This document outlines Suriname's national development planning process and partnership with the United Nations. It discusses the development of the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) and UN Development Action Plan (UNDAP) based on Suriname's National Development Priorities for 2012-2016. The UNDAF and UNDAP will focus on areas like agriculture, education, health, and the environment to achieve the goals of reducing poverty and promoting inclusive rural development. Implementation will be monitored by working groups and involve stakeholders across government, civil society, and international organizations. The UNDAF has a budget of $30 million to support Suriname's development priorities over the next five years.
2. Suriname and the United Nations
Suriname’s National Development Planning
The UN program cycle
UNDAF & UNDAP
3. National Development Priorities 2012-2016
Focus areas UNDAF 2012-2016
Interventions towards an aspired future
Monitoring and Evaluation of UNDAP
Budget
4. UN active in Suriname since 1971
PAHO first UN office in Suriname
Currently 4 resident UN offices: UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA,
PAHO/WHO
Other non-resident UN agencies active in Suriname are: FAO, ILO,
UNAIDS, UNESCO,UNEP, UNIC, UN Women, WFP
5. UN Delivering as One:
a concept that favors a greater and coherent coordination and
collaboration between agencies within the UN system, national and
other international development partners
It has a strong focus on national leadership and – ownership
DaO approach implemented in Suriname since 2007
6. Regeerakkoord regering Bouterse- Ameerali, August 2010
Regeringsverklaring : Kruispunt, October 2010
Ontwikkelingsplan (OP) 2012-2016, November 2011
7. Ontwikkelingsplan (OP) 2012-2016:
OP 2012-2016 is drafted within the framework the regeerakkoord
and regeringsverklaring
It details the strategy, mission and national development priorties
of the government
Specifies interventions for reaching the development goals
gives an outlook on funding of national development initiatives
OP is THE GUIDE for policy implementation of the
government over a period of 5 years
8. Step 1: Common Country Assessement (CCA) to analyze the national
development situation and identify main development challenges
Step 2: Based on CCA and taking into account National Development
Priorities (OP, regeerakkoord, regeringsverklaring)critical development
issues are identified in close cunsultation with state and non-state
actors, international organizations and other relevant stakeholders
Step3: UN drafts UNDAF based on outcomes step 1 and 2.
Governments comments and sees to total alignment of focus areas
UNDAF with priorities OP
Step 4: based on approved UNDAF , identified priorties are translated
into actions in an operational plan, UNDAP
9.
10. United United
Nations Nations
Development Development
Assistance Action
Framework Plan
Framework policy document Operational plan specifying the
specifying the priority focus areas for interventions for reaching national
national development development objectives
11. Priority Sectors:
Agriculture
Mining
Eductaion
Healthcare
Environment
Crosscuting issue: YOUTH and CHILDREN
12. The President of the Republic of Suriname H.E. D.D.
Bouterse states in the Crossroads:
“ the unbalanced relationship between the rich and the
poor is the oldest and most fatal disease that threatens a state”
The so called social contract incorporated in the OP, refers to targetting
all issues at the cause of this unbalanced relationship
13. Amongst the causes are:
Poor access to health and education in remote areas
Social insecurity of vulnerable groups
Poor acces and availibilty of housing
Deficit of labourplaces
Poverty alleviation and interventions that promote rural
development will be supported strongly
14. 1. Reach the most excluded and disadvantaged populations
in Suriname
2. Support the development of key legislations , policies and
budgets to promote development
3. Strengthen statistical and information systems and the
capacity to analyse and use the data for policy
formulation
15. Cooperation with the UN will be mainly demonstrated through
Technical Assistance for the realisation of the MDGs and other
nationally agreed development goals, particularly in health, education,
social protection, livelihoods, environment and agriculture, cross
cutting areas such as environment, NCD’s, HIV and AIDS, ECD, youth,
human rights based approach, and gender mainstreaming, use of
innovative technologies to reach isolated and remote communities,
Closer cooperation and technical assistance will be strengthened with
UN agencies with mandates to support governments priority in
agricultural development at all levels.
16. Development intervention will comprise buy in of
all key stakeholders and partners in development
(government, civil society, private sector,
international donor agencies)
17. 1. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on behalf of the Suriname
government and the UN Country Team in Suriname. The MoFA and UNCT
will meet with the relevant government counterparts twice a year to review
progress and pitfalls in the implementation of the UNDAF
2. Three Outcome Working Groups, along the lines of the Outcome Areas of
the UNDAF will regularly meet with a purpose to monitoring progress and
take remedial action when the expected results are likely not to be achieved.
The Outcome Working Groups will be coordinated by the MoFA together
with relevant line ministry for each UNDAF Outcome and supported by
technical input of all United Nations agencies.
18. The UNDAF 2012-2016 has a nominal budget of
30 million USD
Resources come from UN agencies and contributions
made by other donors through the UN system
19. The UNDAF 2012-2016 has officially been approved by the
council of ministers on February 14th, 2012
The approval demonstrates the commitment of the
Government of Suriname at the highest level of decision-
making
20. The official signing ceremony today , February 15th, 2012,
marks the start of entering into actual implementation
of the operational plans .
