RECRUITMENT INFORMATION SESSION - YONSEI UNIVERSITY UNDP RECRUITMENT INFORMATION SESSION YONSEI UNIVERSITY 2006 Mr. Anson Ng Senior Recruitment Officer

RECRUITMENT INFORMATION SESSION - YONSEI UNIVERSITY

UNDP RECRUITMENT INFORMATION SESSION

YONSEI UNIVERSITY 2006

Mr. Anson Ng

Senior Recruitment Officer

Bureau for Resources and Strategic Partnership

One United Nations Plaza, New York, NY10017, USA

Contact No.: (212) 906 5008

E-mail : [email protected]

Miss JiYoung Do

Assistant Resident Representative

#201, Saok Bldg, Hannam Tower,

730, Hannam 2-Dong, Yongsan-Ku,

Seoul, Rep. Of Korea

Contact No.: (822)790-9562/5

E-mail : [email protected]


• What is UNDP ?

• What does UNDP want to achieve ?

• Who is doing what in UNDP ?

• How does UNDP deliver its services ?

• How does UNDP evaluate what it does ?

• Whatever you want to know about UNDP Q & A

Agenda


UNDP Fact Sheet : • Established in 1965 by the UN General Assembly

• Largest Agency within the UN

• 166 members countries

• Headquarters in New York; Liaison Offices : Geneva, Brussels, Copenhagen, Tokyo and Washington D.C.

• 8400+ staff worldwide

• Major Donor ( > 200milion ) : USA follow by UK

( > 100million ) : Japan, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden


Core Areas of Operations (the five practice areas)• Poverty ReductionPoverty-fighting strategies based on local needs and prioritiesReform Trade; Debt Relief; Attracting FDI• Democratic GovernanceStrength electoral & legislative systemsImprove access to justice and public administration• Crisis Prevention and RecoveryPrevent armed conflictsReduce the risk of natural disastersPost-crisis recovery• Energy and Environment for Sustainable DevelopmentUNDP, WB, UN Environment Programme(UNEP) Global Environment Facility (GEF ) : 2 billion Fund Ozone Depletion; Global Warming; Loss of Biodiversity; Water Pollution• HIV / AIDSPrevent the spread of HIV / AIDS; reduce it’s impactProtect the rights of people living with AIDS


The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)


UNDP’s Role in MDGs

The Coordinator of the MDGs in the UN system

UNDP Administrator -- campaign leader and scorekeeper

• Advocate for change

• Connect countries to knowledge and resources

• Coordinate broader efforts at the country level

UNDP’s Global Development Network on the ground in 166 countries is uniquely positioned to help :


8 Goals > 18 Targets > 48 IndicatorsExample :Goal : Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger

Target 1 : Halve the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a dayIndicator 1 - Proportion of population below $1 a dayIndicator 2 - Poverty gap ratioIndicator 3 - Share of poorest quintile in national consumption

Target 2 : Halve the proportion of people who suffer from hungerIndicator 4 - Prevalence of underweight childrenIndicator 5 - Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption

Goal : Achieve Universal Primary Education

Target 3 : Ensure that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary schooling

Indicator 6 - Net Enrolment Ratio in Primary Education . . . . . .


The Global Structure

UNDP Administrator Kemal Dervis

3rd highest ranking official in the UN system

Appointed by the Secretary-General and confirmed by the General Assembly 2005

UN General Assembly UN Economic & Social Council

Executive Board36 members, chosen on a rotating basis

• Provides inter-governmental support

• Supervises UNDP’s activities


The Global StructureAdministrator

5 Regional Bureaus5 4 UN Funds410 specific Offices

and Bureaus10

• Office of the Administrator

• Office of UN Development Group

• Human Development Report Office

• Evaluation Office

• Office for Audit and Performance Review

• Communication Office

• Bureau for Resources and Strategic Partnerships

• Bureau for Development Policy

• Bureau of Management

• Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery




and Bureaus10

• UNDP Africa

• UNDP Arab States

• UNDP Asia and the Pacific

• UNDP Europe and the CIS

• UNDP Latin America and the Caribbean

Regional Directors > UNDP’s Headquarters in New York

Decentralize >> set up Regional Centres

Countries Offices




and Bureaus10

The United Nations Volunteers Programme ( UNV )

The Women’s Fund at the United Nations ( UNIFEM )

The United Nations Capital Development Fund ( UNCDF )

The UNDP Special Unit for Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries ( SU/TCDC )


• National staff / International staff

• Resident Representative = Resident Coordinator

• Deputy Resident Representative

• Assistant Resident Representatives

• Junior Professional Officers, United Nations Volunteers, Consultants, Administrative Support Staff and Interns

The Country Offices


National Agenda

• Environment

• Social Equity - Gender Mainstreaming - HIV/AIDS

• Development Cooperation

UNDP Korea as a Country Office



Regional Agenda

• Promotion of North-East Asia Cooperation • Tumen River Area Development Programme • Gender Equality through Science & Technology • Regional Programme



Global Agenda

• ROK as a global development partner/MDG Goal 8 • Technology Transfer • Training • Integrated Project


• Through Project

- Inside UNDP

: UNDP as an equal opportunity

employer

- Outside UNDP

: Most Recently UNDP empowers

women in Tsunami-affected areas

Women’s Empowerment




• Through Advocacy and Reporting

- Global Human Development Reports

- The Millennium Development Goals Reports


• Through Support and Coordination of UN Agencies

- Done by Resident Coordinator (RC)

- The United Nations Volunteers Programme (UNV)

- The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

- The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)



• UNDP’s Evaluation OfficeRepositioning, Relevance, Effectiveness, result based management,

implementing changes, accountability, strategic partnerships.

• OECD/DAC network on Development EvaluationAssess performance evaluation programmes of development agencies to ensure effectiveness, encourage exchange of information, cooperation among members, provide advice and support, promote evaluation capacity development in countries.

• Country Office Performance AssessmentThe Strategic Results Framework/ SRF and the Result-Oriented Annual Report/ ROAR to control fund spending and assess results.

Performance Evaluation Mechanisms


Thanks for Listening

Q & A


Criticism over broadness and HDI

• Broad scope of UNDP’s work - Increased questions about the effectiveness of development - Diluted profile of the org.

• Controversies and acceptance on HDI

- appealing as well as controversial HDI(Human Development Index) : a measurement of Human Development using longevity, education and standard of living

Introducing five practice area Decentralizing to the country-level

e.g) SURFs Results-based management


Criticism over inefficiencies• Funding issues -Donor power and influence

-Arrears in payments

• Bureaucracy -Lack implementation efforts

• Implementation weaknesses -Lack of enforcement authority/ autonomy

• Ambivalence towards Human Rights -Lack of Clearly set mechanisms and

formal HR reporting requirement

-Lack of outspokenness toward governments

Multi Funded Environment

Performance evaluation

UNDP designated as

Ad Hoc organization


Q & A“Real” To

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RECRUITMENT INFORMATION SESSION - YONSEI UNIVERSITY UNDP RECRUITMENT INFORMATION SESSION YONSEI UNIVERSITY 2006 Mr. Anson Ng Senior Recruitment Officer