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It consists of seven elements<ref>Secretary-General's remarks on the second report on the repositioning of the UN development system, 22 January 2018 [https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/statement/2018-01-22/secretary-generals-remarks-second-report-repositioning-un]</ref>:
It consists of seven elements<ref>Secretary-General's remarks on the second report on the repositioning of the UN development system, 22 January 2018 [https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/statement/2018-01-22/secretary-generals-remarks-second-report-repositioning-un]</ref>:
# A '''new generation of UN country teams''' to meet the specific development priorities and needs of countries;
# A '''new generation of [[United Nations country team|UN country teams]]''' to meet the specific development priorities and needs of countries;
# A '''reinvigorated Resident Coordinator''' system with stronger capacity, leadership, accountability and impartiality;  
# A [[Development Coordination Office|'''reinvigorated Resident Coordinator system''']] with stronger capacity, leadership, accountability and impartiality;  
# A coordinated, reprofiled and restructured '''regional approach''' to better support work on the ground;  
# A coordinated, reprofiled and restructured '''regional approach''' to better support work on the ground;  
# Renewed spaces for Member States to guide system-wide actions and bring greater '''transparency and accountability''' for results;  
# Renewed spaces for Member States to guide system-wide actions and bring greater '''transparency and accountability''' for results;  
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# A '''Funding Compact''' to bring better quality, quantity and predictability of resources, increased accountability and transparency and enhanced capacities of the system to deliver on the 2030 Agenda.
# A '''Funding Compact''' to bring better quality, quantity and predictability of resources, increased accountability and transparency and enhanced capacities of the system to deliver on the 2030 Agenda.


== Resident Coordinator System ==
== Legislative history ==  


=== Development Coordination Office ===
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The '''Development Coordination Office (DCO)''', led by an Assistant Secretary-General, was established within the United Nations Secretariat to manage and oversee the resident coordinator system. Many of its functions were inherited from the former Development Operations Coordination Office of the United Nations Development Programme.
! Report(s)   !! Resolution(s) !! Notess
 
|-
In addition to its presence at Headquarters in New York, DCO also includes five regional offices which provide day-to-day programmatic support, policy guidance and technical support for [[United Nations country team|United Nations country teams]].
| [https://undocs.org/a/72/124 A/72/124–E/2018/3] || General Assembly [https://undocs.org/a/res/72/236 resolution 72/236] of 20 December 2017 || First report on the repositioning of the UN development system
 
|-
'''Structure'''
| [https://undocs.org/a/72/684 A/72/684–E/2018/7] || General Assembly [https://undocs.org/a/res/72/279 resolution 72/279] of 31 May 2018 || Second report on the repositioning of the UN development system; <br />GA approved, inter alia, reinvigorated RC system with hybrid financing model
* '''Global coordination'''
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** Office of the Assistant Secretary-General
| [https://undocs.org/a/73/424 A/73/424] (SG) and <br />[https://undocs.org/a/73/579 A/73/579] (ACABQ) || General Assembly [https://undocs.org/a/res/73/279 resolution 73/279] of 22 December 2018 (section XV) || Revised estimates relating to the resident coordinator system
** RC System Business Management Branch
|-
** RC System Leadership Branch
| [https://undocs.org/A/75/905 A/75/905] || General Assembly resolution [https://undocs.org/A/RES/76/4 76/4] of 28 October 2021 || Review of the functioning of the resident coordinator system
** Policy and Programming Branch
|}
** Country Business Strategies Section
** Communications and Results Reporting Section
 
* '''Regional coordination'''
** Regional Office Africa
** Regional Office Arab States
** Regional Office Europe and Central Asia
** Regional Office Asia and Pacific
** Regional Office Latin America and Caribbean


* '''Country coordination'''
== Other documents ==


=== Financing ===
=== Reports on DCO ===


The General Assembly, in its [https://undocs.org/A/RES/72/279 resolution 72/279], approved the funding of the resident coordinator system on an annual basis through:
See [[Development Coordination Office#ECOSOC reports|Development Coordination Office]].
 
