1. 1 Impact of funding on system-wide coherence of UN operational activities for development New York, 4 November 2011 UNITAR Workshop Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA

2. 2 Fragmentation of funding (a)Contributions (b)Expenditures Possible options to strengthen the funding architecture for enhanced system-wide coherence Presentation outline Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA

3. 3 Contributions Diversification of funding sources Competition for resources among UN development system entities Expenditures UN universal character (present in 135-140 programme countries) Modest share of total ODA (18 per cent of total ODA excl. debt relief) A.Fragmentation of funding Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA

4. 4 (a)Contributions Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA Figure 1 - Sources of non-core funding (DEV only, major groups, 1995-2009)

5. 5 (a)Contributions Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA Figure 2 - Trends in contributions (DEV & HA, 1994-2009)

6. 6 (a)Contributions Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA Figure 3 - Total DEV & HA funding in 2009

7. 7 (a)Contributions Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA Figure 4 - Non-core funding modalities (DEV only, 2009)

8. 88 (a)Contributions Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA Figure 5 – DAC multilateral aid flows as share of total ODA (billions of constant $US, 2006-2009)

9. 9 # UN development entities 36 UN entities delivered operational activities for development in 2009 The top 8 entities of UN development system accounted for some 86 per cent of total expenditures in 2009, with the remaining 14 per cent divided among 28 entities (b)Expenditures Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA

10. 10 (b) Expenditures Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA Figure 6 - Concentration/fragmentation of UN development system

11. 11 (b)Expenditures Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA Less priority, less significant: 830 (47%) Priority, less significant: 837 (47%) Priority, Less priority, significant: significant 106 (6%) 6 (0%) Figure 7 – Concentration/fragmentation of UN development system (entities)

12. 12 Possible models to strengthen the funding architecture for enhanced system-wide coherence include: (a) Reform the funding system Negotiated replenishment system Negotiated voluntary core contributions Global thematic funds managed by lead agencies in respective sectors (b) Strengthen existing funding system One UN Funds, one budgetary framework, one programme at country-level B.Possible options Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA

13. 13 B.Possible options Kristinn Sv. Helgason, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA Total ODA Total UN expenditures One UN Fund expenditure Share of Total ODA Share of total UN expenditures Recipient country(millions of United States dollars)(percentage) Albania 358193.61.018.5 Cape Verde 196112.41.220.9 Malawi 7721231.10.10.9 Mozambique 201314110.90.57.7 Pakistan 27815861.70.10.3 Rwanda 934965.80.66.1 United Rep. of Tanzania 293416516.40.69.9 Uruguay 51366.713.318.4 Viet Nam 37448419.70.523.5 Total/Average 13784126268.30.55.4 Table 1 – One UN Funds in 2009 (Source of ODA data: OECD/DAC statistics, DAC Table 2a)