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Multi Donor Trust Fund – National and South

Multi Donor Trust Fund – National and South. Technical session with Worldbank Technical Secretariats, GoNU, GoSS, UN and donors 5 May 2008, Sudan Consortium. National MDTF . MDTF as effective instrument for Donor harmonisation and coordination, In 2005 5 donors; now 8 donors

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Multi Donor Trust Fund – National and South

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  1. Multi Donor Trust Fund – National and South Technical session with Worldbank Technical Secretariats, GoNU, GoSS, UN and donors 5 May 2008, Sudan Consortium

  2. National MDTF • MDTF as effective instrument for Donor harmonisation and coordination, • In 2005 5 donors; now 8 donors • Donors paid $ 234 mln; committed 80 %; disbursed 36 % of paid in • Co-funded GoNU $ 366 mln = 67 %, increasing dialogue with GoNU counterparts.

  3. External Review MDTFsfindings-1 • MTDF programs relevant to JAM/CPA, with increasing focus on institutional development • Performance MDTF portfolio ‘moderately satisfactory’ • Disbursement rate fairly low (36 % after 2,5 years) but similar to other programs in Sudan. • Some programs delayed due to mngt constraints and overoptimistic planning; delay in counterpart funding also impacts on progress.

  4. MDTF-N external reviewfindings -2 5. GoNU ownership and familiarity with WB/ MDTF procedures increased, but still outstanding issues re procedures on procurement, financial mngt. 6. Good monitoring and financial & technical support by TS (WB) and Monitoring Agent. 7. Governance structure: OC focusses on operational issues; thematic groups required for policy& planning coordination.

  5. Recommendations from Review • Stronger leadership of GoNU & donors with more dialogue on strategic directions • Increase knowledge on implementation ie by joint supervision and stronger relation with Monitoring Agent • Clarify and resolve counterpart funding • Make Thematic Groups operational to align MDTF to national policies/systems

  6. After the review… • Donors’ conclusion: Phase II of N-MDTF need to address lessons learned (no business as usual); enhanced dialogue • Added to recommendations: • Despite pressure to expand portfolio, MDTF-N need to focus more; • More attention required for implementation issues. • TS/WB-Kha needs to be strenghtened;

  7. Replenishing the MDTF-National- donors’ views: • GoNU development policy is broad: further discussion / analysis needed of how MDTF-N fits in, i.e. on financing Joint Projects GoSS/GoNU • Increased focus on war affected and border areas to promote stability as well as poverty reduction: the East and the Three Areas → Three Areas and East only received about $ 12 mln and $4,3 mln resp under MDTF-N programs; NB budgets: $73 mln Three Areas and $65 mlnEast: in total $ 138 mln = 59 % of MDTF; $137 mln, $58 mln resp, = 36% of MDTF-programming → overall GoNU spending in Three Areas was 5 % of JAM target

  8. Replenishing the MDTF-National- donors’ views • State programs to be backed up by national reform programs to enhance impact at state/locality level. i.e. decentralisation of planning & funding • Use joint progress reviews of programs– addressing implementation issues - to ↑ engagement, and enhance dialogue with counterparts • Create synergies with WB’s analytical work on budget, social sectors, economic growth etc. • Address sustainability in design of modalities: shift to implementation led by Sudanese.

  9. Way forward; • Solving outstanding issues on Phase II strategy, mainly financial planning/ funding ratio • New commitments foreseen mid 2008, aim to increase, to achieve objectives • New OC composition? New donor co chair? • Division of labour among donors to follow implementation progress more effectively

  10. MDTF-South Reflections on First Phase (2005-8)

  11. Overview MDTF-S • 14 donors have contributed to date: - $355m donor funding committed; $224m signed grant agreements (63%) • $125m in project accounts; $109m paid out (30%) • Co-funding GoSS and donors: • Current de facto shift in funding ratio to approx 50:50; • GoSS contributions less than envisaged due to GoSS budgetary problems

  12. Overview of Funding

  13. Conclusions of External Review • Delivery now picking up and broadly in line with expectations as a result of stronger GoSS and TS capacity; • Critical issue is prioritisation of available funding, with clarity as to GoSS and donor contributions; • Need to enable the MDTF Oversight Committee to function at a strategic level; • Strengthening of NGO engagement (at policy level as well as in implementation).

  14. Co-Chair’s Assessment • Now much stronger GoSS ownership of the MDTF mechanism; strengthened platform for policy dialogue & overall government-led aid co-ordination; • Capacity of WB/TS Juba Office strengthened, but more capacity still needed esp. to deliver broader policy and analytical agenda; • Much effort still needed for sectoral programmes to deliver quality & timely results. All programmes need strong ongoing supervision & monitoring.

  15. MDTF-South Key issues moving forward (2008-10)

  16. MDTF-S Key Issues(1): Financing • Estimate of $1.1 billion overall financing requirement 2008-11 (cost of current programmes plus approx $100 million new programmes) • GoSS requesting $751m donor pledge to MDTF for the period 2008-11. • Given the major financial needs of the MDTF-S for next phase, donor view is that it is essential that GoSS increases its allocations to the MDTF as soon as its revenue base allows. • Donors requested by GoSS to front load as much as possible to 2008 and 2009.

  17. MDTF-S Key Issues(2): Prioritisation • Unless both donors and GoSS can increase contributions above current levels, portfolio cannot be expanded to cover important new issues, and will need to be cut back. • Portfolio will need to be prioritised within agreed envelope using GoSS Expenditure Priorities 2008-11 (focus on basic services, roads etc) as a framework to prioritise of Phase II proposals and allocation of any available finance to new programmes.

  18. Proposals for MDTF-S (1): Strategic framework • MDTF resource allocation to be prioritised using the GoSS Medium Term priorities 2008-11 document. • Phase II programmes need to be very strategically focused – ensure comparative advantage and complementarity in each sector using the Budget Sector Groups. • Move to decentralised delivery: state & counties • Much stronger focus on cross-cutting synergies: gender, community driven development etc.

  19. Proposals (2): Strengthening of Governance & Implementation Arrangements • Oversight Committee enabled to play more strategic role with support of joint technical working group • Effective linkages to new Sudan Recovery Fund (joint oversight mechanism to ensure complementarity) • Stronger M&E mechanism (monthly) with good GoSS-wide participation. • Modality to engage state and local government (not ad hoc): e.g. MDTF focal points in states? • More strategic NGO engagement • Much stronger communications strategy needed

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