16 Sept 2020
The present Framework has been agreed by the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), through the joint letter dated 16 September 2020,
laying out the principles for strengthening the collaboration between the two entities, reaffirming their willingness to join efforts to maintain close and continuing working relationships in order to achieve their respective mandates as well as their individual and common purposes, as set out in the Executing Agency Agreement of 22 June 1993 and reaffirmed in the Letter of Intent signed in 2007.
The Framework for Action between UNDP and ILO for 2020 and beyond builds on key areas of collaboration and seeks to add concrete value to both organizations’ strategic priorities within the context of the UN System-wide Socio-Economic Response to the COVID crisis, including in the humanitarian-development-peace nexus, in the short-term; and to chart pathways for a prompt, sustainable and inclusive recovery once the pandemic is under control in a longer-term perspective.
The Framework presents prioritized actions between UNDP and ILO in selected areas that can increase synergy, given our shared policy space and mandates – enhancing support to Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and crisis countries and having greater impact at scale. The aim is also to move forward actions that demonstrate how the ILO and the UNDP coming together can be more efficient – focusing on efficiency gains from joint work and policy coherence, starting with a limited number of countries to be jointly identified and vetted by their respective Regional Directors.
This Framework leverages existing capacities and builds on key streams of work with the greatest potential to demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the enhanced partnership. To keep the scope feasible and develop an approach that can be replicated, the focus is on targeted solutions that showcase the transformative abilities of the two partners – Building back toward a sustainable path together.
Seven key areas of collaboration are selected to showcase the combined value of ILO and UNDP as strategic partners-of-choice in 2020 and beyond. The areas identified seek to demonstrate the relevance of the two partners to member States in the current crisis. They use existing entry points that can be further scaled through a wide range of partnerships, under the technical coordination of Mansour Ndiaye (UNDP) and Christophe Perrin (ILO) and with the support of a dedicated joint Task Team. ILO and UNDP recognize that their scope and scale of their implementation will be subject to availability of funding.
To operationalize the Framework for Action, effective coordination at the regional and country-level will be instrumental, leveraging expertise, stimulating the use of common tools and launching joint initiatives with joint fundraising strategies in line with the five streams of action, as set out in the UN framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19.
Action Point 5
5. Genderequalityandnon-discriminationatwork
This is a critical moment to address gender equality in the world of work and women’s agency across labour markets, voice and representation, social engagement, the fight against stigma and discrimination. The crisis of care has disproportionately fallen on women’s shoulders. As women tend to have fewer stable jobs, often regarded as secondary, and with higher care responsibilities put over them, they are more likely to lose employment, experience more difficulty finding new jobs. Those who continue to work in public spaces, in particular health workers, or other specific settings, such as domestic and care work, are exposed to significant health and economic risks. (ii) Special attention also needs to be provided to groups that are at risk of being left behind.
These include, people with disabilities, migrants and indigenous, etc. The crisis is exacerbating their existing workforce vulnerabilities. Intersection of age, disability, nationality and gender need to be taken into account in devising policies to mitigate the impacts of the crisis on this vulnerable group.
Key actions in 2020:
Develop high impact joint programmes in this area in x# of countries, supported by corporate guidance and fundraising
Identify themes and opportunities for scaling-up, incorporating learnings for improvement.
Identify other formats for joint innovations, linking to other collaboration tracks.
Results indicator (by end of 2021): # of countries moving forward concrete collaboration; # of novel joint solutions co-designed and prototyped; documentation of experimentation and lessons learned.
Efficiency gains: Increased policy coherence, reduced duplication of efforts; more efficient use of resources (time and money); better quality programming, better inclusion; higher impact of programmes
Focal points: Raquel Lagunas (UNDP), Emanuela Pozzan / Thomas Wissing (ILO)
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