2008 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration Phase I Donor Meeting

1. REPUBLIKA E SHQIPERISE Këshilli i Ministrave Department of Strategy and Donor Coordination 2008 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration Phase I Donor Meeting: 12 March 2008

2. Management of the 2008DAC Survey DSDC and MoF, assisted by the DTS, coordinated the work on: • Preparing and distributing the survey materials to governmental institutions and the donor community; • Liaising with OECD/DAC representatives for any questions and technical aspects related to the survey completion; • Collecting survey data in a timely manner and consolidating it in the Country Worksheet; • Ensuring quality and consistency in the responses provided; • Collecting relevant information from the GoA institutions and donor community for the Country Report.

3. Requests and reminders sent to donors: Responses were received by 18 donors An additional time extension for a second input 14 January, 19 February and 4 March 2008 Austria, Canada, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US, EBRD, EIB, European Commission, IFAD, OSCE, UN, WB. 19 March 2008 Process

4. Challenges to 2008 SURVEY Process • Difficulties in contacting donors who are not represented in Albania. • Difficult level of questionnaire and qualitative questions. • Different understanding of questions in some cases, affecting some of survey results.

5. Indicators Table

6. Indicators Table (cont.)

7. Progress made by the GoA and DONORS toward reaching 2010 Targets • The Integrated Planning System (IPS) which will integrate the goals of the NSDI, SAp, NATO, and MDGs, sector and cross-cutting strategies into a single framework in line with the long-term vision. • A single unified long-term strategic framework - the National Strategy for Development and Integration (NSDI) 2007 – 2013 to be linked to the budget through MTBP process. • A fully staffed DSDC, increasing its role in taking the lead in coordinating external assistance • Establishment of the Department of Public Investment Management (DPIM) responsible for the development of new PIM procedures.

8. Progress made (cont) • A new Organic Budget Law which will codify the MTBP process and serve as reference for the regulation on Foreign Assistance. • A newPublic Procurement Law, establishment of the Public Procurement Advocate, an e-procurement in line with EU directives • A new Cross-cutting Strategy for Prevention, Fight on Corruption and Transparent Governance (2007 – 2013) • A recently prepared Orientation Document for External Assistance soon to be available for public release. • Establishment of the IPS Calendar, which also includes a calendar of the EA events.

9. Progress made (cont) • Differentcoordination mechanisms used by the GoA and the donor community /DTS in order to coordinate their activities: DRT, development counsellors’ meetings and SWG meetings. • Recent efforts by the donor community to structure the SWGand to nominate Donor Focal Points/ lead donor for each sector. • An innovative “One UN” programme which will consolidate a broad range of individual UN programmes within a single strategic framework. • Establishment of an IPS Multi-donor Trust Fund with participation of at least seven donors, which relies on existing GoA structures for implementation.

10. Progress made (cont) • Lower number of parallel structures(some donors started to phase out parallel PIUs). • Increased number of joint programmes, SWAps (e.g. SWAp in education) and PBAs (Millennium Challenge Albania Threshold Agreement, etc.). • Increased number of Joint Missions (under SWAp in Education, SPEM 3 and IPS Immediate-Needs Project). IPS Multi-Donor Trust Fund where all the donors will use the same missions for review and evaluation. • Publication of Donor Dialogue(joint newsletter of the DTS and DSDC) as an information-sharing vehicle to note upcoming events and donor missions

11. Priority actions for 2008 to make progress against 2010 targets • Implementation of the NSDI and IPS, full functioning of monitoring and reporting systems including regulation on Foreign Assistance coordination; • Continued improvement of PFM and procurement systems; Approval and implement new Organic Budget Law, including regulation on Foreign Assistance; • DSDC in coordination with MoF, needs to effectively manage the donor database; while donors are encouraged to improve reporting of external assistance in a timely and coherent manner; • The External Assistance Orientation Document updated on yearly basis to feed into the budget cycle.

12. Priority actions for 2008 to make progress against 2010 targets • Sector level working groups revitalized and formalized under government leadership as a basis for further development of PBA/SWAp. • Increased leadership from line ministries in sector working groups is needed in order to facilitate the increased use of PBA/SWAp. • Establish ways to a mutual assessment of progress )such as development of a Harmonisation Action Plan). • Donors are encouraged to jointly support evaluations of external assistance – with government leadership.

13. Challenges remaining in completing the 2008 Survey • Donors to provide further input for the country report (answers to qualitative questions included into the report) • Answers to the questionnaires (Indicators 3 to 10) to be reviewed by donors • Indicators 1, 2, 11 – input from recent World Bank CDF, CPIA ratings, PEIR and PEFA to be included • Indicator 8: What efforts are being made by donors at country level to untie their aid? • Indicator 12: Agreed with donors - on Mutual assessments of progress - exercises that engage at a national level both partner authorities and donors in a review of mutual performance. What actions would be needed to initiate such a mutual assessment?

14. Department of Strategy and Donor Coordination THANK YOU!