Presented by MINISTRY OF PLANNING & ECONOMIC AFFAIRS B uchanan City, November 14-16, 2012

1. Presenting the AGENDA FOR TRANSFORMATION (AfT) Engaging the CSOs on AfT Monitoring from HRBA Approach County Level Development Plans: Challenges, Successes, & the 2nd Generation CDAs Presented by MINISTRY OF PLANNING & ECONOMIC AFFAIRS Buchanan City, November14-16, 2012

2. CONTENT OF PRESENTATION County Level Development Plans • CDAs Implementation: Challenges • CDAs Implementation: Successes • The 2nd Generation CDAs • Roadmap to 2nd Generation CDAs Development

3. CDAs Implementation: Challenges • Information/dissemination • Political will • Linkages • Coordination • Monitoring County Level Development Plans

4. CDAs Implementation: Challenges Information dissemination • Poor information dissemination • Disconnect between Ministries and Agencies in Monrovia and their County staffs in terms of their roles in PRS deliverables & projects • Disconnect between CSOs & local authorities relating to PRS/CDAs implementation & monitoring County Level Development Plans

5. CDAs Implementation: Challenges Political Will • SCDC(legislators, local leaders, district rep) decided to implement projects outside the CDAs with CDF & CSDF • Local political leaders did not place emphasis on the CDA implementation County Level Development Plans

6. CDAs Implementation: Challenges Linkages • Disconnect between national level and county-based deliverables implementation & monitoring • Disconnect between CDA priority interventions and national budget County Level Development Plans

7. CDAs Implementation: Challenges Coordination • Ineffectiveness of coordination meetings (CDSC, PWC and Sector meetings) • Poor attendance and reporting (CSOs, LMAs, Local Authorities) • Limited logistics & supplies County Level Development Plans

8. CDAs Implementation: Challenges Monitoring • Limited logistics • Lack of M&E framework for CDAs • Disjointed independent monitoring by both state & non-state actors • Limited information sharing on monitoring • Weak monitoring: (i.e. input, process/output and outcome) County Level Development Plans

9. CDAs Implementation: Successes • Improved service delivery (education, health, roads, etc.) • Establishment of county level implementation coordination structure • Initial support from UN-CST and county authorities County Level Development Plans

10. CDAs Implementation: Successes • Database on development projects and actors across the counties established (i.e. who’s doing what and where) • Positive relationship amongst government functionaries, partners, civil society and the citizens at the local level County Level Development Plans

11. Why 2nd Generation CDAs • 1st Generation CDAs comes to an end • Will capture needs as expressed by the citizens during the 156 district consultations of April 2012 • Will capture county specific development priorities & interventions • Will disaggregate AfT interventions at the county level County Level Development Plans

12. Why 2nd Generation CDAs • Priorities identified will be linked to the county budget in the MTEF • Should serve as a guide for the utilization of county development and social development funds • Serves as the basis for CSOs advocacy for the right utilization of the CDF/CSDF • Serves as a basis for NGOs & donor partners interventions at the county level County Level Development Plans

13. Roadmap to 2nd Generation CDA Development County Level Development Plans

14. Roadmap to 2nd Generation CDA Development County Level Development Plans

15. Roadmap to 2nd Generation CDA Development County Level Development Plans

16. Roadmap to 2nd Generation CDA Development County Level Development Plans

17. Roadmap to 2nd Generation CDA Development County Level Development Plans

18. Roadmap to 2nd Generation CDA Development County Level Development Plans