8th undg itf progress report (1 january to 30 june 2008 with an update to 31 december 2008)...
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8th UNDG ITF Progress Report(1 January to 30 June 2008
with an update to 31 December 2008)
Presentation to the IRFFI Donor Committee
Naples, Italy, 18 February 2009
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Highlights through December 2008
• Significant Approval Activity – 136 million in new projects• Donor contributions of $33.97 million from the EC, Turkey,
Italy for a total of $1.33 billion deposited• Restructuring of Iraq UNCT Coordination Structure com-
pleted new modalities for project review/approval in practice
• UNCTAD signed MOU• New Narrative Sector Reports introduced into the
consolidated six-month progress report• Scanteam evaluation and UNBoA assessment finalized• IRFFI Closure processes 2
Project Approval Status
January-June 2008: 6 new projects/ 1 JP approved
Sectors Projects Approved Transferred (000s)
Education
WATSAN
Health/Nutrition 2 joint programmes $ 5,585
Housing/Shelter
Food Security/Agriculture 1 project $ 3,000
Protection 1 project $ 5,150
Governance 3 projects $12,650
Economic Development
TOTAL 2 JP & 5 Projects $26,385
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Project Approval StatusJuly-December 2008: 12 new projects/5 JP approved
Sectors Projects Approved Transferred (000s)
Education 1 joint programme $12,461
WATSAN 1 joint programme $ 4,720
Health/Nutrition 1 joint programme $11,918
Housing/Shelter 1 joint programme $ 2,987
Food Security/Agriculture 3 projects $10,232
Protection 1 project (ERF) $15,000
Governance 8 projects $40,586
Economic Development 1 joint programme $12,000
TOTAL 5 JP & 12 Projects $109,904
Approved & Committed $ 132,124
Approved Funding & Sector Distribution(As of 31 December 2008)
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Donor Deposits
January to June 2008 contributions:• EC $ 2.2 million• Turkey $ 8.8 million
Total:$11.0 million
July to December 2008 contributions:• Italy $ 9.45 million
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Donor Deposits by Sector(as of 31 March 2008)
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DONOREUROPEAN COMMISSION
JAPAN
SPAIN
CANADA
UK
ITALY
AUSTRALIA
KOREA
SWEDEN
DENMARK
GERMANY
TURKEY
FINLAND
NORWAY
NETHERLANDS
INDIA
KUWAIT
QATAR
USA
GREECE
NEW ZEALAND
LUXEMBOURG
BELGIUM
IRELAND
ICELAND
TOTAL Deposits
1.321.230.50
5.005.005.003.633.362.32
10.009.007.707.016.705.00
55.5439.2331.6621.0013.6612.41
Deposits568.37360.9593.1763.79
1,332.55
Education$205.46 mill
15%
Water & Sanitation$72.21 mill
5%Health$140.80 mill
10%Housing & Shelter
3 projects$24.54 mill, 2%
Food Security, Agri, Food Assist$109.68 mill, 8%
Governance$376.85 mill
27%
Economic Reform & Diversification
$251.88 mill18%
Protection$51.97 mill, 4% Unearmarked
$158.96 mill12%
Un-Allocated Interest
$4.87 mill0%
Source & Use of Funds(as of 30 June 2008)
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30 June 2008 ($000s)
Source of Funds
1,311,082
30,226
25,123
Total – Source of Funds 1,366,432
Use of Funds
1,111,124
From Donor Contributions 1,117,415
From Fund Earned Interest 300
by Implementing Agencies (6,590)
10,421
2,533
250
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Total – Use of Funds 1,124,344
242,087
Transfers to Implementing Agencies
Refund of Unutilized Balances on Closed Projects
Administrative Agent Fees
Direct Costs (Support to Steering Committee/IRFFI Secretariat)
Other Expenditures from Fund Earned Interest
Balance of Funds Available
Bank Charges
Gross Contributions
Fund Earned Interest Income
Agency Earned Interest Income
Available Balance as of 31 December 2008: $ 135,000 million
Agency Commitments & Disbursements(as of 31 December 2008)
Agency Commitment %
Disbursement %
ESCWA 87 76
FAO 80 72
ILO 37 33
UNDP 71 63
UNEP 100 99
UNESCO 77 68
UNFPA 65 50
UN-HABITAT 76 70
Agency Commitment%
Disbursement %
UNHCR 100 99
UNICEF 80 64
