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UNITED NATIONS IN LIBERIA

UNDAF ROADMAP Note: This document should be sent to the Regional UNDG Teams, Peer Support Groups and the UNDG

Development Operations Coordination Office upon finalization, and when substantial changes are proposed.

Country LIBERIA

Date OCTOBER 2018

Provide a brief overview of the context in which the new UNDAF will be developed, highlighting recent

national developments, existing UNDAF evaluations and reviews, and lessons learned from previous

reviews/analysis. Detail how non-programme core elements are going to be incorporated, in particular the

BOS and communications. [Recommended length: 2-3 paragraphs.]

BACKGROUND

The United Nations in Liberia supported the Government of Liberia in the development of the Agenda

for Transformation (AfT) 2012 – 2017, that was country-owned and led pathway out of fragility, with

a commitment to building mutual trust by providing one Vision, one Plan and alignment of resource

effectiveness for results. the United Nations support This was articulated in the United Nations

Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 2013-2017 that is aligned to the four pillars of the AfT1.

Implementation of the UNDAF (2013-2017), was adversely affected by Ebola Viral Diseases (EVD)

outbreak and a shift of programme focus to emergency response was made between March 2014 and

April 2016. The EVD emergency response slowed down and reversed some of the gains that had been

made in development indicators and devastated the health care system. Prior to the EVD outbreak, the

Liberian economy had made significant progress, attaining an average annual growth rate of over

7.5%. The EVD crisis effects, commodity and economic shocks persist to date, with real GDP growth

taking a plunge from 8.7% in 2013 to 0.7% in 2014 to 0.5% in 2016. This has made economic

recovery more challenging.

Liberia conducted Presidential elections on 10th October 2017, and a run-off in December 2017 with

the new government inaugurated on 22nd January 2018. The UN Mission departed Liberia in March

2018, and with its departure and a seamless transition to the UN country Team ensuring the UN’s

continued presence in the country building on UNMIL’s work in sustaining peace. While the

transition and withdrawal of UNMIL has impacted on operations and programme of the wider UN

system with a reduced UN foot-print, the UN Country Team continues to support the new government

in developing its s new agenda and in sustaining peace and development. With the departure of

UNMIL, the Resident Coordinator’s Office has been strengthened to lead the good offices. The UN

Resident Coordinator remains engaged with the government at the highest leadership levels

(supported by the RCO Political, Peace and Development Unit) in mitigating and resolving conflict

and providing the platform for dialogue on sensitive political issues.

1 The Pillars of the AfT are: (1) Peace, Security and Rule of Law; (2) Sustainable Economic Transformation; (3)

Human Development; (4) Inclusive Governance and Public Institutions


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The UN Liberia Capacity Mapping exercise provided an evidence base for calibrating a response that

would ensure that the UN remained fit for purpose to continued supporting the reconciliation and

peace consolidation work during the transition and post-UNMUL phase given the challenges in as

well as the fragility of Liberia’s national and regional context. UN Agencies adopted the

recommendations of the Capacity Mapping Exercise in their respective portfolios to strengthen their

capacities.

The Government of Liberia under H.E. President George Weah is developing its Medium-Term

Development Strategy – the Pro-Poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development (PAPD). This is a five-

year Strategy designed to accelerate inclusive and sustainable development and premised on four

pillars: that are inter-connected and mutually reinforcing. Pillar 1-Power to the people is founded on

the belief that the foundation of human development is health and education supported by programs

which reduce vulnerability, particularly among women, children and youth. Pillar2: Economy and

jobs focuses on raising the productivity and income of every Liberian worker by creating an

appropriate policy setting, enhancing competitiveness, and extending and upgrading the nation’s

infrastructure. Pillar three – Sustaining the peace addresses the root causes of conflict and fragility by

ensuring that the human rights of all Liberians are protected by the rule of law and broad-based access

to justice. Pillar four – governance and accountability – highlights the capacity of the state to

honestly, competently, and efficiently fulfill its responsibilities to all Liberians.

Implementation of the PAPD will encounter serious challenges: Liberia is recovering from the effects

of the Ebola crisis, is facing low commodity prices; the structure of the economy is distorted; small-

scale agricultural productivity is low; institutions that need strengthening coupled with financial and

human capacity constraints. These challenges are compounded by limited capacities in the security

and rule of law sectors, slow progress in national reconciliation and limited progress in implementing

critical Government reforms. Relations between the executive branch of Government and society have

improved, but remain strained, in the absence of meaningful national reconciliation, and compounded

by poor public confidence in the justice and security institutions, whose presence remains extremely

limited outside of Monrovia. Sustaining peace in Liberia requires long-term investment in national

institutions that are inclusive, accountable, and responsive, with a government that is committed to

providing opportunities and services to all Liberians.

