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UNDP Tajikistan Country Office. Key achievements and priorities. UNDP Tajikistan in a snapshot. Key achievements in 2010:. The highest (and record!) delivery in the region – almost $40 million (~$42 million including management budget) Despite 10% decrease in TRAC funding;
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UNDP Tajikistan Country Office Key achievements and priorities
Key achievements in 2010: • The highest (and record!) delivery in the region – • almost $40 million (~$42 million including management budget) • Despite 10% decrease in TRAC funding; • 2010 Delivery is 14 million higher that in the previous year. • The champions on delivery (83% of CO delivery): • GFATM Projects – $24.9 million • Communities Programme – $5.3 million • DRMP – $3.3 million
Delivery Overview 2010: • Programme Budget 2010: $45,5 million • 2010 Delivery Target: $40 million • Delivery Ratio out of Programme Budget: 87% • Delivery Ratio out of Annual Delivery Target: 100% (!!!)
Fundraising Efforts in 2010 • Good fundraising of the Country Office in the amount of $23 million (as compared to planned $20 million); • Main donors: • EU – $9.8 million • DFID – $8 million • BCPR – $1.8 million
Delivery Trends for future years: • Government expressed concerns about budget in CPAP (high resource mobilization planned); • However, with current tendency we can significantly overcome this figure: • With current trend the delivery may go even beyond $230 million • This means possible 138% delivery for CPAP
Other Achievements in 2010 • First time for the last several years the CO received “Satisfactory” rating for NIM audit; • Unified programmatic approach to Environment and Energy Projects; • Enhanced cross-practice cooperation; • Joint effort of several projects for development of TAPRI project.
Key achievements in 2011: New Initiatives • Catalyzing Capacities for Mine Action in Tajikistan and Going Beyond to Development; • Support to NDS/PRS Monitoring; • Support for the Preparation of TNC to the UNFCCC; • (expected) Promotion of Technology Transfer of Renewable Energy
Key achievements in 2011: New Initiatives (potential) • Joint Agency Programme for the Rasht Valley is discussed to be submitted to UNTFHS; • Conflict prevention initiatives are discussed for funding by BCPR and PBF; • Cross-cooperation between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan; • PPCR Phase 2 discussed (potentially for DRM and E&E Programmes)
Key achievements in 2011: Scaling-Up • Two projects prepared and funded as a follow up to Scaling-Up Report of J.Linn: • Support to Local Economic Initiatives in Khatlon (to be implemented by CP) • Scaling Up Effective Management Planning in Protected Areas of Tajikistan (to be implemented by Energy and Environment Programme)
Key achievements in 2011: Visit of UNDP Administrator • Successful visit with good impressions from Administrator; • Integrated Rural Development Model in Vakhdat presented as one of the most successful examples in HQ (also mentioned in UNDP Rio+20 successful examples)
Key achievements in 2011: • Current Delivery: $34.8mln. • Planned delivery (as planned in Strategic Note): $37mln. • Current delivery is higher (by $5mln. as compared to the same period of 2010 • Current Budget: $48,8mln. • Will definitely go beyond the planned amount (have potential of higher delivery than in 2010; with 1mln less core resources)
Delivery Overview 2011: • Current Programme Budget 2010: $48,8 million • 2011 Delivery Target: $37 million • Current delivery ratio out of Programme Budget: 71% • Current Delivery Ratio out of Annual Delivery Target: 94%
Current Resource Mobilization status : • Current Fundraising: $12.5mln. • Additional $32mln expected through contracts with GFATM (confirmed) • Additional $2mln expected from GEF • Planned Fundraising (SN): $40mln. • If all plans are realized office may fundraise at least $6.5mln. more than planned
Poverty Reduction & Achievements of MDGs • Strategic objectives: • Poverty reduction and economic development conditions reimproved, with particular focus on the rural poor, women and marginalized people. • LinkingNDS/PRS implementation and monitoring with sub-national development programmes (regional strategic plan and District Development Plans); • Advocating of MDG Acceleration Framework among UN and other agencies for speeding up achievement of MDGs; • Scaling up of sustainable local development initiative both horizontally and vertically; • Develop and promote Public Private Partnership; • Funding for 2010-2015 (as per CPAP): 15,2 million USD • Geographic coverage: whole Tajikistan with focuses on Soughd and Khatlon regions
Key achievements in 2011 • MDG progress report identified the Goals where Tajikistan is behind the target; • MDG Acceleration Framework Action Plan with small energy as a driving sector for achieving MDG; • Poverty Reduction Strategy-3 for 2010-2012 with improved M&E system; • Local Economic Development approach applied in those districts, where District Development Plans elaborated; • Improved women access to local services (3500 women) • Scaling up of Area Based Development approach through Rural Growth Programme and Tajik-Afghan Poverty Reduction Initiative; • Partnership & Resource mobilization: • MEDT, Statagency, MLRWR, NBT, MOA • DFID, ADB, SDC, WB, Government of Finland, Government of Japan, Government of Norway • About 2 mln USD will be mobilized under Poverty portfolio
Key constraints • Complicated business and investment environment with weak business intermediary institutions and low capacity and expertise of authorities in economic development; • The economic reforms including agrarian are not localized and public-private partnership and dialogue is not existent; • No clear linkage between planning and budgeting processes and slow implementation of country reforms.
HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria Control Program Duration:2003 – 2014 Overall Funding: 111 mln USD Budget for 2011: 25,3 million USD Program Funding for 2010-2015: 90 million USD as per CPAP GFATM pipeline for 2011-2014: 35 mln USD Geographic coverage: nationwide CPAP outcome: The spread of HIV/AIDS and TB epidemics is halted and Malaria is eliminated by 2015, in line with MDGs Resource mobilization: GFATM Round 8 Phase 2: 35 mln USD for 2011-2014 (UNDP PR) GFATM Round 11: TA for country proposal –100mln USD
Key achievements and impact • Successful resource mobilization and scaling up HTM program (8 GFATM grants, 115 mln USD for 2003-2014) • Accelerated treatment of PLWH (from zero in 2006 to 712 in 2011). • Notable knowledge and behavior changes among MARPs and young people (>80 % of condom and syringe use) • Sustainable success cure rate for TB – 82,7% and 80% in prisons • Successful piloting of MDR TB in 2009 – 590 patients enrolled • Continuous decrease of malaria morbidity (37% less than in 2009) and 80% coverage of vulnerable households by vector control • Support to strategic planning of national HIV, TB and Malaria response
Strategic priorities in health • Build country capacity by strengthening the programmatic implementation capacities of government, local implementing partners serving as SRs, and CCMs in their national responses • Support community system strengthening through promotion of the role of CSO/NGOs in health governance, enabling environment and service delivery. • Alignment of GFATM grants with national development plans and poverty reduction strategies and promotion of appropriate public sector reform and anti-corruption initiatives in health care sector. • Advance human rights and gender equality agenda for the HTM response in line with UNDP’s role as a cosponsor of UNAIDS and UNDP’s core mandates .
Key constraints • Insufficient capacities of local implementing partners to ensure management of complex health care programs in transparent and efficient manner in compliance with rigid donor requirements; • Lack and frequent turnover of qualified human resources due to very low salary scale for health care; • Minimum government contribution to the sector – only 2% of GDP, which creates high dependence of health care sector on external donors support and hence, lack of ownership for the donor-driven programs.
Good Governance • Strategic objectives: • Good governance and economic • growth are jointly enhanced to • reduce poverty, unlock human • potential, protect rights and improve • core public functions. There is • improved access for the vulnerable • to quality basic services in health, • education and social welfare. • Duration:2010-2015 • Funding for 2010-2015 (as per CPAP): 21 million USD • Geographic coverage: Nationwide and northern Afghanistan
Key achievements & impact • Portfolio consolidation through Governance Strategy; • New Human Development Initiativefoster policy advice in key socio-economic areas; • Aid Transparency enhanced by supporting Foreign Aid Database, reports & mapping; • Investment Promotion through Agribusiness Forum in Tajikistan; • Strengthened corruption prevention capacity & public awareness raised; • Border control capacityalong Tajik and Afghan borders reinforced
Strategic priorities • FosterPublic Administration Reform/Institutional Strengthening; • Mainstream Human Development Concept at all levels; • Seize opportunities in financing for development through aid effectiveness and FDI Promotion; • Promote coordination and aid alignment through Joint Country Partnership Strategy; • Assess Corruption Integrity Risk Water & Education Sectors; • Tajik-Afghan border management & poverty reduction in trans-boundary territories; • Improve cross-border cooperation between Afghanistan, Tajikistan& Uzbekistan; • Partnership and resource mobilization: • Gov-t of TJK, DFID, Gov. of UK, EU, ADB, SDC, SIDA, OGC; • At least, 2 mln USD to be mobilized under Good Governance.
Key constraints • Poor capacity of Government institutions and lack of intergovernmental cooperation to implement sound Governance reforms in an inclusive and participatory manner; • Civil society institutions do not effectively participate in governance reform and have low capacity to be engaged in local development, social advocacy and social service delivery; • Weak border control capacities along Tajik-Afghan border to facilitate local economic development initiatives.
Crisis Prevention and Recovery/ Support to Tajik Mine Action Program • Key achievements & impact • 1,9 sq.km of the land cleared annually and 75% since beginning of program • 52 sqm km of safe land released for population since 2003. • 21 % of total number of victims and victims’ families received different social-economic and medical rehabilitation. • 75000 people receive mine risk education annually • Reduced number of casualties among civil population
Strategic priorities • Nationalisation of mine action authority and building technical capacities of this national body; • Implementation of Ottawa mine ban treaty obligations (clearance of all priority areas by 2015); • Ensure the socio-economic support for up to 60 % of the mine/ERW victims and their family members through mainstreaming MVA to broader PR and PwD programs. • Ensure gender-responsive and quality MRE in all mine-affected regions (coverage of 75000 people annually).
