Burundi: its priorities will be placed at the heart of its cooperation with the UN
Burundi and the United Nations launched on Monday, April 11, the process of preparing a new cooperation approach. The latter aims to give Burundi full responsibility for defining the lines to follow according to its programs targeting the objectives of sustainable development. Furthermore, the United Nations will accompany this country in its vision.
It is important to emphasize that the new Framework Plan, born from the reform of the United Nations system, is designed to engage most actors (civil society, private sector, universities, technical and financial partners, etc.), in addition to the government and the Country Team of the United Nations system.
Until the end of 2018, the United Nations system operated on the basis of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), which describes the collective response of the United Nations Country Team to support the priorities of Burundi's National Development Plan (PND 2018-2027).
However, the rapid evolution of the situation at the global level, at the level of the United Nations and at the national level, requires making significant changes. Since December 2019, operating reforms have been observed in the United Nations systems.
They want to put at the heart of Burundi's programs as a beneficiary country, to restructure its economy. In this new direction, the United Nations have expanded the partners who are neither from the Burundian government nor from the United Nations systems, explains Isaïe Kubwayo, director general in charge of Multilateral Relations within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation.
A common vision between the United Nations and Burundi
Albert Shingiro, Burundian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation, indicates with satisfaction the shift from an "assistance approach to a cooperation approach" in a spirit of common vision. He signals that it is a strategic partnership respectful of the principle of national ownership, which reflects the real nature of contemporary relations between the government and the United Nations, with a view to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within the time frames set for 2030.
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This United Nations cooperation approach will focus on the PND 2018-2027 in its eleven pillars as well as on the National Program for the Consolidation of Peace, Social Stability and the Promotion of Economic Growth (PNCP-SS-PCE) which includes six pillars.
The PND and the PNCP-SS-PCE express Burundi's vision
The resident coordinator of United Nations system agencies in Burundi, Damien Mama, believes that the PND calls for working towards structural transformation of the Burundian economy, for strong, sustainable, resilient, creative, inclusive growth, creating decent jobs for all and inducing improvement in social well-being. Damien Mama affirms that the PND and PNCP-SS-PCE must be at the heart of the preparation of the cooperation framework plan, because according to him, they express Burundi's vision and its priorities in terms of socio-economic development.
Let us clarify that currently the plan of the process of preparing United Nations cooperation for sustainable development is underway and that the beginning of its implementation is scheduled for July of this year.
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