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Programme Priorities |
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Reproductive health, including family planning and sexual health Adolescent reproductive health Reducing maternal mortality Emergency assistance in refugee situations HIV/AIDS Population and development strategies Advocacy Women's empowerment and gender issues Strengthening programme effectiveness Decentralization National capacity-building Monitoring and evaluation Training Contraceptive requirements and logistics management needs Partnership with NGOs and civil society ICPD+5
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UNFPA has made significant progress in decentralizing decision- making authority, along with providing the necessary programming tools and technical advisory services, to its country offices to strengthen the management and delivery of country programmes. This has been done in a phased manner. Management and organizational structures have been reconstituted to provide better technical guidance and policy direction to country offices; policies and procedures have been revised to improve programme formulation and implementation; and greater emphasis has been placed on developing the necessary monitoring and evaluation tools to ensure effective programme delivery and to measure impact and ensure accountability at all levels. Additionally, UNFPA is reviewing its financial procedures and mechanisms to ensure that management and monitoring requirements are met under full decentralization; it has also been upgrading its information networks to improve the exchange of information. The process has been supported by various training activities for headquarters, field and CST staff, with priority accorded to orientation on new guidelines and to training in the application of logical framework techniques and financial processes.
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| Foreword | Introduction | UNFPA in 1997 | Programme Priorities | |