VII: Integrated Financial Resources Framework

Align the use of UNDP regular and other resources for the period 2008-2011 to the strategic plan

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135. The strategic plan is aligned with the four-year programme budget (referred to as the programming arrangements) and the two-year support budget (referred to as the biennial support budget). This means that the Board and other stakeholders will be able to see a clear link between the strategic priorities outlined and the resources required for achieving them. The plan includes regular and other resources. This will provide greater transparency on the use of all UNDP resources. 136. The integrated financial resources framework represents the overall funding target for the strategic plan encompassing the resources that are contributed directly to and managed by UNDP (UNDP resources), as well as the resources that are administered by UNDP on behalf of the United Nations system (United Nations resources). UNDP resources directly support established development objectives and management priorities, as well as the UNDP role in coordinating United Nations development activities. United Nations resources are entrusted to UNDP in its role as administrative agent for the United Nations system, and passed through to other United Nations entities. 137. UNDP resources are composed of regular and other resources. Regular resources represent contributions to the UNDP core budget which follows the criteria and appropriations established by the Executive Board. Other resources are comprised of contributions earmarked to themes, countries, regions and/or specific projects, and are broken down into three distinct categories based on their source, namely, bilateral donor contributions, multilateral contributions and resources provided by programme countries for local development activities. 138. The adoption by the Executive Board of the regular resource target represents a consensus around the desirability of reaching an aggregate level of regular resources that is adequate to meet the objectives and priorities of the strategic plan. In contrast, targets for other resources represent an estimate of the total amounts of resources likely to be made available to UNDP as the result of many individual donor decisions on the allocation of resources specific to themes and countries. Both types of resources form an integral part of the strategic plan and should be fully aligned with established organizational objectives. 139. Within the available resources, distribution across focus areas is a direct reflection of country demand for the full range of development services provided by UNDP to programme countries upon their request. A review of historical expenditure patterns presented in the MYFF cumulative report 2004-2006 (DP/2007/17) can however provide an indication of the distribution of resources across the focus areas of the strategic plan. Such review can be useful to understanding the aggregate demand for regular resources and the important correlations and complementarities between regular and other resources.

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VII.A: Resources

VII.B: Administration Resources

VII.C: Use of Resources

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