Working with ESCAP

ESCAP’s approach to partnerships in based on:

• Shared priorities/interests: matching ESCAP’s strengths with partners priorities and members States needs
• Communication: regular informal and formal annual consultations
• Engagement: working together on project design, implementation and evaluation
• Accountability: performance and financial reporting
• Evaluation and learning: to ensure continuous improvement and better results.

ESCAP’s partners include member States, bilateral development agencies, intergovernmental organizations and agencies within and outside the United Nations system, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the private sector.

We promote different partnership modalities tailored to the needs of individual partners, including:

• Framework agreements under memoranda of understanding (MOUs)
• Direct contribution by the partner under a trust fund or special agreement
• Joint implementation of activities under an exchange of letters or separate agreement

ESCAP’s impact and efficiency has been improved through:

• Fewer, larger-scale, longer-term and better-integrated capacity development projects which are aligned with the overall priorities of ESCAP
• Emphasis is on identifying and achieving results and improving performance through strengthened results-based management
• Stronger focus on monitoring and evaluation to ensure the secretariat’s accountability to its member States, partners and the donor community, and to facilitate learning and ongoing improvement in performance.

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