Workshop on Alignment & implementation of National Action programmes with the UNCCD 10-year Strategy in the Arab Region League of Arab States (18- 20 June 2014), Dubai - UAE UNCCD, Fady Asmar

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THE GLOBAL SUPPORT
PROGRAMME: THE UNIFIED
FINANCIAL ANNEX (UFA)

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INDEX: THE UNIFIED FINANCIAL ANNEX
Intro Purpose What’s New Reporting Outputs
Data sets &
Sources
Data Needed Data Sources
Getting Started Entering a project
Types of Funding Introduction Tips Sample UFA
Rio Markers Introduction Tips Sample UFA
Relevant Activity Codes
(RACs)
Introduction Tips Sample UFA
Strategic Objectives
(SOs) Targeted
Introduction Tips Sample UFA
Conclusion Key Terms Getting support Q&A

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• Consolidating information on resources mobilized by affected
country parties and their development partners under the
framework of relevant strategies and action programmes.
• Facilitating the aggregation of data on financial commitments,
investments and resources made available by all relevant funding
sources for activities related to the implementation of the
Convention.
• Minimizing double counting in financial statistics.
INTRO: REPORTING ON FINANCIAL
FLOWS
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SFA PPS UFA
INTRO: WHAT’S NEW
• The previous Standard Financial Annex (SFA) and Project and
Programme Sheet (PPS) have been merged into a Unified
Financial Annex (UFA)
70% REDUCTION IN
REQUIRED FIELDS
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INTRO: REPORTING ON FINANCIAL FLOWS
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2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
2010
2011
Synoptic tables showing the
different statistics in rows and
columns
Charts, histograms and diagrams
providing a visual representation of
statistics and trends
Maps showing financial flows
and the geographical
distribution of related statistics
• Input / output analysis
• Global level of commitments
• Commitments per donor / recipient
• Distribution by UNCCD objectives
• Volume of investment
• Geographical and sectoral distribution
of investments
• Synergies with other conventions
Analyses are illustrated through tables, figures and charts of several types, including:
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5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
0 5 10
(USD million) financial commitments for
Convention-related objectives made from
domestic public budgets (Global)
Distribution of investments (USD million) by
number of beneficiaries (Global, 2010–2011)
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DATA SETS & SOURCES: WHAT IS
NEEDED?
For each relevant financial commitment or allocation made in the reporting
period, the UFA requires a minimum set of data grouped as follows:
IDENTIFICATION BASIC DATA CLASSIFICATION
1 2 3
Data to identify the
reporting entity, such as
the name of the activity
financed and the
identification code, if any.
Data specifying the
amount and type of
funding, recipient country
or region, & the status of
the activity.
Categorization according
to Rio Markers, Relevant
Activity Codes, and
Strategic/Operational
Objectives.
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DATA SETS & SOURCES: WHERE TO
FIND NECESSARY DATA
Financial programme and project related documents
National policy, regulatory and economic/financial
documents;
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GETTING STARTED: ENTERING A
PROJECT
Let’s consider a hypothetical sustainable land
management forestry project, and enter it into
the UFA together.
Follow along from page 14 of the ACP fillable template
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GETTING STARTED: ENTERING A
PROJECT
Identification code: P087039
Let’s imagine a global sustainable land management project,
completed in 2013 with co-financing from the Ministry of
Agriculture and Forests.
Follow along from page 14 of the ACP fillable template
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GETTING STARTED: ENTERING A
PROJECT
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GETTING STARTED: ENTERING A
PROJECT
Now that we’ve addressed Project Identification
and Basic Data, let’s move on to the
Classifications:
• Types of Funding
• Rio Markers
• Relevant Activity Codes
• Strategic and Operational Objectives
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TYPES OF FUNDING: INTRODUCTION
• Grant
• Loan (commercial)
• Loan
(concessional)
• Budget authority
• Debt swap/relief
• Basket funding
• Sectoral support
• Sovereign wealth
fund
• Payments for
Environmental
Services (PES)
• Results based financing
• Equity
• Venture capital
• Remittances
• Derivatives
• Blended value products
Selecting the type of funding instrument indicates the means in
which project funds were acquired.
