Resident Coordinator Annual Report for Montenegro, 2011

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2011 Resident Coordinator Annual Report Montenegro Montenegrois undergoing extensive reforms for harmonization with European Union legal and policy frameworks. The development and human rights agenda of Montenegro remains unfinished despite tremendous progress since it regained independence in 2006; although progress has been made in establishing institutional, policy and legal frameworks, capacities of the state machinery to implement development strategies, ensure public administration reform and deliver services are still limited. The United Nations Country Team in a “Delivering as One” context, has played a key role in contributing to the reform process, and is well positioned to provide tailor-made capacity development support to address issues of sustainable human development and human rights fulfillment while also supporting European Union accession. The year 2011 was characterised by continuous political stability under the ruling coalition, major progress toward EU integration and modest growth in 2011 estimated at 1.9%. On the political front, the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) is set to remain the dominant political force in 2012-13, following victories in the parliamentary election in March 2009 and the local elections in May 2010. EU integration remains the foreign policy priority. Based on the positive recommendations of the October 2011 Progress Report of the European Commission, the European Council on 9 December 2011 concluded that accession negotiations with Montenegro will start in June 2012, after the Commission assesses its progress in carrying out reforms on rule of law, respect for fundamental rights and repressing corruption and organised crime. In light of these positive changes, the Government appointed Montenegro’s Ambassador to Brussels as the chief negotiator for EU accession talks. Montenegrocontinued to face developmental challenges, throughout 2011, particularly those of vulnerable groups and regional disparities, which were exacerbated by the global financial crisis. The issues of income poverty and inequality [1] were at the centre of the human development agenda. There was an increase in social and workers’ protests in 2011 compared to previous years. Those employed in the police, army, security, education and justice sectors also expressed disquiet regarding wages. The Roma are the most vulnerable with a poverty rate of 36 per cent; they are followed closely by displaced and internally displaced persons, welfare recipients, older people, the unemployed, and people with disabilities. Efforts are also needed to engender respect for protection of minorities and vulnerable groups such as children with disabilities. This is a first step towards equitable socio-economic development to support the elimination of disparities. Attitudes towards children with disabilities are changing, and there have been positive steps in 2010 and 2011 promoting their social inclusion. Policy and legal frameworks for gender equality are in place; however, due to pervasive norms and attitudes, women’s participation in political and economic life remains low and capacity to implement the frameworks is also limited. In February 2011, the Government of Montenegro produced an Action Plan in response to the European Commission’s Opinion to meet the following key priorities [2] : to improve the legislative framework for elections;to strengthen rule of law; to strengthen administrative capacities to deal with future EU accession obligations;to improve the anti-corruption legal framework and implement the government's anticorruption strategy and action plan;tostrengthen the fight against organised crime; to enhance media freedom; to implement the legal and policy framework on anti-discrimination in line with European and international standards; guarantee the legal status of displaced persons, in particular Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians, and ensure respect for their rights. This last priority includes the adoption and implementation of a sustainable strategy for the closure of the Konik camps. In the context of theregional Sarajevo Process, the Government is developing a comprehensive housing programme for the most vulnerable refugees from Bosnia andHerzegovina, Croatia and partly from Kosovo, which is an integral part of the National Strategy for Durable Solutions for Displaced and Internally Displaced Persons, adopted by the Government in July 2011.The UN in the country, under UNHCR’s lead role, has been working for the last ten years to ensure durable solutions for these refugees. Civil society remains relatively weak, however, the new Government has taken steps to enhance the dialogue between the Government and civil society to effectively address the human development, social inclusion and human rights agenda, but there is room for further improvement. There was a significant breakthrough in negotiations between the new Prime Minister, appointed in December 2010, and leaders of political opposition, on the divisive issue of the name of the language in the school curricula (i.e. Montenegrin-Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian Language and Literature) was reached in summer 2011, after five years of heavily politicized disputes on the subject between the ruling and opposition political parties. Another positive development in the last year was the accession of Montenegro to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in December 2011. Since it is a candidate country for EU membership, Montenegro's WTO membership is an important milestone in the integration process with the EU. Promoting economic recovery will be high on the government’s agenda, following a modest rebound in 2010-11 from the sharp contraction in output in 2009 (at nearly 6%), as well as coping with an expected upsurge in public discontent. There is a risk of increased social unrest, as economic growth is forecast to slow in 2012 (1% in 2012 – EIU forecast) and unemployment is set to remain high (20%), before stronger growth returns in 2013, with real GDP growth forecast to accelerate to 2.5% in 2013 as the euro zone begins to recover (EIU). A key milestone for Montenegro has been its adoption to WTO terms of entry during the 8th Ministerial Conference in Geneva in December 2011 - the country will have until 31 March 2012 to ratify its accession package. The forthcoming year will be challenging for Montenegro as the country has to live up to the EU’s expectations. But it will also be challenging for the EU because it must show to its people that Montenegro’s progress is good for the stabilisation and prosperity of the Western Balkans. Moreover, Montenegro needs to implement a series of reforms until the next session of the European Council in June 2012 with a special emphasis on the fight against corruption and organized crime.

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This document consists of Summary on progress towards UNDAF outcomes for 2011, Summary on progress in UN Reform for 2011 and Key aspects of the proposed 2012 workplan.

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2011 Resident Coordinator Annual ReportMontenegro

Montenegrois undergoing extensive reforms for harmonization with European Union legal and policy frameworks. Thedevelopment and human rights agenda of Montenegro remains unfinished despite tremendous progress since it regainedindependence in 2006; although progress has been made in establishing institutional, policy and legal frameworks, capacities ofthe state machinery to implement development strategies, ensure public administration reform and deliver services are stilllimited. The United Nations Country Team in a “Delivering as One” context, has played a key role in contributing to the reformprocess, and is well positioned to provide tailor-made capacity development support to address issues of sustainable humandevelopment and human rights fulfillment while also supporting European Union accession.

The year 2011 was characterised by continuous political stability under the ruling coalition, major progress toward EU integrationand modest growth in 2011 estimated at 1.9%. On the political front, the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) is set to remain thedominant political force in 2012-13, following victories in the parliamentary election in March 2009 and the local elections in May2010. EU integration remains the foreign policy priority. Based on the positive recommendations of the October 2011 ProgressReport of the European Commission, the European Council on 9 December 2011 concluded that accession negotiations withMontenegro will start in June 2012, after the Commission assesses its progress in carrying out reforms on rule of law, respect forfundamental rights and repressing corruption and organised crime. In light of these positive changes, the Government appointedMontenegro’s Ambassador to Brussels as the chief negotiator for EU accession talks.

Montenegrocontinued to face developmental challenges, throughout 2011, particularly those of vulnerable groups and regionaldisparities, which were exacerbated by the global financial crisis. The issues of income poverty and inequality [1] were at thecentre of the human development agenda. There was an increase in social and workers’ protests in 2011 compared to previousyears. Those employed in the police, army, security, education and justice sectors also expressed disquiet regarding wages.

The Roma are the most vulnerable with a poverty rate of 36 per cent; they are followed closely by displaced and internallydisplaced persons, welfare recipients, older people, the unemployed, and people with disabilities. Efforts are also needed toengender respect for protection of minorities and vulnerable groups such as children with disabilities. This is a first step towardsequitable socio-economic development to support the elimination of disparities. Attitudes towards children with disabilities arechanging, and there have been positive steps in 2010 and 2011 promoting their social inclusion. Policy and legal frameworks forgender equality are in place; however, due to pervasive norms and attitudes, women’s participation in political and economic liferemains low and capacity to implement the frameworks is also limited.

In February 2011, the Government of Montenegro produced an Action Plan in response to the European Commission’s Opinion tomeet the following key priorities[2]: to improve the legislative framework for elections;to strengthen rule of law; to strengthenadministrative capacities to deal with future EU accession obligations;to improve the anti-corruption legal framework andimplement the government's anticorruption strategy and action plan;tostrengthen the fight against organised crime; to enhancemedia freedom; to implement the legal and policy framework on anti-discrimination in line with European and internationalstandards; guarantee the legal status of displaced persons, in particular Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians, and ensure respect for theirrights. This last priority includes the adoption and implementation of a sustainable strategy for the closure of the Konik camps. Inthe context of theregional Sarajevo Process, the Government is developing a comprehensive housing programme for the mostvulnerable refugees from Bosnia andHerzegovina, Croatia and partly from Kosovo, which is an integral part of the National Strategy for Durable Solutions for Displaced and Internally Displaced Persons, adopted by the Government in July 2011.The UN inthe country, under UNHCR’s lead role, has been working for the last ten years to ensure durable solutions for these refugees.

Civil society remains relatively weak, however, the new Government has taken steps to enhance the dialogue between theGovernment and civil society to effectively address the human development, social inclusion and human rights agenda, but thereis room for further improvement.

There was a significant breakthrough in negotiations between the new Prime Minister, appointed in December 2010, and leadersof political opposition, on the divisive issue of the name of the language in the school curricula (i.e. Montenegrin-Serbian, Bosnian,Croatian Language and Literature) was reached in summer 2011, after five years of heavily politicized disputes on the subjectbetween the ruling and opposition political parties.

Another positive development in the last year was the accession of Montenegro to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) inDecember 2011. Since it is a candidate country for EU membership, Montenegro's WTO membership is an important milestone inthe integration process with the EU.

Promoting economic recovery will be high on the government’s agenda, following a modest rebound in 2010-11 from the sharpcontraction in output in 2009 (at nearly 6%), as well as coping with an expected upsurge in public discontent. There is a risk ofincreased social unrest, as economic growth is forecast to slow in 2012 (1% in 2012 – EIU forecast) and unemployment is set toremain high (20%), before stronger growth returns in 2013, with real GDP growth forecast to accelerate to 2.5% in 2013 as theeuro zone begins to recover (EIU). A key milestone for Montenegro has been its adoption to WTO terms of entry during the 8thMinisterial Conference in Geneva in December 2011 - the country will have until 31 March 2012 to ratify its accession package.

The forthcoming year will be challenging for Montenegro as the country has to live up to the EU’s expectations. But it will also bechallenging for the EU because it must show to its people that Montenegro’s progress is good for the stabilisation and prosperity ofthe Western Balkans. Moreover, Montenegro needs to implement a series of reforms until the next session of the EuropeanCouncil in June 2012 with a special emphasis on the fight against corruption and organized crime.

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Council in June 2012 with a special emphasis on the fight against corruption and organized crime.

[1]The level of inequality in Montenegro increased from 6 in 2004 to 9.8 in 2008 (Decile coefficient).

[2]The avis of the European Union on Montenegro’s accession highlights seven key benchmarks.

Summary on progress towards UNDAF outcomes

Montenegro, self-starting Delivering as One (DaO) country as of late 2009, finalized implementation of a transitional two-yearphase (2010-2011) of Integrated UN Programme. The country is now beginning implementation of the Phase II of its IntegratedUN Programme, which actually represents the first UNDAF in independent Montenegro, covering the period 2012-2016.

The existing Joint Country Steering Committee (JCSC), which approves the Integrated UN Programme and guides the UN inits “Delivering as One” commitment, is the primary political mechanism through which the Government was engaged in theUNDAF process as part of formulation of Phase II of the Integrated UN Programme, in late 2010 and beginning of 2011, and willbe as part of implementation of the Phase II. The Integrated UN Programme is guided by the over-riding priority of theMontenegrin Government to join the European Union as well as by key national reform and development strategies. The firstIntegrated UN Programme for Montenegro has three strategic programme pillars, namely: Social Inclusion, DemocraticGovernance, and Sustainable Economic Development & Environmental Protection (SEDEP).

Together with national partners, the UN agencies in Montenegro in 2011 either developed or continued implementation of jointprogrammes in relation to Democratic Governance, Social Inclusion and Sustainable Economic Development and EnvironmentalProtection (SEDEP) on a) Good Health system Governance for Equitable Effective and Quality Health Care in Montenegro(jointprogramme of UNDP and WHO); b) Non-communicable diseases prevention, healthy lifestyles and food safety (joint programmeof WHO, UNICEF and UNDP); c)Improving the business environment through green jobs and institution building (joint programmeof UNDP and regionally based organisations UNEP, UNESCO, UNIDO and FAO); d) Support to fulfillment of Montenegro’s socialinclusion priorities related to permanent solution of status for refugee, displaced and domicile Roma persons (joint programme ofall resident agencies, implemented by UNDP); e)Child protection and social inclusion (joint activity of UNICEF & WHO); f) DRR,Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation (joint programme of UNDP, UNEP, UNICEF) all funded partially or entirely fromthe Expanded DAO Funding Window 2010 and 2011.

Members of the JCSC agreed at the meeting in June 2011 that the Expanded Delivering as One Funding Window was agood source of funding, but not the only one. Montenegro received USD 557,000 from the 2011 EFW, however, not all funds havebeen transferred to the UN Country Fund by the Headquarters. The release of the last tranche, as communicated by the Chair ofthe EFW Steering Committee, will be subject to satisfactory progress against the indicators and will be made in the first quarter of2012.

