ASDP Basket Fund - Ministry Of Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives

2 Institutional arrangements• In close collaboration with DPPs, collating, synthesizing, analysing andpresenting budgets, work plans and physical and financial reports financedthrough the basket fund to the various decision making bodies including theASDP Basket Fund Steering Committee and NSC• Supporting ASLMs to develop, review and disseminate the DADPguidelines• Supporting ASLMs to refine the basket access criteria for LGAs• Supporting ASLMs to oversee the capacity development and needs of theLGAs, including developing a menu of training and service providers forcapacity building activities.Strategic functions• Promoting and coordinating the involvement of various stakeholders,especially the private sector, in the development of the sector, throughpublicity and dissemination of reports• Coordinating with other cross-sector activities ( e.g. the BEST programmeinitiatives to support SMEs through the Bank of Tanzania) not financedthrough the ASDP basket to learn and disseminate good practices• Aligning the ASDP interventions with the NSGRP, LGRP and the PublicService Reform Programme• Liaising with the independent Monitoring Group, responsible for assessingthe Joint Assistance Strategy at mid-term, in assessing the progress ofASDP towards a SWAP as defined by the targets and milestones set bythe Roadmap exercise• Coordinating the development partners in mainstreaming and aligning thenature and modality of their support to ASDP that is consistent with aSWAP, paying particular attention to, ensuring more joined up approachesto financing, implementing and reviewing district level interventions andnational planning and monitoring systems.Government of the United Republic of Tanzania10