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2016 Annual Report: Multi-Year Appeal

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Introduction: About the Multi-Year Appeal

The Multi-Year Appeal (MYA) enables the United Nations Department of Political Affairs to secure resources for vital, yet unpredictable, aspects of its work. DPA relies on extra-budgetary (XB) funds to prevent and respond to crises that cannot be anticipated or planned in DPA’s regular budget process. Without XB funds, DPA would not be able to act with the flexibility and urgency that crisis prevention and response require. DPA depends on such funds for rapid and crisis response activities, as well as key early warning and early action capabilities, including the Rapid Response Window, the Standby Team of Senior Mediation Advisers, the network of regional and liaison offices, the rapid support to Envoys and Special Political Missions (SPMs), and support to the activities of the Joint UNDP-DPA Program on Building National Capacities for Conflict Prevention.

In 2016, voluntary contributions supported approximately 40 per cent of DPA’s work. DPA called for $25 million to cover six priority areas and issued supplementary appeals for Syria ($1.3 million) and Yemen ($1.1 million), bringing the total requested funds in 2016 to $27.4 million. By 31 December 2016, DPA had mobilized over $31.82 million. The increase in contributions is matched by high delivery levels and demonstrates DPA’s capacity for absorption. In 2016, out of a $31.5 million budget, DPA spent $26.4 million, a significant increase compared to the $17.9 million spent in 2015.

During 2016, DPA continued to diversify its partners with 16 new contributors since 2013. Multi-year agreements have also increased from 4 in 2015 to 8 in 2016, which enables better predictability in financing. Un-earmarked funding has also increased over the last three years to approximately 77 percent of contributions in 2016. This flexibility allows DPA to adapt and respond to dynamic situations on the ground.