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TECHNICAL COOPERATION MANDATES



UNCTAD provides technical assistance tailored to the needs of the developing
countries. Special attention is paid to the needs of the least developed
countries (LDCs) and countries with the greatest needs. UNCTAD technical
cooperation activities are a significant element in achieving the objectives
outlined in the Nairobi Maafikiano adopted by UNCTAD 14, held in Nairobi (Kenya)
in July 2016.

In its Decision 529 (LXIII) of December 2016, the Trade and Development Board
"reiterates the relevance of the technical cooperation pillar of UNCTAD, as
reaffirmed in the Nairobi Maafikiano, in contributing to inclusive development
in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and in achieving
the Sustainable Development Goals".

As the focal point within the United Nations system for the integrated treatment
of trade and development and interrelated issues in the areas of finance,
technology, investment, and sustainable development (see paragraph 12 of the
Nairobi Maafikiano), UNCTAD addresses these issues in a mutually complementary
fashion, including through its technical cooperation activities.

UNCTAD technical cooperation is implemented in partnership with other agencies
that provide trade-related technical assistance, in consonance with their
respective mandates, expertise, and areas of comparative advantage. In the
delivery of its technical cooperation services, UNCTAD coordinates its
activities with its partners, and in particular, members of the United Nations
Inter-Agency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity.

UNCTAD's technical cooperation is provided and implemented by its substantive
divisions.

UNCTAD's Technical Cooperation Service supports divisions in this endeavor and
promotes a holistic, cross-divisional perspective, with a view to enhance
synergies, increase cost-effectiveness and share best practices and lessons
learned in the design and implementation of technical assistance activities. It
plays a major role in matchmaking between donor funding strategies, requests of
recipient countries and the respective UNCTAD core programmes.

 
 
Basic principles of UNCTAD technical cooperation:
 * Demand-driven
 * Embracing country ownership
 * Based on principle of transparency, efficiency, effectiveness and
   accountability
 * Geographically balanced implementation

 
Targeting all developing countries
in particular:
 * Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
 * The African Continent
 * Landlocked Developing States
 * Small-Island Developing States (SIDS) and other vulnerable and small
   economies

 
 
 

The Busan Partnership document lays out a set of common principles for all
development actors that are key to making development cooperation effective,
namely:

 * Ownership of development priorities by developing counties: Countries should
   define the development model that they want to implement.
 * A focus on results: Having a sustainable impact should be the driving force
   behind investments and efforts in development policy making
 * Partnerships for development: Development depends on the participation of all
   actors, and recognises the diversity and complementarity of their functions.
 * Transparency and shared responsibility: Development cooperation must be
   transparent and accountable to all citizens

UNCTAD recognizes the importance of following these common principles when
implementing its technical cooperation projects so as to ensure positive
results.

UNCTAD works closely with beneficiary and donor countries, the UN Secretariat as
well as other in order to increase predictability, transparency and coherence in
the planning and implementation of technical assistance programmes with a view
to enhancing the effectiveness and impact of the technical cooperation.

UNCTAD also cooperates with other United Nations organizations, particularly
those operating at country level, in order to enhance the role of trade and
related issues in United Nations development assistance plans, undertake joint
operations at the country level and enhance inter-agency cooperation in
system-wide Cluster initiative.

In order to ensure effective management, evaluation and reporting of all
technical assistance activities applies a Result-Based Management (RBM) approach
to all its programmes.


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