40. 驻地协调员和区域工作人员对发展协调办公室在区域协作平台方面的作用并不总是很清楚。在调查的驻地协调员中，只有 51%的人回答说，他们清楚地了解发展协调办公室在这方面的作用(而 65%的人说同行支助小组的作用是明确的)。同时，在谈到平台的区域办事处工作人员中，只有不到一半的人表示平台的作用是明确的，许多人说，这一作用仍在发展中。表中引述的办事处工作人员的两段话对比了小组的作用和平台的作用的明确性。
40. The role of the Development Coordination Office with regard to the regional collaborative platforms was not consistently clear to resident coordinators and regional staff. Just 51 per cent of surveyed resident coordinators responded that the role of the Office in that regard was clear to them (compared with 65 per cent who said that the peer support group role was clear). Meanwhile, just under half of the regional office staff who spoke about the platforms indicated that the role with regard to the platforms was clear, and many said it was still evolving. The two quotes from Office staff in the table contrast the clarity of the role with regard to the group and the role with regard to platforms.