The UN Resident Coordinator Office

In 2018, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution ---- that envisioned the most comprehensive reform in the history of the UN development system.

With the backdrop of the 2030 Agenda, the reform aims to reposition the UN development system as a more transparent, coordinated, accountable, and effective development partner to the Member States. 

The UN Resident Coordinator, who is the highest-ranking development official to represent the UN system in the country, leads the UN Country Team, as the designated representative of the UN Secretary-General for development operations.

The Resident Coordinator's Office (RCO) provides assistance to the Resident Coordinator. The office is responsible for coordinating development coordination work, joint programming initiatives, Agenda 2030 and joint programs. This is carried out in accordance with the goals and priorities set forth by the government as well as the mandates and goals of the UN agencies.

The UN Resident Coordinator in Maldives

UN Resident Coordinator a.i. - Dr. Edward Addai was originally a public health physician, specialized in policy analysis, planning, monitoring and evaluation. He is a systems thinker and an expert in programme design and results-based management. He started his career over 30 years ago as a clinician and district medical officer in Ahafo Ano South, a small district in Ghana, and worked his way to become the Director of Policy Planning Monitoring and Evaluation in Ghana. Eddie joined UNICEF Maldives from Addis Ababa where he was the UNCEF Representative to the African Union and UNECA.

Prior to taking on that role, he was the Regional Chief of Programme Planning Monitoring and Evaluation in UNICEF ESARO, and before that he was the Director of Monitoring and Evaluation in the Global Fund and Technical Officer Planning, Programming, and Evaluation in the World Health Organisation Africa Region.