TIMOR-LESTE CASE-STUDY ON CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FACILITY

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TIMOR-LESTE CASE-STUDY ON CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
FACILITY

• UNDP Capacity Building Seminar
• 21-23 November 2005
• Senec (Slovak Republic)

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Background

• Indonesian personnel occupied a majority of
  positions in Government
• The departure of 7,000 Indonesian public servants
  created a vacuum in the public service.
• The human resource base was therefore extremely
  weak
• UNTAET dispatched qualified personnel to begin
  rebuilding Government and public service
  structures

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Planning and Design From Individual to
Institutional CD
Leadership
Management and administration skills
Communication and language skills
Core technical knowledge

• Primary focus on individual capacity development
  through on-the-job training
• CSG positions
• Development posts
• Sporadic bilateral contributions to training
  efforts

• Institutional Capacity Development
• Expansion of coverage from 11 to institution
  level with emphasis on training and a balanced
  focus on the three pillars
• Enhanced monitoring and evaluation
• Definition of exit strategies (sector-specific
  and cross-sectoral) programmes and strengthening
  CDCU to ensure sustainability

Source UNDP
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SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO DATE

• On-the-job training by all advisors, where
  counterparts are in place
• On-going formal training at the Justice Training
  Centre (9 public defenders, 12 prosecutors, 20
  judges) and for 24 national interpreters and
  translators
• Midwifery school curriculum

DEMONSTRATIVE EXAMPLES

• Civil Service Act
• Organic Laws for state institutions FALINTIL,
  PNTL, MFAC, MSA, MoJ, MAFF, MoH, MoI

• Policy frameworks for education, health,
  agriculture and Disaster Management
• Foreign Assistance Coordination

• National drug/ medical supplies monitoring and
  evaluation
• Finance, accounting and Procurement teaching
  manual
• Aquaculture site selection guidelines

• ASYCUDA system for customs control
• Free-balance accounting system in Treasury
• Government web-site and data centre

Source CSG and UNDP
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Needs Assessment Stability and Development
Positions
Source UNDP Timor-Leste UNMISET Civilian
Support Group
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UN Peacekeeping and UNDP Interventions
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National Framework for CD
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National Framework for CD (Cont)- Reasons for
Overlapping

• Weaknesses of the organizations in charge of
  capacity development
• Lack of clarity on the role of the institutions
• Lack of recognition by national and
  international actors

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National Framework for CD (Cont)- Overcoming
the Overlaps
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Coordination with Other Development Partners

• Strengthening of CDCU
• Shared assessments with bilateral partners
• Participation in other partners formulation
  programmes
• Flexible funding modalities
• General use of common methodologies and models

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Practical Benefits a Long Term Approach

• Development of the essential institutions
• Maintenance of skills and processes initially
  developed
• Improvement of efficiency and productivity of
  public administration

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UNDP Comparative Advantages in Capacity
Development in Timor-Leste

• Large network
• Support by the government
• Involvement in PMIS and the LAMP
• Other donors do not want to go alone into this
  politically sensitive area of civil service
  reforms
• Ideal partner of the government to make the shift
  towards enhanced national execution

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Concluding Remarks

• The experience to date in Timor-Leste
  demonstrates that capacity development is a
  long-term process that requires substantial
  resources and coordination
• National ownership throughout all phases of the
  process is essential

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TIMOR-LESTE CASE-STUDY ON CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
FACILITY THANK YOU

• UNDP Capacity Building Seminar
• 21-23 November 2005
• Senec (Slovak Republic)