Papua New Guinea
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Like many UNICEF Offices, the PNG office is heavily involved in the process of UN reform. Although PNG was not selected as one of the eight pilot countries for UN reform, it is none the less heavily involved in its own, government led One UN process. Please take a look at the presentation and country briefing note on the right for a brief summary of the process and lessons learned to date.
On December 6, 2007, PNG signed their common Country Programme Action Plan (cCPAP) 2008-2012 ‘United Nations Country Programme Action Plan’ .
The UNCP Action Plan operationalizes the UN Country Programme that was signed mid-2007 as one of the first Joint UN Country Programmes, and is a milestone in the enhancement and strengthening of the partnership between the UN System and the Government of Papua New Guinea. It introduces new ways of provision of assistance that are in line with the ongoing UN Reform as well as Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005). The overall aim is to simplify and harmonize the way the UN works at country level and to ensure that the UN Country Programme is aligned with and in support of national priorities and that national systems and procedures are utilized for programme delivery which reduces transaction cost significantly.
The document constitutes a legal agreement for the Government of Papua New Guinea and ExCom Agencies. Eleven other specialised agencies members of the larger UN family in PNG are referred to as ‘Participating Agencies’ and co-sign in the spirit of cooperation and alignment, but they remain governed by their own respective agreements with the Government.