The UN supports government efforts in sustaining peace and development. The OHCHR was

established in Liberia in April with UNMIL’s departure. The Liberia Multi- Partner Trust Fund has

been established as a predictable funding mechanism to support sustaining peace in Liberia. This

assures predictable resource for coherent, coordinated approach for peace building programmes that

address the fragility and conflict drivers in Liberia (reconciliation, socio- economic youth

empowerment, poverty reduction)

The UN supports the alignment of the PAPD with the SDGs, and the stakeholder consultations during

the development of the PAPD. The Plan has an initial ambitious cost of $7.2 billion over five years.

Partners, including UN Agencies have advised the government to consider reducing the PADP costing

by prioritizing more urgent interventions, as well as considering its own budgetary and absorptive

capacities. Through the UNDAF, the UNCT will support the government implement the PAPD,

focusing on sustaining peace, reconciliation and development. The UNDAF will align with the PAPD,

SDGs and Agenda 2030.

In March 2018, the Liberia UNDAF was extended for a further one year to end in December 2019 to

ensure alignment with the PAPD as the new Government was developing its development agenda.

This allows for the successor UNDAF alignment to the PAPD of the new government. The UNDAF

and the corresponding agency Country Programme Documents (CPDs) would be submitted for

approval to the regular sessions of the Executive Board in June or September 2019 for implementation

from January 2020.


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ALIGNMENT WITH NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND GLOBAL PROCESSES

AND/OR PRIORITIES

Highlight how the UNDAF formulation process will be aligned with national and national planning process

and/or national development priorities, as well as other national, regional and global processes and/or

priorities including the 2030 Agenda. [Recommended length: 1-2 paragraphs.]

The successor UNDAF 2020-2025 guided by the Sustainable Development Goals, Agenda 2030, the

Pro-Poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development (PAPD), The will provide framework for the

support of the UN to the Government of Liberia in achieving the goals and commitments embodied in

the Pro-Poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development and the various international conventions that

Government of Liberia is signatory to. The UNDAF formulation processes will be informed by these

policy frameworks and the UN Country Team will engage with national counterparts.

Through the UNDAF, the UN in Liberia will support the government in realizing its development

aspirations. The support provided will be aligned to the PAPD, in coordination with the government,

development partners and regional bodies.

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The UN will work in collaboration with development partners, donors and stakeholders, making full

use of its comparative advantages as (i) advocate for the poor and vulnerable, working for the

realization of Human Rights, SDGs, global standards and norms, (ii) an enabler, supporting capacity

development of duty bearers; and (iii) strengthening national and local resilience towards disaster and

climate change.

Alignment with other UN pillars, including humanitarian, human rights, UN peace operations and

peacebuilding

The UNDAF will seek to establish coherence across development, humanitarian and peacebuilding

agendas, underpinned by human rights as the common purpose of the UN. The commitment to leave

no one behind, and the need to support recovery and durable solutions in situations of conflict or

fragility calls for this.

Human rights, gender and young people’s concerns, the environment and humanitarian concerns will

be mainstreamed into the new UNDAF. SDG indicators related to these thematic areas that are

relevant to Liberia will be tracked in the UNDAF implementation. UN Country Team programming

will be strongly geared towards national capacity building towards peace consolidation.

UNDAF development will ensure that the inter-sectionality of sustaining peace, planning for

humanitarian response and the development are integrated. Sustaining peace in Liberia will require

taking into consideration the potential conflict risk factors including the need for post-war

reconciliation, weak governance systems, unchecked abuses of democratic freedoms, perceived

limited capacity of the government to safeguard peace, and poor social cohesion strategies.

Displacement of persons linked to investments (mining, infrastructure development and agriculture,

timber and rubber extraction), by natural and disasters impact the fragility in Liberia.

Detail how the CCA/UNDAF will relate to other UN planning frameworks, including the identification of

potential joint approaches across UN pillars that can support/enhance country level action and increase

coherence.

The CCA/UNDAF will contribute to and benefit from other planning frameworks: Integrated SDGs

and Agenda 2030, Integrated Transition Plan, Peace Building Plan, Common Country Assessment,

Social Cohesion and Reconciliation Index, Fragility Assessment among others., It will explore


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different coherence arrangements based on a range of options, with joint analysis and planning

reflected in a common planning framework on one end of the spectrum, and separate planning

instruments when operationally necessary on the other end of the spectrum. Where applicable, the

UNCT will bring together development and humanitarian support in the UNDAF through the

articulation of collective outcomes based on joint analysis and multiyear planning.