Under the leadership of the JCSC, the UNCT, conveners of Pillars and line ministries pledged to work jointly on mobilisation ofadditional resources for the UN Country Fund in order to cover funding gaps identified in the Integrated Budgetary Framework.

Within the framework of EU accession, cooperation has been deepened with national institutions in addressing the issue ofdisplaced and internally displaced persons, especially in the area of providing support for their registration and voluntary return tothe places of origin. Public awareness on challenges and opportunities of stateless persons has been significantly raised throughouta broad media campaign conducted by the cross-cutting Working Group on Gender and Human Rights with assistance fromthe UN Coordination Office. Networking aimed at raising awareness on human rights protection was particularly upgraded on theoccasion of Human Rights Day observance, when the UN Working Group on Gender and Human Rights merged its knowledge,experience and commitment with the Academia, OSCE Mission, EU Delegation to Montenegro, Government and NGO sector inorder to pursue solutions for particular human rights areas such as antidiscrimination, statelessness and gender equality andthrough organisation of a joint “16 days against violence in family” campaign in late 2011.

The Theme Group and Joint Team on HIV/AIDS successfully implemented its Work Plan through supporting the nationalcounterparts in development and implementation of National HIV/AIDS Programme and Universal Access Review Report. It alsoeffectively implemented the joint programme “UNCT and National Response to HIV/AIDS” providing strategic guidance to theMinistry of Health, Country Coordinating Mechanism and National AIDS Commission in addressing the key challenges and gaps ofthe national HIV/AIDS response and in development of standards for inclusion of Counselling Centres in national health system.

UNCT’s policy engagement activities with national partners are evident in development and realisation of projects andprogrammes dealing with: support in acquiring personal documents for I/DPs and domiciled Roma (at risk ofstatelessness) , improving the business environment through green jobs and institution building as well as through assisting thecountry in creating and harmonisingeffective legal aid , mediation andjuvenile justice systems.

Another important outcome of UNCT’s policy engagement with national partners is in the area of disaster risk reduction , riskmanagement and climate change adaptation. Namely, the disaster risk reduction was recognized by the Government and the EUDelegation as a priority for IPA 2012/2013 where the UN was recommended as the implementing partner by the Government.TheUN system supported the Ministry of Interior, Sector for Emergencies, and the municipalities to develop 12 local flood riskassessments (these are the first flood risk assessments in Montenegro) based on which the flood preparedness plans will be

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developed and carried out in 2012.

Overall, the Integrated UN Programmefollows programmes and priorities defined in the policy documents of the Government ofMontenegro that pertain to UN mandates and comparative advantage. Outputs of the Integrated UN Programme fully correspondto strategic objectives of Montenegro in joining the EU, achieving the Millennium Development Goals and Millennium Declaration,improving donor coordination and strengthening of international cooperation. Implementation of the Integrated UN Programmeinvolves realisation of nine outcomes[1].

The DaO approach of work led to higher level of strategic results as UN agencies and the Government pooled agency andministry specific resources for joint and more coherent and coordinated work. The JCSC reviewed for the first time the IntegratedUN Programme and UN Country Fund. It took place during JCSC meeting in March, when its members discussed the most evidentbenefits and challenges of DaO implementation in the country. The JCSC agreed then that the Integrated UN Programme and itsimplementation in 2010 laid a foundation for further continuation of the programme’s execution and confirmation of a cleardedication of the Montenegrin Government and the UN system to Delivering as One reform and significant tasks in front of them.

[1]For more detail, please refer to the Integrated UN Programme of Montenegro 2010-2016.

Summary on progress in UN Reform

Montenegrois a unique environment since it is a rather new country (it regained independence in 2006) and there is a need fornormative and capacity development support from international organisations. It is also a middle income country (MIC) on its pathtoward the EU accession and certain funds for development in different areas are available, but these are gradually decreasingdue to regional approaches by major donors toward MICs. The Expanded Funding Window has positioned the UN as a partnerwhich supports human-rights and development agenda at time of diminishing resources.

A Phase I of the Integrated UN Programme 2010-2011 represented the consolidation of efforts by the UN system and theGovernment of Montenegro, to implement the UN reform agenda at the country level. The Integrated UN Programme builds onthe areas of intervention of various resident (UNDP, UNICEF, UNHCR, WHO, IOM) and regionally-based programmes, funds andagencies of the UN system (FAO, UNEP, UNESCO, UNIDO and UN Women) already agreed between them and the Government ofMontenegro. Another two Regionally-based Organisations are considering to join the Phase II of Integrated UN Programme inearly 2012 (IAEA and ILO).

Throughout the year the Government and especially the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has continued to be particularly engaged in andsupportive of the new Delivering as One approach. The Government is further encouraging the DAO concept as a way toreduce transaction costs and to increase donor coordination. They also consider the DAO as a means to improve their internalhorizontal coordination, which is still a challenge.

The Directorate for UN and Other International Organisations has efficiently coordinated the work of ministries which are membersof the Joint Country Steering Committee (JCSC) and the Government of Montenegro discussed the DAO, its impact, challengesand benefits, as well as implementation of the Integrated UN Programme at one of its session in December 2011. It, therefore,adopted “Information on the results of cooperation between Montenegro and the United Nations within the integrated model''Delivering as One''. By means of this document, the government tasked the ministries involved in the work of the Joint CountrySteering Committee and Sector Working Groups to intensify activities aimed at full implementation of Integrated UN Programmebetween Montenegro and the United Nations, in accordance with current assessments of the cooperation and guidance provided inthis Information.

The Joint Country Steering Committee has met twice in 2011. On both occasions the meetings were co-chaired by the Ministerfor Foreign Affairs and the Resident Coordinator. At these meetings, the JCSC formally approved the programmatic documents forthe Phase II of the Integrated UN Programme in Montenegro 2012-2016 - Results Matrix for the period 2012-2016 and 2011 UNAnnual Work Plan for Montenegro as well as allocations from the UN Country Fund to priority areas of: acquiring personaldocuments for I/DPs and domiciled Roma (at risk of statelessness), child protection and social inclusion, prevention ofnon-communicable diseases, cancer control plan, reducing vulnerability of Roma adolescents to HIV, gender equality and humanrights, legal aid, improving the business environment through green jobs and institution building, disaster risk reduction, riskmanagement and climate change adaptation.The JCSC also discussed strategic priorities of Integrated UN Programme and areasthat need additional attention both from the Government and UN sides, such as such as issues of human rights of differentvulnerable groups.

In addition, the JCSC talked about the benefits and challenges of Delivering as One (DaO) reform during its first year ofimplementation (2010) and the Government summarised them in the Information mentioned above. The JCSC also adopted aproposal for enhancing work efficiency of Sector and Pillar Working Groups, with the aim of improving implementation of theIntegrated UN Programme and DaO as a whole.

At the technical level, the existing UN Pillar Working Groups and the government’s Sector Working Groups engaged in jointplanning exercises , which resulted in development of 2011 UN Annual Work Plan, and in regular coordination of activities whenimplementing projects/programmes. In June 2011, the Joint Country Steering Committee adopted certain measures for furtherimproving the work efficiency of sector and pillars working group, such as working on improvement of information exchange,

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having a joint calendar of activities and joint work on resource mobilisation for the UN Country Fund, with the aim of filling thegaps in financing of the Integrated UN Programme.

The UN Country Team, through its inter-agency Operations Management Team (OMT), worked on increasing efficiency andeffectiveness through improved business practices and common services as well as planning and preparing for the functioning inthe future common premises. In particular, the OMT implemented a strategic work plan for 2011 common services with relevanttargets and timeliness. A joint approach of UN agencies in 2011 in regard to tendering and contracting media monitoring servicecompany, in a very limited Montenegrin market with only a few service providers, led to a successful signing of a joint Long TermAgreement (LTA) with monthly total amount paid by UN agencies three times lower than the one obtained in previous years.

The Joint Communications Team (JCT) significantly upgraded efficiency of its joint work which resulted in successfulimplementation of the Joint Communication Strategy 2010-2011 aligned with the Integrated UN Programme and Delivering asOne reform. Promoting a unified voice and coherent brand image of the UN System in Montenegro has been advanced throughorganisation of a number of joint activities, events and campaigns including UN Day, Poverty Day, Roma Day, Women’s Day,Statelessness campaign, 16 Days of Activism against Violence in Family, message from the Secretary General to Montenegro onthe occasion of the country’s fifth anniversary in the UN, Human Rights Day, visits of various high ranked UN officials and so on.The UN Montenegro website was revamped and updated on daily basis, which resulted in multiplied website traffic.

The construction of the UN Shared Eco Premises is moving to its completion using efficient, ecological technology and a moderndesign that will equally satisfy the Montenegro Government's commitment to the Ecological State and provide the appropriatejoint roof for UN family in Montenegro. The finalization of the construction of the so called UN Eco Building was postponed due totechnical reasons that have to do with a complex engineering design and inexperience of local partners in the construction ofgreen buildings. However, the Government of Montenegro reiterated on numerous occasions as well as in the meeting of thePrime Minister with UNDG Chair and UNDP Administrator, on the margins of the General Assembly in September 2011, that theconstruction will be finalised in 2012.

It is important to mention that the UNCT was faced with severe financial constraints and budget cut of the RC budget inmid-year resulting in budget deficit that later had to be covered by resident UN agencies.

The RC visited non-resident donors in Belgrade, Serbia, in December 2011, and provided them with the major information ongoals and objectives of the Integrated UN Programme and DAO in Montenegro. This was followed by discussions on current andpossible future cooperation with UN and individual agencies. The economic crisis influenced the traditional UN donors, so many areclosing their programmes or changing the way they are operating, however, most of them said they would invest in catalyticprojects which will leverage more results and additional resources. For the time being, Norway, Holland and Japan reassured oftheir full and continuous support to the UN’s work in the field, mostly in areas of rule of law, capacity development in the contextof the EU accession, green economy and environment. The UN Country Team met with the Japanese ambassador and discussedareas of possible future cooperation, such as human security, Konik area development, DRR and environment.

After two years of its implementation, Delivering as One in Montenegro resulted in certain challenges for the UNCT and theGovernment alike:

An unclear perception by technical UN staff of the DaO and the relationship between their own work, agency programmeand UN integrated programme.

At times, different understanding of DaO between regional offices and COs of certain agencies;

A culture change required on the part of both the UN and the Government, which led to delays in certain areas of work -the establishment of a functional inter-ministerial coordination mechanism isrequired;

At the beginning, UNCT and the Government considered the purpose of the DaO funding from conceptually differentperspectives: for UNCT – to meet strategic development goals and UN standards, for the Government (or some parts ofit) to cover immediate (mostly infrastructure-type) needs;

At the beginning, nocommon vision within the UNCT whether the funds should be used to support funding gaps forexisting initiatives (within the spirit of the Integrated UN Programme) or for new initiatives, mostly joint, that would still berelevant to the outcomes;

Different interpretation and application of operational rules and procedures by UN agencies & different financial systemsof agencies;

Increased operational burden for UN staff;

Short-term increase of transaction costs.

However, there are numerous benefits that emerged after the second year of implementation of Delivering as One andIntegrated UN Programme:

Together with national partners, the UN agencies developed and implemented joint programmes and activities fundedmostly with funds from the Expanded DaO Funding Window, but also agency specific and government funds. These jointprogrammes and initiatives respond directly to some of the most immediate national priorities and most programmes arestill ongoing (e.g. Konik area , resolving personal documents for I/DPs and domiciled Roma, mental health, green jobs);

The Government holds the ownership of the DaO in close cooperation with the UN and as a result adopted the“Information on the results of cooperation between Montenegro and the United Nations within the integrated model''Delivering as One'';

Enhanced cooperation with regionally based UN organisations and as a result, the number of Participating Organisationsin the Phase II of the Programme increased from 9 to 11 as of March 2011 and possibly to 13 as of 2012;

Results seen in coherent joint planning and programming are more significant and more important for the future of amore cohesive, coherent and results-based UN delivery;

The UN is collectively addressing complex issues to support individual agencies in addressing issues, such as the one ofI/DPs and refugees. This could be one of the greatest value-added of a DaO approach;

Improved inter-ministerial and inter-UN cooperation, but it is an ongoing process;

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Improved inter-ministerial and inter-UN cooperation, but it is an ongoing process;

It is still possible to preserve individual mandates and work very coherently at national level;

Long-term decrease of transaction costs.

