Overview

In December of 2006, following a request by the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, the UNDG Chair and UNDP Administrator Kemal Dervis announced that Viet Nam would be among the first pilot countries for implementation of the recommendations of the High Level Panel on System-Wide Coherence.

The One UN Initiative in Viet Nam comprises of five elements: One Plan, One Budget, One Leader, One House and One Set of Management Practices. The One Budget is a total estimated amount of resources (both regular and other) needed to implement the One Plan as reflected in the Results and Resources Framework (RRF) of the One Plan.

The Viet Nam One Plan Fund is a pooled fund mechanism to mobilize and allocate new resources by donors to support the unfunded portions of the One Plan and new initiatives responding to emerging needs within the context of the One Plan. The One Plan Fund, under the management leadership of the Resident Coordinator, is intended to facilitate the realization of One Plan outcomes by strengthening the planning and coordination process, tying the funding allocation to the One Plan and channelling funds towards the highest priority needs. The objectives of the activities to be financed by the One Plan Fund are elaborated in the One Plan. The Resident Coordinator has the authority to approve and allocate funds from the One Plan Fund based on priorities identified by the Joint Government/UN One Plan Steering Committee.

The Viet Nam One Plan Fund is administered by the Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office (MPTF Office) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in accordance with its financial regulations and rules, and the UNDG AA Protocol.

In November 2008, in line with the conclusion of the One Plan II, the Viet Nam One Plan Fund was expanded to include seven additional Participating UN Organizations. This expansion lead to the establishment of a new fund, the Viet Nam One Plan Fund II. All new contributions to the One Plan II and Delivering as One in Viet Nam are now channelled through the Viet Nam One Plan Fund II.

Assistance Strategy

The objective of the Viet Nam One Plan Fund is to support the coherent resource mobilization, allocation and disbursement of donor resources to the Viet Nam One Plan under the direction of the Resident Coordinator.

The Viet Nam One Plan Fund is a vehicle for new resources pooled by donors to support the unfunded portions of the Viet Nam One Plan and new initiatives responding to emerging needs within the context of the Viet Nam One Plan. The Viet Nam One Plan Fund, under the management leadership of the Resident Coordinator, is intended to facilitate the realization of One Plan outcomes by strengthening the planning and coordination process, tying the funding allocation to the One Plan and channelling funds towards the highest priority needs. The objectives of the activities to be financed by the One Plan Fund are elaborated in the One Plan.

The Viet Nam One Plan Fund supports partnership and communication between all stakeholders involved with Vietnamese development led by the Government of Viet Nam.

The Viet Nam One Plan Fund will be utilized for the purpose of meeting the unfunded costs of initiatives, including new initiatives responding to emerging needs, under the One Plan. Details of such initiatives, including the respective budgets and implementation partners, will be set out in the relevant Participating UN Organizations' Annual Work Plans, programme or project documents.

Governance

One Plan Fund Mobilization and Allocation Committee (OPFMAC)
The One Plan Fund Mobilization and Allocation Committee consists of the UN Resident Coordinator and the Country Directors/Heads of Participating UN Organizations. The Committee is chaired by the UN Resident Coordinator. It is responsible for developing a joint resource mobilisation strategy, for prioritising the allocation of funds from the Viet Nam One Plan Fund, and for providing oversight of the management and operations of the Viet Nam One Plan Fund. The prioritisation will be guided by recommendations from One Plan Annual Reviews undertaken by the Joint Govt/UN One Plan Steering Committee, and by key documents including the One Plan.

UN Resident Coordinator
The overall management of the Viet Nam One Plan Fund is led and coordinated by the Resident Coordinator in consultation with the Participating UN Organizations. The Resident Coordinator is responsible for providing strategic leadership of the Viet Nam One Plan Fund on the basis of the One Plan; mobilizing resources for the Viet Nam One Plan Fund in collaboration with Participating UN Organizations; approving allocation of funds from the Viet Nam One Plan Fund based on priorities identified within the One Plan and endorsed by the Joint Government/UN One Plan Steering Committee, as well as the UN's comparative advantage; overseeing the programme coordination support allocation; and chairing the One Plan Fund Mobilization and Allocation Committee. The Resident Coordinator makes ultimate decisions on fund allocation (with documented process and rationale for these decisions). Programme implementation will be the responsibility of the Country Directors/Head of Participating UN Organizations. The RC will hold Country Directors/Head of Participating UN Organizations accountable for their organization's components of the results of initiatives funded through the Viet Nam One Plan Fund.

One Plan Consultative Forum
The One Plan Consultative Forum co-chaired by the Vice Minister of Planning and Investment and the Resident Coordinator will oversee the annual review and overall monitoring of implementation of the One Plan to ensure the achievement of its outcomes and its contribution to national priorities;

One Plan Steering Committee
The One Plan Steering Committee within the One Plan Consultative Forum co-chaired by the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Resident Coordinator will provide guidance and recommendations on priority actions to be undertaken to meet the objectives of the One Plan and approve the guiding principles for the allocation of funding from the One Plan Fund.

Administrative Agent
The UNDP MPTF Office has been appointed the Administrative Agent of the Viet Nam One Plan Fund. Its responsibilities as Administrative Agent include providing the receipt, administration and management of contributions from Donors; disbursement of such funds to the participating UN Organizations in accordance with the approved Annual Work Plans/Programmatic Documents; and provision of consolidated financial reports on the One Plan Fund Account to the Resident Coordinator based on reports of the participating UN Organizations.