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ASDP Basket Fund - Ministry Of Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives

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2 Institutional arrangements• Reviewing <strong>and</strong> approving its Terms of Reference, <strong>and</strong> updating <strong>and</strong>modifying them when necessary• Overseeing the operations of the <strong>ASDP</strong> Secretariat with respect to themanagement of the <strong>Basket</strong> <strong>Fund</strong>• Instituting <strong>and</strong> regularly reviewing <strong>ASDP</strong> mechanisms for planning,management, monitoring, evaluation <strong>and</strong> funding• Ensuring that the basket fund’s resources are utilized to finance initiativesspecified in the programme document• Reviewing <strong>and</strong> commenting on consolidated district budgets <strong>and</strong> plans; thecentral ministries MTEFs; <strong>and</strong> supporting projects for the implementation ofthe <strong>ASDP</strong>• Examining <strong>and</strong> approving the basket fund <strong>and</strong> implementing institutions’periodic reports• Authorising the release of funds from the <strong>ASDP</strong> holding account to thedevelopment exchequer based on quarterly technical <strong>and</strong> financial reports• Discussing <strong>and</strong> agreeing any changes in the agriculture formula for LocalGovernment Authority (LGA) allocations, modifications in the annualassessment criteria, identifying LGAs which qualify for the grants, <strong>and</strong>issues pertaining to the rules of eligible investments, <strong>and</strong> cost sharingarrangements• Recommending submissions to the LGCDG Steering Committee throughthe <strong>ASDP</strong> <strong>Basket</strong> <strong>Fund</strong> Steering Committee representatives on theLGCDG Technical Committee• Endorsing <strong>and</strong> discussing audit reports, taking appropriate follow up action• Reporting to the <strong>ASDP</strong> National Steering Committee on the status of theprogramme.The <strong>ASDP</strong> <strong>Basket</strong> <strong>Fund</strong> Steering Committee’s Terms of Reference are set out inAnnex A of this document.Government of the United Republic of Tanzania8

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