Presentation to the IRFFI Donor Committee of the Seventh UNDG Iraq Trust Fund Progress Report for the period 1 July to 31 December 2007 Baghdad, Iraq,

Presentation to the IRFFI Donor Committee of the

Seventh UNDG Iraq Trust Fund Progress Report for the

period 1 July to 31 December 2007

Baghdad, Iraq, 7 July 2008

June–December 2007 Highlights including January - March 2008 Update s

$84.4 million in deposited contributions for a total of $1.3 billion deposits.

16 projects approved including 5 joint programmes valued at $69.8 million.

141 total approved projects/joint programmes (180 individual agency projects) valued at of $1.1 billion.

77% ($854 mill.) committed and 66% ($737 mill.) disbursed.

UNDG ITF balance at $230 mill. including $55 mill interest income.

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UNDG ITF Monitoring FrameworkThree (3) levels of monitoring:1. Project Level:

Ongoing monitoring of project implementation by Participating UN Organizations in collaboration with government and national counterparts.

2. Steering Committee/SCSO Level: Ongoing monitoring at the project and cluster level to

track implementation progress at the project, agency and thematic levels.

3. Administrative Agent Level : Consolidated monthly and semi-annual financial and

project progress summaries and reports made available on the IRFFI/UNDG ITF website. Annual Certified status of source, use and balance of funds.

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Monitoring & Reporting Timeline1. Monthly:

Project approval and fund transfer Financial commitments & disbursements Contract awards

2. Quarterly: Project progress summaries (fiches)

3. Semi-Annual: Project level progress reports Cluster level progress reports Consolidated “progress reports”

4. Annual: Certified Status of Source, Use and Balance of Funds

5. Periodic: Audits, assessments, surveys, etc End of project evaluations

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Donor DepositsJuly to December 2007 contributions ($55.1mil):• Spain $34.5• Republic of Korea $10.0• EC $ 8.5• Australia $ 3.0• Sweden $ 3.0

January 2008 to date contributions ($29.3 mil):• EC $27.8 • Finland $ 1.5

• Turkey (to be deposited ) $ 8.8

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Donor DepositsDonor

(Donor Curr 000s) (US$000s) (Donor Curr 000s) (US$000s) (Donor Curr 000s) (US$000s) (Donor Curr 000s) (US$000s) (Donor Curr 000s) (US$000s)

European Commission EUR 416,483 528,814 EUR 6,000 8,542 EUR 422,483 537,355 EUR 19,000 27,795 EUR 441,483 565,151

Japan USD 360,951 360,951 USD 360,951 360,951 USD 360,951 360,951

Spain USD 20,000 20,000 USD 20,000 USD 20,000 EUR 33,100 42,631 EUR 22,000 30,543 EUR 55,100 EUR 55,100

Canada CAD 80,000 63,785 CAD 80,000 63,785 CAD 80,000 63,785

United Kingdom GBP 30,000 55,542 GBP 30,000 55,542 GBP 30,000 55,542

Italy EUR 23,900 29,782 EUR 23,900 29,782 EUR 23,900 29,782

Australia AUD 32,322 23,957 AUD 3,500 3,000 AUD 35,822 26,957 AUD 35,822 26,957

Republic of Korea USD 11,000 11,000 USD 10,000 10,000 USD 21,000 21,000 USD 21,000 21,000

