between 2017 and 2019 to 48 percent in 2020. This is attributed to ongoing changes in government and the COVID-19 situation, the latter particularly affecting sub-national programmes. Government financing, though declining in recent years (from 89 percent to 46 percent between 2013 and 2020) is the most important source of funding for the country programme, averaging about 66 percent of total expenditure in this period. GEF vertical funds are also important sources of funding for the country programme (amounting to 16 percent of expenditure for the same period). Over the 2017-2020 period, the proportion of government financing decreased to 53 percent of total expenditure, while vertical funding (now including Green Climate Fund) increased to about 25 percent of total expenditure.
Programme implementation Guided by Brazil’s international technical cooperation framework, the country programme was implemented under a tripartite arrangement, involving ABC, UNDP and national implementing partners. Brazil’s technical cooperation legal framework, Decree 5,151/2004, is the main legal instrument governing technical cooperation received from bilateral and multilateral agencies. Yet, myriad norms and rules about the subject have been issued by ABC, the National Treasury and the Supreme Audit Institution over the last 10 years that must be observed by national counterparts. This fragmented set of legal documents has imposed several restrictions on technical cooperation delivered in Brazil, including on IT system development, logistics, events and equipment.
TABLE 2. Country programme outcomes and expenditure 2017-2020 (million US$) Programme component/outcome Inclusive socio-economic development
Strengthened social development throughout the country, with poverty reduction through access to quality public goods and services Inclusive and environmentally sustainable economic growth
Governance and justice
A peaceful, fair and inclusive society promoted through social participation, transparency and democratic governance, respecting the secularity of the State and ensuring human rights for all
Strengthened institutional capacity to promote Sustainable management of public policies for the sustainable management natural resources of natural resources and ecosystem services, combating climate change and its adverse effects, and ensuring the consistency and implementation of these policies
Total
Budget* Expenditure* Delivery rate* 116.6
78.1
67%
40.4
19.3
48%
47.8
22.6
47%
93.0
64.6
69%
$297.8
$184.6
62%
Source: UNDP Corporate Planning System (Atlas) *As of December 2020
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