Key aspects of the proposed 2012 workplan

The UN resident and regionally based organisations will begin implementation of the Phase II of UN IntegratedProgramme, covering the period 2012-2016. Pillar and Sector Working Groups, hence the UN and the line ministries, will developand finalise the 2012 UN Annual Work Plan by the end of February andwill simultaneously began its implementation. In allthree result areas of the Programme (Social Inclusion, Democratic Governance and Sustainable Economic Development& Environmental Protection ) the core principles of human rights, gender equality and development of national capacity will beupheld and incorporated throughout the implementation of the Annual Work Plan.

The UN system will continue to provide continuous, enhanced and coherent support to Montenegro in the overall reformprocess (EU accession, fulfilment of international obligations including the Millennium Declaration and MDGs, CEDAW, the UPR, the CRC and conventions on refugees and statelessness). It will support the continued integration of human rights principles intoGovernment policies and actions. Furthermore, the UN agencies will continue supporting the Government of Montenegro in theprocess of implementation of relevant strategies, such as the Strategy on Social Inclusion, and further on in the process ofmonitoring and evaluation. Other related dimensions of UN coherence will also continue to be built upon based on experience todate, including common services and business processes, preparation for the move to the common UN Eco premises, andenhanced Resident Coordinator’s and UNCT’s functions.

As the Integrated UN Programme moves into the second phase, an important feature is joint implementation of sub-programmesby a number of Participating UN Organisations in support of particular outcomes. Joint Programmes reflect complementarities andsynergy of support among UN organisations to collectively work together on common national development priorities. This doesnot mean that all agencies work together on all joint programmes, but only those agencies that can add value. Each existing jointprogramme has its own lead agency, based on the primacy of its role or mandate in the area. Implementation of the followingjoint programmes will continue in 2012:

1. Improving the business environment through green jobs and institution building (joint programme of UNDP andregionally based organisations UNEP, UNESCO, UNIDO and FAO)

2. DRR, Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation (joint programme of UNDP, UNEP, UNICEF)

3. Non-communicable diseases prevention, healthy lifestyles and food safety (joint programme of WHO, UNICEF andUNDP)

4. UN Eco Shared Premises (joint programme of resident Participating Organisations)

5. UNCT and National Response to HIV/AIDS (joint programme of resident Participating Organisations with UNAIDS funds).

The Participating UN Organisation will continue its joint programming and activities in all pillars of the Integrated Programme,particularly in the areas of I/DPs / refugees, child protection and social inclusion, justice reform, climate change and environmentalprotection.

If there would be no more contribution from UNAIDS for programmatic activities on HIV/AIDS as of 2012, the UN agencieswill prepare the phasing out strategy and will communicate the closing of the joint programme, which began in late 2007, torelevant national counterparts and the Government.

The UNCT will work extensively on enhancing the functioning of all Pillar/Sector Working Groups together with theGovernment of Montenegro and will intensify its activities in the area of monitoring & evaluation through joint work of theworking groups. Further decrease of transaction costs for both the UN and Government is expected.

The cross-cutting Working Group on Gender and Human Rights will continue communications and working relationship withthe three Pillar Working Groups and will carry out a joint study on domestic violence and impact of the UN’s work in the area and“16 days against violence campaign”, which is being organised by the UN and partners in the last few years. The findings of thestudy will be used for future work in the area of domestic violence and for advocacy.

The UN Coordination Office will continue monitoring the construction of the UN Eco building , which should be finalised in2012, and will provide necessary technical support to the Government and construction company in this process. The UN familyexpects to be able to move under one roof in the second half of 2012.

The Operations Management Team will put into force the plan for functioning of common services in the future UN EcoShared Premises in close cooperation with the UNCT. Possible common ICT Services need to be identified before moving into thenew joint building and eco-friendly furniture as well as security fence around the building need to be procured and relevant fundsneed to be secured.

The UNCT will also continue its work on further implementation of HACT in 2011. The HACT Task Force will conduct amacro-assessment of country’s public financial system.

Furthermore, strengthening joint UN communication and functioning of the Joint Communications Group will be continuedthrough organisation of a joint workshop/training for JCT members and development and implementation of the JointCommunication Strategy for 2012-2013.

Since some funding might cease to exist as of 2012, such as Expanded Funding Window and 2012 RC funds will be more or less

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Since some funding might cease to exist as of 2012, such as Expanded Funding Window and 2012 RC funds will be more or lessat the same level as in 2011 while the Programme Acceleration Funds of UNAIDS might also cease to exist, most of the costs forUN Coordination Office human resources will need to be picked up by the Participating UN Organisations. The UNCT, therefore,agreed that the 2012 will be a transitional year when it comes to cost-sharing for the UN Coordination Office , and theParticipating UN Organisations will cost share the entire cost of the position of UN Communications Analyst and UN Admin/FinanceAssistant on the basis of proportional cost-sharing model. Regionally-based Organisations (RBOs) will be requested to contributetowards 20% of the total cost for the mentioned two positions and this cost will be divided among RBOs on equal basis. A moresustainable and structured modality of resourcing the UN coordination office will be developed and discussed towards the end ofthe next year.

Recommendations

We would appreciate if the following could be provided to our UNCT:

-Assistance and guidance in building capacities of the Operations Management Team on functioning of common services in thefuture UN Eco Shared Premises, with a special focus on common ICT system;

-Guidance in availability and mobilising resources related to Delivering as One countries, such as Expanded Funding Window fundsand similar.

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2011 Resident Coordinator Annual ReportMontenegro (MNE) - Annexes

   2011 Results and Use of Funds2011 Results and Use of Funds

Part One: Progress towards UNDAF outcomes (Results 2011)

Key Result Area Outcome Name Indicate Total Budget Per OutcomeProvide an indicative budgetdelivery amount per outcome in2011.

Comments

UNDAF Outcome 1 $0.00 $0.00

UNDAF Outcome 1 OUTCOME 1.1: Montenegro’slegal framework isharmonized with EU/UNstandards, and policiesrelevant to social inclusionare implemented andmonitored

$462,550.00 $230,886.00

UNDAF Outcome 2 OUTCOME 1.2 Social normsare changed in order tofacilitate age and gendersensitive inclusive attitudesand practices towardsvulnerable and excludedpopulations

$1,476,596.00 $988,924.00

UNDAF Outcome 3 OUTCOME 1.3 Montenegroreduces disparities and gapsin access to quality health,education and socialservices, in line with EU/UNstandards

$7,923,336.00 $4,851,386.00

UNDAF Outcome 4 OUTCOME 2.1: Nationallegislative framework isharmonized with UN, EU andCoE standards and relevantsecondary legislationregulating implementation isdeveloped

$445,183.00 $134,419.00

UNDAF Outcome 5 OUTCOME 2.2: State andindependent institutions withincreased capacity to ensurethe realization and monitoringof human rights, supportempowerment of women,enable equal opportunities forall inhabitants.........

$7,597,831.00 $3,600,222.00

UNDAF Outcome 6 OUTCOME 2.3 Empower civilsociety and supportiveinstitutional mechanisms toincrease awareness onhuman rights and thebenefits and obligations ofparticipation indecision-making, advocacy,demanding quality servicesand accountability.

$565,350.00 $347,003.00

UNDAF Outcome 7 OUTCOME 3.1 Climatechange adaptation andmitigation measures aredesigned and implemented toaccelerate the use ofrenewable, clean energy,carbon trading and energyefficiency, thereby achievinglow carbon emissions,climate resilient growthand....

$1,614,612.00 $1,551,558.00

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UNDAF Outcome 8 OUTCOME 3.2 Establishedsystem for conservation andsustainable management ofnatural resources, effectiveprevention, control andreduction of environmentalrisks, and enhancedenvironmental awarenessand participation by children,young people and....

$1,781,664.00 $952,051.00

UNDAF Outcome 9 OUTCOME 3.3: Establishedsystem for strengtheningentrepreneurial capacitybuilding and facilitatingprivate sector partnershipsfor ‘green jobs,’ rurallivelihoods and developmentof Medium, Small and MicroEnterprises (MSME) in orderto improve .....

$2,733,500.00 $1,999,911.00

PART 1 TOTAL $24,600,622.00 $14,656,360.00

Part Two: Coordination Results

Key Results Area Expected Outputs1 Performance Indicators2 Actual Outputs at Year End

Funds required/spent at Year End

Additional Support Needed from HQ or Regional Director'sTeam

Target DateSRC UNCCF Transition Un Agencies3 Other

Required Spent Required Spent Required Spent Required Spent Required Spent Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Result Area 1: Coordination for Results

UNCT Contribution to the National Development Plan/Poverty Reduction Strategy/MD and MDGs plan

UN support toformulation/implementation ofrelevant national strategies orplans e.g. JAS/NDP/PRSP

The UNCT to continuesupporting the Governmentof Montenegro in the processof implementation of theStrategy on Social Inclusion(innovated PRSP) andNational Programme forIntegration of Montenegro inthe EU.

2011 Annual Work Plans ofthree Pillar Working Groups(Social Inclusion, DemocraticGovernance and SustainableEconomic Development &Environmental Protection) ofthe Integrated UNProgramme developed andimplemented.

Pillar and Sector Working Groupsengaged in joint planning exercises,which resulted in development of2011 UN Annual Work Plan, and inregular coordination of activitieswhen implementingprojects/programmes. In June2011, the Joint Country SteeringCommittee (JCSC) adopted certainmeasures for further improving thework efficiency of sector and pillarsworking group, with the aim ofenhancing implementation of theIntegrated UN Programme andDaO as a whole and filling the gapsin financing of the Integrated UNProgramme.The JCSC alsodiscussed the benefits andchallenges of Delivering as Onereform during its first year ofimplementation (2010) and theGovernment summarised them inthe "Information on the results ofcooperation between Montenegroand the United Nations within theintegrated model ''Delivering asOne'', adopted at its session on 15December.

$2,000.00

UN plan to support theimplementation of theMillennium Declaration,including scaling up MDGinitiatives *

UNCT to support theGovernment and the civilsociety in the process ofimplementation of theMillennium Declarationthrough successfulimplementation of jointprogrammes in the threeprogrammatic pillars (SocialInclusion, DemocraticGovernance and SustainableEconomic Development &Environmental Protection).

Implementation of jointprogrammes a) Good Healthsystem Governance forEquitable Effective andQuality Health Care inMontenegro (jointprogramme of UNDP andWHO) and b) Improving thebusiness environmentthrough green jobs andinstitution building (jointprogramme of UNDP andregionally basedorganisations UNEP,UNESCO, UNIDO and FAO),which are funded by UNCountry Fund, continued andfinalised successfully.

a) Joint programme of UNDP andWHO on Good Health systemGovernance for Equitable Effectiveand Quality Health Care inMontenegro, which implementationbegan in 2010, was finalisedsuccessfuly. Strategy foroptimization of secondary andtertiary health care levels withimplementation action plandeveloped. Numerous trainings,workshops and presentations wereorganized on various topics suchas: regulatory mechanism, qualityassurance, financial managementfor transparent and efficient use ofpublic resources. EmergencyMedical Service (EMS) informationsystem is operational as ofDecember 2011 and it covers thecapital city. b) Joint programme ofUNDP and regionally basedorganisations (UNEP, UNESCO,UNIDO and FAO) on improving thebusiness environment throughgreen jobs and institution buildingcontinued and received new fundingfrom the UN Country Fund (2012

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from the UN Country Fund (2012Expanding Funding Window funds)and Government of Montenegro(€416,800) illustrating theimportance of the outputs of thisprogramme to the Government.

UN support to capacitydevelopment strategies

UN assistance to nationalauthorities for thepreparation of the nationalreport on the implementationof the Brussels Programme ofAction of LDCs 4 *

Montenegro is MIC

Formulation/implementation of atransition plan or strategy 5

Other

Aid Coordination / Management / Paris Declaration

Planned efforts to making use ofnational systems in the areassuch as programme/projectreporting, PRS/sectoralmonitoring and evaluationsystems, annual PRS/sectoralperformance reviews, nationalprocurement systems, etc

UN support to aidcoordination/management

UNCT to strengthen itssupport to the Governmentin organisation of regulardonor coordination meetings,and in establishment of arelevant national donorcoordination mechanism incooperation with internationaland national partners.

Regular feedback from theRC to the UNCT on donorcoordination meetings/plans.Advice and support forestablishment of theGovernment's System forCoordination of DonorSupport in Montenegroprovided by the UNCT.

The UN RC provided regularfeedback on donor coordinationmeetings and plans to the UNCT.The UN agencies took active partin Sector Donor Coordinationmeetings to support preparation ofInstrument for Pre Accession (IPA)Programme 2012/2013, organisedby the Ministry of Foreign Affairsand European Integration. Thereare three sectors identified inpreparation of IPA nationalProgramme 2012/2013: PublicAdministration Reform, Justice andHome Affairs, and Environment andClimate Change. The Sector DonorCoordination meetings are meant atimproving Sector IdentificationFiches. The UN system is alreadyinvolved in implementation ofcertian IPA projects in areas ofsocial inclusion, gender equality andhealth and plans to remain a validpartner of the Government inimplementation of the new projectsand programmes.

