6.3 Common Country Assessment

Establishing strategic priorities may be done through a government-led process in which the UNCT participates. Alternatively, the UNCT can undertake a parallel analysis with the government, with the UNCT filling any gaps in the government process. The UNCT can undertake the full CCA analysis2, but this only occurs when the government has no process of its own, or when the process is seriously flawed. In any case, the Guidelines indicate that UNCT engagement in the country analysis is mandatory.3

According to the Guidelines, a high quality country assessment will have used a HRBA and asked the following questions:

1. What is happening, where and who is more affected? (assessment)

2. Why are these problems occurring? (causal analysis)

3. Who has the obligation to do something about it? (role analysis)

4. What capacities are needed for those affected, and those with a duty, to take action? (capacity analysis)4

For further detail on what is involved in the assessment process from the UNCT perspective, please refer to the CCA/UNDAF Guidelines (http://www.undg.org).

2 Page 7 of the Guidelines.

3 Page 8 of the Guidelines.

4 Page 18 of the Guidelines.