2.1 Outcome 1: Public management and inclusive services

This section of the report assesses UNDP contributions to the CPD outcomes, outputs and cross-cutting issues and analyses key factors that affected the achievement of the expected results.

CPD Outcome 1. State institutions have designed and implemented efficient and effective policies that promote non-violent coexistence with equitable access to quality justice, citizen security and sectoral public services, with permanent dialogue and the effective participation of a more empowered civil society.

Related outputs:

OUTPUT 1.1. Selected public institutions have shown innovation and have designed evidence-based policies to further poverty reduction and protect recent social achievements. OUTPUT 1.2. State entities have identified strategies to strengthen their planning processes based on more integral development approaches. OUTPUT 1.3. New management models are implemented in the justice system to improve the quality and efficiency of its services. OUTPUT 1.4. Competent institutions have reduced the impact of criminal phenomena. OUTPUT 1.5. Increased capacity of the national (health) programmes and their stakeholders to take effective prevention, diagnosis and treatment actions for malaria and tuberculosis. OUTPUT 1.6. National programme stakeholders implement a comprehensive and timely information system in conformity with national policies and in the framework of the National Health Information System.

During this programme cycle, UNDP implemented 25 projects under this outcome, with a budget of $53.7 million (against an estimate of $35.3 at the beginning of the cycle), and expenditure of $46.7 million (79 percent of UNDP total expenditure).30 The increase in budget associated with this outcome, particularly significant in 2020, was due to the mobilization of resources to respond to emergencies in the country, in particular, support to the OEP to improve the credibility of the electoral process ($7.9 million) and the COVID-19 crisis response ($9.6 million). The Global Fund has been the main source of funding for this outcome ($22.1 million, 47 percent of total expenditure), followed by MoH (20 percent), the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and the European Commission (both with 5 percent).

30 The financial resources correspond to the period: 2018 to 31 December 2021. Source: UNDP PowerBI/ATLAS.