MANAGEMENT
Results-Based
Management
PLANNING
The programmatic work of UN Human
Rights is guided by the OHCHR
Management Plan (OMP), which is in line
with the Secretary-General’s Strategic
Framework 2018-2019. It integrates the
mandates given to UN Human Rights by
United Nations intergovernmental bodies
and engages the High Commissioner’s
overarching mandate to promote and
protect all human rights for all.
The OMP positions the work of UN
Human Rights under the following thematic pillars: support for the international
human rights mechanisms; mainstreaming human rights within development and
peace and security efforts; and advancement of the core human rights principles
of non-discrimination, accountability
and participation. To maintain relevance
in a changing world, UN Human Rights
introduced “shifts” under the pillars to
strengthen its work to prevent conflict,
violence and insecurity; help expand
civic space; broaden the global constituency for human rights; and further
explore emerging human rights concerns
(frontier issues) in the context of climate
change, corruption, inequalities, people on the move and digital space and
emerging technologies.
This new road map is designed in line
with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and has a particular focus
on the Agenda’s human rights-based
commitment to “Leave No One Behind.”
The OMP also shines a human rights
“spotlight” on women, persons with disabilities and young people.
The OMP is built on a strong results
framework with risk management, which
was introduced in 2018, as an integral
component of programme management
at the field level.
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MONITORING
Monitoring the performance of the
Office against the targets set by
the OMP takes place through the
Performance Monitoring System (PMS);
a tailor-made online tool that facilitates
planning, monitoring and reporting on a
common set of office-wide results in line
with results-based management (RBM)
principles and standards.
In 2019, the PMS reported the following
performance highlights:
• Over 12,149 sessions for users with
editing rights;
• Over 661 colleagues accessed the
system;
• Less than two per cent downtime was
reported throughout the year; and
• Over 95 per cent of user support
requests were addressed within
two hours.
The 2019 Mid-Year Review ensured
budgetary discipline, adjustments in
programmatic and managerial priorities and close monitoring of OEAPs as
more entities across UN Human Rights
became involved in their implementation. In some cases, the Mid-Year
Review revealed that adjustments to
some country or regional programmes
were required. This was taken up during
the preparation of the 2020 Annual
Workplans (AWPs). Furthermore, a
substantial programmatic analysis and programmatic discussion at
the September PBRB meeting fed
into the programmatic guidance for
the 2020 AWP process. The monitoring and strengthened programmatic
analysis functions are providing an
effective feedback loop for strategic
decision-making at the PBRB level.
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