. The new UNDAF will leverage on strengthening both downstream and upstream programmatic action

evidence generation and national capacity development, to create enabling conditions for people-

driven sustainable and inclusive development. The UNCT will catalyze its strategies and programmes

to complement and mutually reinforce the government and its duty bearers in developing the requisite

capacity to fully discharge its human rights obligations and commitments.

The design of the new UNDAF will be anchored on the principles of leaving no one behind through

human rights-based approaches(HRBA) gender equality and women’s empowerment and

accountability. The principle of leaving no one behind is grounded on human rights principle of

equality and non-discrimination which is at the heart of all international and regional human rights

treaties.

The CCA and UNDAF End of Programme evaluation, Agency Assessments, Social Cohesion and

Reconciliation Index, Fragility Assessment, SDGs, PAPD and regional assessments will inform

programming and planning. At the programmatic level, the UNDAF will be systematically aligned

with human rights recommendations from treaty bodies and Human Rights Council mechanism (UPR,

Special Procedures) including recommendations from African Union human rights protection

mechanism with the new UNDAF programmatic priorities will also be aligned to key

recommendations accepted by the Government of Liberia. This will strengthen implementation of

human rights recommendations by Government of Liberia with technical support from UN.

ALIGNMENT WITH UN ORGANIZATION PLANNING PROCESSES

Highlight how the CCA/UNDAF process is aligned to other UN organization planning processes, including

the preparation of country programme documents or the equivalent, and when they will be submitted to

Executive Boards where required. [Recommended length: 1-2 lines maximum per organization.]

The UNDAF guides the UN Agencies planning processes for the UN Agencies in Liberia including

UNDP, WFP, UNWOMEN, UNHCHR, UNICEF. The Ex Com Agencies will develop their

respective Country Programme Documents based on priorities agreed in the UNDAF. The UNDAF

will inform the CPD development process and this is synchronized to ensure that they are ready for

submission by 30 April 2019.This allows for the UNDAF alignment to the national Pro- Poor Agenda

for Prosperity and Development.

Agency Alignment of CCA/UNDAF Process to Agency Planning Process,

including Preparation of Country Programme Documents

Submission Date to

the Executive

Board

UNDP Full alignment and preparation of the CPD commenced with training of

core CO teams. While this was initially started in November 2017, with a

support mission that elaborated on the theory of change and defined

strategic results to underpin the CPD, a full resumption of this process is

expected in September 2018.

September 2019

UNWOMEN Full alignment and preparation of the Strategic note process will begin in

July 2019. This process will inform the development of UN Women’s new

Strategic Note that aligns with the new UNDAF cycle.

The final document will be presented to UN Women Regional Office and

HQ for validation and will be submitted to the Executive Board afterward.

September 2019

UNICEF Full alignment and preparation of the CPD commenced with a launch of

Situation analysis of Children and Women in Liberia in July 2018. This will

be followed by a Strategic Moment of Reflection meeting in early

September 2019


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November 2018. An intensive engagement commences in November 2018,

with engagement of a Consultant to facilitate the formulation of Theory of

Change (TOC) and drafting of at least five Programme Strategy Notes

(PSN). The PSN due for submission to our Regional Office mid-February

and draft Country Programme Document in mid-March.

UNHCR The alignment of UNHCR's activities began with the development of the

country operations plan (COP) in March 2017, with the integration of the

education, health and water, sanitation and hygiene sectors already into

national development program. Discussion will continue to integrate other

sectors also into 2018 national program. The primary focus will be on

ensuring that the refugee programme is integrated into the international

framework.

OHCHR OHCHR has reviewed UNMIL HRPS role and contribution to the current

UNDAF 2013- 2018 to inform the design of OHCHR country programme

priorities. OHCHR Country programme will be aligned with the next

UNDAF cycle. There is an ongoing discussion to identify priority actions to

inform long term strategic programme planning 2019-2020.

UNAIDS

UNAIDS work plan is fully aligned with the National Catch-up Plan and

the National Health agenda and involves various state and non-state actors,

civil society, private sector and development partners for multisectoral HIV

and AIDS and TB response. The HIV/ AIDS epidemic is a significant

public health and development problem in Liberia (2016 Liberia

HIV&AIDS Response Progress Report). New HIV infections among adults

(aged 15 years and older) have increased by more than 5% between 2010

and 2017. Priority issues facing Liberia include a weak health system and

the extremely low HIV testing and treatment coverage of life-saving

antiretroviral therapy among adults (30% ART coverage) and children aged

0-14 years (18% ART coverage). Source: UNAIDS 2018 data.

