ALM UNDP

Summary:

The Common Country Assessment (CCA) is a joint exercise by UN agencies in Bangladesh to assess the development situation of the country, and identify gaps and priorities that merit new or continued focus by the UN agencies under the forthcoming United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 2001-2005.

The preparation of the CCA comes with on-going efforts to enhance collaboration and integration of UN system activities in the country. It builds upon existing co-ordination under the ambit of the Resident Co-ordinator System and on the decision of the Joint Consultative Group on Policy (JCGP), in 1996, to harmonise programming cycles by 2000. It also builds on the attention given by UN agencies in Bangladesh to co-ordination of development assistance in the extended community of development partners, by means of the Local Consultative Group.