UN-Water External Review - Management Response

At its 10th Senior Programme Managers Meeting in January 2009, UN-Water decided that an external review of UN-Water operations and progress should be conducted in the first half of 2009. The overall scope of the review was to:

• assess achievements based on UN-Water’s mandate taking into account changes in its operational boundary conditions, governance structure and financial support; and

• provide options on future configurations that UN-Water could assume to improve its performance in terms of its operational approach and governance structure. Such options should consider the sustainability of UN-Water’s long-term operations, including financial aspects.

This document presents the key recommendations stemming from the review and the steps UN-Water took or intended to take to address them. The document presents possible options for actions, which were discussed at the 12th UN-Water Senior Programme Managers meeting, held from 2-4 February 2010 in Hamilton, Canada.