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Implications of changing environment for UNFPA

Implications of changing environment for UNFPA. Meeting of Advisory Group on Strategic Plan New York, 23 January 2013. Outline. The study Progress Challenges Implications for UNFPA Focus New development paradigm Alignment with UN priorities Tips for programming & operations. The study.

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Implications of changing environment for UNFPA

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  1. Implications of changing environment for UNFPA Meeting of Advisory Group on Strategic Plan New York, 23 January 2013

  2. Outline • The study • Progress • Challenges • Implications for UNFPA • Focus • New development paradigm • Alignment with UN priorities • Tips for programming & operations

  3. The study

  4. The study • Sources: external and internal (UNFPA) • Macro-level STEEP categorization scheme • First draft: August 12, 2012 • Discussion at the CIDG meeting, August 16, 2012 • Revised draft: November 2, 2012 • Current version: January 5, 2013 • Discussion at the Advisory Group meeting, January 23, 2013 FEEDBACK FEEDBACK

  5. Progress

  6. Real GDP growth in developing Asia World Economic Outlook: Coping with High Debt and Sluggish Growth, IMF, October 2012, p.8.

  7. Decline in global poverty “Now for the Good News: Daily Chart,” Economist, February 29, 2012

  8. Decline in maternal mortality: 1990, 2000 and 2010 (per 100 000 live births) The Millennium Development Goals Report 2012, United Nations, New York, 2012, p.30.

  9. Global technology revolution: IT

  10. Challenges

  11. Inequality: income disparities “Inequality: The Haves and Have-nots,” Data and Research, The World Bank, January 28, 2010, p.2.

  12. Inequality in selected developing countries Inequality in Focus, Poverty Reduction and Equity Department, The World Bank, Volume 1, Number 1, April 2012, p.3.

  13. Ecological footprint per person in high-, middle-, and low-income countries, 1961-2008 Living Planet Report 2012: Biodiversity, Biocapacity and Better Choices, World Wildlife Fund International, 2012, p.56.

  14. Population growth

  15. MDG 5A target progress MDG Progress Index: Gauging Country-Level Achievements, Center for Global Development, accessed January 22, 2013.

  16. Global progress toward the MDGs (developing countries, weighted by population “Food Prices, Nutrition, and the Millennium Development Goals,” Global Monitoring Report 2012, Overview, The World Bank, 2012.

  17. Development finance

  18. Implications for UNFPA

  19. Focus: SRH&RR • NEED: progress on MDG5 varied & insufficient + linkages with poverty & inequity; targeting most vulnerable • OPPORTUNITIES: international momentum • NEW ELEMENTS: • Employ technological innovations • Need to strengthen focus on human rights & clarify issues related to ethics, privacy, equity & gender discrimination • Build on comparative advantage in data support in the new digital age

  20. New development paradigm BUILD ON broad global agreements and partnerships, innovative development finance and socially responsible private investment, domestic savings and revenues • Strengthen engagement with emerging economies and other middle-income countries & private sector/philanthropy • Strengthen social policy advisory expertise • Broader UNFPA-facilitated partnerships  integrate population analysis into development strategies and plans • Greater support for South-South & triangular cooperation

  21. Alignment with UN priorities • Centrality of demographic trends recognized  integration in development policies and strategies • Sustainable development agenda  proactively address population trends, support progress in sustainability via empowerment & incentives (demographic transitions), investment in data support • Closer integration of disaster risk management, climate change adaptation & resilience building  UNFPA Humanitarian Response Strategy: “Second Generation” • Interlinks of UNFPA mandate with agenda against poverty & inequality  contribution to UN equitable inclusive development agenda • UN “peace & security” and “countries in conflict & transition” priorities  greater attention to fragile contexts & countries in transition • But also need for a clear division of labour

  22. Tips for programming & operations • Unprecedented diversity of demographic & economic situations  flexibility in programming & tailoring strategies to context • Networking and non-hierarchical decentralization patterns  flexibility in internal management • Fuzziness of country categories  zooming on populations rather than countries • Greater role of emerging economies  channeling their ambitions toward support of ICPD • Constant opposition to ICPD  hold up to values, strengthen supporters, use backlashes to opposition, consider building bridges with conservatives on some issues

  23. Thank you!

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