Other

UNDAF/Common Programming

Efforts to align UNprogramme cycle withnational development cycle *

The UN resident andnon-resident agencies(Participating UNOrganisations in theIntegrated UN Programme)to continue implementationof the UN IntegratedProgramme 2010-2015.

2011 UN Annual Work Plandeveloped and implementedin close cooperation withGovernment's SectorWorking Groups. JointSteering Committee met onregular basis, guided andreviewed progress in theimplementation of theprogramme. The UNCTretreat on implementation ofthe Programme held in thefirst half of the year.

The eleven Participating UNOrganisations in the Integrated UNProgramme continuedimplementation of 2011 UN AnnualWork together with relevantnational partners thus finalising atransitional two-year phase(2010-2011) of Integrated UNProgramme. The JCSC has mettwice in 2011. On both occasionsthe meetings were co-chaired bythe Minister for Foreign Affairs andthe Resident Coordinator. At thesemeetings, the JCSC formallyapproved the programmaticdocuments for the Phase II of theIntegrated UN Programme inMontenegro 2012-2016: ResultsMatrix for the period 2012-2016 and2011 UN Annual Work Plan forMontenegro as well as allocationsfrom the UN Country Fund topriority areas of: acquiring personaldocuments for I/DPs and domiciledRoma, child protection and socialinclusion, prevention ofnon-communicable diseases,cancer control plan, reducingvulnerability of Roma adolescents

$6,000.00 $12,000.00

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to HIV, gender equality and humanrights, legal aid, improving thebusiness environment throughgreen jobs and institution buildingand disaster risk reduction, riskmanagement and climate changeadaptation. The JCSC met also todiscuss strategic priorities ofIntegrated UN Programme andareas that need additional attentionboth from the Government and UNsides, such as such as issues ofhuman rights of different vulnerablegroups. The DaO approach of workled to higher level of strategicresults as UN agencies and theGovernment pooled agency andministry specific resources for ajoint and more coherent andcoordinated work. The UNCTretreat was not held due to RCbudget cuts, however the UNCTmet on regular basis and organisedadditional topic-specific meetingsand working lunches to plan andagree on priority areas of actionsand on actions themselves. Theexpenses for these activities werecost-shared by UN agencies,because of the RC budget cut inmid 2011.

Preparation of CountryAnalysis/UNDAF/UNDAF ActionPlan

UNCT to continue developingthe Phase II of its IntegratedUN Programme, whichactually represents the firstUNDAF in independentMontenegro, covering theperiod 2012-2016.

Executive Summary CommonCountry Assessment, UNSystem ComparativeAdvantage Analysis and UNResults Matrix for the period2012-2016 finalised in closecooperation with theGovernment and a RegionalPeer Support Group.

UN System Comparative AdvantageAnalysis and UN Results Matrix forthe period 2012-2016 as well asExecutive Summary CommonCountry Assessment were finalisedin close cooperation with theGovernment and a Regional PeerSupport Group in March and Junerespectively. The JCSC discussedand adopted these programmaticdocuments at its meetings. Thedocuments were developed by theRC Office with te support of DaOConsultant, financed with UNCountry Fund funds.

$1,000.00

Progress towards UNDAFoutcomes (inputs provided bytheme group chairs)

Implementation of UNDAFM&E framework *

Pillar and Sector WorkingGroups to further refine theM&E Framework for theIntegrated UN Programme inMontenegro.

M&E Framework forIntegrated UN Programmereconciled with a final versionof the Results Matrix forPhase II and the baselinedata confirmed.

The Monitoring and EvaluationFramework was reconciled with theResult Matrix for the period2012-2016 and this work was donethrough Pillar Working Groups whichinvolved line ministries in theprocess to a certain extent, somemore and some less. Thedocuments were developed andreconciled by the RC Office withinputs from M&E Task Force andPillar Conveners.

$1,000.00

UNDAF Annual Review/ UNDAFEvaluation/SOF

The UN resident andregionally based agenciesand the Government toprepare Annual Review of theIntegrated UN Programmeand UN Country Fundthrough Pillar and SectorWorking Groups.

The first Annual Review ofthe Integrated UNProgramme and UN CountryFund completed in the firsthalf of the year. The JCSC toacknowledge the AnnualReview.

The JCSC discussed theConsolidated Annual ProgressReport for the Montenegro UNCountry Fund (developed by theAdministrative Agent of the UNCountry Fund for the period1/01/2011 to 31/12/2011) at itsmeeting in June and disseminated itto all line ministries. TheGovernment used findings of thereport when preparing the"Information on the results ofcooperation between Montenegroand the United Nations within theintegrated model ''Delivering asOne''.

$1,000.00

Joint planning initiatives with UNpeacekeeping, peacebuilding,political and humanitarian actors(e.g. UNDAF plus, IntegratedStrategic Framework) .

Other

Joint Programmes6

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Preparation/ implementationof new Joint Programmes *

Together with nationalpartners, the UN agencies inMontenegro to adopt jointprogramming approaches inrelation to social inclusion,which were agreed upon andapproved by the JCSC in late2010.

Joint programmingapproaches to addresscomplex multi-layeredchallenges, including durablesolutions for Roma, refugeesand socially vulnerablefamilies; and mental healthand de-institutionalizationincreasingly adopted and putin practice by both the UNand relevant nationalinstitutions.

The UN together with nationalpartners engaged in developmentand realisation of projects andprogrammes dealing with: supportin acquiring personal documents forI/DPs and domiciled Roma,improving the businessenvironment through green jobsand institution building and throughassisting the country in creatingeffective legal aid, mediation andjuvenile justice systems. It workedextensively with national partnerson issues concerning mental healthand de-institutionalization, througha) UN joint programme dealing withdevelopment of a national MentalHealth Action Plan with time boundactions and supportingimplementation of the NationalMental Health Strategy, and b)agency specific projects andactivities, such as the campaign'It's about Ability" implemented byUNICEF.

M&E of Joint Programmes

Other

HACT

Status of HACTimplementation/compliance7in the country *

UNCT to ensure a fullimplementation of HACTthrough the OperationsManagers Team.

UN HACT macro-assessmentof the country is completed.Cash Transfer Manual forcounterparts completed.Training of new and existingIPs conducted.

UN HACT macro-assessment ofthe country was not carried out in2011 due to RC budget cuts by theHeadquarters. It will be completedin 2012 and UNDP and UNICEFwould need to cost-share the cost.

$7,000.00

Strengthening nationalsystems/capacities throughHACT

Other

Gender Equality

UN support to incorporation ofgender equality in nationalplanning processes (such asNational DevelopmentStrategies; PRSPs; SWAPs; JointAssistance Strategies, etc.)

The cross-cutting WorkingGroup on Gender and HumanRights to work closely withnational and internationalpartners on development ofrelevant bylaws which wouldsupport successfulimplementation of the Lawon Family Violence. The WG,in close cooperation withPillar Working Groups, tosupport national institutionsin implementation of theAction Plan for the fightagainst violence in family andto resource mobilize forrelevant activities.

Implementation of the newlyadopted Law on FamilyViolence enhanced in closecooperation with with theParliamentary Committee onGender Equality, throughorganisation of a seminar forinstitutions that work onimplementation of the Law.The WG 's application forgrants from the UN TrustFund to end Violence againstWomen submitted inJanuary. UNCT report onCEDAW finalised andsubmitted to the Committeeon the Elimination of AllForms of DiscriminationAgainst Women. 16 Daysagainst Violence in FamilyCampaign organised in closecooperation with theGovernment and NGOsector. Development of anational strategy on familyviolence supported by theWG.

Within the Delivering as Oneframework, the UN Working Groupon Gender and Human Rightsconsolidated further the UN's workunder the gender streamlineagenda, through strengthening thejoint work with national andinternational partners in the areasof 1) enhancement of thelegislation concerning genderequality; 2) providing support forstrengthening capacities of nationalinstitutions to respond togender-based violence and 3)raising awareness on importance ofgender equality. Together with theOSCE Mission in Montenegro, a jointrecommendation for enhancementof women’s political participation inthe new Election Law aimed atintroduction of mandatory quota of30% for women on electoral listswas issued. UNCT report onCEDAW finalised and submitted tothe Committee on the Elimination ofAll Forms of Discrimination AgainstWomen. The Group organised thecampaign “16 Days of Activismagainst Gender Violence” togetherwith relevant national partners. Thecampaign included the signing ofthe Joint Protocol aimed atsystemized response to domesticviolence by a number of relevantstate institutions, after beingdrafted together with the EUDelegation. Implemented by theUNDP Gender Programme onbehalf of all UN agencies, thecampaign involved closecooperation with four NGOs whichconducted different raisingawareness campaigns on domesticviolence. On the occasion ofInternational Women’s Day, the UNWorking Group, together with

$5,000.00 $10,000.00 $26,156.24

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women ambassadors inMontenegro and NGOs, organisedan open dialogue on publicengagement opportunities ofwomen in late March. A conferenceon human rights, organised jointlywith the Academia, internationalorganisations and NGOs on theoccasion of International HumanRights Day, provided a forum fordeepening a discussion among allrelevant partners on genderequality and its enhancement.

Capacity development forGender theme groups to supportUNCT to respond to nationalpriorities for gender equality.

Other

HIV/AIDS

Establishment of Joint UNTeam on AIDS andimplementation of jointprogramme of support onAIDS *

Further improve theeffectiveness of UN ThemeGroup and Joint UN Team onHIV/AIDS and continueimplementation of jointprogramme in cooperationwith national counterparts

Joint UN Team on AIDS Workplan for 2010 implemented;Number of meetingsorganized of the Joint UNTeam on AIDS; cooperationwith national counterpartsfurther improved andstrengthened

Work plan for 2011 wassuccessfully implemented throughsupporting the nationalcounterparts in strengthening thenational response to HIV/AIDS andproviding strategic guidance to theMinistry of Health, CountryCoordinating Mechanism andNational AIDS Commission inaddressing the key challenges andgaps of the national HIV/AIDSresponse in Montenegro. UNHIV/AIDS Theme Group Focal Point,as a Chair of the UN Joint Team onHIV/AIDSO, convened andorganized five meetings of the UNJoint Team on HIV/AIDS, withparticipation of the members of theUN Theme Group on HIV/AIDS.

$13,423.13 $14,963.11 UNDP USD 6040.41; UNICEF USD 2684.62; UNHCR3355.78; WHO USD 402.69; IOM USD 939.61

UN support to the nationalresponse to AIDS throughstrengthening the ThreeOnes *

Joint UN Team on HIV/AIDSstrengthened capacities ofthe Country CoordinatingMechanism related toNational HIV/AIDS Strategyand National Roadmap toachieve Universal Accessgoals and supported nationalpartners in itsimplementation.Joint UNTeam on HIV/AIDS workedon enhancement of PLHIV'sHuman Rights together withnational partners and NGOsector.

National HIV/AIDSProgramme developed andadopted. Consultationmeetings and workshopswith representatives ofrelevant nationalstakeholders to review andanalyse the current Model oforganization of Public HealthCentres system carriedout.Standards for inclusion ofCounselling Centres innational health systemdeveloped and adopted bythe Ministry of Health.Relevant normative guidelinesand protocols developed.Capacity building of medicalstaff strengthened throughrelevant trainings(e.g.prevention of mother to childtransmission) and raisingawareness campaign.

National HIV/AIDS Programme2012-2016 was developed andadopted in 2011. The project teamheld 16 consultation meetings and2 workshops in total, withrepresentatives of the relevantnational stakeholders to review andanalyse the current Model oforganization of primary health caresystem. The necessary normativeand standards (on conditions ofwork, necessary human resources,services, spaces and equipment)were designed and adopted. Inaddition, the standards for qualityservice delivery were developedand applied. Voluntary Counsellingand Testing has been fullyintegrated at primary health caresystem level, while the guidelinesand protocols for treatment withinprimary health care counsellingunits and reduction ofmother-to-child transmission werealso developed. The Joint Teamworked on capacity building of thehealth professionals, covering 30medical staff with a relevanttraining and around 340 medicalstaff covered with raisingawareness campaign. The JointTeam contributed to maintaining alow rate of mother to childtransmission cases, and theInstitute of Public Health reportedzero new cases of mother to childHIV transmission in Montenegro.The Joint Team on HIV/AIDS andTheme Group supported the DeskReview of National Action Plan onMainstreaming gender into thenational HIV/AIDS response. TheReview was adopted by the CountryCoordinating Mechanism/ NationalAIDS Commission. The 2011 WorldAIDS Day campaign “Getting toZero” was implemented jointly withthe Ministry of Health, CountryCoordinating Mechanism andNational AIDS Commission throughimplementation of variety of

$61,800.00 $57,063.00 UNAIDS (PAF) USD 61,800

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implementation of variety ofactivities. Finally, a jointcommitment for elimination ofstigma of HIV positive persons hasbeen reconfirmed.

