33. 已确定的可能妨碍为跨界应对提供更多支助的主要挑战是跨界问题非常复杂，发展协调办公室的能力有限。一些区域办事处工作人员和受访的区域协作平台和同行支助小组成员表示，由于不清楚如何将区域战略与国家工作队实体的国家一级方案联系起来，而且跨国家工作队开展工作很困难，所涉行为体数量众多，因此，就跨界问题提供支助是一项很复杂的工作。一些区域工作人员还指出，他们的办事处协调和召集会议的能力有限，也没有足够的办公时间来思考跨界问题。一名来自联合国实体的受访者表达了一个共同观点，他说：“我确实认为发展协调办公室区域主任和区域专家正在努力这样做，但是……这仍然是整个联合国的一个主要弱点。我们不善于‘跨界思考’或跨国家工作队开展协作。这是件很棘手的事”。
33. The main challenges identified that could hamper increased support on transboundary responses were the complexity of transboundary issues and Office capacity constraints. According to some of the regional office staff and regional collaborative platform and peer support group members interviewed, the complexity of support on transboundary issues was complex due to a lack of clarity on how to connect regional strategies to the country-level programmes of country team entities, as well as to the difficulty of working across country teams and the number of actors involved. Some regional staff also noted that their offices had limited capacity to coordinate and convene and to commit desk time to thinking about transboundary issues. One interviewee from a United Nations entity voiced a common opinion in stating, “I do think the Development Coordination Office Regional Director and the regional specialist are trying to do this, but…this continues to be a major weakness of the United Nations as a whole. We are not good at ‘thinking transboundary’ or across country teams. It is a struggle”.