# A 1 per cent coordination levy on tightly earmarked third-party non-core contributions to United Nations development-related activities, to be paid at source;
# Doubling the current United Nations Sustainable Development Group cost-sharing arrangement among United Nations development system entities; and
# Voluntary, predictable, multi-year contributions to a dedicated trust fund to support the inception period.
 
The '''special purpose trust fund (SPTF)''' receives, consolidates, manages and accounts for all contributions and financial transactions of the resident coordinator system in a transparent and effective way. In 2019, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) included DCO on the Development Assistance Committee list of official development assistance (ODA)-eligible organizations as fully ODA-eligible.<ref>DCD/DAC/STAT(2019)17</ref>
 
== Legislative history ==


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=== Related QCPR reports ===
! style="background-color:#000000; color:#ffffff;" | Report(s)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! style="background-color:#000000; color:#ffffff;" | Resolution(s)
! style="background-color:#000000; color:#ffffff;" | Notes
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|-
| [https://undocs.org/a/72/124 A/72/124–E/2018/3]
! Report !! Associated resolution(s) !! Notes
| General Assembly [https://undocs.org/a/res/72/236 resolution 72/236] of 20 December 2017
| First report on the repositioning of the UN development system
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|-
| [https://undocs.org/a/72/684 A/72/684–E/2018/7]
| [https://undocs.org/a/74/73 A/74/73–E/2019/14] || GA [https://undocs.org/A/RES/74/238 resolution 74/238]<br>ECOSOC [https://undocs.org/E/RES/2019/15 resolution 2019/15] || QCPR report; stocktaking on UNDS reform
| General Assembly [https://undocs.org/a/res/72/279 resolution 72/279] of 31 May 2018
| Second report on the repositioning of the UN development system; <br />GA approved, inter alia, reinvigorated RC system with hybrid financing model
|-
|-
| [https://undocs.org/a/73/424 A/73/424] (SG) and <br />[https://undocs.org/a/73/579 A/73/579] (ACABQ)
| [https://undocs.org/a/74/73/Add.1 A/74/73/Add.1–E/2019/14/Add.1] || GA [https://undocs.org/A/RES/74/238 resolution 74/238]<br>ECOSOC [https://undocs.org/E/RES/2019/15 resolution 2019/15] || Funding compact
| General Assembly [https://undocs.org/a/res/73/279 resolution 73/279] of 22 December 2018 (section XV)
| Revised estimates relating to the resident coordinator system
|-
|-
| [https://undocs.org/a/74/73 A/74/73–E/2019/14]
| [https://undocs.org/a/74/73/Add.2 A/74/73/Add.2–E/2019/14/Add.2] || GA [https://undocs.org/A/RES/74/238 resolution 74/238]<br>ECOSOC [https://undocs.org/E/RES/2019/15 resolution 2019/15] || Overview of the funding of operational activities for development, focusing on 2017
| ECOSOC [https://undocs.org/E/RES/2019/15 resolution 2019/15] of 8 July 2019
| Implementation of resolution 71/243 on QCPR; stocktaking on UNDS reform
|-
|-
| [https://undocs.org/a/74/73/Add.1 A/74/73–E/2019/14/Add.1]
| [https://undocs.org/a/74/73/Add.3 A/74/73/Add.3–E/2019/14/Add.3] || GA [https://undocs.org/A/RES/74/238 resolution 74/238]<br>ECOSOC [https://undocs.org/E/RES/2019/15 resolution 2019/15] || Monitoring and reporting framework for resolutions [https://undocs.org/a/res/71/243 71/243] and [https://undocs.org/a/res/72/279 72/279]
| ECOSOC [https://undocs.org/E/RES/2019/15 resolution 2019/15] of 8 July 2019
| Funding compact
|-
|-
| [https://undocs.org/a/74/73/Add.2 A/74/73–E/2019/14/Add.2]
| [https://undocs.org/A/75/79 A/75/79—E/2020/55] || GA [https://undocs.org/A/RES/74/297 resolution 74/297]<br>ECOSOC [https://undocs.org/E/RES/2020/23 resolution 2020/23] || QCPR report
| ECOSOC [https://undocs.org/E/RES/2019/15 resolution 2019/15] of 8 July 2019
| Overview of the funding of operational activities for development, focusing on 2017
|-
|-
| [https://undocs.org/a/74/73/Add.3 A/74/73–E/2019/14/Add.3]
| [https://undocs.org/A/76/75 A/76/75–E/2021/57] || GA [https://undocs.org/A/RES/76/220 resolution 76/220] || Implementation of QCPR
| ECOSOC [https://undocs.org/E/RES/2019/15 resolution 2019/15] of 8 July 2019
| Monitoring and reporting framework for resolutions [https://undocs.org/a/res/71/243 71/243] and [https://undocs.org/a/res/72/279 72/279]
|-
|-
| [https://undocs.org/e/2019/62 E/2019/62]
| [https://undocs.org/A/76/75/Add.1 A/76/75/Add.1–E/2021/57/Add.1] || GA [https://undocs.org/A/RES/76/220 resolution 76/220] || QCPR: funding of the UN development system
| ECOSOC [https://undocs.org/E/RES/2019/15 resolution 2019/15] of 8 July 2019
| Report on the Development Coordination Office and the resident coordinator system
|}
|}