HIV/AIDS in the Workplace *

On the basis of ourexperience so far, UN JointTeam on HIV/AIDSrecommends to have onebigger workshop on HIV/AIDSin Workplace biennially (oncein 2 years). There are fewreasons for this: 1) Learningfacilitator reported adecrease in response of UNstaff in 2010, most probablydue to the fact they allattended at least oneworkshop on HIV/AIDS in theUN workplace organized inthe last few year; 2) Set ofinformation that needs to bepassed to the UN staff inpretty uniformed andtherefore it is not easy tochange the scope and topicsof the sessions from year toyear; 3) Montenegro is alow-prevalence country and aturn-over of staff in UNagencies is not high.

The workshop on HIV/AIDS in theUN workplace was not held thisyear due to the reasons describedin the section "Expected outputs".The UN Joint Team on HIV/AIDSand the UN Cares LearningFacilitator plan to organize it during2012, depending on the availabilityof most of UN staff. This will bealso be subject to discussion atone of the UNCT meetings in 2012,so we will find the most suitableterm for organization of theworkshop for all/most of the UNstaff.

Other The UNCT supported buildingcapacity of UN staff atcountry level to address theHIV related needs of peoplewho inject drugs, sexworkers and men who havesex with men, in accordancewith UNAIDS OutcomeFramework for 2009-11.

Members of the Joint Teamon HIV/AIDS attended UNJoint Teams on AIDS forIn-Reach Training on KeyPopulations, organised byUNODC, UNFPA, UNDP,UNICEF and the UNAIDSSecretariat in February.

Three members of the UN JointTeam on HIV/AIDS and tworepresentatives of NGO sectorfrom Montenegro participated atthe In-Reach Training on KeyPopulations organized in Bucharest,Romania. The expenses werecovered by the agencies whoserepresentatives attended thetraining, and the training was veryuseful for all participants, especiallywhen it comes to working with keypopulations (Injecting drug users,Sex workers and Men having sexwith men).

$1,400.00 $6,973.69

Human Rights

Application of Human RightBased Approach

Strengthening the capacity ofUNCTs to support nationalhuman rights protectionsystems

Other The Working Group onGender and Human Rights tocontinue its activities in thearea of human rights withinvolvement of nationalinstitutions, NGOs,Ombudsperson's office andacademia, thereforestrengthening the responseof national stakeholders inaddressing human rightsissues.

Continuous communicationsand working relationshipswith Human Rightsorganisations and networksin Montenegro established.Awareness on importance ofproper implementation of thelegal and policy frameworkon anti-discrimination in linewith UN and EU standardsraised through organisationof a conference onanti-discrimination againstcertain groups of population.

Strategic cooperation and jointprogramming of the cross-cuttingWorking Group on Gender andHuman Rights and UN CoordinationOffice with relevant national andinternational partners resulted in 1)improved joint work on addressingcertain issues of marginalizedgroups such as stateless, refugeesand people with disabilities; 2)strengthened national response inthe area of human rightsprotection; 3) raising awareness onimportance of properimplementation of the legal andpolicy framework onanti-discrimination in line with UNand EU standards. Throughaddressing these human rightsissues, cooperation has beenstrengthened with relevant humanrights organisations, NGOs such asthe Ombudsperson's Office andNGOs monitoring human rights,national institutions, internationalsorganisations and so on. Within theframework of EU accession,cooperation has been deepenedwith national institutions inaddressing issue of displaced andinternally displaced persons,especially in the area of providingsupport for their registration andvoluntary return to the places oforigin. Public awareness on

$4,000.00 $1,500.00

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origin. Public awareness onchallenges and opportunities ofstateless persons has beensignificantly raised throughout abroad media campaign conductedby the Working Group withassistance from the UNCoordination Office. Networkingaimed at raising awareness onhuman rights was particularlyupgraded on the occasion ofHuman Rights Day, when the UNWorking Group on Gender andHuman Rights merged itsknowledge, experience andcommitment with the Academia,OSCE Mission, EU Delegation toMontenegro, Government and NGOsector to pursue solutions forparticular human rights areas suchas antidiscrimination, statelessnessand gender equality throughorganisation of a joint conference,finaced by the OSCE.

Common Services and Premises

Status of initiatives to increasecollaboration andcost-effectiveness of UNbusiness operations in supportof programme delivery (commonservices and premises)

The Operations ManagementTeam (OMT) finalized theaction plan for functioning ofcommon services in thefuture UN Eco SharedPremises in closecooperation with the UNCT.Common ICT Servicesdiscussed and agreed withUNDG ICT Group. The OMTworked on increasingefficiency and effectivenessthrough improved businesspractices and commonservices. Fee range forNational consultants andindividual contractors revisedin accordance with thecurrent Salary Scale for NOand GS staff.

The action plan forfunctioning of commonservices in the future UNEco Shared Premisesfinalized in an OMTworkshop/retreat and itsimplementation initiated. OMTmembers visited UNpartners in Albania as one ofthe DAO pilot countries andreceived insight and adviceon functioning of the CountryFund. Possible common ICTServices identified withassistance of an UNDGmission on ICT and relevantaction plan developed andput into practice beforemoving into the new jointbuilding. A tender forprocurement of eco-friendlyfurniture for the UN Buildingconducted and relevantfunds secured. Commonservices for common bankerandtranslators/editors conductedand /or extended in 2011.Comprehensive Salary Surveyand DSA Survey conducted.Work on extension and/orprocurement of commonservices for office stationary& supplies, fuel provider,vehicle maintenance, carwash, initiated in 2011.

The UN Country Team, through itsinter-agency OperationsManagement Team (OMT), workedon increasing efficiency andeffectiveness through improvedbusiness practices and commonservices as well as planning andpreparing for the functioning in thefuture common premises. Inparticular, the OMT implemented astrategic work plan for 2011common services with relevanttargets and timeliness. The OMTdid not have the retreat due toreduction of the RC budget in midyear and unavailability of fundsfrom the agencies for cost-sharingthis workshop. A tender forprocurement of eco-friendlyfurniture for the UN Building andwork on identification of possiblecommon ICT services werepostponed for 2012 due to delaysin construction of the UN EcoBuilding and unavailability of fundsfor the common ICT mission.Procurement for common servicesfor translators/editors was carriedout by the OMT in February.Comprehensive Salary Survey andDSA Survey was conducted in April.Procurement for common bankerwas postponed for 2012, as agreedby the OMT after considering themarket and announced changes inrespective procurement policies.The OMT started working onprolongation and/or procurement ofcommon services for officestationary & supplies, expresscourier, fuel provider, vehiclemaintenance and car wash as wellas travel and conference organizingservices.

$2,000.00 $9,000.00 $3,000.00

Other (specify) The UNCT continuedimplementation of aprogramme for structuralobservation during theconstruction process of theUN Eco Shared Premises inPodgorica. UN RC Office andUN Eco Building ProjectCoordinator liaised andclosely cooperated withnational and internationalpartners to ensure effectivecarrying out of all neededtasks during the constructionphase.

Contractor construction andlabour closely monitored bythe Project Coordinator andthe RC Office. The worksexecution reviewed assuringthat the building is built in linewith all regulations, termsand requirements of verifiedtechnical documentation.Supported by contractedinternational company andthe main architect, thequality of the executedworks reviewed. Regularinformation on the progressof this project to the UNCTand the Working Group onCommon Premises andServices provided by the RCOffice.

The UNCT, through the RC Officeand UN Eco Building ProjectCoordinator, liaised and closelycooperated with relevant nationaland international partners in theprocess of the construction.However, finalization of theconstruction of the UN Eco Buildingwas postponed due to technicalreasons that have to do with acomplex engineering design andinexperience of local partners andauthorities in the construction ofgreen buildings. The Government ofMontenegro reiterated on numerousoccasions that the construction willfinalise in 2012.

$7,000.00 $7,000.00 $6,307.49 $7,000.00 UNDP USD 2838.37; UNICEF USD 1261.49; UNHCR USD1576.87; WHO USD 189.22; IOM USD 441.52

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Other (specify)

Other (specify)

Result Area 2: Coordination of Emergency Preparedness and Relief

Preparedness

Coordination of emergencypreparedness efforts of UNCTmembers and relevanthumanitarian actors

Relief

Establishment of HumanitarianCountry Team

Development of a response plan The UNCT continuedsupporting the Governmentof MNE, together with thenational Red Cross, in itsemergency response andpreparedness.

An early recovery anddisaster risk reductionprogramme aimed atrecovery framework for thelocations affected by severefloods in late 2010 and atlong-term strategy forreducing risks to futuredisasters developed by UNagencies in close cooperationwith the Sector forEmergencies in the Ministryof Interior, Montenegro RedCross, SeismologicalInstitute,HydrometereologicalInstitute, Clinical Centre ofMontenegro and OCHA.

The UN system beganimplementation of a jointprogramme on risk reduction, riskmanagement and climate changeadaptation, funded with funds fromthe UN Country Fund and agencyspecific funds. Through thisprogramme, the UN systemsupported the Ministry of Interior,Sector for Emergencies,municipalities and other relevantnational partners to develop 12local flood risk assessments (theseare the first flood riskassessments) in Montenegro basedon which the flood preparednessplans will be developed and carriedout in 2012.

$3,000.00 $100,000.00

Coordination of humanitarianoperations

Advocy

Resource mobilization The UNCT to attemptmobilising resources for earlyrecovery and disaster riskreduction programme, inclose cooperation with theGovernment.

Financial and/or technicalresources for implementationof at least one component ofthe programme secured.

Financial and/or technical resourcesfor implementation of at least onecomponent of the programme weresecured through the Bureau forCrisis Prevention and Recovery andthe UN Country Fund Montenegroand thus the implementation of thejoint programme on DRR, riskmanagement and climate changeadaptation began.

Other (specify)

Result Area 3: UN Advocacy and Resource Mobilization

Joint UNCT Advocacy and Communications

Development/implementation ofthe UNCTcommunications/advocacystrategy & plan

Joint Communications Teamto improve its joint work andenhance implementation ofthe Joint CommunicationStrategy in line with theIntegrated UN Programme.

Joint Communications Teampromoted a coherent imageof the United Nations andkept the public informed ofDelivering as One approachand key UN priority issuesthrough jointactivities/events. UNCTwebsite kept updated onregular basis. A workshop forenhancing the work of theJoint Communications Grouporganised in cooperation withCommunication Specialistsfrom UN DOCO. Celebrationof UN Day events organisedin close cooperation with theMinistry of Foreign Affairs,President's Office andmunicipality of the RoyalCapital Cetinje.

The Joint Communications Team(JCT) significantly upgradedefficiency of its joint work whichresulted in successfulimplementation of the JointCommunication Strategy 2010-2011aligned with the Integrated UNProgramme and Delivering as Onereform. A unique voice andcoherent image of the UN Systemin Montenegro has beenstreamlined throughout organisationof a number of joint activities,events and campaigns including UNDay, Poverty Day, Roma Day,Women’s Day, Statelessnesscampaign, 16 Days of Activismagainst Violence in Family,message from the SecretaryGeneral to Montenegro on theoccasion of the country’s fifthanniversary in the UN, HumanRights Day, visits of various highranked UN officials and so on. TheUN Montenegro website wasrevamped and updated on dailybasis, which resulted in multipliedwebsite traffic. Besides regularupdate, a number of new modulesand sections developed. The UN’smission of supporting Montenegroin addressing key national prioritieswas incorporated in planning joint

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activities, designing key messagesand organizing events andcampaigns. Internal communicationupgraded through a mind shifttowards joint work andembracement of the Delivering asOne approach. New joint commstools and channels introduced likejoint media clipping service and UNMontenegro weekly update.Regardless of quite differentprofessional profiles of JCTmembers and different mandatesof UN agencies, the team spiritwas developed. Cost effectiveness,knowledge sharing, relying oncomparative advantages of eachteam member, supporting UNagencies in their individual work andpursuit of added value have beenintroduced as regular principles ofthe team work. Previously plannedtraining for strengthening the workof the JCT was postponed to early2012, due to budget constraints.

Other (specify)

Joint UNCT Resource Mobilization Strategy

Development/implementation ofRM strategy

The UNCT continuedimplementation of theexisting Joint ResourceMobilization and PartnershipStrategy, which is part of theIntegrated UN Programme.

Detailed Donor Profiles forcurrent donors toMontenegro developed by RCOffice. The UNCT heldmeetings with potentialdonors and mobilised fundsfor UN Country Fund. TheUNCT presented itsachievements to date to theMinistry of Foreign Affairs ofNorway, Division forInternational Organizations,in an official mission to Osloin March.

