During the 2016–2017 biennium, the Secretariat worked to support the Joint Programme to ensure a results-based focus and strengthen alignment of human and financial resources with corporate priorities as determined by the UNAIDS 2016–2021 Strategy, the 2016 Political Declaration and UN reform. The recommendations of the Global Review Panel, conducted in early 2017 to advise on refining and reinforcing the UNAIDS Joint Programme operating model, and the Action Plan developed to implement these recommendations informed this effort.

Furthermore, ECOSOC recognized the Joint Programme as a model for UN reform in Resolution E/2017/L.27 where it stressed “the need for the Joint Programme to continue to set the path for reform by revising and updating its operating model, in particular in the areas of joint work, financing and accountability, and governance, as considered by the PCB […] at its 40th meeting […]”. This is a testament to the efforts led by the Secretariat to ensure that a resolution tabled and negotiated in Geneva is then successful brought to and adopted in New York.

  • The Global Review Panel and the Action Plan;
  • Implementing the recommendations of the Global Review Panel and Action Plan;
  • Successful resource mobilisation efforts;
  • Effective coordination of governance processes and platforms;
  • Strengthened accountability.

Find out more around above topics in the UBRAF Performance Monitoring Report.