Aceh Emergency Response and Transitional Recovery ... - UNDP

• UNDP's Office of Audit and Performance Review (OAPR) has undertakena risk assessment for tsunami-related programming in Indonesiawhich has provided recommendations on measures for risk mitigation,anti-corruption, procurement and other legal and political risks.• UNDP Office of Legal and Procurement Services (OLPS) has madeavailable to UNDP country offices undertaking tsunami-related procurementsupport in the form of roving procurement officers who are reviewingprocurement processes to ensure and enhance efficacy and transparency.UNDP has had a Roving Procurement Officers posted in the countryoffice since February.MonitoringAn overall monitoring framework for the Aceh Emergency Response and TransitionalRecovery Programme has been established to achieve the following purposes.• Results-Orientation: Ensure appropriate measurement and assessment ofprogramme performance in order to more effectively improve performanceand achieve results.• Quality Assurance: Ensure quality in project activities supported throughERTR to ensure best possible benefit for beneficiaries, through monitoringprogramme delivery and identifying issues that need corrective action andensure that additional assistance is provided early.• Accountability: Ensure accountability in the use of programme resourcesthrough heavy emphasis on financial reviews to make sure that funds arebeing appropriately used to achieve project outputs, and that the implementingagents have sufficient controls in place to demonstrate that fundsare being used appropriately.• Transparency: Ensure transparency in programme activities, finances,and results to all stakeholders.• Learning: Ensure that the programme has mechanisms to ensure learningfor purposes of improving ongoing implementation and guiding new initiatives,and to identify key lessons learned and successes stories from programmeimplementation in relation to post-crisis recovery to feedback intoplanning and implementation processes of UNDP, the Government anddevelopment partners;The monitoring system includes on-site field monitoring, structured reporting bypartners and validation of this reporting by UNDP, financial monitoring of partner'sexpenditures, and expenditure tracking. Feedback is provided to implementingpartners and contractors in order to identify issues that need corrective action,ensure that such actions are taken early, and to improve overall quality in the implementationof activities and provision of services.36