ASDP Basket Fund - Ministry Of Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives

2 Institutional arrangements2.1 IntroductionThis section describes the ASDP’s institutional and administrative arrangements bothat national and local levels. The institutional arrangements for the ASDP aresummarised in Figure 2.1 overleaf. Institutional mandates, roles and responsibilitiesfor the management of the programme are specified in the remainder of this section.2.2 Annual Conference of StakeholdersThe agriculture sector involves a broad range of stakeholders with varying roles,interest and responsibilities. The views of the many different groups of ASDPstakeholders are of tremendous importance in the implementation of the ASDP.Consequently, an Annual Conference of Stakeholders (ACS) is organised to solicitthese views. The conference allows representatives of all stakeholders’ groups in theagricultural sector to be informed of, and express their views on, the ASDPimplementation, progress and other matters relevant to the agriculture sector. ThePresident of the United Republic of Tanzania chairs the conference.2.3 National Steering CommitteeThe National Steering Committee (NSC), chaired by the Permanent Secretary (PS),Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives (MAFSC) is responsible forpolicy making and coordinating the implementation of the ASDP at a national leveland monitoring its performance to ensure that the goals of the programme are beingachieved. The NSC, which meets at least once in every quarter, comprises PSs of allthe ASLMs and all other collaborating ministries.2.4 ASDP Basket Fund Steering CommitteeThe ASDP Basket Fund Steering Committee, chaired by the PS, MAFSC, overseesthe use of funds allocated under the ASDP for both national and local governmentcomponents. The ASDP Basket Fund Steering Committee comprises PSs of all theASLMs (MAFSC, Ministry of Livestock development (MLD), Ministry of Trade,Industry and Markets (MTIM), and Prime Minister’s Office – Regional Administrationand Local Government (PMO-RALG)); PS of the Ministry of Finance (MoF); tworepresentatives from each ASDP development partner; and Directors of Policy andPlanning (DPPs) of all ASLMs as ex-officio members. The ASDP Basket FundSteering Committee is responsible for:Government of the United Republic of Tanzania6