Due to the global economic crisisand either closing of bilateraldonors' programmes or changingthe way they are operating, theUNCT did not succeed in mobilisingadditional resource in the UNCountry Fund, except ExpandedFunding Window funds. However,the UNCT members had meetingswith bilateral donors (Japan,Norway, Switzerland, Finland,Spain, Netherlands) who said thatthey would invest in catalyticprojects which will leverage moreresults and additional resources.For the time being, Norway,Holland and Japan reassured oftheir full and continuous support tothe UN’s work in the field, mostlyin areas of rule of law, capacitydevelopment in the context of theEU accession, green economy andenvironment.

$5,000.00 $850.00

Other (specify)

Result Area 4: Security Management

Security

Duty station specific securityrisk assessment (SRA) for alllocations in the country whereUN staff are present

The Security ManagementTeam (SMT) updated SRA forall locations in the countrywhere UN staff are present.

SRA updated by CountrySecurity Focal Point (CSFP) inconsultation with the DO andthe SMT. The SMT approvedthe updated SRA by July.

The SMT updated and adopted theSRA in May.

Implementation of mitigatingmeasures as identified in SRA

Up to date security plan Security Plan is regularlyupdated ensuring safety andsecurity of UN staff.

Country Security Focal Pointupdated the Security Plan inconsultation with the DO andthe SMT. CSFP kept updatedall security lists andorganised regular wardentree exercises andemergency situation drills.

The SMT updated MOSS and MORSin July. The CSFP worked on updateof the Security Plan, which will beadopted in the first quarter of2012. The SMT organised only onewarden tree exercise due to thefact that a composition of theUNCT changed throughout the yearbecause of departures and arrivalsof new Heads of Agencies,including the RC/DO.

$7,800.00 $7,800.00 Cost-share for the position of Country Security Focal Point -UNDP USD 3,900; UNICEF USD 780; UNHCR USD 1,014;WHO USD 156; IOM USD 546; FAO USD 780; EBRD USD390; WB USD 234

Security Management Team The SMT held regularmeetings and assessed thesecurity situation in thecountry.

Quarterly SMT meetings held.The security situation closelymonitored by the SMT whichliaised with representativesof relevant nationalinstitutions. Quarterly reportson security situation inMontenegro developed byCSFP and submitted to UNDepartment of Safety andSecurity.

The SMT meetings held in January,May and November. The CSFPdeveloped four quarterly reports onsecurity.

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Implementation of securitytraining for staff

Agency security focal pointscontinued providing securitytrainings for new staff.

Security trainings for newstaff organised on regularbasis.

Security trainings for new stafforganised by the CSFP and agencysecurity focal points on regularbasis.

Other

Result Area 5: Non-Resident UN Agencies

Special measures to integrate non-resident UN agencies in UNCT processes

Supporting the Involvement ofnon-resident UN agencies in thenational strategic planningprocesses/ UN programming

UNCT continued working andliaising closely withregionally-based agencies,which are also ParticipatingOrganisations to theIntegrated UN Programme,ensuring their activeinvolvement and cooperationwith the Government inimplementation of theIntegrated UN Programme.

RC's consultations withregionally-based agencies ona) implementation of theIntegrated UN Programme;b) on implementation of theexisting joint programme ongreen jobs, which involvesfour regionally-basedagencies, and c) on possiblefuture jointprojects/programmesinvolving regionally-basedagencies carried out. PillarWorking Groups kept regularcontacts withrepresentatives ofregionally-basedorganisations to facilitatetheir involvement in UN jointprogramming. Newregionally-basedorganisations joined theIntegrated UN Programmeand signed the UN CountryFund.

Both former and the current RC,with the assistance from PillarConveners and UN CoordinationOffice, carried out theconsultations with RBOs onimplementation of a) the IntegratedUN Programme, especially 2010UN Annual Work Plan of SEDEPPillar, b) of the joint programme ofUNDP, FAO, UNESCO, UNIDO andUNEP on the creation of green jobsin the northern Montenegro and c)new joint activities and projects,such as the programme on DRR,risk management and climatechange. SEDEP Pillar Working Group(in which areas the RBOs workmostly) had regular, almost daily,contacts of all involved ParticipatingUN Organisations and eithercontinued or and beganimplementation of joint activitiesand mentioned joint programmes.Other Pillar Working Groups alsokept the RBOs updated of themajor developments in UN's workand involved them in planning andimplementation of UN Annual WorkPlan to the extent required andpossible. Representatives of someRBOs took active part in the UNTown Hall meeting, organised inDecember to discuss challenges,benefits and way forward inimplementation of DaO andIntegrated UN Programme.Enhanced cooperation withregionally based UN organisations(RBOs) and as a result, the numberof Participating Organisations in theProgramme increased from 9 to 11as of March 2011 and to probablyto 13 as of 2012.

$10,500.00

Other (specify)

Result Area 6: Coordination Capacity of the UNCT

Strengthening UNCT Coordination Capacity

RCO Staffing UN Coordination Analyst, UNCommunications Analyst andUN Administration/FinanceAssistant in place. Furthersupport in implementation ofthe Integrated UNProgramme provided andfinanced with funds from theUN Country Fund.

Effective support to theUNCT in implementation ofthe RC Work plan for 2011and Integrated UNProgramme as well ascoordination of differentactivities re UN Eco SharedPremises provided by the RCOffice.

The UN Coordination Officeprovided effective and timelysupport to the UNCT in realisationof DaO reform, in implementationof the Integrated UN Programme,2011 UN Annual Work Plan and inplanning, coordination andrealisation of the joint programmesand activities, such as UN EcoShared Premises, activities of theWorking Group on Gender andHuman Rights and jointcommunications of the UN.

$79,100.00 $77,864.00 $12,210.90 $19,999.00 $12,210.90 $13,183.00 25% of salary for positions of UN Communications Analystand UN Administrative/Finace Assistant is cost-sharedamong all Participating agnecies. 25% of salary forpositions of UN Communications Analyst and UNAdministrative/Finace Assistant is financed from UNCountry Fund.

Materials/Equipment

Training of UN staff Capacities of the RC Officestaff, especially new staff,enhanced to ensure betterfunctioning of the office andenhanced support to theUNCT in implementation ofUN Integrated Programme,joint plans, initiatives andresponse to nationalpriorities.

Coordination Analyst attendedregional meeting ofCoordination Officers andother relevant meetings. UNCommunications Analystattended trainings/workshopsfor UN communication focalpoints. UNAdministration/FinanceAssistant attended relevantworkshops concerning theuse of Atlas.

Capacities of the RC Office staff,especially new staff, have beenenhanced through daily work andin-house trainings provided by theOperations Unit of the UNDP andUN Coordination Analyst as well asparticipation of the UNCommunication Analyst incommunications/advocacy relatedtrainings of specific UN agencies.There were no funds in the RCbudget for participation of the UNCoordination Office staff in othertrainings/workshops due to thecuts in the RC budget in 2011,however, agencies cost-shared or

$8,000.00 $2,900.00

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however, agencies cost-shared orpaid for expenses of UNCoordination Analyst in attendingthe workshop on strengtheningnational implementation ofrecommendations fromInternational Human RightsMechanisms as well as the regionalmeeting of coordination officers,both organised in Belgrade, Serbia.

Other (specify)

TOTAL $125,500.00 $84,864.00 $46,000.00 $0.00 $101,541.52 $288,048.04 $0.00 $0.00 $12,210.90 $13,183.00

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   Joint ProgrammesJoint Programmes

Title Theme Linkages to MDGs and UNDAF outcomes Duration(from/to)

FundmanagementModality

Manag.agent

Admin.agent

National or local partners and donors Total budget Financial contribution

UN Eco Shared Premises Environment MDG 7 - Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policiesand programmes; reverse loss of environmental resources; Integrated UNProgramme Outcomes 3.1 and 3.2

2007 - 2012 Pooled UNDP UNDP Government of Montenegro, Capital City of Podgorica, Coordination Office for TechnicalCooperation of the Austrian Embassy in Montenegro, IOM, Local team of engineersand architects hired by the UNCT.

$5,468,672.00Governmnet of Montenegro $3,891,067.00

Austrian DevelopmentAgency

$1,267,605.00

UNDP, UNICEF, UNHCR,WHO, IOM

$310,000.00

UNCT and National Response toHIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS MDG 6 - Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS; Integrated UNProgramme Outcome 1.3

2008 - 2012 Pooled UNDP UNDP Institute of Public Health, National AIDS Commission, Country CoordinatingMechanisam, Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Welfare, NGO sector

$156,000.00UNAIDS, UNDP, UNICEF,UNHCR, WHO, IOM

$156,000.00

Improving the businessenvironment through green jobsand institution building

Ruraldevelopment

MDG 7 - Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policiesand programmes; reverse loss of environmental resources; Integrated UNProgramme Outcome 3.3

2010 - 2012 Pass-throughPooled

UNDP UNDP Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism (ex Ministry for Spatial Planning andEnviroment), NGO sector

$942,150.00Expanded DaO FundingWindow

UN CountryFund

$377,750.00

Government ofMontenegro

Ministry ofSustainableDevelopmentand Tourism

$564,400.00

Non-communicable diseasesprevention, healthy lifestyles andfood safety

Health MDG 4, 5, 6; Integrated UN Programme Outcomes 1.3 and 1.2 2011 - 2012 ParallelPass-through

UNDP UNDP Ministry of Health, Institute for Public Health, Health Insurance Fund $578,363.00Expanded DaO FundingWindow

UN CountryFund

$168,363.00

Government ofMontenegro

Ministry ofLabour andSocialWelfare

$410,000.00

Disaster Risk Reduction, RiskManagement and Climate ChangeAdaptation

Sustainabledevelopment

MDG 7 -Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policiesand programmes; reverse loss of environmental resources; Integrated UNProgramme Outcome 3.2

2011 - 2013 Pass-throughPooled

UNDP UNDP Ministry of Interior (Sector for Emergencies) $180,000.00Expanded DaO FundingWindow

UN CountryFund

$80,000.00

UNDP Bureau forCrisisPreventionandRecovery

$100,000.00

Good Health System Governancefor Equitable Effective and QualityHealth Care in Montenegro

Health MDG 4, 5, 6; Integrated UN Programme Outcomes 1.3 and 1.2 2010 - 2011 Pass-through UNDP UNDP Ministry of Health, Institute for Public Health, Health Insurance Fund $256,800.00Expanded DaO FundingWindow

UN CountryFund

$256,800.00

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   Coordination Procedures and PracticesCoordination practices and procedures

CP Results Recommendationsto DGO

In Montenegro, some 16,000 refugees from neighboring countries have lived for up to 20 years without a proper legal status. In 2009, the Government of Montenegro amended the legislation to give refugees a two-year period to apply for permanent residency. UNHCR offered assistanceto refugees in acquiring necessary documents through a local NGO. In the period from November 2009 until Nivember 2011, 7,208 documents have been obtained for 4,193 persons. In addition, 522 procedures for subsequent registration in the birth and citizenship registries in Serbia,Montenegro or Croatia have been initiated with 203 procedures successfully solved, while 300 persons were financially supported to obtain documents. In early 2011, the increased need for such support exhausted UNHCR’s funds for this work, leaving no possibility to help vulnerablerefugees without means to pay for transport to their places of origin to get personal documents and to pay administrative fees to get the papers. Since the deadline for submitting applications for residency expired on 7 November 2011, this put many refugees at risk of losing the chanceto regularize their status. The situation was discussed in the Social Inclusion Pillar group in June 2011 and it was agreed that the UN Country Team would continue the work, under Delivering as One and will use funds from the UN Country Fund, i.e. Expanded DaO Funding Window funds.UN agencies’ framework supported the project unanimously. UNDP took the responsibility for managing the project through the NGO Legal Centre with UNHCR’s expert guidance. Meanwhile, UNHCR advocated with the Government of Montenegro to extend the deadline for submittingapplication for residence permits, and on 1 November 2011 the Law on Foreigners was amended to extend the deadline until 31 December 2012.

Transactioncosts:

Achievements:

Lessonslearned:

The main lesson learned is, that when the UNagencies act together, it is possible to achievemuch better results than when agencies actindividually. In addition, UN agencies got wellprepared while waiting for the allocated funds anddid not start accruing expenses until the moneywas received on the account.

