Republica Democratica de Timor-Leste

1. RepublicaDemocratica de Timor-Leste Findings from Fragility Assessment Felix Piedade Team Leader Fragility Assessment

2. 1. Coordinating Structure • Post Nairobi Meeting, we established a New Deal Implementation Taskforce, Timor-Leste (NDIT-TL) • The Task Force consist of representative from: • g7+ secretariat • Australian government – pilot partners • Civil Society • National Directorate Statistic • UN

3. 2. Process and Methodology • Key step in assessment: • Review analytical framework – to adapt to country context • Mapping of Stakeholders by PSG • Identification of coordinator for each PSG • Desk study • Collect information from the discussion and interview • Writing up the draft report – send for comments and inputs - finalization • Key events • Briefing to relevant stakeholders • Interview • Group discussion at National Level • Group discussion at district level • Presentation of Major Findings • Validation Workshop

4. 2. Process and Methodology • Stakeholders involved: • Relevant state institution: Government, President Office and Parliament. • Civil Society (International and National NGOs) • Development Partners • Political Parties • Academia (Universities) • Private Sectors • Process to identify indicators • Identification of potential areas for indicators from the whole group discussion • Define the indicator area together with the coordinator of PSG and the consultant • Send to relevant stakeholders for comments and inputs • Discuss and review with Statistical office

5. 3. Key outputs, findings & Next Step • Main outputs: • Fragility Assessment report + fragility spectrum (include country indicators) • Lesson learnt report • Expected use of findings, as inputs to: • Government and Development Partners planning and programs • The development of compact • Monitoring and reporting country progress on PSGs • Next Step: • To do similar assessment on “TRUST” principle and to come up with the same outputs.

6. Key Findings: Has the biggest areas of Progress Some good progress has been made The areas that need more efforts in the future For the next 5 years, priority should be given more to the State Building

7. 4. Challenges and Success • Challenges: • Difficulty in finding local people who had the relevant knowledge and experience to be the coordinator for each PSG • Difficulty in achieving maximum participation from all expected relevant stakeholders at the national level

8. 4. Challenges and Success • Success: • The whole in-country process was led by local people and was primarily in the local language (Tetum). • Participants requested similar assessment be conducted on regular basis, maybe in every 2 or 3 years • Group discussion on PSGs also took at the regional level with active participation from majority of the Heads of Villages from the 2 selected districts • The assessment provided an understanding of where the country is in relation to the PSG, what are the problems and what need to be done to improve it

9. 5. Lesson Learned • It is important to have a clear guidance on terminology. • It is also important to have a template or format for the country reports • Need some clear guidance on “HOW” to identify the indicators; Parameters that have been provided were felt to be insufficient.

10. 5. Lesson Learned • There is a need for a clear guidance notes on the definition of each fragility stage • Revised version of any document to support the implementation of the Fragility Assessment should be sent to the pilot country in a timely manner

11. Kick off Workshop

12. Briefing to stakeholders

13. Some Photos Group discussion at National Level

14. Group discussion at District Level

15. Group discussion at District Level

16. UN Secretary General Speech in Timor-Leste’s Fragility Assessment