The UNDP Making Budgets and Aid Work Project (MBAWP),has helped enhance linkages between the National Priority Programmes (NPPs)of the Government of Afghanistan and the national budget process.The initiative is designed to build confidence among Afghanistan's international development partners to channel increased levels of external resources through the national budget. |
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The MBAWP is mandated to provide technical and advisory assistance to the implementation of the Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS) and NPPs.
The project works within the Ministry of Finance, Government of Afghanistan (GoA) to ensure greater synergy between the Ministry's responsibility for supporting the national development strategy, by linking the NPPs with the ANDS. The 22 NPPs are grouped into six different clusters and aim to empower Afghanistan's service-delivery institutions by providing better services, creating employment opportunities and sustaining economic growth. Protecting Afghans civil rights, building local infrastructures and institutional administrative capacity and improving good governance also comprise the focus of the NPPs. The GoA requires Donors to align their programs with the NPPs to achieve the ANDS targets and to ensure Government ownership over the programs.
The 22 NPPs, presented in 2010 at the Kabul Conference were unanimously approved by the international community. It was suggested that the proposed programmes be further developed into comprehensive programme proposals along with a budget.
The MBAWP helps Ministries to develop the proposals that reflect the goals, and anticipated constraints and solutions.
In late 2001, after the fall of the Taliban regime, three decades of conflict resulted in a government with low institutional capacity and economic growth. In the early stages, Afghanistan faced a set of challenges in terms of building the state governance structure, mainstreaming Gender Balance, mobilization of Human Rights principles and delivering adequate socio-economic services to the citizens. Most of the programmes and projects were implemented by the international community according to their own needs assessment with little ownership of the GoA. |
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By 2010, the GoA hosted the Kabul conference, which aimed to support full Afghan leadership and responsibility for a secured, prosperous and democratic Afghanistan for the coming years. At the conference, an agreement was made to ensure that at least 50 percent of the international community development assistance is channeled through GoA's national budget. To achieve this, the Afghan Government at the Kabul Conference presented 22 NPPs that are aligned with the ANDS. |
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As of now, out of 22 NPPs 9 have been endorsed so far at the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board. Additional NPPs are expected to be endorsed at the upcoming JCMB scheduled to be held in the end of November 2011. It is critical that all 22 NPPs are endorsed and begin implementation before the Transition phase which ends in 2014.
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NPP |
Endorsed |
Will be Endorsed |
Security |
Peace and Reintegration |
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Human Resource Development |
Education for All |
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Higher Education |
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Women Affairs |
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Capacity Building for Health |
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Skills Development and Labors |
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Infrastructure Development |
National Regional Resource Corridor |
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Extractive Industries |
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National Energy Program |
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Urban Development |
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Private Sector Development |
E-Afghanistan |
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Trade Facilitation and SME |
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Governance |
Economic and Financial Reform |
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Transparency and Accountability |
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Efficient and Effective Government |
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Local Governance |
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Justice for All |
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Human Rights |
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Agriculture and Rural Development |
Water and Natural Resource Management |
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Comprehensive Agriculture |
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Rural Access |
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Strengthening Local Institutions |
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