WHO The WHO Biennial work plan, guided by the SDG and UHC framework is

fully aligned with the national health sector investment plan and the PAPD.

Health sector prioritization commenced involving key actors in the health

sector through lead of the ministry of health; identified priorities and shall

contribute to the PAPD, regional and global commitments (SDG/UHC,

IHR, FTCTC, etc.).

UNIDO UNIDO operations in Liberia aligned to current UNDAF priorities and fully

support and aligned with government new education sector plan. The policy

alignment and harmonization around education strategies and policies and

other development policies will continue to integrate other priority areas.

UNFPA UNFPA CPD in the context of the common processes of the Ex.Com.

agencies. It will be fully aligned to the new UNDAF which is informed by

the government’s new national aspiration and development blueprint – Pro-

Poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development – and the Common Country

Analysis (CCA). Submission to the Board: September 2019.

September 2019

WFP WFP is in the process of developing the Country Strategic Plan (CSP 2019-

2023) to be presented to Executive board in June 2019. Meanwhile, WFP

has extended its current Transitional Interim Country Strategic Plan (T-

ICSP 2018) for additional six (6) months. This will ensure full alignment

with both the UNDAF and the National Development Plan (Pro-poor

Agenda for Prosperity and Development) that is near completion.

June 2019

EXISTING ANALYSIS AND IDENTIFICATION OF ANALYSIS GAPS

Identify analysis/data gaps that the CCA will need to address and detail sources for information.

[Recommended length: 1-2 paragraphs.]

From, the CCA, it is evident that the current government inherited very weak economy, bloated civil

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access to investment opportunities, rising prices of basic commodities - all which adversely impact

achievement of the election promises.

From 2016 the Liberian dollar has consistently depreciated whilst the process of basic commodities

has been increasing. By December 2017, the Liberian Dollar had depreciated by 25 percent. Since

January 2018, it has depreciated further by another 25 percent. This recent depreciation in the value of

the Liberian Dollar has increased, inflation by 4% to 21%, from 17% in February 2018. This has had a

negative impact on the economic well-being of the Liberian people, causing a serious hardship.

Liberia experiences high inflation. In 2018 inflation averaged 12.5% compared to 8.5% in 2017.2 The

growth evidence shows an increase in external debt stock, which rose from USD 597 million in

September 2016 to USD 736 million in June 2017. Liberia’s economy is characterized by high

importation dependency. The country is experiencing high national expenditure which is not

conducive for sustainable economic growth. It has an under-developed formal employment sector

with low national employment rates. The national formal employment rate is only 20.1% and the

remaining 79.9% are in the informal sector. Liberia’s Human Development Index (HDI) remains low

at 0.427 (2015) compared to that of the region (0.525).

Child survival remains below the expected level. The rate of neo-natal mortality in 2013 was 38/1 000

live births, infant mortality rate was 54/1 000 while under five mortalities stood at 94/1 000 live

births. Overall Liberia has high stunting levels, with national average at 32 per cent (Liberia

Demographic Health Survey (LDHS 2013). Stunting levels vary by geographical location, with urban

areas at 30 per cent while rural areas are 33 per cent (LDHS 2013 p.160/161).

The UN will prioritize assessment of existing data gap in liaison with Liberia Institute of Statistics

and Geo information services based on prohibited grounds of discrimination to generate information

to inform UN technical support to the government to inform evidenced based planning and budgeting

to ensure that marginalized groups and individuals at risk of being left behind are prioritized in new

UNDAF.

The UN will develop its theory of change that will inform its visioning and prioritization, drawing

from the PAPD, SDGs, Corporate Strategic Plans, the Peacebuilding Plan, Integrated Transition Plan,

UNDAF Evaluation, CCA, the SDGs roadmap, Policy Thematic Papers developed from various

partners (World Bank and USAID) for the new government.

MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS

Highlight who will be responsible for leading/managing and coordinating the process, as well as

providing oversight. Note when other relevant groups such as the OMT, the UNCG and others as

relevant will be consulted and involved. [Recommended length: 2-3 paragraphs.]

Under the leadership of the Resident Coordinator and the UN Country Team, the UNDAF

development process will be led by the UNDAF Core Team under the leadership of the co-Chairs of

the Inter- Agency Programming Team composed of leadership representation from the Operations

Management Team, M&E Working Group, Gender Thematic Group and Human Rights Group,

Disaster Management Working Group, UN Communications Working Group. The team will be

expanded to include Government of Liberia, CSOs representation and Gender, Human Rights,

Disabilities, and Youth. The UN Working and Thematic Groups will be involved at various stages.

The Core Group will be the pen-holders for the UNDAF. The Joint Steering Committee will provide

the overall policy direction to the process.

