What we aim to accomplish
UNDP South Africa is committed to promoting strategic partnership with the Government of the Republic of South Africa through strong alignment with national development priorities and aspirations. The Country Office intends to enhance its credibility through operational efficiency and effectiveness that will promote aid effectiveness in use of resources, create maximum impact and become more relevance to the country through knowledge management and sharing of good practices, development management support and policy advocacy.
This is to be achieved by focusing on UNDP's comparative advantage, supporting the UN coherence agenda and tactical partnership with other development partners in the country. With the available capacity, the CO intends to strategically position itself to play its catalytic role more efficiently and effectively.
Key results of UNDP's intervention in South Africa:
- The Country Office support to both provincial & local municipalities has contributed towards improved service delivery, organizational effectiveness, strategic planning & reporting through the utilization of e-governance instruments & deployment of UNVs within provincial & local government in the Eastern Cape province.
- The Country Office upport to both national & provincial government has contributed towards enhanced quality for MDGs monitoring & reporting & civic engagement. This has also contributed to increased participation by the population in building knowledge base on developmental state.
- The Country Offcie support to National Treasury contributed towards the strengthening of the department's capacity to manage and coordinate external assistance more effectively. Policy review on external assistance has been conducted and capacity building targets for managing and coordinating external assistance at all levels of government have been set.
- The Country Office supported national, provincial and local level institutions in climate change, biodiversity conservation,energy and sustainable development.
- High level consultations around gender, Planning, M&E, south-south cooperation have resulted in the identification of high end intervention areas which will be implemented in 2010.
- The above results strengthened and expanded UNDP programmatic partnerships with other UN agencies, EU and other external partners, the civil society and the government. These partnership has resulted in mobilizing additional resources, expanding development networks, and facilitated access to and participation of communities and repositioned UNDP within the development community in South Africa.
Results by Outcome
- Enhanced Service Delivery Through Good Governance and Capacity Development
- Promoting Economic Development for Equitable Growth, Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction at the Local Level
- Promoting Enhanced and Equitable Social Services through knowledge Based Practices
Programme Delivery
- Programme Delivery 2006 Us$ 6,638,877.51
- Programme Delivery 2007 Us$ 4,684,553.21
- Programme Delivery 2008 Us$ 5,213,331.41
- Programme Delivery 2009 Us$ 10,053,000.00
