11.1 Review of the UNDP Fifth Country Programming Cycle 1992-1996.
Although the UNDP Fifth Country Programming Cycle was not focused
specifically on the SIDS Priority Areas, some ongoing programmes and projects
are of direct relevance in supporting national strategies for sustainable
development. Additionally, UNDP also utilized whatever opportunities it could,
either to link, or to re-orient existing activities to the SIDS priorities.
11.2 The situation for OECS SIDS
In an attempt to analyse the relevance of existing programme activities with
respect to SIDS issues and with respect to the social and environmental
dimensions of SHD, an exhaustive exercise was undertaken to quantify elements
related to environment, gender and NGO participation as percentages of overall
budgetary allocations in OECS Fifth Cycle Projects. Table 2 summarizes the
results of this exercise for this CARICOM sub-region. Recommendations made
for use of the findings of this exercise to guide the mid-term review (MTR)
process where possible, in the reorientation of projects to reflect SIDS
and SHD perspectives, had been accepted in principle by
Table : UNDP Projects in the Eastern Caribbean: Assessment of Environmental and Gender Components and NGO Participation |
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| Project No |
Starting Date |
Total Budget |
Environment |
Gender |
NGO Participation |
Status |
|||||
| ANL94/002 |
Nov-94 |
234500 |
191500 |
0 |
|
post SIDS POA |
|||||
| ANL94/001 |
Apr-94 |
66000 |
6600 |
0 |
0 |
|
|||||
| ANL90/004 |
Jan-91 |
81250 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|||||
| ANL86/002 |
Dec-86 |
122500 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
to be closed |
|||||
| ANT94/001 |
Sep-94 |
23500 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|||||
| ANT92/001 |
Mar-92 |
332500 |
159000 |
0 |
|
|
|||||
| BVI95/001 |
Apr-95 |
432500 |
331000 |
0 |
|
post SIDS POA |
|||||
| CAR92/002 |
1993 |
452400 |
|
4400 |
|
|
|||||
| CAR92003 |
Aug-92 |
673,000 |
230,500 |
0 |
|
|
|||||
| CAR92/008 |
1994 |
107500 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|||||
| CAR89/002 |
Jan-89 |
22000 |
0 |
13000 |
0 |
|
|||||
| CAR88/002 |
Jan-89 |
503000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|||||
| DMI93/001 |
1993 |
14700 |
14700 |
0 |
|
|
|||||
| DMI92/001 |
Apr-93 |
311000 |
104500 |
|
|
|
|||||
| DMI92/002 |
1993 |
283000 |
2000 |
5000 |
0 |
|
|||||
| DMI92/003 |
1993 |
140050 |
0 |
20000 |
0 |
|
|||||
| DMI85/002 |
1985 |
147165 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|||||
| GRN91/001 |
Oct-91 |
234600 |
88300 |
0 |
0 |
|
|||||
| MOT92/002 |
Sep-92 |
200000 |
200000 |
|
5000 |
|
|||||
| STK94/001 |
Jan-94 |
84000 |
45000 |
0 |
0 |
|
|||||
| STK93/001 |
Jun-93 |
132500 |
52500 |
0 |
0 |
|
|||||
Table 3 cont’d: UNDP Projects in the Eastern Caribbean:
Assessment of Environmental
and Gender Components and NGO Participation
| Starting Date |
Total Budget |
Environment |
Gender |
NGO Participation |
Status |
| Jul-92 |
251000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Feb-90 |
87000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1992 |
699500 |
|
64000 |
0 |
|
| Aug-87 |
71704 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Jun-92 |
179500 |
0 |
60000 |
|
|
| Feb-93 |
185000 |
0 |
185000 |
25000 |
NGO component extra budgetary |
| 1992 |
336120 |
|
|
|
|
| Apr-93 |
399732 |
67260 |
34575 |
0 |
|
| Jan-93 |
368500 |
99000 |
0 |
|
|
| Aug-88 |
43139 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| |
7218860 |
1591860 |
385975 |
30000 |
|
| |
22% |
5% |
0.4% |
|
staff responsible for programming activities in UNDP, Barbados. However,
the operationalization of this approach proved to be somewhat more difficult
given limited timeframes for completing MTRs for the OECS.
Within this sub-region, UNDP support was provided at the national level using
UNDP country programming resources with an abbreviated country name
as part of the project number); and at the sub-regional level within the
framework of the UNDP Multi-island Programme (identified in Table
with an abbreviated prefix CAR as part of the project number). Total UNDP
support within the OECS amounted to US$7.2 million, although it has been
determined that only 22% of these resources addressed areas relevant to the
SIDS POA.
During the exercise it was interesting to note that even for projects that
were largely environment focused, more than 60% of budgets were allocated
to project activities that would have little lasting impact upon SIDS related
priorities. In this context it was recommended that UNDP should pay special
attention to its programming activities for the planned Sixth Cycle to ensure
that higher outputs of environmental and social concerns should be included.
11.3 UNDP OECS Multi Island Programme
The following areas of concentration were supported during the Fifth
Programme Cycle:
- Management Development:
To support the OECS objectives for the establishment of a single market,
including trade liberalization, greater subregional economic integration,
national efforts at reform of the public sector and investment in human capital
- Environmental Protection and Resource Management:
To enhance institutional capacities to reduce environmental degradation,
refine land use and spatial planning policies and protect marine resources
- Poverty Reduction:
Through employment creation with emphasis on the creation of new linkages
between the public and private sectors, non-governmental organizations and
community groups to increase productive opportunities, particularly for
vulnerable groups such as women and youth
Total funding comprising a mix of countries’ IPFs, cost-sharing and
other resources for sub-regional projects under these themes, was US$5.634
million. Several of the SIDS priority areas were (or are being) addressed,
with major support for the following; natural and environmental disasters,
management of wastes, coastal and marine resources, land resources, biodiversity
resources, national institutions and administrative capacity, regional
institutions and technical co-operation, science and technology and human
resource development.
11.4 Other CARICOM SIDS
It was not possible for a similar exercise to be undertaken by the Caribbean
SDA for UNDP programmes in other Caribbean SIDS, but it is quite likely that
similar percentages would result. It is hoped that continued joint efforts
with ECLAC as was initiated with the SIDS Projects and Programmes database
compiled by ECLAC, would seek to analyse on the basis of objective SIDS POA/SHD
criteria, the relevance of donor support to Caribbean SIDS (including UNDP
support).
In CARICOM SIDS outside of the OECS, programme support was also provided
using two programming modalities; UNDP Country Programmes and the
UNDP Regional Programme. Programme and project summaries for Guyana,
Jamaica are included in Appendices 3 and 4 and outlines of projects under
the Regional Programme are contained in paragraph 12.0 Section 9.