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| Resident Coordinator Annual Report 2008 |
The Resident Coordinator Reports are available from the UNRC Lebanon site, which can be accessed here.
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| United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) |
The current UNDAF covers UN programme results for the the period 2010-2014. The UNDAF is the result of a collaborative effort of the UN Country Team, outlining the development results to be supported by the UN "Country Team" (the resident UN agencies in Lebanon, see more at the UN Resident Coordinator's site here). The UNDAF is undertaken in cooperation with government and other national counterparts along with several donor partners to ensure that it is realistically aligned with national priorities and partner objectives.
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| Strategic Plan for UNDP 2008-2011 |
UNDP's goals are described in the "trategic Plan for UNDP 2008-2011, Accelerating Global Progress on Human Development", as endorsed by the Member States of UNDP's Executive Board in 2007. Strategic Plan is centred on helping developing countries achieve the Internationally Agreed Development Goals including Millennium Development Goals. As such, these goals provide the overall context for the development results framework. The framework outlines the main areas of programmatic work for UNDP over the 2008-11 period. The purpose of the framework is to provide guidance to, and promote greater focusing of development programmes and projects at the country level. The framework is fully grounded in the principle of national ownership: countries choose the development outcomes that best reflect and respond to national development priorities. The focus areas, key result areas and outcomes reflect the kinds of development changes UNDP is best equipped to support, while the indicators capture UNDP’s contribution to these outcomes.
 Download Strategic Plan for UNDP 2008-2011 |
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Country Programme Document (CPD) |
UNDP Lebanon currently operates on the basis of the Country Cooperation Framework for 2002-2006. The new programming framework for UNDP, the "Country Programme Document" (CPD), was approved in May 2009, covering the period 2010-2014. The CPD reflects national development priorities, in particular where UNDP is the lead UN agency for specific development results, as outlined in the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 2010-2014.
Download Country Programme Document |
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| Country Programme Action Plan (CPAP) |
UNDP Lebanon currently operates on the basis of the Country Programme Action Plan for 2010-2014, which was approved by the Government of Lebanon in December of 2009. The accompanying Results and Resources Framework outlines nine outcomes that are to be achieved within this period, relating to democratic governance, energy & environment, poverty alleviation, and building a civil peace.
The CPAP is a live document that evolves with programming needs as they arise, and thus may not directly reflect the CPD, this latter primarily setting the legal basis for UNDP’s activities in Lebanon.
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| Joint Programme Document on Youth |
This Memorandum of Understanding provides the framework for a partnership arrangement between UNICEF, UNDP, UNESCO and ILO to develop a joint programme on youth in Lebanon. The participating UN agencies appointed the UNESCO Office in Beirut as the Managing Agent to be responsible for the implementation of a list of activities set out in the joint programme document, and for which funds totaling $ 206,750 are being pooled by the participating UN agencies.
Download the Memorandum of Understanding between UNICEF, UNDP, UNESCO and ILO and joint programme document attached. |
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| Standard Basic Assistance Agreement (SBAA) |
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) supports and supplements the national efforts of Lebanon in solving problems relating to economic development, social progress, equity, and better standards of life.
The Standard Basic Assistance Agreement (SBAA) is the legal agreement between the Lebanese government and UNDP outlining the general conditions for UNDP cooperation under which all UNDP programme activities are carried out. This Agreement embodies the basic conditions under which UNDP and its Executing Agencies shall assist the Government in carrying out its development projects, and under which such UNDP-assisted projects shall be executed. It applies to all UNDP assistance and to such Project Documents or other instruments as the Parties may conclude to define the particulars of such assistance.It is an international treaty that prevails over national laws.
Download the Standard Basic Assistance Agreement (SBAA) between the Lebanese government and UNDP, signed in Beirut on 10 February 1986. |
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| Management Manuals |
Projects in Lebanon employ a number of modalities, including National Execution (NEX), Direct Execution (DEX), and NGO Execution. These fall under a number of manuals and guidelines, which are developed by UNDP Headquarters and its Executive Board. There are separate guidelines for partnering with the business community for which the "Guidelines on Cooperation between the United Nations and the Business Community" would be applied. Partnerships for Technical Cooperation require official and separate agreements to be signed according to their respective categories. |
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| Project Management Arrangements |
The UNDP Project Management structure consists of roles and responsibilities that bring together the various interests and skills involved in, and required by, the project.
Download the Project Management Arrangement |
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| Letters Of Agreement |
Letter of Agreement, Project LEB/02/002 Capacity Building for Poverty Reduction
Letter of Agreement, Project LEB/02/009 Support to Civil Service Reform: Enhancing Policy-Making and Management Capacity
Letter of Agreement, Project LEB/02/014 Investment Promotion: Support for Strategy Development and Institution Building
Letter of Agreement, Project LEB/03/003 Capacity Development for Fiscal Reform
Letter of Agreement, Project LEB/03/006 Investment Promotion: Enhancing Decision-Making Capacities in the Prime Minister's Office
Letter of Agreement, Project LEB/03/009 Development of National Implementation Plans for the Management of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Lebanon
Letter of Agreement, Project 00040031 Stable Institutional Structure for the Protected Areas Management (SISPAM)
Letter of Agreement, Project 00043946 National Phase-out Managements Plan for Annex-A Group-1 Substances (CFCs) |
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| Conflict Prevention and Peace Building Outcome Evaluation Report (2008) |
The subject of this outcome evaluation is conflict prevention and peace-building as supported as part of UNDP's 2nd Country Cooperation Framework (CCF) for Lebanon (2002-2008). The main purpose for undertaking the outcome evaluation is learning of lessons from recent UNDP and partner interventions and efforts related to conflict prevention and peace-building and establishing a firmer base for substantive programme accountability in the next phase. It is also meant to inform the conceptualization of the next UNDP Country Programme for Lebanon.
