The UN Country Team and the Government of Ethiopia have decided to move forward to implement Delivering As One in Ethiopia in order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the UN system in meeting internationally agreed development goals.

Delivering As One has five components:

• One Programme. Agencies working together  to achieve joint results
• One Leader. Strengthening the leadership of the UN System
• One Budgetary Framework. Increasing transparency and predictability of funding
• One Office. Reducing the costs of the UN system by sharing services
• One Voice. More effective and better coordinated communications
  

We want to become a better Development Partner and make a stronger impact on achieving the MDGs.

At present the UN System is not as an efficient or as effective development partner as it could be

The Delivering as One Pilots have demonstrated that improvements can be made at country level and donors and recipient Governments are pleased with the progress made.

Delivering As One is about BEING A BETTER DEVELOPMENT PARTNER.

The Joint Programme on Leave No Woman Behind (LNWB) is a three-year girls’ and womens’ integrated empowerment programme that aims to test and scale-up pilot projects in different regions in Ethiopia.

The Joint Programme includes components in Education and Literacy, Reproductive Health including HIV/AIDS and Livelihood interventions targeting adolescent girls and women implemented with 7.5 million USD provided by the MDG Spanish Fund.

The programme aims to introduce low-cost literacy, livelihood and reproductive health services primarily targeted at increasing literacy skills, education, knowledge and skills on reproductive health and livelihood . A community-based approach will be adopted. The Joint programme will be a Government-led initiative with sector ministries at sub regional level implementing programme components.

Capacity building will be a central strategy through allocation of resources for strengthening technical and management capacities of local sector offices to foster demonstrable quality and impact and ensure sustainability.