JOINT FUND WINDOW FOR SOCIAL PROTECTION FLOORS A pooled financing mechanism to implement social protection floors, including in fragile and crisis conflicts, and realize Sustainable Development Goal 1.3
A new era of development cooperation The adoption of the 2030 Development Agenda comes with substantial reforms planned for how the UN s development operations will be administered and financed. The Sustainable Development Goals: Clear mandate for social protection systems and floors Embedded, agreed principles of universality Mandate to leave no one behind UN Reform: transforming and positioning the UN Strengthened Resident Coordinator system and oversight Greater alignment of development assistance across UN agencies Pooled financing for the new Agenda: the Joint Fund Need to support large-scale and coherent programs with results and impact at scale Need to incentivize and facilitate integrated programming
UN SPF-I Regional work In-country collaborations (two examples) WESTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA: - UNDG Thematic Working Group (2018?) MOZAMBIQUE: EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA: - UNDG Thematic Working Group (2015) - Joint UNDG Publication (2018) ARAB STATES: - UNDG Thematic Working Group (2016) - Joint UNDG Publication (2018) Integrated support from ILO, UNICEF and WFP has allowed the Government to install legal and regulatory framework, increase fiscal space to 0.50% of GDP in 2014, and more than double the number of beneficiaries with basic coverage. ASIA-PACIFIC: - UNDG Thematic Working Group (2011) - Joint UNDG Publication (2013) THAILAND: An inter-agency UN Social Protection Floor Joint Team in Thailand was mobilized to carry out an assessmentbased national dialogue exercise that led to the adoption of reforms by the government and improvements in coverage.
A core set of cross-cutting activities The SPF Window under the Joint Fund focuses on a limited set of activities that lend themselves to inter-agency implementation, combining partners respective competencies and constituencies within government and society. National dialogues for creation/implementation of national social protection strategies Coordination mechanisms designed and installed for national policy/institutional coherence and streamlining frontline benefits delivery Legislative frameworks developed/reform to provide or update legal foundations covering multiple sectors Financing options explored and national strategies developed to prioritize/open fiscal space Monitoring and evaluation mechanisms created/improved for enhanced governance and data Technical support on designing, piloting and scaling up of social protection programmes
Bridging the humanitariandevelopment divide The SPF Window prioritizes projects that adhere to principles of integrated humanitarian and development programming, where appropriate. 1 2 3 4 HARMONIZATION AND INSTITUTIONALIZATION National social protection systems are developed from existing humanitarian and development efforts. PREPARATION AND PREVENTION The resilience of national systems is enhanced prior to shocks to improve absorptive capacity and avert larger humanitarian or displacement crisis. REINFORCEMENT, NOT REPLACEMENT National social protection systems are leveraged and strengthened through humanitarian responses to shocks. INCLUSION OF THE FORCIBLY DISPLACED Inclusion of displaced persons in state-led social protection systems is supported.
Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework Strengthening conditions for the reception and admission of refugees Fostering conditions to enable refugees to return to their countries in safety and dignity Expanding third-country solutions, including opportunities for resettlement and to access complementary pathways for admission Greater responsibilitysharing Including the refugee response into national development planning Providing legal stay for those seeking and in need of international protection and fostering their selfreliance Addressing refugees immediate and ongoing needs Support to host countries
Governance Bypass in regions without inter-agency groups PUNO Thematic Window on SPFs SPF Policy Group SPF Regional Technical Review Committees UNCTs PUNO PUNO For SPF proposals the Joint Fund Board delegates approvals to the SPF Policy Group Joint Fund Joint Fund Board Joint Fund Secretariat (DOCO) Fund Administration Contributor Administrative Agent (MPTF-O) Joint Fund Account SPF Sub-account Contributor Project proposal Approval Funds
Next steps Initial, bilateral discussions with interested development partners Soft launch event at which concept is introduced and key partners demonstrate support Hard launch event (possibly during the High-level Political Forum in July 2018), at which contributions are announced First call for proposals is launched First proposal review and award cycle