Strategic Frameworks for Joint Programming in Sudan

1. UN Regional Directors Team – UN Country Team MeetingCairo Egypt22-24 NovemberSession 3 – Working Together towards Programmatic CoherenceCountries Facing Conflict

2. Strategic Frameworks for Joint Programming in Sudan • UN & Partners Workplan – key UN strategic framework since 2005 • The Cluster system and the Common Humanitarian Fund: Joint programming in a humanitarian setting. • Integrated Mission Planning Process (IMPP) • CA/UNDAF – currently under preparation and the key recovery/development framework from 2009-2012.

3. Joint Programming in Sudan – Enabling Factors Enabling factors and benefits: • Funding available • Need to ensure smooth transition from relief to recovery programming and approaches, providing demonstrable peace dividends. • Added value of greater programming synergies and approaches across planning regions; • Provides a basis for dialogue on recovery and development with government and national partners in a challenging political and humanitarian environment;

4. Opportunities for Joint Programming (1)Scaling up of Basic Services & Sustainable livelihoods: Integrated Community-based Recovery & Development Can provide a tangible peace-dividend at local level, building on the multiplier effects of spatial convergence of inputs from multiple partners: • Strengthened governance institutions and community empowerment (UNDP) • Livelihood development and Food Security (FAO/WFP) • Access to improved drinking water sources (UNICEF) • Access to primary health care services expanded (WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA) • Access to quality and child friendly basic education, including school feeding (UNICEF/WFP) • Strengthened sustainable protective systems for vulnerable children and women (UNICEF/UNDP)

5. Opportunities for Joint Programming (2):Disaster Preparedness and Management and Risk Reduction • Recurrent natural disasters, disease outbreak and conflict requiring multi-sectoral response. • Development of framework document focusing on the total package of programming in these areas, but with coordination between individual projects. • Strengthening capacities and institutional development in disaster management at community, state and federal levels. • Common vulnerability mapping.

6. Opportunities for Joint Programming (3)Environment • Cross cutting issue, requiring tangible, coordinated programming • Development of National Adaptation Programme of Action for Climate Change (World Bank, UNEP, UNDP, Nile River Initiative). • In Darfur, UNEP and UNHABITAT working together to reduce environmental degradation. • In Darfur, Sustainable Management of Water Resources Initiative (UNEP, UNESCO, UNICEF) • Addressing underlying cause of conflict.

7. Opportunities for Joint Programming (4) – Reducing Child and Maternal Mortality • Extremely high maternal mortality and high child mortality rate in Sudan (numbers from 2006 SHHS). • Package of basic primary health care interventions focused on children (measles immunization, polio immunization, vitamin A distribution, Malaria bed nets, exclusive breastfeeding for first 6 mos, basic hygiene education). • Support to pregnant women mothers including pre-natal medical care and education on health/hygiene practices • Extending obstetric care to rural areas including via improved training and equipment within PHCCs; increasing number of mid-wives trained and deployed to regional areas

8. Joint programming within a mission environment : • DDR • Mine Action • Returns, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (RRR) of IDPs and Refugees • Sexual and Gender Based Violence

9. Challenges of working together (1) Constraints: • Time and Effort required is considerable: • Regional variability in needs, requires equally varied programming; • Local knowledge/consultation also required to ensure ‘conflict sensitivity’ of programming; • Transaction cost is high. • Strengthen change in organisational culture away from ‘silo’ structure to one which encourages joint approaches to programming. • Changing from a ‘service delivery’ orientation to a recovery and development approach • One year planning horizons (UN and Partners Workplan) • Heavy emphasis on planning, then ???

10. Challenges of working together (2) • Burden of humanitarian action: heavy workload due to Darfur crisis, disease outbreak, natural disasters and post-conflict transition. • Complexity of one country two systems operating environment. • Two parallel peace-keeping missions.

11. Monitoring and Evaluation Unit • Workplan Monitoring and Evaluation – Unit has played leading role in reporting against targets including via MYR and EYR. • For CA/UNDAF M&E Unit will support agencies in developing framework.

12. Partnerships • Within UN – strong working relationships within system between all agencies, funds and programmes. Transition smooth because relief and recovery dealt with in an integrated manner. • Government – With considerable own resources (oil revenue) government budgets are considerable; close coordination of programming therefore critical. • NGOs – key implementing partners for UN • World Bank/ADB – particularly via MDTF process

13. Funding Modalities • MDTF – North and South. • CHF • Darfur Community Peace and Stability Fund • Bilateral funding

14. Lessons Learned • Joint programming does not just happen, but requires support from within agencies and via UN Coordination structures; • Strong and empowered sectors and sector leaders are critical to this process; • Nature of the joint programming can vary depending on issue and level of ‘buy-in’ into process: • Use of framework documents • Parallel budgeting processes around agreed programmes and priorities • Joint appeals for funding via one agency.