Figure 1. Programme expenditure by outcome (2016-2019

FIGURE 1. Programme expenditure by outcome (2016-2019)

Other Outcome 4 Outcome 3 Outcome 2 Outcome 1 $4.9 $4.5

$9.0

$26.4 $59.4

Source: Atlas/PowerBI, extracted September 2020. Where applicable, global/regional projects are classified under relevant outcome.

Framework (2016-2021). This reflects the country’s graduation to lower middle-income country status in 2010 and medium human development in 2014. The 2016-2021 UNDP country programme aligns with the objectives of the Zambia Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP) (2017-2021) and with the four Sustainable Development Partnership Framework outcomes (Figure 1).

To achieve these four outcomes, UNDP Zambia is organized into three core areas/portfolios of work, in an attempt to achieve a more integrated approach: 1) inclusive growth and social development, 2) environmentally sustainable economic development, and 3) governance and participation.

The programme has implemented 57 projects. Following the organization of portfolios by the country office, they are classified as: 18 in inclusive growth, 16 in governance and participation, 14 in environmentally sustainable and inclusive economic development, and nine others, such as management projects and global and regional projects, which the country office did not manage directly19 (see Annex 5 for mapping). The Inclusive Growth portfolio comprises health projects (the bulk of the portfolio) as well as interventions on livelihoods, inclusive business, development minerals and refugees. The Governance and Participation portfolio implemented projects mostly on elections, GBV and human rights. The Environment and Energy portfolio focused on natural resource management, energy and climate change adaptation. The programme budget totalled $111.4 million and expenditure totalled $104.2 million from 2016 to 2019; the 2020 budget was projected at $18.4 million as of September 2020.20

In previous country programmes, UNDP Zambia had a substantial healthcare portfolio as the Global Fund Principal Recipient to the government. This role was handed over to the government in 2016. UNDP supported the health sector through construction of medical supply warehouses, with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and Medical Stores Limited (MSL) (an autonomous government agency). This represented a significant portion of the country programme budget from 2016 to 2019. UNDP continued Global Environment Facility (GEF) funding and introduced a Green Climate Fund (GCF) project in 2018.

The projects were gender marked as: 12 GEN0, 26 GEN1, 15 GEN2 and four GEN3. Thirty-two projects are/were implemented through the national implementation modality, 22 through the direct implementation modality (DIM) and three through others (two projects from the previous cycle were implemented by non-governmental organizations and the global UN-REDD programme.)

19 Project list extracted from Atlas for 2016-2019, not including projects with no recorded budget and/or expenditure. New projects initiated in 2020 not included in this count are: Democracy Strengthening in Zambia (new elections project, three project outputs, all DIM and GEN1), Waste Management and Youth (DIM, GEN2), Strengthening National Capacities for Policy Formulation (DIM, GEN2), UNDP

Contribution to UN Response to COVID-19 in Zambia (DIM, GEN2) and the global multi-country project, Legal Identity for All (DIM, GEN2). 20 UNDP Power BI/Atlas.