New programmes in Rwanda on the Green Economy and Global Value Chains, demonstrate how UNCTAD is broadening its cooperation at the country level with key partners from the UN Inter-Agency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity.
Over the past eight years, UNCTAD, in its role as coordinating agency of the UN Inter-Agency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity, was highly successful in formulating inter-agency joint programmes for the effective implementation of the United Nations Development Assistance Frameworks (UNDAFs).
An excellent example is the Delivering as One Pilot country Rwanda, where UNCTAD — after its fruitful and productive participation in the UNDAF Rwanda 2008-2012 — is now renewing and broadening its assistance within the new UNDAF cycle 2013-2018.
In this "Delivering as One" country, UNCTAD participated in the design of "Flagship joint programmes", proposed along the UNDAF main outcomes with the aim of addressing key policy issues in a collective and coordinated manner.
The formulation of these joint programmes are developed under the leadership of the United Nations Resident Coordinator and require a high level of engagement from resident and non-resident agencies to focus on the added value that each agency could bring.
The joint-programmes, designed with a timeframe of four years, aim at reaching the objectives of the forthcoming Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are currently being negotiated at the international level in the context of the post 2015-development agenda.
It is in this framework that UNCTAD participated in the formulation of a first inter-agency proposal on Youth and Women Employment developed in Rwanda in partnership with the ILO.
The Youth and Women Employment was signed in Kigali Rwanda on July 2014, and is now successfully implemented with the effective support of a One UN Fund.
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The Delivering as One Pilot programme in Rwanda has been enriched by two additional flagship programmes recently signed by the UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General, namely:
A Programme on Green Economy in which UNCTAD is contributing to the work of UNEP, with a focus on the interrelation between trade and green growth for improved development implications.
A Programme on Global Value Chains in which UNCTAD joins UNIDO, with its expertise on the benefits for Rwanda to adequately integrate the international and regional trading system.
Designed along the United Nations Development Group' guidelines and recommendations, these programmes are supported by Multi-Donor Trust Funds (One UN Funds) to ensure sustainability.
In the UN System-wide Coherence and as illustrated by the example of Rwanda, UNCTAD is an established and solid partner, bringing added value to joint programmes on policy issues in which trade has a significant role to play.
