In Bangladesh the UN Country Team (UNCT) is comprised of 12 resident UN agencies, funds and programmes and IOM, convened under the UN Resident Coordinator (RC). For information on individual UNCT members, please scroll over the relevant link. The UNCT meets at regular intervals, generally once each month, under the chairmanship of the UN Resident Coordinator to discuss and decide on issues of common interest. Heads of Agencies are responsible for overall oversight and policy decisions for their respective agencies and the UNCT meetings serve as a forum for inter-agency discussions aimed at optimizing and harmonizing the UN System’s synergies at country-level. The UNCT is supported by the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office and inter-agency thematic groups as required.

In response to the Government of Bangladesh Poverty Reduction Strategy, and following a joint assessment of the development needs (UN Common Country Assessment - CCA) in 2005, the Government of Bangladesh and the UNCT agreed on six priority areas of cooperation in the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 2006-2010. The UNDAF was extended by one year to 2011 to ensure greater alignment with the Joint Cooperation Strategy (JCS), developed by Government and Development Partners to strengthen aid delivery and management.

The formulation of Bangladesh's new UNDAF (2012-2016) began in 2010. The UN System and the Government of Bangladesh undertook a rigorous and comprehensive assessment of the status of the MDGs in Bangladesh. The results and findings were documented in the 'MDG Bangladesh Progress Report 2009' and served as Bangladesh's country analysis, replacing the need for a UN Common Country Assessment (CCA). In addition to the results from the MDG assessment, the UNDAF 2012-2016 also builds on the key development priorities outlined in Government’s Outline Perspective Plan of Bangladesh 2010–2021 (Making Vision 2021 a Reality), the emerging Sixth Five Year National Development Plan. Seven UNDAF thematic pillars have been identified along with lead/convening UN agencies:

1. Democratic Governance and Human Rights (Lead: UNDP)

2. Pro-poor Economic Growth with Equity (Lead: UNDP)

3. Social Services for Human Development (Lead: UNICEF)

4. Food Security and Nutrition (Lead: WFP)

5. Climate Change, Environment, Disaster Risk Reduction & Response (Lead: UNDP)

6. Pro-Poor Urban Development (Lead: UNDP)

7. Gender Equality and Women's Advancement (Lead: UNFPA)

Implementation of the new UNDAF implementation will begin in 2012

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