UNIDO 57 48
UNIFEM 74 74
UNOPS 80 74
WFP 98 93
WHO 88 76
Average 77 69 9
Sector Commitment/Disbursement Rates
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% Committed % Disbursed Education 81 69Water & Sanitation 81 67Health & Nutrition 87 64Housing & Shelter 89 82Food Security/ Agriculture
78 71
Protection 57 57Governance 74 74Economic Reform/ Diversification 73 65
Average 77 69
Sector Contract Rate as of 31 Dec 08
Project Implementation Status(as of 31 December 2008)
• 158 total projects/joint programmes• 28 total Joint Programmes (180 individual agency projects)• 77 operationally closed projects (49% of total)
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Active OperationallyProject Closed
Education 26 10 16 7Water & Sanitation 16 6 10 5Health & Nutrition 22 12 10 6Housing & Shelter 4 2 2 1Food Security & Agriculture
22 14 8 2
Protection 11 4 7 1Governance 34 21 13 3Economic Reform & Diversification
23 12 11 3
Total 158 81 77 28
Sector # Projects Joint
Programmes
Awards by Country:– Volume:
• Iraq: 1,399 awards($162,985,613 )• Jordan: 431 awards ($25,151,772) • UK: 146 awards ($59,415,511)
– Amount:• Iraq: $162,985,613 (1,399 awards)• Japan: $69,329,692 (31 awards)• UK: $59,415,511 (146 awards)
Value of Awards$ 609,595,106 million
Number of Awards2,806 total
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Procurement Update(as of 31 December 2008)
New Sector Report Format
New narrative Sector Reports include:• Summary of operating context unique to SOT• Challenges encountered by SOT• Coverage and Counterparts• Project Implementation Status by Outcome• Summary of results
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Ongoing Implementation Challenges
July-Dec 2004 2005 2006 2007 Jan-June2008
Insecurity Insecurity Insecurity Insecurity & Mobility
InSecurity
Lack /absence of Timely Decision Making / Uncertainty about Leadership Change /
Difficulties in Decision Making
Frequent changes in senior government and coordination between national/ local government
Prolonged Political Transition
Policy Development
Cost Increases Cost Increases Cost escalation Cost escalation Capacity Development
Lack of Operational Funding for Basic Services
Lack of operational funding in basic social services & miniseries (MoH/MoED)
Individual and Institutional Capacity
Availability of Adequate funding
Communication Difficulties
Communication Difficulties
Communication Difficulties
Communications
Paucity of Reliable Data
Project Monitoring
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Sector: Education
• Comprehensive rehabilitation of 68 schools• Water and sanitation facilities in 68 schools
benefiting 64,244 children• 100,000 person-days of local employment• 17,718 students enrolled in Accelerated
Learning Programme• Early childhood development kits to 577
kindergartens - 107 grade one primary schools - 61 nurseries - in 15 governorates
• Supplementary learning materials reprinted/distributed
• Curricula in Arabic, English, math and science, & e-learning modules developed.
• 34 Iraqi Network Academies established in 29 localities in five regions.
• 10 active projects• 15 closed projects• Total funding $189.16
million (17%)• $152.98 million (81%)
contract commitments • $125.21 million (66%)
contract disbursements
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Sector: Water & Sanitation
• More than 1.5 million Iraqis benefiting from improved safe water & 500,000 from access to safe solid/liquid waste disposal.
• Increased access to improved sanitation for 155,000 inhabitants of Kirkuk.
• Increased access to proper sanitation for nearly 400,000 inhabitants in Basrah.
• Increased access to safe drinking water for 225,000 inhabitants in Wasit.
• Rehabilitation of Baghdad water treatment plant in final stages with a capacity of 10 million gallons /daily serving approximately 400,000 inhabitants.
• The MoMPW and Basrah Governorate master plans ‘Integrated Solid Waste Management’ developed.