2 World Bank (2018) The World Bank in Liberia. Overview.


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At the highest leadership level, the UNDAF development process will be led by the Joint Government

of Liberia /UN Steering Committee - co-chaired by the UN Resident Coordinator and the Minister of

Finance and Development Planning.

ENGAGEMENT OF STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY

Provide an overview of relevant stakeholders and partners who should be involved throughout the

development of the UNDAF, including when and how they will be engaged. It may be useful to add an annex

with the list of all partners who will be consulted, including types of organizations and their constituencies. [

Stakeholders will be involved in the UNDAF development process. These include the UN Agencies

including Non- Resident Agencies, Government of Liberia, National Agencies and Commissions,

Civil Society Organizations, the Private Sector, Representative Groups of Youth, Gender, Disabilities,

Development Partners, and other constituents. Regional bodies- the African Union, ECOWAS will

also be engaged as they provide the regional political, and socio-economic perspectives, critical for

cross border and Mano River Union issues.

The World Bank, IMF, African Development Bank, IFC – all who are an integral part of the UN

Country Team and provide the policy economic development and financing analytics and support to

Liberia, will be engaged as they provide important sectorial policy analytics vital for Liberia’s

development and UN Country Team technical teams, Civil Society Organizations, International

NGOs, analytics, the private sector to ensure a comprehensive UNDAF that responds to the SDGs and

the national development priorities. The development partners who provide pivotal resources and

support from Liberia – mainly Sweden, USA, Germany, Japan, UK, Norway, European Union will be

involved at varying stages of the consultations, and will also be regularly briefed on the substance and

process

The Government of Liberia sets the policy framework and development priorities for Liberia, and

they will provide the pivotal policy framework for anchoring the UNDAF. They will be engaged

throughout the process especially with the new administration in place. This will be anchored on the

joint Government of Liberia/ UN Delivering as One Steering Committee

COMMUNICATIONS Provide an overview of your communications strategy during UNDAF development, including a media plan

to support transparency, accountability, and wider ownership and engagement. [Recommended length: 2-3

paragraphs.]

The UN Communications Group Communication Strategy will guide communication during the

UNDAF development process. They will guide strategic communication including raising awareness

on the SDGs and their domestication, with an emphasis on how this will help entrench peace and

development in Liberia, creating an awareness of the UN’s work, of its potential impact on

development, and advocacy on critical issues.

CAPACITY AND SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS

Provide an overview of training and capacity development needs, and support required from non-resident

agencies, and specify if there are any plans to use consultants, what their role will be and what tasks they will

undertake. [Recommended length: 2-3 paragraphs.]

a) The UN and stakeholders will require training on the revised UN programming principles(Gender

Equality and Empowerment,, Human Rights, Results Based Management and integrated

approaches; on the SG’S prevention agenda hinged on the peace and development nexus and in

developing the theory of change- and ensuring integration of the SDGs roll out based on global

best practices; UN reform and its implications.

b) The UN and stakeholders will require training on the SDGs, application and integration on the

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c) The UN will require support for the Business Operations Strategy development process and

costing

d) To demonstrate evidence for results, the UN and stakeholders will require training on result-

Based Management, monitoring and evaluation. This will ensure that identified and agreed upon

results are SMART

e) The UN and partners will require training on financing the UNDAF (and costing) and Costing the

BOS

f) The UN Communications Group will require training on advocacy, messaging and innovative

communication tools and approaches and avenues for the UNDAF and the SDGS to support the

UN process

g) The UN will require expertise to support integration of the peace- development, - humanitarian

nexus in planning borrowing from regional expertise

h) The UN will require support for the development of UN Liberia Vision 2030, the Strategic

Prioritization Retreat and technical guidance and expertise for the development of successor

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i) Risk management

Identify and manage any potential risks that could disrupt the planned process of the roadmap and list

appropriate mitigation strategies. [Recommended length: 1-2 paragraphs.]

Potential Risk Mitigation Strategies

Competing priorities, strategies of

the new administration

Proactive support to the new administration by among other things, availing

a package of short and medium-term, technical and strategic advisory

interventions that may be offered by the UN to articulate vision, and

accelerate socio-economic development particularly improve livelihoods,

sustain peace and rule of law, facilitate reconciliation, ensure good

governance and forestall any relapse; this will include the deployment of a

Strategic and Economic Development Advisor by UNDP.

Delayed development and

launching of the national

development strategy - the Pro-

Poor Agenda for Prosperity and

Development by the government of

Liberia

Close engagement with the government and being preliminary UNDAF

development based on PAPD draft blueprints; Commence early UNDAF

development work (CCA, UNDAF End of Programme Evaluation, UN

Visioning, UN Systemwide training on programming principles etc.)