This report assesses the various UNDP peace-building initiatives and presents the findings and conclusions, and suggests recommendations and perspective on future directions. The analysis of the list of projects (19 in totoal) covered by this evaluation are clustered around three portfolios, namely: (a) Reconstruction and development, (b) Early recovery, and (c) Peace-building and related initiatives.
The main findings reveal that each of the UNDP portfolios related to peace-building have been responsive and - for the most part - well attuned to addressing structural (outstanding civil war legacies) and emerging problems. This takes into account UNDP's mandate and focal areas, its limited resources-base and the partnerships that were brokered. At the same time, the full potential of the region-specific reconstruction and development interventions may not have been duly tested - both directly (on the ground impact) and indirectly (informing policy-making). Still, UNDP has demonstrated a much needed degree of resilience in decelerating and re-accelerating its interventions in light of the political and conflict-related disruptions while assisting national and local authorities in coping with sudden crises.
This high degree of flexibility in responding to sudden changes in circumstances and challenges will be retained and reflected in the design of the next Country Programme.
In relation to Reconstruction and development, the majority of the projects are claimed to have had a discernable effect on improving living-conditions, instilling confidence among communities and local leadership, as well as by having provided foundational support for development-management and good-governance practices. However, these projects could be improved as regards gender sensitivity and ecologically sustainable development.
In relation to early recovery, the projects are assessed as having been exemplary as regards to the mix of activities, the capacity-enhancing mode of delivery and focus on those segments of the population that had been most affected. The kind of support provided to the Southern-Beirut suburbs could be capitalized on by extending UNDP support to (peri) urban areas.
In relation to Peace-building and related initiatives, the various project and non-project initiatives aiming at modernizing institutions of state and promoting democratic governance (in particular electoral reform) are found to be highly relevant and impactful.
UNDP will be endeavoring to adopt a peace-building for human development framework as the overarching objective of its next Country Programme for Lebanon as suggested by the report.
Download Conflict Prevention and Peace Building Outcome Evaluation Report |
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| Energy & Environment Programme Evaluation Report (2008) |
The evaluation assesses the effectiveness and continuous relevance of the UNDP Lebanon Energy & Environment Programme to meeting UNDP's mandate and the priorities of the Government of Lebanon in the field of environment and energy.
It covers 29 projects in the Energy & Environment Programme implemented during the period 2004 to 2007. These projects are clustered in three groups: energy, rural livelihoods and environment.
The main findings of this evaluation reveal that programme development with complementary projects serving a common goal is most advanced in the energy sector, but that this is still an ongoing process in the rural livelihood and environment pillars.
In the rural livelihood cluster, not all projects show a clear focus on environmental concerns, but aspects such as poverty alleviation dominate in some projects. The environmental project cluster comprises operations mainly in the field of environmental conventions (UNFCCC, Montreal Protocol, CBD) and help the Government of Lebanon fulfil its international obligations.
The energy pillar, which deals with Energy Efficiency (EE) and Renewable Energy has in the meantime become the strongest cluster of projects in the programme.
Herewith, UNDP is in line with the growing international attention climate change receives. Some interventions of the Energy & Environment Programme deal with water, but these efforts are not comprehensive, and the water sector would surely deserve more attention. Also the threats imposed to rural Lebanon by climate change are so far not reflected in the rural livelihood project cluster. Adaptation to climate change is seen as a major global challenge which might affect Lebanon seriously.
In brief, among all projects, the highest impact was achieved by the Ozone Depleting Substance(s) phase-out operations. The projects in this field are successful, as several complementary projects with the same overall objective target both structural changes at the policy level and tangible achievements on the ground. The projects have got enough time to gain experience and to put these experiences into practical action. Multi-level intervention and sufficient project duration thus turn out to be key factors to success. The interventions in the field of Sustainable Energy Strategy are likely to have similarly a high impact as well. However, more time is needed to confirm this prognosis. Most other projects show a high effectiveness, but their structural long-term impact on national level is not always given.
Whereas participation as a fundamental principle for development is fully materialized in all UNDP operations, it often takes the form of stakeholder consultations rather than giving the beneficiaries the full responsibility. Many project tasks are at present fulfilled by project staff, even though they could be fulfilled by the beneficiaries/target groups themselves. That would increase ownership and ultimately sustainability. A set of recommendations have been suggested for the improvement of the overall Energy & Environment Programme objectives, targets, efficiency and effectiveness.
Finally, this evaluation deduces that the Energy & Environment Programme is well-connected with Lebanese institutions and with the donor community and enjoys high reputation as an efficiently working organisation. Based on a solid foundation of this trusted partnership, UNDP is now in a good position to complete the strategic orientation in its Energy & Environment Programme, adapt its resource mobilization strategy to new challenges and accentuate its comparative advantages over many other development partners.
Download Energy & Environment Programme Evaluation Report |
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