More than one type of instrument can be selected from the following list:
• Impact investments
• Microcredit
• Bonds
• Insurance
• Mortgages/guarantees
• Advance market
commitments
• Other (please specify)
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TYPES OF FUNDING: INTRODUCTION
Questions regarding the meaning of a term?
All the funding instruments are easily and succinctly defined in the
Glossary for UNCCD Reporting, available here:
http://www.unccd.int/en/programmes/Reporting-review-and-
assessment/Pages/Glossary.aspx
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TYPES OF FUNDING: TIPS
Tips on assigning funding types:
 Check the Glossary for UNCCD Reporting when in doubt about the meaning
of a funding instrument.
 Have all relevant financial documentation prepared for easy reference before
beginning the process.
 More than one funding instrument can be selected for each activity.
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TYPES OF FUNDING: SAMPLE UFA
Let’s continue to use the example of the sustainable forest management project:
We will imagine our project has received sectoral support from the government,
as well a international grant from an NGO. In addition, let’s say it has been
selected as part of a pilot program by an impact investing group.
Let’s fill this in on the UFA.
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TYPES OF FUNDING: SAMPLE UFA
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TYPES OF FUNDING: SAMPLE UFA
Congratulations! We’ve completed the section.
Let’s move on to the Rio Markers.
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RIO MARKERS: INTRODUCTION
The Rio Markers indicate the degree of relevance of a given activity
in addressing the objectives of a Rio Convention.
Rio Markers are descriptive rather than quantitative. They are used
for giving an indication of the policy objectives targeted by a given
activity, not exact financial quantifications.
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RIO MARKERS: INTRODUCTION
The screening of an activity against the objectives of a Convention can result in the
following scores:
1: Significant
Means that targeting the
objectives of the
Convention is an important
but secondary purpose of
the activity (i.e. not one of
the principal reasons for
undertaking the activity
2: Principal
Means that targeting the
objectives of the
Convention is an explicit
objective of the activity and
fundamental in its design
(i.e. the activity would not
have been undertaken
without this objective
3: Action
Programme/AP-related:
For desertification only.
Means that the activity
was undertaken to combat
desertification/land
degradation as a principal
objective and in support of
an action programme
(NAP, SRAP or RAP) to
implement the UNCCD
0: Not targeted
Means that the
activity is found not to
be targeted to the
Convention.
It is important to note that only the UNCCD has a dedicated marker for activities that specifically refer
to the UNCCD process and/or support a national or (sub)regional action programme.
To qualify for a score “principal”, “significant”, or “AP-related”, the objective has to be explicitly
promoted in project documentation.
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RIO MARKERS: TIPS
Tips on Assigning Rio Markers:
 Activities should be marked according to their stated objectives.
 An activity that undertakes or facilitates mainstreaming can qualify for the
principal score.
 Only one score can be selected for each activity for each Convention.
However, the same activity can qualify for more than one Convention’s
marker.
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RIO MARKERS: SAMPLE UFA
Consider our example of the sustainable forest management project:
Our project aims to contribute to biodiversity conservation, capture carbon
(climate change mitigation) and reducing climate risk (climate change
adaptation). In drylands, such a project would also help to combat
desertification.
Let’s fill this in on the UFA.
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RIO MARKERS: SAMPLE UFA
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RIO MARKERS: SAMPLE UFA
Congratulations! We’ve completed the section.
Let’s move on to the Relevant Activity Codes.
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RELEVANT ACTIVITY CODES (RACs):
INTRODUCTION
The Relevant Activity Codes (RACs) indicate categories of measures
that are typically put in place to combat desertification, land
degradation and drought.
