FIGURE 2. Evolution of budget and expenditure in support of social protection and basic services, 2017-2020 (US$ million) 90%
$1.0
80% $0.8
70% 60%
$0.6
50% 40%
$0.4
30% 20%
$0.2
10% $0
2017
2018
2019 Budget
0%
2020 Expenditure
Delivery
Source: Atlas Project Data, Power BI, January 2021
SDG 1). The project portfolios are clustered thematically and sequentially and reflect the continuity of the MCO’s programmatic interventions. UNDP’s programme approach followed the government’s needs and priorities. It was also determined taking into consideration limited financial and human resource capacities and past experiences, which demonstrated the importance of strong policy frameworks and the need to combine upstream policy work with more targeted, local level interventions to improve local level service provision.42 Finding 1. UNDP made an important contribution to the integration of the Post-2015 Agenda and SDGs in national development planning, implementation and monitoring through its upstream policy and technical advisory support. Given the strong alignment of the National Development Plan Vision 2030 Jamaica with the Agenda 2030, UNDP’s work in this area is fully in line with national priorities. It enjoys government support and buy-in and has sustainability prospects. However, UNDP’s support to advancing the SDGs at the local level is a work in progress and its longterm effects remain to be seen, as it has been mostly focused on awareness raising. 42
UNDP’s contributions in this area were delivered through three projects: (i) Support to Effective National Implementation; (ii) Localizing the SDGs: Global Goals, Local Action; and (iii) Advancing the SDGs through Vision 2030 Jamaica. The latter project is the conceptual extension of the former two, which have already been completed, and is building on their achievements. These projects mark the transition from UNDP’s support to the Millennium Development Goals towards the SDGs, through institutional capacity development for SDG implementation and monitoring, as well as outreach and awareness at community levels. UNDP made significant contributions to efforts to strengthen national capacities for policy development, implementation and monitoring. It provided technical advisory, advocacy and procurement support and access to financing to elaborate the draft National Strategy for Development Effectiveness in Jamaica, the SDG Roadmap, and SDG reports in Jamaica and The Bahamas. This informed the first VNRs in the Caribbean for Jamaica and The Bahamas, as well as the study, ‘Leave No One Behind’. Stakeholders view these as essential tools to inform
Country Programme theory of change.
CHAPTER 2: FINDINGS
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