Section 23 Regular programme of technical cooperation
Subprogramme 4. Development policy and analysis Implementing entity: Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Development Policy and Analysis Division Budget summary (thousands of United States dollars) Relationship to the biennial programme plan for the period 2014-2015: programme 7, subprogramme 6, expected accomplishment (c) 2010-2011 expenditure 2012-2013 resources at revised rates 2014-2015 estimate General temporary assistance – 1 369.9 1 438.8 Consultants – 58.5 58.1 Travel of staff – 69.0 68.1 Contractual services – – 12.6 Participants in seminars – 424.1 439.1 Objective: To strengthen the capacity of developing countries to design and implement inclusive, equitable and sustainable development strategies Total – 1 921.5 2 016.7 Expected accomplishments Indicators of achievement Activities/outputs/projects (a) Enhanced capacities of national finance, planning and central bank authorities to design and implement inclusive and pro-poor development strategies (a) Increased number of policy documents, including national development strategies, that incorporate policy recommendations of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs that promote sustainable development in the context of the United Nations development agenda Baseline 2010-2011: 0 Estimate 2012-2013: 3 Target 2013-2014: 6 (b) Enhanced national capacities to assess the costs and benefits of various policy options and increase synergies and coherence among various macro, sectoral and social policies (b) Increased number of national authorities who use rigorous quantitative modelling and forecasting techniques to ensure policy coordination and make sound and sustainable policy decisions Baseline 2010-2011: 0 Estimate 2012-2013: 4 Target 2014-2015: 10 The key focus of the subprogramme will be capacity development at the national level to design and implement inclusive and pro-poor development strategies within the broader contexts of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development and the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals. The regular programme of technical cooperation resources of the subprogramme will leverage and build on Development Account projects on: (a) national development strategies; (b) macroeconomic advisory capacity; (c) micro-macro modelling for the Millennium Development Goals and social policies; (d) public-private partnerships for inclusive macroeconomic policy formulation and implementation; (e) low-carbon development strategy; and (f) the removal of constraints in utilizing international support measures for the least developed countries. Those projects are being implemented in 15 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America and will critically complement and reinforce the work implemented under the regular programme of technical cooperation, leading to the realization of the subprogramme’s objective. The subprogramme will implement capacity development through: (a) needs- assessment, technical and policy advisory missions; (b) workshops, with the participation of policymakers and technical experts; (c) training manuals, handbooks and toolkits; (d) policy dialogues; and (e) training on simulation and modelling exercises, including economy-wide simulation models for policy analysis. The subprogramme will continue to work through its existing partnerships with United Nations Resident Coordinators, UNDP, the regional commissions, ILO and UNCTAD. It will also build partnerships with think tanks/academia in the design of training workshops and development of knowledge products. In the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the subprogramme will closely collaborate with various initiatives and projects implemented under subprogrammes 1, 3, 4 and 9 of programme 7.