Substantive technical, advisory substantive support the government in

development of the PAPD; Explore UNDAF extension;

High turnover in government due

to the transition that impacting

institutional memory and

engagement and discussions during

the UNDAF roll out period. is the

government has lost substantive

due to the transition changes.

Engage early with the transition teams, establish CCA/UNDAF task force

with representation, - engage strategically, Senior level leadership

engagement with the government and sensitization on UN processes and

procedures, tapping into institutional memory of the residual capacities.

UNDAF Roadmap Development

The UNDAF Road Map was endorsed by the UN Country Team and the Government of Liberia at a

joint steering Committee Meeting and is supported The UNDAF Core Team composed under the

leadership of the Inter-Agency Programming Team Chairs and RCO will provide guidance and

oversight During the for development of the UNDAF. The Terms of Reference for the Core team have

been developed.

The UNDAF penholder will be the Core Team and the UNDAF will be development by internal

technical experts lead by the UNDAF Pillar Leads, supported by the Thematic Working Groups and

regional and global internal UN expertise. A guidance note developed by the Core Team will guide

the process (Visioning and Strategic Prioritization for UNDAF and BOS II Systemwide Training).

The UN in Libera will agree on its Vision 2030, its strategic priorities and associated outcome

statements. These will be determined by Thematic Working Groups to maximize integration and

division of labor between agencies in the planning process. To assist the process, the UNDAF Core

Group will provide oversight and support during the various phases of the UNDAF development and

ensure quality assurance respective pillars and thematic groups. The UNDF Core Group will get

support from from UNDOCO, UNSSC, the Regional Quality Assurance teams. A prior training on

Foresight and application of the core programming principles will be required for the UN and

technical teams that will include teams will include Financing and budget specialists who will develop

the UNDAF Financing Strategy and the Common Budgetary Framework (CBF) mandatory as per the

UNDAF guidance by UNDG.

UNDAF Assessments

1) The UN Capacity Mapping Common Country Assessment, End of Programme Evaluation, SCORE,

Fragility Assessments have been conducted. The Business Operations Strategy evaluation process has


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commenced and will include a Cost and Benefit Analysis. These will inform the UNDAF

Development.

UNDAF & Joint Work Plans Drafting & Finalization/BOS Annual Work Plan

The UN in Liberia and partners will discuss the draft UNDAF and Business Operations Strategy 11

(BOS) at various consultative stages including a final joint validation retreat. The UNDAF will be

finalized by the UN technical and Core Teams and an UNDAF Editor consultant will support the

editing and graphic design of the UNDAF and BOS, in collaboration with the UN Communications

Group.,

Agencies will in parallel develop their respective programme documents aligned to the successor

UNDAF that will be shared with their respective HQs for approval. This drafting and finalization

phase will also include the development of a successor UNDAF Integrated Work Plan, and the BOS

Annual Work Plan to be implemented by the UN agencies starting from July 2018.

Summary budget

Provide a consolidated overview of the budget as mentioned in the below timeline and provide details on how

the UNCT is planning to finance and share the costs of developing the CCA and UNDAF. [Recommended

length: 1-2 paragraphs.]

The UNDAF Roll out commenced in January 2018 to September 2019 with submission of the

UNDAF, BOS to the Executive Board and Country Programme Documents to respective Agency

Boards,

The UNDAF Roll out total cost is USD 445,000 and the UNCT will finance it through local cost

sharing and programming funds to RCO from DOCO. Alternative funding sources can be advised by

the R-West Africa Group

UNDAF ACTIVITY PLAN

(a) KEY DELIVERABLES Provide an initial description of the proposed CCA/UNDAF development process, detailing the main

agreements on the UNDAF preparation process, and the type of document that will be developed, including

the implications of the process as relevant. [Recommended length: 1-2 paragraphs.]

UNDAF preparation will be based on the approved roadmap UNDAF preparation (including with the

government and other relevant stakeholders, with key underlying premise being support to national

priorities and plans for achieving the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. With this, the next step will be to

develop a high quality, evidence-based CCA. This will be a light exercise in view of the available

body of analytical works given the time constraints.

Based on the CCA, UNDAF strategic priorities will be derived, ensuring that the UNDAF results

respond to and align with national priorities, in our case the AFT2 and its successor plan as may be

defined by the new government. Based on the CCA and UNDAF supported by a strong theory of

change, an UNDAF results matrix will be developed, founded on clear UNDAF outcomes which will

be the basis for aligning specific organizational programming documents with the UNDAF. The

UNDAF outcome indicators, baselines and targets are linked to other intergovernmental reporting

processes such as SDG reports and human rights mechanisms.

