Botswana UN Country Fund 

Objectives

Fund objectives

Fund scope

The Government of Botswana and United Nations developed developed a Programme Operational Plan 2010-2014 under the “Delivering as One” umbrella to deliver on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and meet national priorities as outlined in the National Development Plan 10 and Vision 2016.

Strategic framework

The operational plan focused on five UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) outcome areas over a five year period: promotion of governance and human rights; economic diversification and poverty reduction; health and HIV/AIDS; environment and climate change, and child, youth, and women's empowerment.

Focusing on these areas, the Botswana UN Country Fund was able to facilitate operational plan outcomes by channeling consistent and predictable financing to priority areas through a joint funding window. It also succeeded in streamlining donor resources in support of collaborative programming, simplifying narrative and financial reporting, and mobilizing resources to close funding gaps in selected outcome areas.

Governance

Governance

Programme Steering Committee

Responsible for the overall strategic oversight of the implementation of funded programmes and for approving allocations. The Steering Committee liaised with Component Coordination Groups to ensure alignment of programmes with external development initiatives, while also providing evaluation and reporting oversight, and working closely with Participating Organizations on procedural aspects of the Fund.

Component Coordination Groups

Five groups were established to review UNDAF outcomes and provide the Programme Steering Committee with recommendations on the allocation of resources.

United Nations Resident Coordinator 

In consultation with United Nations Country Team the Resident Coordinator was responsible for liaising with Participating Organizations, government stakeholders, and development partners on approved resource allocations. He/she also mobilized resources and promoted collaboration on addressing Fund priorities to ensure coherence across initiatives.

Administrative Agent

Funds are routed by way of a pass-through mechanism. Participating Organizations receive funds through the Administrative Agent, the Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) Office. The Administrative Agent is responsible for the receipt, administration and management of contributions from donors, disbursement of funds to Participating Organizations, and consolidation and dissemination of progress reports to donors.

Participating Organizations

Programme implementation is the responsibility of Participating Organizations. Each organization is programmatically and financially responsible for resources received.

Projects

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Botswana UN Country Fund is currently supporting count_projects ongoing projectscount_globalInterregional and count_countries country-specific. This table shows the most recently approved ongoing projects.

All project financial information can be found in the Financials section, including delivery analysis by organization, theme and project; project financial status by country and by theme.

Botswana UN Country Fund

Results

The Botswana UN Country Fund brought together partners from the government, United Nations, and civil society to meet MDG and national priorities. The Programme Operational Plan of 2010-2014 focused on five UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) in the outcome areas of governance and human rights; economic diversification and poverty reduction; health and HIV/AIDS; environment and climate change, and child, youth, and women's empowerment.

Contacts

Points of contact