Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Enhanced Integrated Framework ...

NATIONALIMPLEMENTATIONSTRUCTURESAt the national level, the following structureslink policy, planning, budgeting and monitoringof the ANDS:To facilitate coordination, 17 Inter-MinisterialCommittees (IMCs) will be established, eachresponsible for overseeing the implementationof an ANDS sector strategies. The membershipof these bodies will include the ministers fromthose ministries with responsibility in the particularsector. The IMCs will report regularlyto the President and Cabinet and to the JCMBthrough the Oversight Committee. The IMCswill be coordinated by the ANDS OversightCommittee and supported by the JCMB Secretariat.The line ministries and other governmentagencies will be responsible for the implementationof the ANDS (program and projects)with support from the Ministry of Finance, IndependentAdministrative Reform and CivilService Commission (IARCSC) and internationalpartners.The National Assembly will be responsible forlegislating an enabling environment for security,economic growth and poverty reduction.Parliamentarians and committees are alreadyactively engaged in the formulation of theANDSThe Council of Ministers headed by the Presidentas the highest level decision-making body,will oversee the progress and provide overallpolicy guidance and direction under existinglegislation.The ANDS Oversight Committee as high levelbody comprised of senior ministers will overseethe implementation of the ANDS and reportabout the progress directly to the Presidentand the Cabinet. 61MoF will be responsible to ensure that the programsand projects of the line ministries will becosted, prioritized against the fiscal framework,sequenced and integrated into the MTFF andthe Budget.SUB-NATIONALIMPLEMENTATIONSTRUCTURESAt the sub-national level, the following structuresare to be established to enhance the linkbetween policy making, planning, and implementationof the PDPs, budgeting and monitoring:The Independent Department for Local Governance(IDLG), under the President’s Office,will be responsible for the overall coordinationof local governance and all provincial governorswill report to it on the progress of the implementationof the ANDS.At the provincial level, the Provincial Councils,Provincial Development Committees and ProvincialGovernors will be directly involved inthe implementation of the ANDS. The provincialdepartments of the line ministries will beresponsible for implementation of the subnationalprojects. At district and communitylevels the District and Community DevelopmentCouncils (DDCs, CDCs) will continue toplay key role in implementation of the communitylevel projects under the overall leadershipof the Wuluswal..COORDINATIONSTRUCTURESThe Government and the international communityhave established the Joint Coordinationand Monitoring Board (JCMB), with responsibilityfor overall strategic coordination andmonitoring of the implementation of the AfghanistanCompact.61 This mechanism has been very effective for formulation ofMillennium Development Goals (MDGs) for Afghanistan, developmentof Afghanistan Compact and Interim Afghanistan NationalDevelopment Strategy (I-ANDS), prioritization of variousprograms and projects, and approval of policies and decisions.The effectiveness of this mechanism is supplemented by the factthat the Senior Economic Advisor to the President is also a co-chair of the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB),which is mainly responsible for coordination between the governmentand the international community. The members of theOversight Committee are also members of JCMB. This mechanismwill be a very important implementation mechanism forANDS because of its past experience, criticality and positioning.Implementation Framework 173