• 25 local officials in MoMPW trained in solid waste management, 1,092 MMPW laboratory staff in all governorates trained, and 4,000 community leaders trained on hygiene education.
•8 active projects•7closed proojects•4 joint programmes •Total funding $68.45 million (6%)
•$57.08 million (83% ) in contract commitments
•$43.44 million (63%) contract disbursements
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Sector: Health & Nutrition
• Implementation of the Integrated Management of Child Health Strategy (IMCI) in six governorates, including training of 108 health professionals.
• Construction and rehabilitation of Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities benefiting 226,500.
• Rehabilitation and equipping of Basrah maternity ward completed and handed over, and 10 ambulances provided.
• A 10-day mop-up immunization campaign targeting 250,000 children with measles or MMR vaccines in high-risk areas in the three governorates.
• 13 active projects• 8 closed projects• 5 joint programmes• Total funding $161.20
million (15%) • $129.14 million (80%) in
contract commitments• $101.70 million (63%) in
disbursements.
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Sector: Housing & Shelter
• Housing strategies developed in Erbil, Babylon and Najaf through a consultative process.
• 961 loans value of US $2,549,910 disbursed through Community Housing Fund.
• 23 master trainers trained in housing policies and strategies, building materials and construction, and GIS for real estate development.
• Non-food items and shelter kits provided to 35,000 families (66 percent of 2008 target).
• Rehabilitation of 65 houses in Hay Al-Maghreb-Baghdad, benefiting about 455 people,
• Construction of one public hospital, one youth centre and one primary health centre.
• Shelter conditions of IDPs assessed by monitoring partners in all 18 governorates and geo-referenced information widely published.
• 1 active project• 2 closed project• Total funding $24.55
million (2%)• $24.55 million (100 %)
contract commitments • $22.06 million (90 %)
contract disbursements
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Sector: Agriculture & Food Security
• 181 pumping stations and a pumping station asset database completed.
• Spare parts procured and installations completed for six pumping stations, providing irrigation benefiting 43,000 people.
• 28 training courses conducted, benefiting approximately 1,100 poor and marginalized persons; 1,509 vulnerable beneficiaries trained in food-related professions.
• Review of the National Seed Policy.• A post-food distribution monitoring system
and associated database implemented in 18 governorates.
• Training of trainers for 18 COSIT and KRSO staff on monitoring and evaluation systems.
• 14 active projects• 5 closed projects • 2 joint programmes• Total funding $132.29
million (12 %)• $100.93 million (76%)
contract commitments• $89.76 million (68%)
contract disbursements
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Sector: Protection
• 27 participants from ministries trained in a human rights-based approach to programming, and 16 MoDM trainers trained in human rights -international humanitarian law.
• 28 lawyers trained in human rights standards, criminal justice and detainees’ rights,
• 540 civil society actors, academics and university teachers on peace building topics.
• A total of 57 events (29 workshops, 6 trainings, 22 information campaigns) organised by various Protection and Assistance Centres (PACs), which dispatched Mobile Teams to address the legal needs of 11,825 (40 percent of them women) IDPs, returnees, refugees, asylum-seekers and vulnerable community members. 8,521 cases and 3,055 quick protection queries solved by the PAC network.
• 6.77 million square meters of contaminated land made safe for use by local communities in Basrah and mine risk education provided to 75,000 school children and 52,000 community members in Missan, Thi Qar and Basrah .
• 10,558 Palestinians in Baghdad registered jointly by MoDM and Ministry of Interior (MoI), and 83 cases (347 persons) submitted for resettlement as of 30 June.
• 5 active projects• 5 closed projects• 1 joint programme• Total funding $41.61
million (4 %) • $31.96 million (77 %)
contract commitments
• $31.06 million (75 %) contract disbursements
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Sector: Governance
• ‘Right to Live in Safety’ campaign produced
• Study visits to South Africa for two groups of Iraqi business leaders and NGOs.