The current version of the RACs includes twenty-five codes clustered
under four main areas:
• Knowledge Management
• Enabling Activities
• Land Degradation Prevention
• Restoration and Recovery
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RELEVANT ACTIVITY CODES:
INTRODUCTION
Enabling Activities
1. Capacity building
2. Governance and institutions
3. Policies, strategies and regulations
4. Economic valuation of land use/change options
5. Incentives and market-based mechanisms
6. Resource mobilization
7. Development assistance
Knowledge Management
1. Research
2. Information campaigns
3. Advocacy/Mainstreaming
4. Natural capital accounting
5. Land degradation monitoring
6. Reporting
Land Degradation Prevention
1. Adaptation to climate change
2. Natural resource conservation
3. Enhancing ecosystem resilience
4. Sustainable land & natural resource
management
5. Sustainable production
6. Sustainable consumption
Restoration & Recovery
1. Afforestation/reforestation for carbon
sequestration
2. Ecosystem rehabilitation
3. Infrastructure reconstruction/rehabilitation
4. Land restoration/reclamation
5. Emergency response
6. Relocation/rescue/relief operations
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RELEVANT ACTIVITY CODES:
INTRODUCTION
Questions regarding the meaning of a term?
All the funding instruments are easily and succinctly defined in the
Glossary for UNCCD Reporting, available here:
http://www.unccd.int/en/programmes/Reporting-review-and-
assessment/Pages/Glossary.aspx
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RELEVANT ACTIVITY CODES: TIPS
Tips on assigning Relevant Activity Codes:
 Multiple Relevant Activity Codes can be applied to the same activity.
 Check the Glossary for UNCCD Reporting when in doubt about the meaning
of a Code.
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RELEVANT ACTIVITY CODES: SAMPLE
UFA
Consider our example of the sustainable forest management project:
Let’s imagine the project funded research as well as information and advocacy
campaigns for sustainable land management in forests.
Capacity building and resource mobilization strategies were put into place for
the project to become self-sustaining.
The project enhanced the resilience of the ecosystems, along with carbon
sequestration elements, ecosystem rehabilitation, and land restoration.
Let’s fill this in on the UFA.
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RELEVANT ACTIVITY CODES: SAMPLE
UFA
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RELEVANT ACTIVITY CODES: SAMPLE
UFA
Congratulations! We’ve completed the section.
Let’s move on to the Strategic and Operational Objectives Targeted (the final
classification section for the UFA!).
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STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL
OBJECTIVES TARGETED:
INTRODUCTION
The UNCCD Strategic Objectives provide a guide for all UNCCD partners and
stakeholders, and are supported by Operational Objectives.
Strategic Objective 1: Living conditions of affected populations
Strategic Objective 2: Condition of affected ecosystems
Strategic Objective 3: Global benefits
Strategic Objective 4: Resource mobilization and partnership building
Operational Objective 1: Advocacy, awareness raising and education
Operational Objective 2: Policy framework
Operational Objective 3: Science, technology and knowledge
Operational Objective 4: Capacity-building
Operational Objective 5: Financing and technology transfer
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STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL
OBJECTIVES TARGETED: TIPS
Tips on assigning Strategic and Operational Objectives:
 Multiple Strategic and Operational Objectives can be applied to the same
activity.
 At least one Strategic Objective or Operational Objective must be selected.
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STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL
OBJECTIVES TARGETED: SAMPLE UFA
Consider our example of the sustainable forest management project:
As we have imagined it, our project improves the conditions affected
ecosystems (forests) globally, and enables resource mobilization. It also has
important capacity building and advocacy raising elements.
Let’s fill this in on the UFA.
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STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL
OBJECTIVES TARGETED: SAMPLE UFA
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STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL
OBJECTIVES TARGETED: SAMPLE UFA
Congratulations, we’ve successfully entered an activity into the UFA!
Let’s review key terms before finishing.
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CONCLUSION: KEY TERMS
Key terms and questions to classify each activity are:
Strategic and Operational
Objectives: Which Strategic or
Operational Objectives does
the activity address?
Relevant Activity Codes
(RACs): Which areas or
measures can the activity
be categorized under?
Rio Markers: How relevant
is the activity to addressing
the needs of each
Convention?
Financial Instruments: What
types of financing
instruments were used?
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CONCLUSION: GETTING SUPPORT
REPORTING GLOSSARY REPORTING MANUAL ONLINE HELP DESK
The UNCCD Reporting
Glossary has definitions
for all the necessary key
terms.
This UNCCD Reporting
Manual contains a step
by step guide for the
entire reporting template.
The online help desk
portal provides access to
timely regional support to
support your reporting
needs.
FIND ALL THESE RESOURCES AND MORE AT WWW.UNCCD.INT/REPORTING
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THANK YOU!