Conference on Donor Coordination in Western Balkans and Turkey Presented by Albana VOKSHI, Director,

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Conference on Donor Coordination in Western
Balkans and TurkeyPresented by Albana VOKSHI,
Director, DSDC
REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA Council of
Ministers Department of Strategy and Donor
Coordination

• 2 April 2009

DSDC
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Where did we start?

• National Strategy not linked with internal and
  external budget
• EU integration Agenda not reflected into the
  National Strategy
• Aid fragmentation - EA not aligned to government
  priorities
• Over 215 donor missions/year, 20 mission a
  month, 7 joint missions
• 79 major analytical studies in 2004, 3 joint
  studies
• Less than 2 use of GoA systems, many
  parallel PIUs
• Only 50-60 of aid reported in the budget

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Where did we start?
Listed Government Priorities in 2004
Hundreds of priorities - MEANS NO PRIORITIES

• Challenges in front of Government
• Create a new integrated National Strategy to
  reflect EUI agenda
• Link the Strategy to MTBP and annual Budget
• Identify priorities and orient donor assistance
• In response
• In 2003, Donor-led Coordination starts
  establishment of DTS
• In 2005, DSDC established - Government-led Donor
  Coordination begins
• Integrated Planning System (IPS) designed and
  approved by GoA

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INTEGRATED PLANNING SYSTEM (IPS)
European Integration
Gov. program
NSDI
MTBP/PIM
External assistance
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Coordination structure
Government
Donor Roundtables
Donors
(Chaired by Deputy PM)
(Represented by HoMs)
IPS Support GroupGoA DSDC, MoF, MEI Donors
IPS Supporting Donors DTS Agencies
Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) Led by
PM (DPM, MoF, MEI, METE, MPWTT. MD)
Department of Strategy and Donor Coordination
(DSDC)
IPS Coordination Group Led by DPM (DSDC, MoF, MEI)
Donor Technical Secretariat4 Multilaterals
(UNDP,EC, WB, OSCE) 2 Bilaterlas (Netherlands,
Germany)
Sector Working Groups (SWGs) as a tool for
coordination at sector level 10 large SWGs
(around 30 sub-SWGs) Co-chaired by LM a DTS
agency/bilateral donor FP
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Progress made IPS and its processes

• Implementation of Integrated Planning System
  (IPS)
• Establishment of structures and processes,
  highlighting EU integration, NSDI, MTBP and
  External Assistance commitments
• National Strategy for Development and Integration
  - NSDI 2007-2013
• Approved in March 2008 Preparation of NSDI led
  by the principle of the ownership of the
  government.
• NSDI Progress Report 2006-2007 finalized in
  December 2008
• Sector and Cross-cutting Strategy Monitoring
  starting in 2009
• EU Integration
• Albania is looking forward to reach full NATO
  membership at the Strasburg-Kehl summit in April
  2009
• SAA signed in June 2006 ratification process
  completed recently
• IPA 2008 financing agreement signed on 9th March
  2009,
• IPA 2009 planning process completed,
• IPA 2010 to start in July 2009
• Acquis translation into Albanian in process
• Albania to apply for the EU candidate status
  within 2009

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Progress made IPS and its processes

• Mid-Term Budgeting Programme (MTBP) An improved
  linking of national strategy with the budget
• A new Budget Law approved in 2008
• Application of new MTBP/Public Investment
  Management (PIM) procedures and systems
• The MTBP system monitors countrys economic and
  fiscal performance on a quarterly basis
• A year-end assessment is mandatory for each line
  ministry
• MTBP calendar for 2009 adopted in Dec 2008

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Progress made IPS and its processes

• Donor coordination/ External Assistance
  management
• External Assistance Orientation Document approved
  in 2008
• Annual Progress Report on External Assistance
  first one in 2009
• Annual Calendar of the SWG Meetings - Prepared
  for the first time in 2009
• IPS Support Group - meeting regularly to review
  progress of IPS and IPS Trust Fund
• Progress in meeting targets of Paris Declaration
  
• DTS-DSDC ongoing joint work to identify areas
  for joint intervention (tasked by the
  Government-Donor Roundtable in November 2008)
• Harmonization Action Plan the result of the
  joint work to be presented at the
  Government-Donor Roundtable in May 2009
• DTS DSDC joint newsletter Government-Donor
  Dialogue

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Progress made 2008 Survey on Monitoring Paris
Declaration
DAC SURVEY 2008
Moderate high
Low moderate
Low moderate
Low
Low
Ownership
Alignment
Harmonization
Mutual accountability
Managing for results
Moderate
Low
Low
Low
Low
DAC SURVEY 2006
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Challenges Ahead

• Translate Strategies into fully operational and
  costed action plans
• Establish new EA management procedures
• Establish a results-based monitoring system
• Establish an information management system for
  donor data management
• Establish a Calendar of donor programming
  missions and cooperation agreements
• Rationalize the large number of donor missions
  and parallel structures

• Increase ownership and governments role in
  coordination of EA
• Meet Targets of the Paris Declaration

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Challenges Ahead

• Reduce the large number of donor projects and
• large number of donors per sector

• Sector Working Groups need to
• Enhance ownership of the GoA/line ministries
• (the most active SWGs are still donor-led)
• Gradually focus on forward-looking, policy
  coordination issues, prioritisation of assistance
  and monitoring of strategy implementation
• Hold SWG meetings in accordance with the 2009 SWG
  calendar

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