• A declaration of principles on the legal framework for NGOs in Iraq adopted
• A Human Rights Report covering 2007 delivered,
• Ratification by the GoI of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC)
• The Provincial Powers Law enacted• The 2007 budget process completed
jointly by the Council of Representatives Finance Committee, the Ministries of Finance and Planning and the Board of Supreme Audit in April.
• 12 active projects• 13 closed projects• 3joint programmes• Total funding $261.89
million (24 %) • $224.94 million (86 %)
contract commitments • $214.40 million (82 %)
contract disbursements.
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Sector: Governance Support
• Establishment of three technical planning units in in Basrah, enhancing local development planning capacities, conflict management and gender mainstreaming.
• A Temporary Income Assistance Fund to support vulnerable and poor groups livelihoods, a Local Development Fund to support community infrastructure projects, a Rural Recovery Fund providing micro grants to local farmers, and the implementation of labour-intensive schemes by local authorities to assist in income generation for the poor.
• Samarra shrine urgent preventative work, cleaning of site and classification of materials is complete and reconstruction works is progressing well,
• Upgrading and replacement of power plant facility spare parts in Mussaib, Mossul and Taji.
• Completion of rehabilitation works on the Taji Power Station Unit No 1 and 6, providing for the production of 16-18 megawatts of electricity. Completion and handover of the Rehabilitation of the Umm Qasr distribution network and installation of small diesel generators in Southern Iraq.
• 15 active projects• 7 closed projects• 2 joint programmes• Total funding $231.70
million (21 %)• $162.55 million (70 %)
contract commitments • $138.34 million (60 %)
contract disbursements
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Sector: Economic Reform & Diversification
Future Priorities
1. Alignment of UNDG ITF Reporting Timelines
2. Roll out of Web Based Reporting Portal
3. Orderly Closure of UNDG ITF:
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1. Alignment of UNDG ITF Reporting Timelines
• Sixth month ‘consolidated’ Progress Reports (30 April annually)
• Monthly financial commitments & disbursements
• Annual ‘consolidated’ Progress Reports (30 May annually)
• Quarterly financial commitments, & disbursements including posting of contract awards
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2. MDTF Reporting Portal• MDTF Office administers
over 22 MDTFs/JP and receives reports from 35 Agencies in 70 countries – challenge is manual consolidation & main-taining standards
• Portal replaces manual process with user-friendly online reporting system
• Benefit all stakeholders with access anytime to all data/information 25Rollout is 2009
3. Orderly Closure of UNDG ITF
Continue to ensure the successful, meaningful implementation of over $746 million currently in circulation, which includes $135 million available for new projects
Ensure compliance with final reporting obligations Utilize Lessons Learned , Lessons Learned , as the first MDTF to be
established and first to close, to strengthen the MDTF mechanism and the UN’s future contributions to Iraq
• Utilize previous evaluations and audits that contribute to knowledge development, for example ………
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• Independent evaluation by PWC (2006) stated:– There is overall compliance with IRFFI ToR, MoU and Steering committee ToR.– The MDTF Office has exceeded their compliance requirements and taken initiatives to enhance
transparency and public reporting.– The MDTF Office took highly innovative steps to ensure transparency and disclosure of information
through the public website, which can be classified as a “best practice” in development. • Independent evaluation by Scanteam, Norway (2004-06) stated:
– High level of transparency and risk reduction, given the monitoring and financial management systems in place by the Administrators.
– MDTF are a best practice in complex post-crises situations, offering advantages over bi-lateral funding.– High level of activity despite poor field conditions and as a result the Delivery of tangible physical goods,
which provided ‘normalization’ of conditions improved the lives of the beneficiaries particularly in the areas of education, healthcare services, some infrastructure and short-term employment creation.
• Report of the UN Board of Auditors (2007) stated: – The MDTF Office has undertaken certain positive steps beyond its duties specified in the MOU and LOU.
These steps serve to improve transparency of operations particularly in a difficult operating environment such as Iraq.
– The MDTF Office’s public website posting of a range of information and data on the operations of the UNDG ITF, such as detailed contract award data, was cited as an example.
• EC Verification Mission (2008) stated:– No notable non-compliance issues with the role of the MDTF Office Administrative Agent.
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Highlights of Evaluation Results to Date