We will ensure that the UNDAF and its legal annex are signed by all participating UN organizations

and a relevant government representative. We will also develop joint work plans, to be signed by

participating UNCT members supported by the Outcome Working Groups to operationalize the

UNDAF outcomes. Along with this will be a costed multiyear monitoring and evaluation plan to


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ensure reports are prepared integrating programme results with reports on finance, resources

mobilization, etc.,

(b) Timeline3

REVISED UN LIBERIA UNDAF DEVELOPMENT ROAD MAP BASED ON ALIGNMENT TO THE

PAPD

ACTION ACTIONS RESPONSIBI

LITY

TIMELINE BUDGET

UNDAF EVALUATION, COMMON COUNTRY ANALYSIS, UN VISION, MAPPING OF RESOURCES

FOR UNDAF IMPLEMENTATION

ESTABLISH

UNDAF TASK

TEAM

Develop Terms of Reference

for UNDAF Task Force,

present to UNCT for

endorsement

RCO/UNDAF

TASK

TEAM/UNCT

DONE

NIL

Nomination of task force

members & Penholder

DONE

Ensure UNDAF Task Team

link with Transition Task

Force

DONE

CONDUCT

COMMON

COUNTRY

ANALYSIS

Agreement on Common

Country Analysis

Strategy/approach) with

GoL/UN (Ensure Peace

Building Plan and Capacity

Mapping findings, Transition

inform common country

capacity )1

RCO/UNDAF

TASK

TEAM/UNCT

DONE

NIL

Develop Common Country

Analysis Terms of Reference

UNDAF TASK

TEAM

DONE NIL

UNDAF Pillars develop Issues

Papers to inform CCA

UN

THEMATIC

TEAMS AND

PILLARS

DONE NIL

Hire CCA consultancy team to

undertake this for UN System

UNDAF TASK

TEAM

N/A 40,000

Identify funding sources for

UNDAF Evaluation, CCA,

UNDAF Resources Mapping

RCO/UNCT

Done

UNCT/DOCO

CCA Conducted and draft

report submitted

CCA

CONSULTAN

TS

Done

NIL

Submission of final CCA

Report

UNDAF

TASK TEAM/

Done

Validate CCA with

stakeholders

UNCT/RCO/

UNDAF TASK

TEAM

Done

Develop Terms of Reference

for UNDAF Evaluation,

RCO/UNDAF

TASK

TEAM/UNCT

Done

Hiring of Consultancy Firm to

conduct the Evaluation (highly

recommended- not

RCO/

IAPT/OMT/U

NCG

Done

100,000(UNCT/DO

CO)

3 Trainings, workshops and retreats should be added under each of the relevant sections (or where they make most sense as some might be relevant for different steps).


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individuals)

Conduct Evaluation Done NIL

Review and validate UNDAF

Evaluation Report

Done 10000

UNDAF DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOP UN

VISION 2030 FOR

LIBERIA

(Informed by SDGs,

Draft PAPD, SCCA.

Evaluations,

Capacity Mapping

Findings, Peace

Building Plan,

Integrated Plan,

other Assessments)

External stakeholder

consultations on Vision 2030

UNDAF

CORE TEAM

/UNDAF

PILLARS

OCTOBER

30,000(UNCT/DO

CO) Conduct UN Partners survey UNDAF

CORE TEAM

OCTOBER

Internal Visioning UNDAF

CORE

TEAM/UNDA

F PILLARS /

OCTOBER

Stakeholder Consultations

conducted

UNDAF

PILLARS/

UNDAF

CORE TEAM

OCTOBER

UNCT Visioning Retreat UNDAF

CORE TEAM

/ QSA/PSG

25 and 26

October

UN TRAINING

ON

PROGRAMMING

PRINCIPLES

Organize Systemwide training

on UN Programming

Principles

UNDAF

CORE TEAM

/ QSA/PSG

29 October –

2nd November

26 November

and 7th

December(tb

c)

60,000(UNCT/DO

CO)

*UNCT will

require QSA/PSG

team support

Conduct Workshop on

foresight and visioning tools

UNDAF

CORE TEAM

/ QSA/PSG

Conduct Strategic

Prioritization Workshops

(System wide, with Donors,

Development Partners, CSOs,

Private Sector)

UNDAF

CORE TEAM

/ QSA/PSG

UNDAF

DEVELOPMENT

Develop UNDAF Theory of

Change, validated by all

Stakeholders

UNDAF

PILLARS/

UNDAF

CORE TEAM

/QSA/PSG/

STAKEHOLD

ERS

October-

December

95,000

(UNCT LOCAL

COST SHARE)