Sweden SEK 77,000 10,622 SEK 20,000 3,035 SEK 97,000 13,657 SEK 97,000 13,657

Denmark DKK 73,183 12,410 DKK 73,183 12,410 DKK 73,183 12,410

Germany USD 10,000 10,000 USD 10,000 10,000 USD 10,000 10,000

Finland EUR 5,000 6,234 EUR 5,000 6,234 EUR 1,000 1,466 EUR 6,000 7,701

Norway NOK 45,000 7,009 NOK 45,000 7,009 NOK 45,000 7,009

Netherlands EUR 5,000 6,697 EUR 5,000 6,697 EUR 5,000 6,697

India USD 5,000 5,000 USD 5,000 5,000 USD 5,000 5,000

Kuwait USD 5,000 5,000 USD 5,000 5,000 USD 5,000 5,000

Qatar USD 5,000 5,000 USD 5,000 5,000 USD 5,000 5,000

United States of America USD 5,000 5,000 USD 5,000 5,000 USD 5,000 5,000

Greece EUR 3,000 3,630 EUR 3,000 3,630 EUR 3,000 3,630

New Zealand NZD 5,000 3,365 NZD 5,000 3,365 NZD 5,000 3,365

Luxembourg USD 200 200 USD 200 USD 200 EUR 1,700 2,119 EUR 1,700 EUR 1,700

Belgium EUR 1,000 1,321 EUR 1,000 1,321 EUR 1,000 1,321

Ireland EUR 1,000 1,226 EUR 1,000 1,226 EUR 1,000 1,226

Iceland USD 500 500 USD 500 500 USD 500 500

Turkey USD 200 200 USD 200 200 USD 200 200

TOTAL

TotalGross Donor Deposits

2,319

93,173

1,306,374

2,319

93,173

Jan to Mar 2008Jul to Dec 2007 Total Jul 2004 to Dec 2007 Jul 2004 to Mar 20082004 to Jun 2007

29,261 55,119 1,277,113 1,221,994 6

Donor Deposits by Cluster & Donor (as of 31 March 2008)

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Donor

EUROPEAN 565.15JAPAN 360.95SPAIN 93.17CANADA 63.79UK 55.54ITALY 29.78AUSTRALIA 26.96KOREA 21.00SWEDEN 13.66DENMARK 12.41GERMANY 10.00FINLAND 7.70NORWAY 7.01NETHERLANDS 6.70INDIA 5.00KUWAIT 5.00QATAR 5.00USA 5.00GREECE 3.63NEW ZEALAND 3.36LUXEMBOURG 2.32BELGIUM 1.32IRELAND 1.23ICELAND 0.50TURKEY 0.20TOTAL

Gross

(US$ mill)

1,306.3890% contributions earmarked at Cluster /Sub-cluster Levels

Summary of Total Expenditure, by Category and Reporting Period ($000) (as of 31 March 2008 )

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TOTAL EXPENDITUREP1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 Jul-Dec

'04

Jan-Jun

'05

Jul-Dec

'05

Jan-Jun

'06

Jul-Dec

'06

Jan-Jun

'07

Jul-Dec

'07

Personnel 3,619 12,381 7,504 8,570 7,279 10,295 12,548 62,197 7.7Contracts 47,819 93,393 111,857 36,714 36,233 30,639 20,572 377,226 46.8Training 2,413 3,624 8,905 4,630 8,524 3,868 9,484 41,448 5.1Transport 303 326 147 2,164 (720) 3,410 (2,107) 3,523 0.4Supplies/Commodi 41,001 7,351 38,975 (340) 22,353 3,052 (2,389) 110,002 13.6Equipment 12,888 38,389 28,715 29,896 13,150 18,885 31,237 173,160 21.5Travel 658 2,483 2,393 2,736 461 2,757 4,485 15,973 2.0Security 672 661 1,363 1,356 536 594 673 5,854 0.7Miscellaneous 3,047 6,750 5,020 2,185 3,736 2,779 (6,955) 16,561 2.1

Total 112,419 165,358 204,879 87,910 91,553 76,278 67,548 805,944 -Total Indirect 6,579 4,642 15,276 2,627 8,618 3,778 3,362 44,882 5.6

TOTAL

Expenditure

118,997 170,001 220,155 90,537 100,170 80,056 70,910 850,826

CATEGORYJuly 2004-

December

2007

% of Total

Programme

Costs

Project Approval Status(1 July to 31 March 2008)

• 16 new projects were approved for a total of $69.8 million

• 4 of16 projects approved as joint programmes

ClusterCluster No. of New Projects including JPsNo. of New Projects including JPs Amount (millions)Amount (millions)A-AgricultureA-Agriculture 3 projects - 1 JP 3 projects - 1 JP $ 8.5 $ 8.5

B-EducationB-Education 4 projects - 2 JP4 projects - 2 JP $27.5$27.5

C-GovernanceC-Governance 2 projects - 0 JP2 projects - 0 JP $ 5.4$ 5.4

D-HealthD-Health 2 projects - 1 JP2 projects - 1 JP $ 5.6$ 5.6

E-InfrastructureE-Infrastructure 1 project - 0 JP1 project - 0 JP $ 1.9$ 1.9

F-Refugees, IDPsF-Refugees, IDPs 1 project - 0 JP1 project - 0 JP $ 5.1$ 5.1

G-ElectionsG-Elections 3 project s- 0 JP3 project s- 0 JP $ 15.7$ 15.7

TOTALTOTAL $69.8$69.89

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AgencyApproved

Funding

No. of

Projects

(US$ mill)

