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Overview of UNFPA Mandates and Programme

Overview of UNFPA Mandates and Programme. Joint UNHCR/UNFPA Workshop Collaboration on Demographic Data Collection in Emergencies/IDP Situations 7 February 2007 Geneva Benoit Kalasa, UNFPA Representative Madagascar. UNFPA Mission Statement.

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Overview of UNFPA Mandates and Programme

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  1. Overview of UNFPA Mandates and Programme Joint UNHCR/UNFPA Workshop Collaboration on Demographic Data Collection in Emergencies/IDP Situations 7 February 2007 Geneva Benoit Kalasa, UNFPA Representative Madagascar

  2. UNFPA Mission Statement UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect. UNFPA – because everyone counts.

  3. Mandates of UNFPA • Reproductive Health • Population and Development • Gender

  4. Reproductive Health • Safer Motherhood • Family Planning • Prevention and Management of STI • Prevention of HIV • Youth/Adolescent needs • Sexual/Gender Based Violence

  5. Promoting Gender Equality • Women’s empowerment • Involving men • Attention to girls and adolescents • Gender based violence, harmful practices

  6. Population and Development • Assist governments to integrate population issues into their planning and policy making for poverty reduction • Support national capacity development in data collection and analysis (demographic researches, surveys and censuses) • Policy dialogue

  7. Population and Development • Census: basis for any other data collection - sampling frame • Detailed mapping of population distribution at the lowest level (GIS) • Building multi-sectoral database • Population projections: basis for any interventions (benchmarks!)

  8. Population and Development • Traditional working relationships with a wide range of data producers: civil registration; sectors; village books • High level of desegregation and better service delivery (targeting and HRBA to programming)

  9. Population and Development Minimum basic data systems re-established in post-conflict countries • Support for assessments of population data systems • Rebuilding of the minimum population data systems required for short-term planning

  10. Population and Development • Resource mobilization for rebuilding of data collection, analysis and dissemination systems; and • Providing relevant demographic data and analysis as part of a coordinated United Nations effort

  11. UNFPA Programming Framework • A member of UN Country Team, UNDG ExCom member • Harmonized programming approach – CCA, UNDAF, Country Programme, CPAP, AWP • Partner with governments, civil society, regional institutions, NGOs, UN partners

  12. Common tools for planning country Programmes have been developed COMMON TOOLS Preparation and Approval ANALYSIS: Common Country Assessment (CCA) BUSINESS PLAN: UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) COMMON RESULTS: Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) NATIONAL PRIORITIES/ MDGs Monitoring and Evaluation Implementation

  13. Monitoring and Analysis Strategies and Planning Implementation Stages 1 2 3 4 5 Calendar Mar Yr5 Sept Yr4 Dec Yr4 Jan Yr 1 CCA UNDAF CPDs X Final UNDAF Eval. Processes M&E plan JSM JSM Tools Results Matrix Joint Programming Milestones of programming CPAP

  14. Challenges of Humanitarian interventions • Capturing humanitarian needs during the key programming stages • Priority setting: keeping humanitarian interventions on the development agenda • Securing resources • Coordination: Government; UN; other Development partners

  15. Challenges of P&D inputs • Anticipating availability of information • Flexibility and or harmonization of existing methodologies/tools • Institutional challenges: leadership role of national institutions • Policy dialogue: Seating at the table from beginning

  16. Thank you. Presentation by Benoit Kalasa UNFPA Representative, Madagascar kalasa@unfpa.org

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