UNDP/UNEP POVERTY & ENVIRONMENT

INITIATIVE (PEI)

UNDP/UNEP POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENT

INITIATIVE (PEI). • Global partnership that merges UNDP/UNEP poverty-

environment programmes into one integrated programme

• Core focus: to support country-led efforts to integrate environmental sustainability into policy & planning processes for poverty reduction & pro-poor growth.

RATIONALE FOR UNDP/UNEP PEI

• UNDP & UNEP BOTH HAD POVERTY & ENVIRONMENT ACTIVITIES

• NEED TO CO-ORDINATE PROGRAMMES

• DONOR & COUNTRY REQUESTS TO CO-ORDINATE BETTER

• UNDP - UNEP MOU FOR ENHANCED CO-OPERATION

• UN SYSTEM REFORM REQUIRES IMPROVED INTER-AGENCY CO-OPERATION

BENEFITS OF PEI• GREATER EFFICIENCY & EFFECTIVENESS

• MORE FUNDING PER COUNTRY BY COMBINING ACTIVITIES

• GREATER RESOURCE MOBILISATION LEVERAGE

• MORE INFLUENCE ON COUNTRIES BY COMBINING EFFORTS

• UNDP & UNEP PRACTICING WHAT THEY PREACH BY INTEGRATING ENVIRONMENT & DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

• MODEL FOR BROADER UNEP-UNDP CO-ORDINATION & WIDER UN SYSTEM REFORM

• PLATFORM FOR BROADER COMBINED SUPPORT FOR ACHIEVING MDGs.

UNDP/UNEP PEI: NOT ALL PLAIN SAILING

• UN SYSTEM PROBLEM OF AGENCIES NOT CO-OPERATING AS THEY SHOULD

• IN THE BEGINNING LESS THAN ADEQUATE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN UNDP & UNEP ON POVERTY & ENVIRONMENT

• DONOR PRESSURE IMPORTANT INFLUENCE ON CO-OPERATION

• NEEDED HIGH LEVEL OF PERSONAL COMMITMENT FROM BOTH UNDP & UNEP FOR SUCCESS

• OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES BETWEEN UNEP & UNDP SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT

– UNEP PROCEDURES SLOWER (NORMATIVE VERSUS OPERATIONAL HISTORY)

– NEED TO PREPARE SEPARATE UNDP & UNEP PROJECT DOCUMENTS – DIFFERENT & SEPARATE APPROVAL PROCEDURES

UNDP/UNEP PEI: LESSONS SO FAR

• COMMITMENT BRINGS SUCCESS

• COMMUNICATE VERY FULLY & OPENLY

• FOCUS ON JOINT PROGRAMMING

• DEVELOP COUNTRY PROJECTS, OTHER ACTIVITIES, PROPOSALS FOR DONORS TOGETHER FROM VERY FIRST STAGES

• THINK & ACT IN TERMS OF WHAT IS NEEDED FOR RESULTS, NOT IN TERMS OF UNDP OR UNEP

• PRESENT JOINT PROPOSALS TO DONORS

• LEARN FROM LESSONS

• GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH UNDP COUNTRY OFFICE VITAL

UNDP/UNEP PEI: JOINT PROJECTS

• JOINT PROJECTS IN KENYA, TANZANIA & RWANDA

• KENYA & TANZANIA MERGING SEPARATE ACTIVITIES

• RWANDA: JOINT PROJECT FROM EARLIEST STAGES

• RWANDA MOST SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE:– UNDP & UNEP WORKED TOGETHER FROM THE EARLIEST STAGES– EXCELLENT SUPPORT FROM UNDP COUNTRY OFFICE– VERY STRONG COMMITMENT FROM GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA

TO MAINSTREAM ENVIRONMENT INTO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES

– STRONG REQUIREMENT FROM GoR FOR UNDP & UNEP TO COMBINE SUPPORT

– UNEP ABLE TO PROVIDE DETAILED TECHNICAL SUPPORT FROM NAIROBI

– AVAILABILITY OF SUFFICIENT FUNDS

UNDP/UNEP PEI: NEXT STEPS

• DEVELOP SCALED UP PEI PROGRAMME

• USE LESSONS LEARNT FROM PEI TO BUILD JOINT PROGRAMME OF SUPPORT FOR MDG NATIONAL PLANS

• NEED TO DOCUMENT EXPERIENCES & IDENTIFY BEST PRACTICES

• BUILD UP FIRMER DONOR SUPPORT BASE