UNDP 301.91 30

UNOPS 196.85 29

UNICEF 154.11 21

WHO 109.04 19

FAO 92.57 12

UN-HABITAT 77.92 14

UNESCO 57.72 19

UNIDO 32.54 10

UNEP 16.61 3

WFP 16.37 4

UNHCR 13.42 4

UNFPA 12.60 1

ESCWA 10.38 5

UN DPA/EAD 7.80 1

UNIFEM 5.73 4ILO 5.56 4

TOTAL 1,111.12 180

Approved Funding by Cluster & UN Agency (As of 31 March 2008)

Project Implementation Status(as of 31 March 2008)

141 projects/joint programmes of which 23 Joint Programmes for a total of 180 individual agency funded projects

85 active projects (60% of total) 56 closed projects (40% of total) 82 project extensions approved

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Active Operationa

llyProject Closed

A-Agriculture 19 6 14 2

B-Education 11 15 18 6

C-Governance 15 7 16 4

D-Health 16 5 14 5

E-Infrastructure 17 12 17 2

F-Refugees 2 4 1 2

G-Elections 5 7 2 2

TOTAL 85 56 82 23

ClusterTimeline/

Budget

Revision

Joint

Programm

es (JP)

Anticipated Project Closure Timeline (as of 23 June 2008)

12Number of Projects to be Completed

Project Implementation Status “Commitments & Disbursements” (as of 31 December 2007)

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Percent of Percent of

Projects Projects

21 100% 12 100%

30 80-99% 27 80-99%

12 50-80% 15 50-80%

37 Below 50% 46 Below 50%

Contract

Commitment

Contract

Disbursement

Cluster Commitment/Disbursement Rates

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% Committed % Disbursed A-Agriculture 73 60B-Education 75 63C -Governance 45 40D-Health 75 59E-Infrastructure 80 66F-Refugees 97 94G-Election 89 88

Total 76 65

Sample of Assessments, Studies & Evaluations

Needs Assessment:• C9-05: Comprehensive training needs assessment of

the Min. of Municipality and Public Works • D2-17: Assessed model factories for rehabilitation with

Min. of Industry• F8-03,4&5: Rapid assessment of priority needs of IDPsIndependent Project Evaluations:• A5-06: External evaluation of the “Promotion of

Cottage industries in Rural and Urban Areas”• B1-25: Assessment of “Health Promoting Schools”Process Evaluations:• E4-14: Third-party evaluation of procurement practices

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Recurrent Implementation ChallengesJuly-Dec 2004 Jan-June 2005 July-Dec 2005 Jan-June 2006 July-Dec 2006 Jan-June 2007

Insecurity Insecurity Insecurity Insecurity Insecurity Insecurity/ Mobility

Lack /absence of Timely Decision Making / Uncertainty about Leadership Change /

Difficulties in Decision Making by Iraq Authorities

Difficulties in Decision Making

Difficulties in Decision Making by Iraq Authorities

Frequent changes in senior government and coordination between national/ local government

Prolonged Political Transition/ Difficulties in Decision Making/Coordination

Cost Increases Cost Increases

Cost Increases Cost Increases Cost escalation Cost escalation

Lack of Operational Funding for Basic Services (recurrent expenditures)



Lack of Operational Funding for Basic Social Services (recurrent expenditures)

Lack of operational funding in service miniseries(recurrent expenditures)

Individual and Institutional Capacity

Communication Difficulties




Scarcity of Reliable Data

Project Monitoring

Project Monitoring

Project Monitoring

Project Monitoring

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UN Implementation Challenges• UN’s own desire to show quick results leading to

unrealistic setting of short project duration• Increasing expectations of Donors and Government for

rapid delivery and project impact • Agencies over-estimation of capacity to deliver given

security and other operating limitations.• Lack of appreciation by UN headquarters of unique Iraq

operating context. – e.g delays in procurement, recruitment processes

• Need to address simultaneously humanitarian, reconstruction and development responses

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Current Implementation Challenges

• Government decision making processes– Differing guidance from MoPDC and line ministries – High turnover of policy level decision-makers – Centralized and lengthy processes

