Tudor Mancaş, Policies, strategic planning and foreign aid department State Chancellery of the Republic of Moldova Yerevan, ARMENIA DADCommunity of Practice June, 2011 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 aid co-ordination in Moldova

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. ODA - Official Development Assistance

aid delivery Development partners bi-/multilateral O fficial D evelopment A ssistance Republic of Moldova

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

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

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 aid co-ordination in Moldova

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

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.

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

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.

State Chancellery / 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. aid co-ordination mechanism in Moldova – national level

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

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

project proposals projects Vs priorities sectoral priorities (sectoral strategies) national priorities (NDS, etc) development partners alignment *DAMEP s created in each ministry development partners

3 reporting – innitial phase

3 progress report

3 reporting – final phase

- 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. 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 projects registereg ongoing 3 Aid Information Management System IDEA – Integrated Database on External Assistance

IDEA was implemented to promote transparency and accountability of funds, result-driven decision-making and aid effectiveness. linked to 3 IDEA = >

M&E 3 IDEA - project search

M&E 3 IDEA - project search

M&E 3 IDEA – Report generation

3 improvement of IDEA

…continue improving… 3 aid co-ordination in Moldova - next steps

Q & A feedback session 3 aid co-ordination in Moldova

Tudor Mancaş, Policies, strategic planning and foreign aid department State Chancellery of the Republic of Moldova Thank you Shnorhagallem