Small- and medium-scale businesses play a key role in economic growth and equitable development in Montenegro. They are a main source of income and employment opportunities thus contributing to the livelihood of a large share of workforce and entrepreneurs. However, the potentialrole of these businesses is often not realized because of a set of problems commonly related to size and isolation. This particularly holds true for the most underdeveloped Northern region, which supports the livelihoods of over 28.9 % of the Montenegrin population and significantly lagsbehind the other regions in terms of economic development, the extent of poverty and poverty risk (twice the national average). Poverty rate in Northern region in 2010 was 10.3%, and 45.2% of the poor (in comparison with other region poverty rate in North region are almost 2 timesbigger than in central region and almost four times bigger than in south region). Also, taking into consideration that In Montenegro live in rural areas 60.5% of poor individuals, while living in urban areas 39.5% recommends that Northern region is very difficult for living. One result of theeconomic divide is considerable North-South migration, resulting in a net population decrease of 8% in the north over the last ten years. With recently privatized state-owned industrial enterprises in the North either not operational or operating well below previous levels, the main economicsectors are tourism, agriculture and forestry. Total unemployed population in Montenegro in 2010 was 27,8%, out of 10,7% are from Northern region. When this project was initiated, cluster initiatives focusing on small and medium scale businesses have not yet been widely initiated inMontenegro. Whilst there was evidence of spatial concentration of enterprises within tourism, wood processing and agro-industries, little efforts have been undertaken to improve the organization of economic activities within such production systems. Although the Governmentencouraged businesses operating in the same industrial sector to form groups, there was still limited experience in cluster and network development approaches and methodologies for this target group. Also, there was a dearth of qualified local practitioners to help trigger clusterdevelopment in this sector. In 2009, five UN agencies including UNIDO developed a joint project with a focus on mitigating the impacts of the economic crisis in Montenegro by focusing on the creation of ‘green jobs’ in the most under-developed northern region of the country -targeting5 municipalities around Durmitor National Park – UNESCO world heritage site (phase I). The awareness raising, research and capacity building activities carried out within the framework of this project have contributed to the following results: - Cluster development was included as anintegral component in the recently published Regional Development Strategy of Montenegro; - The Ministry of Finance circulated a communiqué to all other relevant Ministries highlighting the importance to jointly work towards a strategy for fostering the creation of sustainable businessclusters throughout the entire country – the Ministry of Economy has taken the lead in elaborating such strategy and has requested the support of the UN. On this basis, UNDP assemble again the UN Agency Team to work together on the elaboration of a national cluster policy, whichcan be seen as phase II of this initiative, which is currently ongoing. The awareness raising, research and capacity building activities carried out within the framework of this project have contributed to the following results: - Cluster development was included as an integral component inthe recently published Regional Development Strategy of Montenegro; - The Ministry of Finance circulated a communiqué to all other relevant Ministries highlighting the importance to jointly work towards a strategy for fostering the creation of sustainable business clusters throughout theentire country – the Ministry of Economy has taken the lead in elaborating such strategy and has requested the support of the UN. On this basis, UNDP assemble again the UN Agency Team to work together on the elaboration of a national cluster policy, which can be seen as phase IIof this initiative, which is currently ongoing. The aim of this upcoming policy is to strengthen the competitiveness and market access of selected clusters and networks in Montenegro, with a special emphasis on the more impoverished Northern region. In this context it will foster a moreequitable integration of small and medium scale businesses in that region into domestic and regional value/supply chains through enhanced dynamism, collective efficiency, productivity and viable business partnerships with private sector investors. A cluster approach will help local firmsmove beyond their individual capacities, organizing themselves in dynamic production networks, developing strategic relationships with other firms and institutions to improve their competitive advantages based on economies of scale, innovation and learning.

Transactioncosts:

Achievements:

Lessonslearned:

The project faced to date some delays inimplementation due to multi-stakeholder approach.In the current phase these were minimized throughthe adoption of a further improved communicationstructure with participating institutions and nationalstakeholders, as well as the setting and monitoringof key milestones and targets. Staff rotation withinbeneficiary institutions has been an issue in thepast, so in order to avoid any problems in thisregard, the current phase will train more staff fromeach institution to anticipate possible losses(however, staff rotation, if within the same clusteror sector, can have positive implication bycross-fertilization of competences).

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   2012 WorkplanUNDAF Outcomes

1. 1.1 Montenegro’s legal framework is harmonized with EU/UN standards, and policies relevant to social inclusion are implemented and monitored.

1. 1.2 Social norms are embedded in order to facilitate age and gender sensitive inclusive attitudes and practices towards vulnerable and excluded populations.

1. 1.3 Montenegro reduces disparities and gaps in access to quality health, education and social services, in line with EU/UN standards.

2. 2.1 National legislative framework is harmonized with UN, EU, OSCE and CoE standards and relevant secondary legislation regulating implementation is developed.

2. 2.2 State and independent institutions with increased capacity to ensure the realization and monitoring of human rights, support empowerment of women, enable equal opportunities for allinhabitants, including access to efficient service delivery, through

2. 2.3 Empower civil society and supportive institutional mechanisms to increase awareness on human rights and the benefits and obligations of participation in decision-making, advocacy,demanding quality services and accountability.

3. 3.1 Climate change adaptation and mitigation measures are designed and implemented to accelerate the use of renewable, clean energy, carbon trading and energy efficiency, therebyachieving low carbon emissions, climate resilient growth and better manageme

3. 3.3 Established system for strengthening entrepreneurial capacity building and facilitating private sector partnerships for ‘green jobs,’ rural livelihoods and development of Medium, Small andMicro Enterprises (MSME) in order to improve economic choices

3. 3.2 Established system for conservation and sustainable management of natural resources, effective prevention, control and reduction of environmental risks, and enhanced environmentalawareness and participation by children, young people and adults.

2012 Workplan

KEY RESULTS AREA Expected Outputs Perf. Indicators Actual Outputs atYear End

Funds required/spent at Year End Additional support needed fromHQ or Regional Director's Team

Target Date

SRC UNCCF UN Agencies Other

Req Spt Req Spt Req Spt Req Spt Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Coordination for Results (WORKPLAN 2012)

A) UNCT Contribution to the NationalDevelopment Plan/PovertyReduction Strategy/MD and MDGsplan

UN support toformulation/implementation ofrelevant national strategies or planse.g. JAS/NDP/PRSP

The UNCT to continue supportingthe Government of Montenegro inthe process of implementation ofthe Strategy on Social Inclusion(innovated PRSP) and NationalProgramme for Integration ofMontenegro in the EU.

2012 UN Annual Work Plan alignedwith national priorities and approvedby the Joint Country SteeringCommittee in the first quarter of2012. Targets of 2011 Annual WorkPlans of three Pillar Working Groups(Social Inclusion, DemocraticGovernance and SustainableEconomic Development &Environmental Protection) of theIntegrated UN Programme are met.

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

UN plan to support theimplementation of theMillennium Declaration,including scaling upIADG/MDG initiatives *

The Government able to identifyand respond to key outstandinggaps in fulfilling the MillenniumDeclaration and meeting the MDGs.

Number of national and localreforms and/or increased budgetallocations related to MDGs and UNconventions where UN has eitherengaged in policy dialogue,advocacy or provides capacitydevelopment support. The Law onSocial and Child Protection passedand the regionally-based Strategyon Business Clusters completed.

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

UN support to capacitydevelopment strategies

UN assistance to nationalauthorities for the preparation ofthe national report on theimplementation of the BrusselsProgramme of Action of LDCs 4 *

N/A Montenegro is Middle IncomeCountry

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Other

Formulation/implementation of atransition plan or strategy 5

B) Aid Coordination/ Management /Paris Declaration

Planned efforts to making use ofnational systems in the areas suchas programme/project reporting,PRS/sectoral monitoring andevaluation systems, annualPRS/sectoral performance reviews,national procurement systems, etc

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UN support to aidcoordination/management

The Government able to optimizethe effectiveness and efficiency ofaid through donor coordinationmechanism.

UN coordination structure logicallyintegrated in overall donorcoordination and developmentcooperation of the country, in closecollaboration with the PM Office andthe Ministry of Foreign Affairs andEuropean Integration. Monthlyreporting on donor coordination byall UNCT members every thirdUNCT meeting or quarterly.

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Other

C) UNDAF/Common Programming Efforts to align UN programmecycle with nationaldevelopment cycle *

Strengthen Government's ownershipof the Integrated UN ProgrammePhase II 2012-2016. UNICEF andUNDP jointly sign and closelycooperate with national institutionson implementation of their CountryProgramme Action Plans(2012-2016) aligned with the PhaseII of the Programme.

Joint Country Steering Committeereviewed progress in theimplementation of the IntegratedUN Programme at least once in theyear resulting in clearrecommendations, which arereflected in the work of Pillars.UNICEF and UNDP CountryProgramme Action Plans signedjointly in January.

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Preparation of CountryAnalysis/UNDAF/UNDAF Action Plan

Implementation of UNDAF M&EFramework *

The UN effectively monitors all Pillarindicators of the Integrated UNProgramme Phase II. The UN toestablish the M&E Working Group.

The M&E Working Group establishedin the first quarter of the year andclosely cooperated with all Pillars.The M&E Working Group meets atleast three times in the year toreview implementation of the M&EFramework of the Phase I(2010-2011) and progress towardstargets of the year 2012.

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

UNDAF Annual Review/ UNDAFEvaluation/SOF

The Participating UN Organisationsand the Government to prepareAnnual Review of the Integrated UNProgramme and 2011 UN CountryFund through Pillar and SectorWorking Groups and MPTF Officerespectively.

The Annual Review of the IntegratedUN Programme and 2011 UNCountry Fund completed in the firsthalf of the year. The AnnualReviews acknowledged by the JCSCin the first half of the year andattended by senior partners from allline ministries.

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Other

Progress towards UNDAF outcomes(inputs provided by theme groupchairs)

Joint planning initiatives with UNpeacekeeping, peacebuilding,political and humanitarian actors(e.g. UNDAF plus, IntegratedStrategic Framework).

D) Joint Programmes Preparation/ implementation ofnew Joint Programmes *

Together with national partners, theParticipating UN Organisations inMontenegro to continueimplementation of jointprogrammes and activitiesresponding to immediate nationalpriorities in the areas of socialinclusion and sustainable economicdevelopment & environmentalprotection.

a) National strategic policyframework for enhancing thecompetitiveness throughcluster-approach developed, withthe governance structure, policyrecommendations, monitoring andevaluation plan and a budget;through implementation of the jointprogramme Improving the businessenvironment through green jobsand institution building. b) At least10 municipalities using informationmanagement services/GIS fordisaster management and planning,through implementation of DRR,Risk Management and ClimateChange Adaptation. c)Transformation Action Plan forKomanski most completed andapproved by the Ministry of Labourand Social Welfare, through jointproject Non-communicablediseases prevention, enhancingservice provision to adults atKomanski most; d) Capacity forNCD control and prevention with aparticular focus on early cancercontrol and preventionstrengthened, through the projectNon-communicable diseasesprevention, healthy lifestyles andfood safety; e) Final draft of theKonik study (Socio-Economicpart)completed in close cooperationwith the Ministry of Labour and

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

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with the Ministry of Labour andSocial Welfare; 2,080, individualdocuments, or 10 percentage ofthe total of I/DP caseload, obtainedfor I/DPs and domiciled Roma (fromSerbia, B&H, Croatia), through jointproject Durable solution forrefugees, displaced and domiciledRoma in Montenegro.

M&E of Joint Programmes

Other

E) HACT Status of HACTimplementation/compliance7 inthe country *

The UNCT to continue its work onfurther implementation of HACT,through the OperationsManagement Team.

A macro-assessment of country’spublic financial system conducted inthe third quarter of the year. Thecost of the assessment covered byUNDP and UNICEF, due to verylimited RC budget. Beginner trainingfor possible new IPs conducted.

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 UN agencies contributions:UNDP 11,000 UNICEF 11,000

Strengthening nationalsystems/capacities through HACT

Other

F) Gender Equality UN support to incorporation ofgender equality in national planningprocesses (such as NationalDevelopment Strategies; PRSPs;SWAPs; Joint Assistance Strategies,etc.)

The cross-cutting Working Group onGender and Human Rights tocontinue supporting the nationalpartners in planning andimplementation of national policiesin the area of domestic violence.

A joint study on domestic violenceand impact of the UN’s and nationalpartners' joint work in the area,such as “16 days against violencecampaign” which is being organisedby the UN and partners in the lastfew years, carried out by the endof the year. The findings of thestudy used for future work in thearea of domestic violence and foradvocacy.

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $20,000.00

Capacity development for gendertheme groups to support UNCT torespond to national priorities forgender equality

Other The UN to continue close workingrelationship with relevant nationaland international partners inadvocating for strengthenedsanctions in the area of domesticviolence and for the fight againstviolence in family. The WorkingGroup on Gender and Human Rightsto provide support to the UNCT andPillar Groups in 1) Ensuring all staffin the UN who are responsible forIntegrated UN Programme'soutputs have formal training ingender mainstreaming 2) Monitoringall Integrated UN Programme'soutputs at least once during theyear through a gender equality lensand 3) Providing strategic directionto the RC, UNCT and others on highlevel gender related advocacy andpolicy dialogue.

Number of steps undertaken toimplement inter-ministerial protocolon domestic violence. Percentageincrease in negative attitudestowards domestic violence. 100percent of staff responsible forIntegrated UN Programme'soutputs able to apply gendermainstreaming in their work.Percentage of staff trained able toreport on outputs from genderperspective. Percentage of staffaccountable for outputs of theIntegrated UN Programme aretrained in gender mainstreaming.