• High counterpart staff turnover and limited human resource base

• Unavailability of timely and adequate recurrent budget • Remote project management system that particularly

affects regular and ongoing field level monitoring and evaluation

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Lessons Learned • Prepare more realistic and results focused work plans

(including recruitment).• Increased M&E of project activities • Improve and expand routine, formal communication

processes with government counterparts (at all levels)• Continuous induction and training of new staff to

minimize effects of high staff turnover.• Continuous advocacy for allocation of resources to meet

recurrent costs. • Encourage allocation of non-earmarked donor resources• Sensitize UN HQ personnel to Iraq context and

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Cluster A: Agriculture, Food Security, Environment and Natural Resource Management

• Safe drinking water to15,000 residents• Artificial insemination centers and lab

facilities constructed and equipped• Increased employment and income

generation through capacity building and the provision of skilled and unskilled labor under

• Completion of three Vocational Training Centers for training in food and non-food technologies

• 22 active projects • 2 closed (14 extensions)• 2 joint programmes• Total approved funding

$157.67 million (15% of total) • $115.47 million (73%)

contract commitments • $95.17 million (60 %)

contract disbursements

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Cluster B: Education & Culture• Rehabilitation of 433 primary schools• Provision of teaching and learning materials

for10 million children• Distribution of 9 million textbooks benefiting

6 million students.• Establishment of 17 vocational institutes, one

National Literacy Center• Improved health and nutrition status of

students through the provision of high-energy biscuits to 1.9 million primary school children

• Education opportunities for 17,000 out-of-school children

• 11 active projects,• 15 closed (18extensions) • 6 joint programmes• Total approved funding

$191.25 million (18 % of total)

• $144.06 million (75 %) contracts commitments

• $120.25 million (63 %) contract disbursements

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Cluster C: Governance & Human Development

• Establishment of ICI coordination structure• Six GOI institutions engaged in institutional

reform process• Establishment of Mine Action National

Strategic framework• Strengthened self-regulatory framework

and media capacities• Increased role of civil society in governance• Creation of National Commission for

Employment• 640,000 work days of unskilled labor

• 16 active projects • 5 closed (16 extensions)• 4 joint programmes• Total approved funding


• $50.8 million (45%) contract commitments


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Cluster D: Health & Nutrition

• Infant mortality rate reduced to 35/1000 (+ 50 percent reduction since 1999)

• Maternal mortality rate reduced to 193/100,000 compared to 292/100,000 in 1999

• Over five million people receiving access to improved healthcare services

• Sustained reduction in the prevalence of communicable diseases

• Provision of emergency medical to over 600,000 Iraqis

• Zero cases of Malaria were reported during the first six months of 2007

• 16 active projects• 5 closed(14 extensions) • 5 joint programmes• Total approved funding


• $116.8 million (75 %) contract commitments


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Cluster E: Infrastructure Rehabilitation

• Increased access to safe drinking water for 3.5 million people

• 500,000 individuals and IDPs assisted with supplies of safe water

• Improved sanitation to half-million people• 350+ megawatts of stable electricity

generation capacity added to national grid• Improved shelter conditions for more than

20,000 persons, including 500 orphans• Generation of an estimated 5 million

person days of local employment

• 17 active projects• 11 closed (17 extensions)• 4 joint programmes• Total approved funding




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Cluster F: Refugees, IDPs and Durable Solutions

• 2.1 million IDPs have been provided with life-saving assistance

• Housing facilitated the socio-economic (re)integration of over 5,600 returnee/refugee families and the provision of emergency shelter to over 42,036 IDPs and 7,254 refugees

• Improved vocational training and income-generation projects for 28,803 persons

• Revision of 1971 Refugee Act; draft National Policy on Internally Displaced Persons

• 2 active projects• 3 closed(1 extension) • 1 joint programmes• Total approved funding is




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Cluster G: Support to Electoral Assistance

• Enhanced technical capacity of Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq

• Increased public participation in electoral events including media and NGOs

• Increased capacity of electoral observer groups and successful observation of electoral events

• 5 active projects• 8 closed (2 extensions) • 1 joint programme• Total approved funding



• $165.4 million (88 %) contract disbursements.

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Presentation to the IRFFI Donor Committee of the Seventh UNDG Iraq Trust Fund Progress Report for the period 1 July to 31 December 2007 Baghdad, Iraq,