Key constraints • Lack of national ownership for the program and unwillingness of the Government to take responsibility for management and coordination of demining works (as a result delayed nationalization of Tajik Mine Action Center); • Funding constraints to ensure full-scale implementation of mine risk education in hazard areas; • Tajik-Uzbek political complications preventing implementation of comprehensive survey at the Tajik-Uzbek border and, thus, lack of clear data on the scope and location of mine hazard at the border areas.
Crisis Prevention and Recovery/ Disaster Risk Reduction • Duration:2010-2015 as per CPAP and DRMP ProDoc • Funding for 2010-2015 (as per CPAP): 10.8 million USD • - Geographic coverage: country wide with focus on areas at risk and affected by disasters • Strategic objective: • Decreased risk of natural and man-made • hazards to rural and urban livelihoods; • infrastructure and recovery mechanisms • in place.
Key achievements & impact • National Disaster Risk Management Strategy and Action Plan 2010-2015 were approved by the Government of RT; • Risk monitoring and warning system nationalized/transferred to MoEDT: • DRM mainstreamed into local planning through 16 District Development Plans; • National DRM capacity strengthened (COES capacity building); • Effective support to coordination, response and recovery operations (REACT, response/recovery to earthquake in Vanj and floods in Khatlon); • Unified National Risk Assessment Methodology developed and piloted; • Over 160,000 people supported in recovery from compound crisis and natural disasters through UNDP AOs;
Strategic priorities • DRR mainstreaming into development toolkit/Piloting with UNDP projects. • National Platform for DRR established; • NDRMS monitoring and funding mechanisms operational; • National Risk Monitoring and Warning System operational; • National Recovery Framework agreed by GoT and REACT/ER Capacity built; • Integration of climate risk management into DRM; • Integration of Gender issues into DRM; • Ensuring Safe-housing during the disaster recovery; • Improving disaster preparedness and response capacities of GoT and REACT
Key constraints • Limited pool on disaster risk management expertise in the country; • Lack of coordination within the Government on disaster risk management issues; • Disaster risk management issues are not prioritized on the government agenda.
Energy and Environment • Strategic objectives: • Improved environmental protection, • sustainable natural resources • management and increased access to • alternative renewable energy. • Duration:2010-2015 • Funding for 2010-2015: 12 million USD • Geographic coverage: whole Tajikistan with focus on Districts of Republican Subordination, Soughd regions
Key achievements & impact • Legislative and regulatory framework and affordable financing mechanisms developed for promotion of small-scale renewable energy; • Integrated Rural Development Model piloted in Vahdat, in order to develop capacities in deployment of renewable energy technologies; • Protected Areas (PA) system strengthened through introduction and development of PA management plans, including financing plans for 3 PAs; • Poverty and environment linkages integrated into planning methodology applied in 14 districts; • Models for environmental sustainability at the community level demonstrated through 25 demo projects, to promote energy efficiency, agrobiodiversity conservation, sustainable land and forestry management.
Strategic priorities • Scaling up Integrated Rural Development model to facilitate technology transfer and build capacities of stakeholders to efficiently deploy renewable energy technology; • Strengthening the institutional framework for climate change, environmental education, land management & protected areas; • Introduction of poverty-environment linkages into PRS monitoring; • Support development of the national policy for agrobiodiversity conservation; • Promotion of sustainable transport management in Dushanbe; • Contribution to Water Sector Reform through development of Integrated Water Resource Management framework.
Key constraints • Lack of expertise to develop functioning supply chains for renewable energy systems; • Weak institutional framework forissues, such as climate change, environmental education, land management & protected areas; • Limited knowledge and expertise on environmental issues within the country.
Communicating for results Key achievements and impact • Systematic coverage of UNDP activities through regular issues of “Cooperation” tabloid in Asia Plus newspaper and website, in Tajik, Russian and English, 7 press-conferences, 40 thematic press-releases and articles, 13 TV programs; • UNDP activities in the field covered through 21 mobile theatre performances, 6 press tours for journalists, etc.; • Political involvement covered through MDG documentary with President’s interview demonstrated at UNDP HQ in September 2010, and video UNDP Administrator’s visit to Tajikistan broadcasted on CNN; • To build staff capacities on communication, competition on success stories held among field offices, and a series of media trainings for staff conducted.
Communicating for results Strategic priorities • Systematic coverage of UNDP activities through regular issues of “Cooperation” tabloid in Asia Plus newspaper and website, in Tajik, Russian and English, mobile theatre performances; • Promotion of UNDP through modern social media: Facebook and Twitter; • Update new UNDP TJ Website; • Publish at least 9 success stories brochure on Tajik and English to promote UNDP nationally and globally;