CONFERENCE

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CONFERENCE Effective Support for
EnlargementPresentation by Valbona KUKO,
Director, DSDC
REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA Council of
Ministers Department of Strategy and Donor
Coordination

• 19 October 2009

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 Monitoring
• 2008 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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Progress since April 2009Donor coordination/
External Assistance management

• 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 Agenda
• OECD/DAC methodology to assess procurement
  system May-June 2009. Assessment of the public
  procurement systems - November 2009

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Progress since April 2009 Donor coordination/
External Assistance management

• Donor programming exercise improved-
• IPA programming in time and with increased
  leadership from the GoA
• IPA 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 process
• Donor 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

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Integrated Planning System in 2009

• Coherent planning architecture is in place

Policy
NSDI
European Integration
Finances
MTBP
National Plan for SAA
Monitoring and Reporting
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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 established

IPS Coordination Group
SPC chaired by PM
GSBI
Gen. Sec.
Sector Working Group
Program Teams
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Monitoring Gaps
PERFORMANCE MONITORING

• 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

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Reflecting Monitoring Indicators in MTBP
PERFORMANCE MONITORING
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EU Integration Documents
NSDI/Sector Strategies
Annual Government Work Program
range of commitments and performance indicators
expressed as MTBP measures
Program Policy Goals
Program Policy Objectives
Program Policy Outputs
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Align Sector Strategy Indicators with MTBP
PERFORMANCE MONITORING

• 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

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REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA Council of
Ministers Department of Strategy and Donor
Coordination
www.dsdc.gov.al