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 UN agencies contributions:UNDP 15,000 UNHCR 5,000

G) HIV/AIDS Establishment of Joint UN Teamon AIDS and implementation ofjoint programme of support onAIDS *

The Joint UN team on HIV/AIDS tocontinue implementation of jointprogramme in cooperation withnational counterparts and todevelop the new proposal forUNAIDS, if Programme AccelerationFunds or its equivalent becomeavailable.

Targets of the 2012 work plan ofthe Joint UN Team on HIV/AIDSmet and activities implementedaccording to the agreed timeline. Atleast one new jointprogramme/project proposaldesigned in close cooperation withnational partners and submitted forfunding. The Focal Point onHIV/AIDS supported the Joint Teamand the Theme Group on HIV/AIDSin implementation of UN's jointprogramme on HIV/AIDS, ifProgramme Acceleration Funds orits equivalent become available byUNAIDS.

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 UN entities contribution: UNDP17,714.64 UNICEF4,000.00UNHCR 4,285.80 WHO 571.44IOM 1,428.60

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UN support to the nationalresponse to AIDS throughstrengthening the Three Ones *

The UN Theme Group and UN JointTeam on HIV/AIDS to strengthencapacities of the national authoritiesrelated to National HIV/AIDSStrategy 2010-2014 and NationalRoadmap to achieve UniversalAccess goals and to supportnational partners in theirimplementation. The UN ThemeGroup and UN Joint Team onHIV/AIDS to work closely withrelevant national counterparts onenhancing the human rights ofpeople living with HIV. The UNTheme Group and UN Joint Teamon HIV/AIDS to effectively monitorimplementation of the NationalHIV/AIDS Strategy 2010-2014 andNational HIV/AIDS Programme2012-2016, and to assist nationalauthorities in addressing the keyobstacles and gaps in the nationalresponse.

At least 40 national institutions'staff provided with trainings onstrengthening capacities in the areaof public relations, monitoring andevaluation and organisationalmanagement. At least 15 medicalstaff provided with learning tools forreducing stigma and discriminationtowards people living with HIV.National HIV/AIDS Strategy andNational HIV/AIDS Programme fullyimplemented and internationalobligations regarding the globalHIV/AIDS reporting fulfilled. UNGASSand national indicators as per ActionPlan on Monitoring and Evaluation ofthe National HIV/AIDS Responseachieved with support from the UN.

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 30.000 UNAIDS (pending theavailability of PAF or otherfunding mechanism of UNAIDS)

HIV/AIDS in the Workplace The UN Joint Team on HIV/AIDS todevelop learning tools and toorganise a workshop to enhancethe knowledge of UN staff and theirfamilies on HIV/AIDS.

The learning tools on HIV/AIDSdeveloped. At least 50 UN staff andfamily members provided with themost recent findings in regard toHIV/AIDS prevention and treatment,in the first half of 2012.

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Other

H) Human Rights Application of Human Right BasedApproach

Strengthening the capacity ofUNCTs to support national humanrights protection systems

The Working Group on Gender andHuman Rights to provide support tothe UNCT and Pillar Groups in 1)Ensuring all staff in the UN who areresponsible for Integrated UNProgramme's outputs have formaltraining in HRBA 2) Monitoring allIntegrated UN Programme'soutputs at least once during theyear through a HRBA lens 3)Providing strategic direction to theRC, UNCT and others on high levelhuman rights advocacy and policydialogue, including theGovernment’s preparation of thesecond cycle of UPR reporting, duein early 2013 4) Sharing informationand developing a quarterly brief onthe human rights environment inthe country and 5) Programmestaff responsible for Integrated UNProgramme's outputs and humanrights campaigns are able to deliveron these.

100 percent of staff responsible forIntegrated UN Programme'soutputs able to apply HRBA in theirwork. Percentage of staff trainedable to report on outputs fromHRBA perspective. The WorkingGroup has reports back from thestaff responsible for Integrated UNProgramme's outputs on how theyapplied HRBA in their work. Fourbriefs on the human rights situationin the country completed andsubmitted to the UNCT. Percentageof staff accountable for outputs ofthe Integrated UN Programme aretrained in HRBA. Human rights focalpoints in UN agencies and UNCoordination Office providedadvisory and technical support tothe Government in preparing thesecond cycle of UPR reporting, duein early 2013.

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Other

I) Common Services and Premises Status of initiatives to increasecollaboration and cost-effectivenessof UN business operations insupport of programme delivery(common services and premises)

The UN Country Team, through itsinter-agency OperationsManagement Team (OMT), to workon increasing efficiency andeffectiveness of UN operationsthrough improved businesspractices and common services.The UNCT and OMT to prepare formoving to and working in the futurecommon premises.

Targets of the 2012 work plan forcommon services with relevanttimeliness developed and met bythe OMT. Procurement of commonservices for travel, office stationary& supplies, fuel provider, expresscourier, vehicle maintenance andcar wash completed in the firstquarter of 2012. Procurement ofcommon services for travel,common banker and printingservices finalised by the end of2012 .DSA Survey carried out in thefirst half of 2012 resulting in newupdated DSA rates for Montenegro.Place to Place Survey (Cost ofLiving Survey) conducted inSeptember 2012 resulting in newPost-Adjustment Index. Targets ofa plan for functioning of commonservices in the future UN EcoShared Premises met by the OMT inclose cooperation with the UNCTand UN staff. Possible common ICTServices identified and IT planprepared before moving into thenew joint building; eco-friendlyfurniture as well as security fencearound the building procured andrelevant funds secured. Relocation

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

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to UN Eco Shared premisessuccessfully organised andcompleted by the end of 2012.Future indexation method agreedwith ICSC to serve forrevision/update of the local FTAsalaries instead of ComprehensiveSalary Survey.

Other The UNCT continued implementationof a programme for structuralobservation during the constructionprocess of the UN Eco SharedPremises in Podgorica. The UNCoordination Office and UN EcoBuilding Project Coordinator liaisedand closely cooperated with nationaland international partners to ensureeffective carrying out of all neededtasks during the construction phaseand sharing of relevant informationwith the UNCT and the WorkingGroup on Common Premises andServices.

Contractor construction and labourclosely monitored by the ProjectCoordinator and the UN CoordinationOffice. The UNCO, supported bycontracted international companyand the main architect, reviewedthe quality of the executed worksassuring that the building is built inline with all regulations, terms andrequirements of verified technicaldocumentation. Regular follow upand update on the progress of thisproject provided by the UNCoordination Office.

$6,500.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 UNDP 2,880.00 USD; UNICEF1,280.00 USD; UNHCR 1,600.00USD; WHO 192.00 USD; IOM448.00 USD

J) Other Other

Coordination of Emergency Preparedness and Relief

A) Preparedness Coordination of emergencypreparedness efforts of UNCTmembers and relevant humanitarianactors

Other

B) Relief Establishment of HumanitarianCountry Team

Other

Development of a response plan Capacities of the Government tointegrate emergency preparednessand DRR into planning andgovernance strengthened.

Flood preparedness plans of 12municipalities developed and carriedout in close cooperation of the UNand relevant partners.

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Coordination of humanitarianoperations

Advocacy

Resource mobilization The UNCT continued its joint workin mobilising resources for disasterrisk reduction and emergencypreparedness, in close cooperationwith relevant national partners.

Joint proposal for DRR on local levelcompleted in close cooperation withthe Sector for Emergencies andsubmitted to the USA Embassy inthe first quarter of the year.

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

UN Advocacy and Resource Mobilization

A) Joint UNCT Advocacy andCommunications

Development/implementation of theUNCT communications/advocacystrategy & plan

A systematic and coherent plan forUN system wide communicationsand advocacy on human rights anddevelopment agenda implemented.

A biannual, synchronized UNcommunications strategy developedby the JCT and approved by theUNCT in the first quarter of theyear. Targets of the 2012 AnnualWork Plan of the JCT met timely. Atleast 10 jointactivities/events/observances,including UN Day, Poverty Day,Human Rights Day, InternationalWomen’s Day, International RomaDay, AIDS Day organisedthroughout the year resulting in amore coherent image of the UN'swork; More than 10 newsitems/articlespublished/broadcasted on each jointevents; More than 10 joint mediaclipping reports prepared uponcompletion of jointevents/campaigns; Targets of atleast three UN campaigns, includingRoma registration/statelessness,It’s about ability and adoptioncampaign, met. The Campaignsorganised in synchronized manner,without overlapping; One JCTretreat/workshop resulting inenhanced team spirit andcooperation organised in January;More than 400 newinformation/stories/pages on UN

$2,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 the majority of costs for jointcommunications will becost-shared among UNagencies.

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information/stories/pages on UNactivities in Montenegro and globalpublished on UN Montenegrowebsite; UN Montenegro websitetraffic increased for 20% (accordingto website statistics; Adocumentary about UN inMontenegro produced andbroadcasted on national television inthe last quarter of the year; Atleast 20 new photo galleries createdfor different UN purposes in 2011;UN Montenegro website upgradedto a more functional UN web gateby redesigning certain sections,developing of new ones and regularupdate.

Other

B) Joint UNCT Resource MobilizationStrategy

Development/implementation of RMstrategy

An effective and relevant ResourceMobilization and PartnershipStrategy is implemented.

Funding secured for three coreposts of UN Coordination Office for2013. 20 percent of revisedIntegrated UN Programme's targetsmet.

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Other

Security Management (WORKPLAN 2012)

A) Security Duty station specific security riskassessment (SRA) for all locationsin the country where UN staff arepresent

The Security Management Team(SMT) updated the SRA for alllocations in the country where UNstaff are present.

SRA revised and updated by CountrySecurity Focal Point (CSFP) inconsultation with the DO and theSMT. The SRA approved by the SMTby December.

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Implementation of mitigatingmeasures as identified in SRA

Up to date security plan Security Plan is regularly updatedensuring safety and security of UNstaff.

The Security Plan revised andupdated by the Country SecurityFocal in consultation with the DOand the SMT. The updated SecurityPlan approved by the SMT. Allsecurity lists updated on quarterlybasis. Three warden tree exercisesand at least one emergencysituation drill (fire) organised.

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Security Management Team The SMT held regular meetings andassessed the security situation inthe country.

At least two SMT meetings held.The security situation closelymonitored by the SMT, which liaisedwith representatives of relevantnational institutions. Quarterlyreports on security situation inMontenegro developed by the CSFPand submitted to UN Departmentof Safety and Security.

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Implementation of security trainingfor staff

Agency security focal pointscontinued providing securitytrainings for new staff.

Security trainings for new stafforganised.

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Other

Non-Resident UN Agencies

A) Special measures to integratenon-resident UN agencies in UNCTprocesses

Supporting the Involvement ofnon-resident UN agencies in thenational strategic planningprocesses/ UN programming

The UNCT and Pillar co-convenerscontinued close work and liaisonwith regionally-based agencies(RBOs), which are also ParticipatingOrganisations to the Integrated UNProgramme, in addressing nationalpriorities and ensuring activeinvolvement and cooperation of theRBOs with the Government inimplementation of the IntegratedUN Programme.

RC's consultations withregionally-based agencies on a)implementation of the Phase II ofIntegrated UN Programme; b) onimplementation of the existing jointprogrammes on green jobs anddisaster risk reduction, whichinvolve most of regionally-basedorganisations, and c) on jointprogramming and communicationscarried out successfully.Participation of regionally-basedorganisations in joint activities andprogramming increased further.Financial contributions ofregionally-based organisations inimplementation of the IntegratedUN Programme and joint initiativesincreased. New regionally-basedorganisations joined the IntegratedUN Programme and signed the UNCountry Fund.

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

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Other

Coordination Capacity of the UNCT

A) Strengthening UNCT CoordinationCapacity

RCO Staffing The UN Coordination Office providedeffective and timely support to theUNCT in implementation of the RCWork plan for 2011 and IntegratedUN Programme as well as incoordination of different activities reUN Eco Shared Premises.

Frequency of JCSC, UNCT, JCT, SMTmeetings held and number of actionpoints addressed. The 2013 fundsfor the UN Coordination Officesecured.

$64,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 UN agencies contributions:UNDP 30,022.46, UNICEF6,779.26, UNHCR 7,263.49,WHO 968.46, IOM 2,421.16,FAO 1,694.80, UNESCO1,694.80, UNIDO 1,694.80,UNEP 1,694.80, UN Women1,694.80, UNECE 1,694.80, IAEA1,694.80

Materials/Equipment

Training of UN staff Capacities of the UN CoordinationOffice enhanced to ensure betterfunctioning of the office andeffective support to the UNCT inimplementation of the IntegratedUN Programme, different joint workplans, initiatives and responses tonational priorities.

Training plan for the UNCoordination Office approved by theUNCT and implemented.

$1,476.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Other

TOTAL $73,976.00 $0.00 $0.00 $20,000.00

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