THE ANDS CONSULTATIONS

Kabul, February 14, 2007

In the Name of Allah,

The Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful

What has been achieved so far in preparation of the ANDS document?

I-ANDS prepared and approved by the Cabinet

OSC approved the Strategic Work Plan for ANDS preparations

Awareness raising activities conducted in most of the provinces

ANDS focal points in place at each ministry

Induction meetings organized with Civil Society Organizations

Public awareness campaign initiated

The National Assembly’s Economic Committee briefed on the ANDS

The Cabinet, the Cabinet’s Economic Council regularly briefed on the ANDS

Donors regularly briefed through the CGs, JCMB, and EAG meetings

However, most importantly …

The ANDS has institutionalized itself within the Afghan Government:

1. Line ministries are engaged in finalizing their strategies

2. 8 CGs, 5 CCCGs, 28 ANDS Working Groups as well as 33 sub-working groups were established and are fully operational

3. Quarterly JCMB and periodic EAG meetings are being organized

4. Provincial governor’s offices strengthened (ASP, PRTs, UNAMA)

5. PDCs were established in different forms in most of the provinces

6. MRRD developed the structure for community consultations

7. The Oversight Committee conducts regular sessions

8. Linkages with the National Assembly were established

The ANDS Consultative Process has a long history

Initiated on 24 July 2005 when the first ANDS – Civil Society consultations on the I-ANDS took place

More than 150 ANDS consultative events at the national and the sub-national have been organized to date

ANDS awareness events have already taken place in 27 provinces

Civil society has been included in WGs and CGs meetings

Communication strategy approved

ANDS Consultations

National consultations:

a) To discuss most important national priorities (macroeconomic framework/projections, fiscal sustainability, strategic partnership)

b) Facilitated by line ministries and the ANDS and conducted under the “expanded” CG framework

Sub-national consultations:

a) To discuss and prioritize provincial development needs and integrate PDPs into the ANDS

b) Facilitated by Governors offices and the provincial departments of the line ministries

ANDS Consultations: timing

First round

From April to September 2007

Based on sector strategies

To provide sub-national input and ensure that the ANDS will address (integrate) provincial needs

Second round

From November 2007 to January 2008

Based on the first draft of the ANDS

To reach consensus on most important priorities before submitting the ANDS to the Government for approval

ANDS Consultations: stakeholders

Government:

- ANDS and line agencies

- National Assembly

- Governors Offices, PDCs, PCs, DDCs, CDCs

Outside of the Government:

- NGOs, Private Sector Associations, Universities, Diaspora

- Trade Unions

- Donors/UN (CG, WG, PDC, EAG)

- Traditional sub-national structures (shuras, etc…)

ANDS: Role of the Governors Offices and PDCs

Ensure full involvement of the provincial departments

Ensure that consultations will take place at the district level and provincial level

Ensure that the civil society groups and donors as well as local traditional leaders will be involved in the provincial consultations

Ensure full involvement of the PDCs

Ensure timely preparation of the PDP

Ensure involvement of the PCs in approving the final provincial consultative input to the ANDS (PDP)

Ensure that the consultations will be concluded according to the ANDS timeline

Reach agreement on the final provincial input to the ANDS (PDP)

Role of the MRRD and NGOs

Role of the MRRD:

Help ANDS consultations in the provinces with the weak PDC

Conduct consultations with kuchis (together with the NGOs)

Role of the Civil Society:

Conduct consultations with ethnic minorities and kuchis

Conduct consultations in unstable parts of the provinces

Conduct PPA - poverty participatory assessment (ACBAR, and others)

Role of UNAMA and other UN agencies

To support the consultations by:

- Actively support the preparation of the sector strategies

- Awareness campaign

- Supporting the Governors offices to prepare and run the process of sub-national consultations

- Monitoring the process of sub-national consultations (to ensure involvement of civil society members and donors)

- Providing logistical support to the members of the ANDS Secretariat in the field

No parallel structures outside of the ANDS

Coordination through NABP, NRAP, …

Integration of the PDPs into ANDS

Line ministries and their provincial departments will prepare PDPs in line with sector/provincial budget ceilings approved by the MoF

PDCs responsible for prioritization and preparation of the PDPs

PCs responsible for final approval of the PDPs

Most priority projects from the PDPs will be integrated into the ANDS, the PIP and midterm budget process

Funding of the parts of the PDPs will be also addressed through donor external budgets (in coordination with the MoF and PRTs)

Next steps: major activities

Complete drafts of ministry/agency strategies by end-March 2007

Organize ANDS training for Governors by mid-March 2007

Initiate sub-national consultations by mid-April 2007

Complete sub-national consultations by September 2007

Integrate PDPs into the sector strategies by end-October 2007

Conduct second round of consultations by presenting the First draft of the ANDS to the provinces (from November 2007 to January 2008)

Complete the ANDS by March 2007

Sub-national ProcessGovernor’s Office

(PDC Sec., ASP, UNAMA, MRRD)

Provincial Development Committee

DDACDC

PRTCSOsNGOs

Donors

Line Ministries Working GroupsConsultative Groups

and Cross Cutting Thematic Groups

JCMB

Oversight Committee

Depts.

Sector Sub-Working Groups

Step 1 – Line ministries provide draft ministry strategies to each of the 34 PDC Secretariats for consultations.

Outputs

Full ANDS/PIPGoA

AC Monitoring

BudgetMTEF

Step 2 – PDCs then review the ministry strategies in consultation with all stakeholders.

Step 3 – PDCs provide feedback to the Line ministries (in the form of PDP) in line with the budget ceilings provided by Ministry for Finance

Step 4 – Line mniistries include provincial priorities into the sector strategies, the ANDS submits to the PDCs first draft of the ANDS for comments

PDP

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National Process

Link National and sub-national processes