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E/2004/35 68. Delegations recommended that UNV enhance results-oriented reporting, provide more thorough analysis of the development impact of programme activities and the challenges in implementing lessons learnt, and build on pilot partnerships. 69. Noting that the programme was essentially demand-driven, many delegations encouraged increased contributions to the Special Voluntary Fund, which allowed UNV to experiment with new projects and partners. 70. Delegates enquired about the UNV role in peacekeeping operations, what could be done to improve impact analysis and what measures UNV was taking to promote knowledge management and sharing, including by assisting former volunteers to gain regular staff assignments in United Nations organizations. A request was made for further information on UNV collaboration with the United Nations Department for Peacekeeping Operations, with details on lessons learnt. 71. UNV was asked to identify areas in which it could envisage doing less, what specific activities could be targeted for Internet programmes to reach remote areas, and what UNV would require to carry out its functions more effectively. 72. One notable area of inter-agency collaboration was preparation for the forthcoming conference on volunteerism to be held in Islamabad in December 2004 organized in cooperation with UNDP and UNV. One United Nations organization stressed the important role of UNV volunteers in facing the HIV/AIDS epidemic and, in particular, involving people living with HIV/AIDS. 73. One non-governmental organization (NGO) observer made specific reference to the importance of a recently concluded agreement with UNV, established, inter alia, to work together in promoting an enabling environment for voluntary action. 74. In response, the Executive Coordinator, a.i., acknowledged that the reporting system required change. UNV had undertaken results-based management, which would facilitate improved reporting in the future. While no substitute for employment, volunteering was a good use of people’s time and helped to retain dignity when paid work was unavailable. In that sense, unemployed graduates should be encouraged to volunteer. UNV played no part in deciding whether peacekeeping operations should be mounted, but provided staff for such operations, as UNV staff could be identified and mobilized quickly. As a United Nations programme, UNV made efforts to maximize the safety and security of volunteers, while trying not to limit their effectiveness. Many former volunteers had indeed gone on to gain employment in the United Nations system. 75. The Executive Board adopted decision 2004/16 on the United Nations Volunteers. IX. Evaluation 76. In discussing document DP/2004/25 on evaluation, delegations commended UNDP for progress made in aligning the poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) reports, while stressing the need to clarify how the organization could best contribute to the process. Some delegations suggested that all future management response papers include an action plan or summary of proposed actions. 34
E/2004/35 77. They encouraged UNDP to continue to strengthen working relations with the Bretton Woods institutions on linking PRSPs to MDGs, while requesting more information on the UNDP proposal to collaborate with the World Bank in order to operationalize the PRSP-MDG linkage in pilot countries. 78. The synergy between the monitoring and campaigning units had yet to be fully utilized. Links between MDG reports and PRSP annual progress reports were still unclear. One delegation queried whether it were possible to use the PRSPs to measure progress towards reaching the MDGs. Delegations also sought further clarification on UNDP collaboration with the Millennium Project. One delegation asked about the origin of poverty reduction initiatives, and whether any originated in middle-income countries. 79. In response, the Principal Advisor and Group Leader of the Poverty Group, Bureau for Development Policy (BDP), highlighted the importance of using common indicators to strengthen PRSP-MDG reporting links. With the World Bank, UNDP had identified indicator sets that were most relevant to annual changes. He reiterated the United Nations commitment to ensuring that development models were nationally owned and based on frank policy dialogue and wide participation among stakeholders, whose constructive role, he asserted, depended on their statistical literacy. 80. The Macro, Growth and Structural Policies Advisor, Poverty Reduction Group, BDP, added that UNDP had proposed working with the World Bank to ensure PRSP- MDG links, for both monitoring and pro-poor policies, by targeting specific PRSP countries in the both the early and later stages of strategy formulation. The common, global project Poverty and Social Impact Analysis would provide an additional opportunity for such collaboration. 81. UNDP was also seeking to collaborate with the Millennium Project in countries where similar studies were conducted, with UNDP specializing on promoting longterm capacity development for poverty reduction. Financial constraints, however, meant that in addition to official development assistance, countries needed to mobilize more national resources and foster public and private investment for growth and development. To achieve the MDGs, he also emphasized that many countries, especially in Africa, needed greater debt relief. 82. The Executive Board took note of the report on follow-up on evaluations with regard to PRSPs and MDG reports and addressing the PRSP-MDG linkages (DP/2004/25). X. Technical cooperation among developing countries 83. In discussing the report on the implementation of South-South cooperation (DP/2004/26), delegations led by members of the Group of 77 welcomed the report and expressed their readiness to support South-South cooperation initiatives, especially in the areas of technical capacity building, provision of micro-credit to small businesses, health and resource mobilization. 84. Delegations emphasized that South-South cooperation was a necessary complement to North-South cooperation, but must not replace it. Both modes of cooperation provided an ideal framework in which to foster peaceful relations 35
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