UNCT will

require QSA/PSG

team support

during the process

Develop UNDAF Priorities

ensuring alignment to Peace

Building Plan and National

development priorities

UNDAF

PILLARS/

UNDAF

CORE TEAM

/QSA/PSG/

STAKEHOLD

ERS

October

/December

Develop UNDAF Results

Framework

UNDAF

PILLARS/

UNDAF

CORE TEAM

/QSA/PSG/

STAKEHOLD

ERS

Conduct UNDAF Costing UNDAF

PILLARS/


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UNDAF

CORE TEAM

/QSA/PSG/

STAKEHOLD

ERS

Submit UNDAF/BOS to QSA-

PSG for review

UNDAF

CORE

TEAM/UNCT

/QSA/PSG

Stakeholder validation of

Draft UNDAF/BOS

UNDAF

CORE

TEAM/UNCT

QSA/PSG

Finalize UNDAF/BOS UNDAF

CORE

TEAM/UNCT

/QSA/PSG

Signature of UNDAF/BOS by

Government and UN

UNCT/GOL/D

EVELOPMEN

T PARTNERS

tbc

CPD

DEVELOPMENT

(Ex Com Agencies)

UNDAF Submission to

Executive Board

UNCT September

2019

*ExComs will

require QSA/PSG

team support

NIL

Agency CPDS Developed EXCOM December-

January

Agency CPDs submitted to

QSG

EXCOM December-

January

Agency CPDs submission to

Executive Boards

EXCOM September

2019

JOINT UNDAF

WORK PLANS

Develop Joint Programmes UNDAF

PILLARS/

UNDAF

CORE TEAM/

STAKHOLDE

RS/GOL/UNC

T /QSA/PSG/

December-

February

NIL

*ExComs will

require QSA/PSG

team support

Develop Joint Work Plans UNDAF

PILLARS/

UNDAF

CORE TEAM/

STAKHOLDE

RS/GOL/UNC

T /QSA/PSG/

December-

February

Develop BOS Annual Work

Plan

OMT/ UNDAF

CORE TEAM/

STAKHOLDE

RS/GOL/UNC

T /QSA/PSG/

Develop One UN

Communications Strategy

UNDAF

CORE

TEAM//UNCG

/QSA/PSG

UNDAF

RESOURCES

MAPPING

Develop Strategy for UNDAF

financing and resources

mapping implementation

UNDAF

CORE TEAM

/UN/GOVERN

MENT/

DEVELOPME

October

2018- April

2019

40,000 (UNCT

LOCAL COST

SHARE Map potential and available

resources for UNDAF


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implementation NT

PARTNERS/P

RIVATE

SECTOR/UND

G/QSA/PSG

Validate UNDAF Resources

Mapping

BUISNESS OPERATIONS STRATEGY

CONDUCT

BUISNESS

OPERATIONS

ANALYSIS

Develop BOS Evaluation

Terms of Reference, endorsed

by UNCT

OMT/UNDAF

CORE TEAM

Done

50,000

UNCT LOCAL

COST SHARE

/DOCO

Hire BOS consultancy team to

undertake this for UN System

Done

Conduct Common Services

Satisfaction Survey

October

Identify funding sources for

BOS Evaluation,

Done

BOS Evaluation conducted October-

November

BUISNESS

OPERATIONS

STRATEGY 2019-

2024

Validate BOS report with

stakeholders

OMT /UNDAF

CORE TEAM

/R-UNDG/

PSD

December

Develop BOS Theory of

Change and Business

Operations Strategy for

UNDAF Period including the

Results Framework, M&E

Plan

OMT/UNDAF

CORE TEAM

/R-UNDG/

PSD

December –

February 19

30,000

(UNCT LOCAL

COST SHARE

/DOCO)

*ExComs will

require QSA/PSG

team support

during the whole

process

Validate BOS Results

Framework

OMT/UNDAF

CORE TEAM

/R-UNDG/

PSD

December –

February 19

Develop BOS Costing OMT/UNDAF

CORE TEAM

/R-UNDG/

PSD

December –

February 19

Submit BOS/UNDAF to QSA-

PSG for review

OMT/UNDAF

CORE TEAM

/R-UNDG/

PSD

December –

February 19

Stakeholder validation of

Draft UNDAF/BOS

OMT/UNDAF

CORE TEAM

/R-UNDG/

PSD

December –

February 19

Finalize BOS/UNDAF OMT/UNDAF

CORE TEAM

December –

February 19

TOTAL UNDAF ROLL OUT COST 445,000