GoB-UN POP 2010-2014 - UNFPA Botswana

GoB-UN POP 2010-2014h) Environmental Sustainability: Environmentalsustainability forms one of the three dimensionsof sustainable development (the othersbeing social and economic development).The UN will support Botswana to implementcommitments made at Rio+20 and improvethe operational institutional framework forsustainable development. Specifically, the UNwill: align the approaches and tools employedby the UN system at country level to integrate thethree dimensions of sustainable development;provide effective and coordinated supportto the design and implementation of nationalsustainable development strategies, policiesand related capacity development; and helpto mobilize relevant partners and stakeholders tocontribute to effective resource mobilization andimplementation of a sustainable developmentagenda.i) Capacity Development: Capacitydevelopment is a core function of the UnitedNations development system and one of the keyinterrelated principles that must be applied at thecountry level. The support of the UN will be gearedtowards developing the capacity of nationalpartners to do for themselves, rather than the UNdoing for them. The exception here would beGovernment contracting a UN agency or otherthird party to carry out a particular action or projecton their behalf. The design of specific actions insupport of partner capacity development will beinformed by UNDG guidance and best practice.An indicative range of possible UN interventions incapacity development is presented in the figurebelow.Capacity Development• Facilitating capacity assessments, with needs, equity and distributional analysis; Supportingthe capacity to review and analyse pro-poor policy options;• Facilitating consensus-building processes and broker relations between key developmentstakeholders, to promote capacities for inclusion and empowerment in decision making.• Strengthening national capacities to implement and monitor international norms/standards.• Facilitating participation of societal and government actors in, and enhance capacities for,national coordination of development & humanitarian assistance.• Supporting capacity to develop and use information, data and robust results-basedmanagement systems for greater accountability.• Providing catalytic support for technological and knowledge acquisition and innovationcapacities.• Providing international good practice in all the above and promote knowledge networkingcapacities around them.4 GoB - UN POP 2010 - 2014