88 . MOPAN 2017-18 ASSESSMENTS . UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST UNRWA has established strategic partnerships with other UN agencies (e.g. WHO for health, UNESCO for education) based on the consideration of how its (and others’) comparative advantage can be deployed to positive effect, in terms of risk mitigation, cost saving, improving the quality of interventions (e.g. partnership with UNESCO in noted in terms of UNRWA’s education reform). In some cases, UNRWA partners with sister UN agencies and serves as an implementing partner for them (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 11, 14, 28, 30, delivering WFP food assistance in areas it cannot access). UNRWA also receives technical support from 36, 37, 38, 43, 57 other agencies for example UNICEF in the form of seconded staff (e.g. child protection). Given the funding crisis, the Agency is increasingly focused on partnerships around resource mobilisation and fundraising. Areas of improvement noted in partnerships include the need for better internal and external communication and fostering funding partnerships. MI 6.2 Evidence confidence High confidence MI 6.3: Clear adherence to the commitment in the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation on use of country systems Score Overall MI Rating Overall MI score N/A Element 1: Clear statement on set of expectations for how the organisation will seek to deliver on the Busan commitment/QCPR statement (as appropriate) on use of country systems within a given time N/A period Element 2: Internal processes (in collaboration with partners) to diagnose the condition of country systems Element 3: Clear procedures for how organisation to respond to address (with partners) concerns identified in country systems N/A N/A Element 4: Reasons for non-use of country systems clearly and transparently communicated N/A Element 5: Internal structures and incentives supportive of greater use of country systems N/A Element 6: Monitoring of the organisation trend on use of country systems and the associated scale of investments being made in strengthening country systems MI 6.3 Analysis N/A Source document Micro-indicator deemed not applicable for assessment purposes given UNRWA mandate MI 6.3 Evidence confidence MI 6.4: Strategies or designs identify synergies, to encourage leverage/catalytic use of resources and avoid fragmentation Score Overall MI Rating Satisfactory Overall MI score 3 Element 1: Strategies or designs clearly recognise the importance of synergies and leverage 3 Element 2: Strategies or designs contain clear statements of how duplication/fragmentation will be avoided based on realistic assessment of comparative advantages Element 3: Strategies or designs contain clear statement of where an intervention will add the most value to a wider change 3 N/E