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UN Country Team in Bangladesh
When the UN System works together to provide well coordinated, focused, and coherent response to the countrys priority development challenges, the impact it can have is greater than when UN agencies work alone in isolation. No single UN agency has the full range of skills, knowledge, and experience to tackle the multi-dimensional causes of poverty. Working together, the UN System can provide assistance to a wide range of issues, and can ensure that the support provided by each agency is complementary, rather than duplicative. The real benefit of UN coordination is therefore the increased impact of UN System support on reducing poverty. Other important benefits include the reduced transaction costs for Government; strengthened national capacity for monitoring impact on poverty reduction and other important national goals; and increased recognition by Governments and other partners of the potential strength of the UN System, when it works as a coherent whole.
In Bangladesh the UN country team (UNCT), consists of 10 UN agencies, funds and programmes convened under UN Resident Coordinator (RC). For information on individual UN Country team member, please scroll over the relevant link.
The UN Country Team (UNCT), comprising the heads of all resident agencies meet at regular intervals, under the chair of the UN Resident Coordinator. The Heads of Agency meeting would act as the Board of Directors for any common or shared facilities and services, being responsible for overall oversight and policy decisions.
Coordination mechanism is supported by the office of the resident coordinator and other different theme groups
In response to the Government of Bangladesh Poverty Reduction Strategy, and following a joint assessment of the development needs (Common Country Assessment - CCA) in 2005, the Government of Bangladesh and the UN country team has agreed upon on 6 priority areas of co-operation in its UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 2006-2010, where the UN can collectively make a difference and add real value to development and poverty reduction in Bangladesh.
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Related Documents
Common Country Assessment (CCA)
The Common Country Assessment (CCA) is part of the on-going commitment to enhanced collaboration and harmonization among UN agencies working in Bangladesh. The CCA represents the United Nations collective assessment of the overall development situation in Bangladesh and focuses on the identification of development gaps taking into account national priorities.
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UNDAF 2006-2010
The United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 2006-2010 was developed under close coordination and collaboration
with GoB. An UNDAF Prioritisation Retreat was held in Dhaka, 22-24 August 2004. The participants included ERD, GED, and other GoB counterparts of UN agencies, including
relevant line ministries, government departments and divisions.
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PRSP
The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) of Bangladesh titled as “Unlocking the Potential: National Strategy for Accelerated Poverty Reduction”, aims at achieving macro economic stability, economic growth and reduction of poverty. The goal of PRSP is to unlock the full potential of the people and to apply it to achieve economic growth and accelerated poverty reduction.
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MDG
The Bangladesh MDG Progress Report has been prepared jointly by the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) and the UN Country Team in Bangladesh in consultation with other stakeholders. The objective of this report is to monitor the progress of the MDGs for advocacy purposes. This is the first attempt at a consensus stock-taking of the status of all the MDGs in Bangladesh.
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UN in Bangladesh
