41. 发展协调办公室的区域协作平台作用在五个区域的实施情况各不相同。一些区域办事处在平台方面发挥了更积极的连接者作用，它们将平台成员召集在一起，就合作框架与国家方案文件相一致的有关问题达成共识，或讨论对全球优先事项的区域应对措施。同时，对其他一些办事处来说，这一作用主要是行政性的。在各区域，来自平台的受访者和参与平台工作的发展协调办公室受访者都报告说，平台的运作更多地取决于谈判达成的安排和人员个性，而不是像同行支助小组机制那样落实明确描述的关系。对四个区域的平台会议的观察表明，与所观察的小组会议相比，发展协调办公室的参与范围很广。例如，在一次会议上，办公室的一名区域主任回答了有关该区域驻地协调员的问题；在另一次会议上，办公室主任积极主持会议并促进讨论；在两次会议上，副主席主持了讨论；在另一次会议上，一名区域主任在会议结束时发言，总结了讨论情况。
41. The regional collaborative platform role of the Development Coordination Office was implemented differently across the five regions. Some regional offices fulfilled a more active connector role with regard to the platforms by bringing members of the platforms together to build consensus on issues related to the alignment of cooperation frameworks with country programme documents or to discuss regional responses to global priorities. Meanwhile, for others, the role was mainly administrative. Across regions, interviewees from the platforms and interviewees from the Office who were involved in the platforms reported that its functioning was more a product of negotiated arrangements and personalities, rather than implementation of a clearly described relationship, as in the case of the peer support group mechanism. The observation of platform meetings in four regions showed a wide range of Office involvement as compared with the group meetings observed. For example, in one meeting, one of the Office’s Regional Directors answered questions pertaining to the resident coordinators in the region; in another, the Office Director actively chaired the meeting and facilitated the discussion; in two meetings, the vice-chairs facilitated the discussion; and in another, a Regional Director spoke at the end of the meeting to summarize the discussion.