeting of a new forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue. The mandate of the Forum includes, among others:
Discuss public policy issues related to key elements of Internet governance, facilitate discourse between stakeholders, interface with appropriate inter-governmental organizations and other institutions, facilitate the exchange of information and best practices, advise all stakeholders in proposing ways and means to accelerate the availability and affordability of the Internet in the developing world, strengthen and enhance the engagement of stakeholders in existing and/or future Internet governance mechanisms, identify emerging issues, contribute to capacity building, promote and assess, on an ongoing basis, the embodiment of WSIS principles in Internet governance processes, discuss issues relating to critical Internet resources, help to find solutions to the issues arising from the use and misuse of the Internet. All this in order to foster the sustainability, robustness, security, stability and development of the Internet.

Key Accomplishments (to date):

The IGF has held annual meetings in Athens, Greece, from 30 October to 2 November 2006, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 12 to 15 November 2007, Hyderabad, India, from 3 to 6 December 2008 and Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, from 15 to 18 November 2009. During meetings, participants representing all stakeholder groups attended the main sessions, workshops and other events. It is generally felt that the annual meetings have been a success and had been well run, providing a space for constructive and inspiring discourse on a multitude of public policy issues related to Internet governance. Several commentators emphasized the importance of the multi-stakeholder approach. It is generally felt by participants that the most successful aspects of the IGF is the opportunities that people are offered to work together on specific issues of Internet governance. In 2008 and 2009, there has also been a spread of national and regional IGF initiatives that fed into the annual IGF meeting. There is clear support for the multi-stakeholder processes and many participants have commented on how dialogue in the IGF, freed from the constraints of negotiations and decision-making, allow for ideas to be freely exchanged and debated.

Cooperating Partners: The IGF cooperates with all stakeholders with an interest in the Internet public policy discourse. These include governments; intergovernmental organizations and UN sister organizations such as UNESCO, ITU, WTO and the EU, Council of Europe, League of Arab States, OECD; the private sector; civil society, academia and the Internet community.

Time Frame: January 2008 – December 2008
Funding: XBTC
Proposed Budget: US$ 517,078
Division: EGB

GLO/07/X01: 2nd Internet Governance Forum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Main Expectations: Pursuant to the Tunis Agenda, among others: build on the existing structures of Internet governance, with special emphasis on the complementarity between all stakeholders involved in this process, meet periodically in order to facilitate and foster discourse on Internet Governance issues.

Objective/Purpose of Project: The IGF mandate is described in paragraph 72 of the Tunis Agenda as a meeting of a new forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue. The mandate of the Forum includes, among others:
Discuss public policy issues related to key elements of Internet governance, facilitate discourse between stakeholders, interface with appropriate inter-governmental organizations and other institutions, facilitate the exchange of information and best practices, advise all stakeholders in proposing ways and means to accelerate the availability and affordability of the Internet in the developing world, strengthen and enhance the engagement of stakeholders in existing and/or future Internet governance mechanisms, identify emerging issues, contribute to capacity building, promote and assess, on an ongoing basis, the embodiment of WSIS principles in Internet governance processes, discuss issues relating to critical Internet resources, help to find solutions to the issues arising from the use and misuse of the Internet. All this in order to foster the sustainability, robustness, security, stability and development of the Internet.

Key Accomplishments: The IGF has held annual meetings in Athens, Greece, from 30 October to 2 November 2006, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 12 to 15 November 2007, Hyderabad, India, from 3 to 6 December 2008 and Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, from 15 to 18 November 2009. During meetings, participants representing all stakeholder groups attended the main sessions, workshops and other events. It is generally felt that the annual meetings have been a success and had been well run, providing a space for constructive and inspiring discourse on a multitude of public policy issues related to Internet governance. Several commentators emphasized the importance of the multi-stakeholder approach. It is generally felt by participants that the most successful aspects of the IGF is the opportunities that people are offered to work together on specific issues of Internet governance. In 2008 and 2009, there has also been a spread of national and regional IGF initiatives that fed into the annual IGF meeting. There is clear support for the multi-stakeholder processes and many participants have commented on how dialogue in the IGF, freed from the constraints of negotiations and decision-making, allow for ideas to be freely exchanged and debated.

Cooperation Partners:The IGF cooperates with all stakeholders with an interest in the Internet public policy discourse. These include governments; intergovernmental organizations and UN sister organizations such as UNESCO, ITU, WTO and the EU, Council of Europe, League of Arab States, OECD; the private sector; civil society, academia and the Internet community
Time Frame: January 2007 – December 2007
Funding: XBTC
Proposed Budget: US$ 110,497
Division: EGB

ROA-90: Project "X" - Strengthening the Capacity of Parliaments in Africa to Harness Information & Communication Technologies (ICTs)

Main Expectations: - the improvement in parliamentary processes in Africa through the use of ICT tools; - the increased ability of parliamentary administrations, academia and research centres to share good practices, lessons learned and new; - increased understanding on the part of parliamentarians of the use and importance of ICT tools in parliamentary processes and capacity of MPs to network with peers and counterparts.

Objective/Purpose of Project: To strengthen the capacity of national and regional legislatures in Africa to harness the potential of ICT to better fulfill their constitutional legislative, representative and oversight functions.

Key Accomplishments (to-date): The project facilitated the operationalization of the Africa Parliamentary Knowledge Network (APKN) that was established in 2008.
The ownership and sustainability of the project by stakeholders has been ensured by involving representatives of African parliaments and staff since the first stages of its implementation (i.e. People’s Assembly of Egypt National Assembly of Nigeria, the Pan African Parliament, etc.) and by the endorsement of the Charter of the APKN by parliaments. The text of the Charter was agreed upon by 36 parliamentary assemblies in Africa and later endorsed by 11 as of December 2008.
Strong linkages and coordination have been established with the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament and the UNDESA-led programme Africa i-Parliaments Action Plan to ensure cooperation and coherence, which in the long term will be beneficial to the APKN sustainability.
A dedicated portal (www.apkn.org), enhanced with new features and tools, was created to facilitate collaboration and the start up of the Network’s activities.

Cooperation Partners:Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Time Frame: January 2007 - December 2009

Funding: Development Account (DA)
Proposed Budget: US$249,672
Division: PACB