What we do / Corporate Documents
| • Strategic Plan for UNDP 2008-2011 |
UNDP's goals are described in the "Strategic Plan for UNDP 2008-2011, Accelerating Global Progress on Human Development", as endorsed by the Member States of UNDP's Executive Board in 2007. This new plan will guide the UNDP Lebanon country office's programmes and projects for the period 2008-2011, and will focus the programmes around four key "Development Focus Areas."
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| • Draft Country Programme Action Plan (CPAP) |
Will be available in November, 2008. Currently under development.
| • Resident Coordinator Annual Report |
Will be available in November, 2008. Currently under development.
Download RC Annual Report 2006
| • Country Programme Frameworks |
Will be available in November, 2008. Currently under development.
| • Country Programme Document (CPD) |
Will be available in April, 2008. Currently under development. UNDP Lebanon currently operates on the basis of the Country Cooperation Framework for 2002-2006, which has been extended given the current political exigencies of the country.
| • United Nations Development Assistance Framework 2002-2006 (UNDAF) |
United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for Lebanon covering the period 2002-2006.
The UNDAF is the result of a truly collaborative effort of the UN Country Team - undertaken in cooperation with government and other national counterparts along with several donor partners.
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| • Country Cooperation Framework |
The United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) work at country level is guided by a document called the Country Cooperation Framework (CCF) where the Government defines how UNDP can best contribute to its development strategies.
The second CCF for Lebanon (2002-2006) has been synchronized with the programming periods of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). It builds heavily on the common country assessment (CCA) and the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) processes, which have engaged the United Nations system and national counterparts in a development dialogue over the years since 2000 and 2001. The priority focus areas of the second CCF are drawn from the UNDAF analysis and constitute a consolidation of the country office Strategic Results Framework (SRF) and Results-Oriented Annual Report (ROAR).
In view of the political and security uncertainties following the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on 14 February 2005, and due to the 2006 "July War", (not to mention the most recent conflict between the Lebanese Army and the armed group "Fatah-Al-Islam" that raged in May 2007) the country programme cycle (2002-2006) was extended for another two years until end 2008.
The UNDP Country Team is currently in the process of defining a new UNDAF for the period 2009-2013, with which UNDP's results will be integrated and programming tools aligned.
Download Second country cooperation framework for Lebanon (2002-2006)
| • Multi-Year Funding Framework (MYFF) 2004-2007 |
In response to Executive Board decision 2003/8, this document presents proposals for the second multi-year funding framework (MYFF) for the period 2004-2007. The document describes the strategic goals and service lines to be pursued by the organization, and details the organizational strategies that will be followed over this MYFF period.
Download Multi-Year Funding Framework (MYFF) 2004-2007
| • 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.
| • 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.
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.
| • Project Management Arrangement |
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.
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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)
| • Conflict Prevention and Peace Building Outcome Evaluation Report |
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
| • Energy & Environment Programme Evaluation Report |
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 energy and environment.
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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