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[United Nations reform]]
* [[United Nations reform]]
* [https://soc.un.org/SPTF/ Special Purpose Trust Fund website]
* [[Development Coordination Office]]
* [[Mutual recognition]]


== References ==
== References ==


[[Category:Reform]]
[[Category:Reform]]

Latest revision as of 14:03, 26 April 2022

Repositioning the United Nations development system is one of the three parts of Secretary-General António Guterres's United to Reform agenda.

It consists of seven elements[1]:

  1. A new generation of UN country teams to meet the specific development priorities and needs of countries;
  2. A reinvigorated Resident Coordinator system with stronger capacity, leadership, accountability and impartiality;
  3. A coordinated, reprofiled and restructured regional approach to better support work on the ground;
  4. Renewed spaces for Member States to guide system-wide actions and bring greater transparency and accountability for results;
  5. A stronger UN institutional response and system-wide approach to partnerships for the 2030 Agenda.
  6. Concrete steps to accelerate the system’s alignment to the 2030 Agenda, through a system-wide strategic document developed by the UN Development Group.
  7. A Funding Compact to bring better quality, quantity and predictability of resources, increased accountability and transparency and enhanced capacities of the system to deliver on the 2030 Agenda.

Legislative history

Report(s) Resolution(s) Notess
A/72/124–E/2018/3 General Assembly resolution 72/236 of 20 December 2017 First report on the repositioning of the UN development system
A/72/684–E/2018/7 General Assembly resolution 72/279 of 31 May 2018 Second report on the repositioning of the UN development system;
GA approved, inter alia, reinvigorated RC system with hybrid financing model
A/73/424 (SG) and
A/73/579 (ACABQ)		 General Assembly resolution 73/279 of 22 December 2018 (section XV) Revised estimates relating to the resident coordinator system
A/75/905 General Assembly resolution 76/4 of 28 October 2021 Review of the functioning of the resident coordinator system

Other documents

Reports on DCO

See Development Coordination Office.

Related QCPR reports

Report Associated resolution(s) Notes
A/74/73–E/2019/14 GA resolution 74/238
ECOSOC resolution 2019/15		 QCPR report; stocktaking on UNDS reform
A/74/73/Add.1–E/2019/14/Add.1 GA resolution 74/238
ECOSOC resolution 2019/15		 Funding compact
A/74/73/Add.2–E/2019/14/Add.2 GA resolution 74/238
ECOSOC resolution 2019/15		 Overview of the funding of operational activities for development, focusing on 2017
A/74/73/Add.3–E/2019/14/Add.3 GA resolution 74/238
ECOSOC resolution 2019/15		 Monitoring and reporting framework for resolutions 71/243 and 72/279
A/75/79—E/2020/55 GA resolution 74/297
ECOSOC resolution 2020/23		 QCPR report
A/76/75–E/2021/57 GA resolution 76/220 Implementation of QCPR
A/76/75/Add.1–E/2021/57/Add.1 GA resolution 76/220 QCPR: funding of the UN development system

See also

References

  1. ↑ Secretary-General's remarks on the second report on the repositioning of the UN development system, 22 January 2018 [1]
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