Increased efficiency and improved cooperation across departments are challenges for any major organization; the United Nations is by no means different. Since the UN was founded in 1945, new areas of operations have been added each year to generate a myriad of agencies, funds and programmes. While some are working well together, others are operating independently and often wasting valuable resources in their uncoordinated efforts.
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In 1999, the General Assembly began to discuss further reform in the area of Common Premises and Services (DP/1999/CRP.5). At the initiative of the UNDG Management Group, with contributions from the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the UNDG began to explore ways to support country teams in the development of common services.
Survey of Common Services status at country level In 2006, the Common Services Programme was mainstreamed and, as a result, support through the regional Common Services Experts was discontinued following a decision made by the UNDG. Primary support was moved to the UNDG secretariat (UN Development Operations Coordination Office, or UN DOCO) at the end of 2006 and was taken up by a Common Services Advisor in New York. For more guidance onthe Common Services and Harmonized Business Practices, please refer to the UNDG Toolkit.
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CS Programme Review 2006 by: Edwin Joe Judd
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Six Month CS Evaluation Report (March 05)
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Management Group Letter (Oct 04) - CS Roll-out
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Common Services Programme - Letter of Commitment by Ex-com Agency Heads
17 May 2004
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Action Plan for 2004
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Programme for Expansion of Common Services 2004-2005
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Presentation on the Common Services Expansion Programme
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Final Report on BBK Meeting (27-30 Sep. 04) and Annexes
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Countries by Common Services Region and CS Experts TORs
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