Under the leadership of the Resident Coordinator and the BAPPENAS Minister, the four Results Groups develop Joint Work Plans (JWP) each year detailing how they will implement the UNSDCF. For the first time in Indonesia, the UN co-developed and shared its comprehensive 2021 JWP with BAPPENAS and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to enhance coherence and transparency throughout the planning process.
The 2021 JWP constitutes the entire UN in Indonesia’s portfolio of activities—those of individual resident and non-resident agencies, and joint programmes—and informs the UN’s resource mobilization strategy. The JWP is formulated using UNINFO, an online tool for planning, monitoring, and reporting on the UNSDCF’s objectives. Almost a full 100% of UNINFO’s data fields for JWPs were completed by all concerned UN agencies in 2021, which makes the JWP a rich repository of data on UN interventions in Indonesia. JWP data also contributes to ensuring UN speeches are evidence-based, furnishing information in response to government requests, and visualizing where the UN is working in Indonesia. A mid-2021 review of the JWP ensured the document was adjusted to meet the evolving requirements of an environment shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic among other developments.
In 2021, the UN engaged an international consultant to apply Gender Equality Markers (GEM) to the JWP during its formulation that contributed to 95% of sub-outputs being marked for gender-related criteria in UNINFO.
The consultant also led a training session on human rights markers for JWPs, with further capacity building in this area planned for 2022. The UN in Indonesia has engaged the same consultant to strengthen links between GEM and the funding framework in 2022.
The UN’s global Development Coordination Office (DCO) has referenced Indonesia’s 2021 JWP as an example of best practice among UNCTs, including during a session with the Deputy Secretary-General. The considerable time investment involved in formulating the JWP has paid off in the form of a solid baseline against which annual reporting can now be conducted.
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Transparancy and Accountability
The UN is expected to support the Government’s commitment to achieving the SDGs through delivering on the results included in the UNSDCF, which also serves as the principal accountability instrument between the UN system and the host government in any given country. The UNSDCF includes mechanisms to identify gaps and overlaps in the delivery of its results. Further, it adheres to United Nations Evaluation Group’s norms and standards. The 2021–2025 UNSDCF contains several innovations that promote transparency and accountability in the spirit of UN Reform:
To bolster M&E in 2021, the UN in Indonesia established a Data, Monitoring, and Evaluation and Learning (DMEL) Working Group with members representing all UN agencies. The DMEL is a merger of two pre-existing working groups: the Data for SDGs Working Group and the Monitoring and Evaluation Working Group.
In 2021, the DMEL Working Group developed a bespoke UNSDCF monitoring and evaluation framework consisting of 37 outcome indicators (16 of them are disaggregated by gender, seven disaggregated by age, and 10 relating to disability) and 72 output indicators (18 of them disaggregated by gender and age, with a further 10 disaggregated based on disability), which is now incorporated into UNINFO. Disaggregated data is a requirement of the Leave No One Behind scorecards that ensure the UN’s ability to measure its impact on the populations it serves. The DMEL Working Group plans to review the monitoring framework on at least an annual basis to improve the quality of data it makes available for evaluation.
In 2021, the DMEL Working Group developed a bespoke UNSDCF monitoring and evaluation framework consisting of 37 outcome indicators (16 of them are disaggregated by gender, seven disaggregated by age, and 10 relating to disability) and 72 output indicators (18 of them disaggregated by gender and age, with a further 10 disaggregated based on disability), which is now incorporated into UNINFO. Disaggregated data is a requirement of the Leave No One Behind scorecards that ensure the UN’s ability to measure its impact on the populations it serves. The DMEL Working Group plans to review the monitoring framework on at least an annual basis to improve the quality of data it makes available for evaluation.
In 2021, the UN in Indonesia conducted its monitoring and reporting of both the UNSDCF’s implementation, and the implementation of the Socio-economic Recovery Framework (SERF) through UNINFO. The use of a single reporting system simplifies data collection and information management. Other benefits of using UNINFO include reduced transaction costs for planning, more effective monitoring of UN-Wide gender and human rights programming, higher visibility for the SDGs, and the clear identification of partnerships, human rights, gender equality, and women’s empowerment markers. UNINFO also paves the way for the aggregation of UN results in Indonesia.
In Indonesia, the Resident Coordinator’s Office developed guidelines and conducted training, including one-on-one clinics, for each UN agency, on inputting their results to UNINFO. The participation of all resident and non-resident agencies in the full use of UNINFO has led to the high quality of the JWP and subsequent data analysis on what the UN does in Indonesia, with whom and where. The RCO made these guidelines available through UNDCO’s Knowledge Management Platform, and they have since been adopted, translated, and used by RCOs in many other countries.
In Indonesia, the Resident Coordinator’s Office developed guidelines and conducted training, including one-on-one clinics, for each UN agency, on inputting their results to UNINFO. The participation of all resident and non-resident agencies in the full use of UNINFO has led to the high quality of the JWP and subsequent data analysis on what the UN does in Indonesia, with whom and where. The RCO made these guidelines available through UNDCO’s Knowledge Management Platform, and they have since been adopted, translated, and used by RCOs in many other countries.
IEvaluations are critical tools for the implementation of the UNSDCF and for collective learning across the UN system. UNSDCF evaluations are mandatory at the end of each five-year cycle, with the next UNSDCF evaluation scheduled for 2025. Joint evaluations are also mandatory for all UN Joint Programmes upon their completion.
Joint evaluations bring together technical monitoring and evaluation experts from each Joint Programmes’ constituent UN agencies under the leadership of an appointed agency, with the Resident Coordinator as the facilitator. This ensures quality standards are met, affords a greater breadth of evaluation and improves cooperation mechanisms between agencies. In 2021, the UN in Indonesia completed joint evaluations for two joint programmes: the MPTF on employment and livelihood, and the MPTF on inclusive social protection. The joint evaluation for the Joint Programme on Better Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All in Indonesia (BERANI) began at the end of 2021 and was completed in January 2022. Joint evaluations for the Joint Programmes on Adaptive Social Protection and for the GUYUB project are also scheduled for early 2022.
Joint evaluations bring together technical monitoring and evaluation experts from each Joint Programmes’ constituent UN agencies under the leadership of an appointed agency, with the Resident Coordinator as the facilitator. This ensures quality standards are met, affords a greater breadth of evaluation and improves cooperation mechanisms between agencies. In 2021, the UN in Indonesia completed joint evaluations for two joint programmes: the MPTF on employment and livelihood, and the MPTF on inclusive social protection. The joint evaluation for the Joint Programme on Better Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All in Indonesia (BERANI) began at the end of 2021 and was completed in January 2022. Joint evaluations for the Joint Programmes on Adaptive Social Protection and for the GUYUB project are also scheduled for early 2022.
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