outcome XM-DAC-41146-VNM_O_3

Advancing business transformation: UN-Women strategically plans for and transforms its business model to deliver impact at scale, through agile and ethical leadership.

In 2024, the office's operational capacity to manage 80% of the plan through direct execution by UN Women as the ODA approval process has not been changed. The business has been transformed to deliver the SN results effectively and efficiently: - Regularly monitor the delivery of the procurement plan, SSA plan, and partner disbursement plans through monthly meeting . Quarterly meeting between the Programme and Operations teams also address operational challenges, identify common errors, provide troubleshooting guidance, and share best practices. - Coordinating with Regional and HQ offices to address Viet Nam's unique context. With the increased use of direct implementation, the Viet Nam Country Office has faced several challenges, including contracting government officers as consultants and an increased number of LPRCs due to many procurement cases reaching $50,000. - Regularly update staff to enhance their awareness and understanding of frequently used policies and procedures, ensuring the correct application of workflow processes. - Reflect on the good practices in both programme and operations that we should continue. Identify the most important lessons learned over the year, and determine what needs improvement and how to achieve it. Throughout these changes, we maintained our reputation as a high-delivery office, demonstrating resilience and adaptability in the face of adversity. UN Women Viet Nam office locates in the Green One UN House since Jun 2015, in line with the UN reform for the effective delivery of the mandate of UN Women. The office enjoys all joint services and advantages of its Common Back Office. With signed MOU in 2024, we can use more services from CBO such as HR, Procurement etc.

outcome XM-DAC-41146-VNM_O_4

Nurturing an empowered workforce and advancing an inclusive UN-Women culture: With its unique and inclusive culture, UN- Women is an employer of choice with a diverse and highly performing cadre of personnel that embodies UN values.

In 2024, a dedicated HR role was full introduced to our office. This separation of responsibilities has significantly streamlined the recruitment process. As a result, the average time-to-hire, measured from the vacancy announcement closure to the notification of the selected candidate, has been successfully reduced to the target value of 13 weeks. We remain committed to further optimizing this timeframe in the years to come Enhancing staff competence and maintaining a balanced work culture. The VCO’s staff training plan with a view to ensuring all staff have the knowledge to perform their roles and are supported for their career advancement. VCO also provide AI training that benefits to all staff in practice i.e. quicky prepare Working Slides, Data Analysis and Research, Set up project...With AI-enabled technology becoming commonplace, the UN Women System is beginning to take advantage of the latest digital tools to bring gender equality closer to reality. UN Women Viet Nam is joining in this progress.

outcome XM-DAC-41146-VNM_O_5

Effective normative, programmatic and coordination products, services and processes: UN-Women efficiently and effectively discharges of all business processes that advance integrated delivery of its mandate at HQ, Regional and Country levels, including through shared services

In 2024, UN Women implemented the Knowledge Management plan and product a number of knowledge product to effective communicate UN Women normative, programme and coordination mandates.