Common
Country Assesment(CCA)
The Common Country Assessment
(CCA) is a country-based process that reviews and analyses key development challenges
and identifies issues as a basis for advocacy, policy dialogue and preparation
of the UNDAF. The findings that emerge from this exercise are described in a
CCA document.
The CCA is undertaken by
the United Nations system (UNS) with the national government and key development
partners.
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here to view the CCA Guidelines
The objective of the CCA
is to gain a deeper understanding of the main development challenges facing
Kenya, based on a common analysis and understanding of the development situation.
The assessment also identifies priorities for future UN System assistance.
The CCA can be used, inter
alia, for:-
- Preparation of the UNDAF: General Assembly
resolution 53/192, paragraph 22, states that: "The CCA is an essential first
step for the effective formulation of the United Nations Development Assistance
Framework (UNDAF)". It generates a common understanding within the UNS of
the causes of development problems as well as the needs and priorities of
a country. This helps define the purpose and strategy of United Nations system
support to a country, which is described in the UNDAF. At the same time, the
teamwork promoted by the CCA is indispensable for uniting the United Nations
system around the subsequent UNDAF, and for building alliances with key development
actors.
- Facilitation of country-level follow-up to
UN conferences and support for the implementation of UN conventions and declarations.
CCA provides the basis for follow-up of these conferences at the country level.
- Advocacy and policy dialogue The
CCA provides a forum for advocacy and dialogue among the government, the United
Nations system and the broader development community. The CCA is an ongoing
process; dialogue continues on issues when reaching consensus is difficult.
Thus the CCA provides an objective basis for resolving policy-level issues
between the government and the UN system.
- Promoting partnerships and alliances:
The participatory discussions of the assessment provide an opportunity for
building alliances and partnerships in support of national priorities and
needs and internationally agreed goals, forinstance, with civil society.
- Programming: The CCA is the basis for the
preparation of the UNDAF, which indicates the objectives and strategies of
UN assistance and guides the subsequent country programmes. The CCA quantitative
data should be used as baseline information in all programme documents.
- Monitoring: The CCA Indicator Framework may
be used to monitor trends in national development over time.
The expected output is
a CCA document that provides an overview of key development issues facing the
country and prioritises action for the UNS. The document will also contain a
list of common indicators with dis-aggregated data, wherever possible. To view
the CCA Document for Kenya click here
How is the CCA be prepared
? The UNCT, in consultation with the Government and its development partners,
launch the CCA exercise and agree on a framework for preparing it.
Discussions are held with agencies in the context of Theme Groups to agree
on scope, and type of data, review its quality and completeness, and identify
a core list of indicators reflecting the key issues of concern to them. These
are collated and analyzed with the help of a CCA consultant. Theme Groups participate
in analysis. Similar discussions are also held with the government and other
partners through identified technical focal points.
- Drafting of Chapters and Consultations:
Theme Groups and agencies identify appropriate technical staff or individuals
to work with the Advisory Team and the CCA consultant on the above. They also
assist in the drafting process. The drafts are discussed and revised and put
forward for consultation with the Government and other key development partners.
- Poverty Audit: The revised CCA draft
undergoes a poverty reduction audit to ensure that issues with the highest
impact on poverty are evident.
- Facilitation: Under the oversight of the
Resident Co-ordinator and with day-to-day supervision by the CCA Advisory
Team, together with the technical input by the CCA consultant, the Programme
Analyst in the RC's office are responsible for convening Theme Groups, drafting
discussion papers where necessary, compiling a list of common indicators and
data and organising consultations on the CCA. The CCA consultant assists in
drafting the CCA document.
- Final Review: The final draft is circulated
to members of the United Nations Country Team, chairs of Theme Groups, a selected
group of peer reviewers, and those UN agencies not represented in the country.
The CCA consultant then compiles and edits the final draft for printing.
The follow-up mechanism
for the CCA is that the CCA document and indicators will be reviewed by the
UNCT on a bi-annual basis.
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