Aid co-ordination in Moldova

1. Aid co-ordination in Moldova Tudor Mancaş, Policies, strategic planning and foreignaiddepartment State Chancelleryof the Republic of Moldova Yerevan, ARMENIA DADCommunityofPractice June , 2011

2. aid co-ordination in Moldova ODA delivery Aid co-ordination mechanism in Moldova. M&E Aid Information Management System Next steps Your precious feed-back

3. ODA - Official Development Assistance an excellent method for transferring resources from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries (Peter Bauer and Milton Friedman) or aid given to a country (directly or through international organisations)to support its economic, environmental, social and political development, to overcome critical situations.

4. aid delivery OfficialDevelopmentAssistance Developmentpartners bi-/multilateral Republic of Moldova

5. aid co-ordination • entails the exchange of information • an attempt to agree on aid objectives and priorities • an agreement on projects to be undertaken concurrently or jointly • a mechanism that assures the more effective delivery of development assistance

6. aid co-ordination – international & country level while international foraare key to improving overarching principles for aid coordination, the country-level mechanisms are the ones that determine to what extent impact is actually achieved.

7. aid co-ordination in Moldova the Regulation regarding the institutional framework and mechanism of co-ordination of the external assistance given to Moldova by international organizations and donor countries approved by GD nr.12 from January 19, 2010

8. aid co-ordination mechanism in Moldova – national level National Co-ordinator (Prime-minister) civil society representatives Co-chairing ministers Inter-ministerial Committee for Strategic Planning Joint Partnership Committee development partners Co-chairing State Chancellery State Chancellery other institutions, private sector

9. aid co-ordination mechanism in Moldova – national level • Inter-ministerial Committee • for Strategic Planning (ICSP) • ensures an integrated strategic planning process in which the national priorities, laid out in the national strategic documents, are co-related with the policies developed by the central public administrations specialized bodies and the international commitments.

10. aid co-ordination mechanism in Moldova – national level • Inter-ministerial Committee • for Strategic Planning (ICSP) • 15 members • Chaired - Prime-minister • Secretariat - State Chancellery

11. aid co-ordination mechanism in Moldova – national level the Joint Partnership Council (JPC) an advisory body, meant to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of the foreign assistance provided to the Republic of Moldova by international organizations and donor countries.

12. aid co-ordination mechanism in Moldova – national level State Chancellery www.cancelaria.gov.md / www.ncu.moldova.md assists the Government in ensuring that aid co-ordination, occurs within the country’s action programmes and strategies, leading to the sustainable socio-economic development of the Republic of Moldova.

13. aid co-ordination mechanism in Moldova – sectoral level Sectoral Co-ordinator (minister) Sectoral Co-ordinator (minister) Sectoral Co-ordinator (minister) Sectoral Co-ordinator (minister) Sectoral Co-ordinator (minister) civil society representatives Heads of Divisions Sectoral Council (21 SC created) Sectoral Council (21 SC created) Sectoral Council (21 SC created) Sectoral Council (21 SC created) Sectorial Council (21 SC created) development partners State Chancellery Secretariat other institutions, private sector

14. aid co-ordination mechanism in Moldova – sectoral level SectoralCouncils 21 CS created chaired by the minister and one of the most active development partners in the sector trimestrial + ad-hock meetings

15. projects Vs priorities nationalpriorities (NDS, etc) developmentpartners alignment project proposals developmentpartners sectoralpriorities (sectoralstrategies) alignment *DAMEP s created in eachministry

16. reporting – innitial phase

17. progress report

18. reporting – final phase

19. Aid Information Management System IDEA – Integrated Database on External Assistance - designed in the late 1990’s, with support from the European Union’s Tacis programme as a pure internal management tool for aid programme management and co-ordination. - current version (4.5) was re-built and upgraded in 2010, with the support from EU Delegation.

20. Aid Information Management System IDEA – Integrated Database on External Assistance a software application, that:- pulls data together from multiple sources;- enables better management and coordination of ODA;- helps to manage development resources according to national priorities.1.167 projects registereg200 - ongoing

21. IDEA= >www.ncu.moldova.md IDEA was implemented to promote transparency and accountability of funds, result-driven decision-making and aid effectiveness. linked to www.ncu.moldova.md

22. IDEA - project search M&E

23. IDEA - project search M&E

24. IDEA – Report generation M&E

25. improvement of IDEA http://www.cancelaria.gov.md/libview.php?l=en&id=973&idc=277

26. aid co-ordination in Moldova - next steps …continue improving…

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28. Thank you Shnorhagallem Tudor Mancaş,Tudor.Mancas@gmail.com Policies, strategic planning and foreignaiddepartment State Chancelleryof the Republic of Moldova