It is designed to increase the coherence, transparency, and accountability of the UN system's work by:

• Digitizing the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks (UNSDCFs).
• Tracking the collective programmatic interventions and funding of various UN agencies toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• Providing a centralized data portal for tracking results, allowing UN teams, governments, and partners to see a clear, shared view of progress.

In short, it is the key digital tool the UN uses to plan its strategy and publicly demonstrate its contribution to national development priorities and the global 2030 Agenda.

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The UNCT continued implementing the Business Operations Strategy (BOS) in line with UN Development System Reform and the Management and Accountability Framework. The BOS serves as a key tool to enhance operational efficiency, foster harmonization, and deliver cost savings and avoidance across common service lines.

Progress was achieved in shared services administration, sustainable premises management, and ICT infrastructure upgrades, with strengthened common procurement and premises practices.

However, implementation advanced unevenly across service lines due to funding fluctuations, exchange rate impacts, and challenges in service delivery and resource allocation.

The total cost avoidance reached USD 277,760, driven mainly by savings in internet connectivity and VSAT services (USD 122,252) and vehicle rentals (USD 57,736). Other contributions came from hygiene services ($36,590), vendor assessments (USD 20,367), HACT audits (USD 17,934), cash transfers (USD 8,578), vehicle maintenance (USD 8,245), and solar products (USD 5,969).

From 2019 to 2025, overall cost avoidance amounted to $938,871, with 2025 alone accounting for nearly 30% of the total savings.