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The UN Country Team

A number of significant aspects of the UN Country Team (UNCT) in Ethiopia   constitute both challenges and opportunities: First, it is the largest UN Country Team in Africa with 25 members.

Second, a number of Agency Heads also perform regional and sub-regional responsibilities, including liaison to the African Union. Third, the composition of the Team reflects a diverse and rich array of mandates, including those that are highly operational as well as those that undertake liaison activities.


In support of the Government's development priorities, the UN System is involved in a variety of activities. It has provided strategic support to important national processes, such as the  Plan for Accelerated and Sustainable Development to End Poverty (PASDEP), the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD), as well as projects and programmes. The latter include: development projects and programmes in agriculture, industry, education, environment, health, food security, recovery, humanitarian and emergency relief activities, capacity building and governance-related activities (civil service reform and parliament).

 UN Resident Coordinator   Mr. Fidele Sarassoro
UN Resident Coordinator
UN Humanitarian Coordinator and
UNDP Resident Representative

Message from the UN Resident Coordinator

Cooperation Strategies:
  • Joint preparation of annual work plan and report
  • Brainstorming on innovative ways to strengthen collaboration and implementation (e.g.  UNDAF operationalization, outreach to public, interaction with academic community) 
  • Information sharing (e.g. political situation, security situation, regional initiatives, knowledge management) 
  • Discussions on common areas of concern (e.g. UNDAF areas of intervention) 
  • Promotion of activities of common interest (e.g. HIV/AIDS, Gender, ICT) 
  • Joint support to national development priorities and agendas (e.g. SDPRP, MDGs, Sector Development Programmes (SDPs), NEPAD) 
  • Joint response to humanitarian and emergency issues 
  • Joint approaches to Government policies (e.g. food security policy approaches, ICT) 
  • Joint operations Managers Team meetings to address harmonization of common services and operations issues
  • Monthly UNCT Heads of Agencies meeting 
  • Strategic Disaster Management Team (SDMT) bi-monthly meetings  
  • UNCT annual retreat 
  • UNDAF Outcome Technical Working Groups meetings 
  • Special consultative meetings and workshops 
  • Joint monitoring visits 
  • Sharing of reports and documents 
  • Periodic consultative meetings with ambassadors, donors, development partners, and others
  • Information exchange meetings with NGOs, CSOs and the private sector

UN Country Team Theme Groups:

  • UNCT Steering Committee
  • Security Management Team 
  • Security Working Group 
  • UNAIDS Theme Group 
  • UNAIDS Technical Working Groups 
  • UN Communications Officers Group 
UN Country Team Committees and Taskforces on Operational and Administrative Issues:
  • Operations Managers Group
  • Compound Advisory Committee
  • Clinic Advisory Committee
  • Host Government Agreement and Security Committee

 

COMPOSITION OF THE UNITED NATIONS COUNTRY TEAM IN ETHIOPIA
AGENCYNAMEDESIGNATIONTELEPHONE
UNCTMr. Fidele SarassoroUN Resident Coordinator / UNDP Resident Representative011 5 51 10 25
ECA Mr. Urbain ZadiDirector of Office of Strategic Planning & Programme Management011 5 51 15 25
FAO Mr. Mafa E. ChipetaSub-regional coordinator for Eastern Africa and Representative in Ethiopia, to AU & ECA011 5 51 30 49
0911-20 21 91
IFADMr. Abebe ZerihunField Support Manager011- 5 443122
0911-50 52 06
ILO Ms. Alice OuedraogoDirector of sub-regional office for Eastern Africa011 5 51 43 13
ILRI Mr. Bruce ScottDirector Partnership & Communications011 6 46 32 15
IMF Mr. Armin SchwidrowskiResident Representative011 6 62 78 00
IOM Mr. Charles KweninHead Of IOM in Ethiopia
011 5 50 40 28
ITU Mr. Brahima Sanou
Regional Representative for Africa and LiaisonOff. To AU and ECA011 5 51 49 77
011 5 51 33 46
OHCHRMr. Frej FennicheRegional Representative0115443547
UNAIDS Dr. Roger Salla NtoungaCountry Coordinator011 5 51 01 52
UNDP  Ms. Alessandra Tisot
Country Director011 5 51 00 55
UNEP Dr. Strike MkandlaRepresentative011 5 44 54 02
UNESCO Mr. Nureldin SattiDirector & Representative011 5 51 39 53
UNFPA Dr. Monique RakotomalalaResident Representative011 5 51 19 80
UNFPA/CST Dr. Benson MorahDirector011 5 44 40 62
UN HABITAT Ato. Tewdros TigabuProgramme Manager011 5 51 51 77
UNHCR Mr. Ilunga NganduRegional Liaison Representative, UNHCR Reg. Liaison Off. For Africa011 6 61 28 22
UNICEF Mr. Bjorn LjungqvistCountry Representative011 5 18 40 02
UNIDO Dr. Geoffrey MarikiRepresentative & Head Of Regional Office011 5 51 42 45
UNLO to AUMr. Baboucarr-Blaise Ismaila JagneHead of UNLO to AU
011 5 51 14 07
UNOCHA Mr. Paul V. HebertHead of UNOCHA in Ethiopia
011 5 44 41 04
WB Mr. Kenichi OhashiCountry Director To Ethiopia & Sudan011 5 17 60 75
WFP Mr. Mohamed DiabRepresentative CountryDirector011 5 51 44 25
WHO Dr. Fatoumata Nafo-traoreRepresentative011 5 53 15 50
UNMEE Ambassador Azouz EnnifarActing SRSG0911 21 64 75
UNIFEMMs. Astede ZerfuProgram Officer 

Last Update: January 2008

 
 
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