CONFERENCE “EFFECTIVE SUPPORT FOR

ENLARGEMENT”

Presentation by Valbona KUKO, Director, DSDC

19 October 2009

REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA Council of MinistersDepartment of Strategy and Donor Coordination

ALBANIA

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Topics to be presented

brief presentation of progress since the last conference

Status of policy and monitoring framework in Albania under IPS

Challenges ahead Specific issues (division of labor)

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Progress since April 2009Improved strategy and policy framework

Completion of the strategic framework (12 sectoral and 14 crosscutting strategies adopted by

GoA, all overarched under the NSDI 2007-2013).

NSDI Monitoring2008 NSDI Progress Report

2009 Ministry Integrated Plans (MIP) produced by line ministries

Highlight the key Medium-Term Budget Programme (MTBP) commitments,

EU integration commitments, public investment and external assistance

Establishment of a comprehensive monitoring system for sector

Strategies. First piloted during the first half of 2009 for social inclusion and social protection strategies.

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Strengthen coordination through Sector Working Groups (SWGs) SGWs to play an active role in policy co-ordination and in monitoring of sector strategies, MTBP and external assistance.

Report on External Assistance Management 2000-2008

Harmonization Action Plan to implement Paris Declaration – result of a joint work DSDC-DTS

Promote use of national procurement systems by donors, in view of implementation of Paris and Accra AgendaOECD/DAC methodology to assess procurement system May-June 2009. Assessment of the public procurement systems - November 2009

Progress since April 2009Donor coordination/ External Assistance

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Donor programming exercise improved-IPA programming in time and with increased leadership

from the GoAIPA programming harmonised with other EU/non EU

donors funds

Fast Tracking of Division of Labour – A joint EU donors – DSDC group is established; GoA has ownership of the processDonor mapping is prepared Next steps being identified (to identify comparative advantages; renegotiation of donor roles, sector engagement, forms of contribution etc.)

Continuous publication of the DTS &DSDC joint newsletter Government-Donor Dialogue

Progress since April 2009Donor coordination/ External Assistance

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Integrated Planning System in 2009

Coherent planning architecture is in place

NSDINSDI

MTBPNational Plan for

SAA

MONITORING AND REPORTING

Policy

Finances

European Integrati

on

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Challenges

focus shifts from planning to implementation

demand for evidence of concrete results greater attention on ministries increased EU demands with candidate

status reform fatigue

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IPS in 2009

Accountability structures have been establishedIPS

Coordination

Group

Sector Working Group

SPC [chaired by

PM]

GSBI

Program Teams

Gen.

Sec.

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Monitoring Gaps

no systematic approach to monitoring sector strategies, and stakeholder involvement in monitoring (NSDI commitment)

reflection of sector strategy and EI commitments in MTBP still to be improved

No in depth analysis of monitoring reports

PERFORMANCE MONITORING

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Reflecting Monitoring Indicators in MTBP

PERFORMANCE MONITORING

EU INTEGRATION DOCUMENTS

NSDI/SECTOR STRATEGIES

range of commitments and performance indicators expressed

as MTBP measures C

PROGRAM POLICY GOALS

PROGRAM POLICY

OBJECTIVES PROGRAM POLICY

OUTPUTS

ANNUAL GOVERNMENT

WORK PROGRAM

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Align Sector Strategy Indicators with MTBP

existing IPS documents (sector strategy/EI documents/MTBP) need to be used as source material

DSDC/MoF need to assist with translation of strategy indicators with MTBP

Sector Working Groups will advise on a set of performance indicators that will be used to assess progress on sector strategy

PERFORMANCE MONITORING

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REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA Council of MinistersDepartment of Strategy and Donor Coordination

www.dsdc.gov.al

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