United Nations Development Assistance Framework for Lebanon (UNDAF) The UNDAF has been developed as a framework for UN development assistance to the development programmes of the Government of Lebanon for the period 2002-2006. It is intended to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of UN operations in the country by bringing about greater synergy of action through improved focus and results orientation. The development of UNDAF is also meant to forge strategic partnerships and to promote action for achieving key human development goals. The UNDAF is further expected to create improved opportunities for securing increased resources in support of national needs and priorities. The UNDAF is grounded in the findings of the Common Country Assessment (CCA), a UN System common review and analysis of the national development situation. The UNDAF responds to national priorities and needs as they emanate from key policy documents, including the preamble of the Constitution, the Document of National Understanding (1989), key statements by the President of the Republic, the Government statement, Lebanon’s ratification of international conventions and treaties, and the Five-Year Development Plan. The first goal aims to achieve enhanced national decision-making capacity for human development through the establishment of modern institutions that can rally the energy and initiative of civil society for the strategic vision of national development, effectively support private sector development and judiciously meet the basic needs and aspirations of the less privileged. The second goal is to achieve the implementation of a rights-based approach to development. This goal aims to achieve increased equity with a special focus on poverty alleviation and sustainable livelihoods through the reduction of disparities between regions and groups. |