Governance, Public Administration Reform and Human Rights Sector Strategy

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Governance, Public Administration Reform and
Human Rights Sector Strategy

• Afghanistan National Development Strategy
• (ANDS)

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Based on

• Constitution of Afghanistan
• Afghanistan Compact
• Interim-Afghanistan National Development Strategy
• Participating Ministry/Agency Strategies

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Participating Institutions

• National Assembly Meshrano Jirga and Wolesi
  Jirga, Provincial Councils
• The Judiciary
• Office of the President
• Office of Administrative Affairs
• Independent Directorate of Local Governance
  (IDLG)
• Office of the Mayor, Kabul Municipality
• Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
  (AIHRC)
• Independent Administrative Reform Civil
  Services Commission (IARCSC)
• Independent Election Commission
• GIAAC (Anti-Corruption Commission)
• Afghanistan Geodesy Cartography Head Office
• Central Statistics Organization
• Department of Disaster Preparedness
• General Directorate of Audit Control
• Ministry of Agriculture
• Ministry of Border and Tribal Affairs
• Ministry of Communications and IT
• Ministry of Counter Narcotics
• Ministry of Culture and Youth

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Constraints in the Governance Sector

• WEAK PUBLIC SECTOR
• Lack of resources and fiscal capacity
• Lack of qualified and disciplined staff
• Excessive centralization
• Lack of coordinated decision-making across the
  Government
• Lack of womens participation in the Government
• Limited direct accountability to clients

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Theme of the StrategyGood Governance

• openness, participation, accountability,
  effectiveness-efficiency and coherence, applied
  at all levels of government.
• consensus, equity and inclusiveness, gender
  justice and rule of law
• Principle of Subsidiarity
• The division of duties and responsibilities at
  national, provincial and district levels can be
  based on the principle of the greatest
  effectiveness and efficiency of delivery of
  public services by administrations closest to
  citizens and ensuring accountability to citizens

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Mission

• Our mission for the Islamic Republic of
  Afghanistan is to consolidate peace and stability
  through just, democratic and gender balanced
  processes and institutions of good governance,
  provide equal opportunities to both women and
  men, and to reduce poverty and achieve prosperity
  through broad based and equitable economic
  growth.

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Vision

• The Government of Afghanistans governance vision
  is to develop Afghanistan into a stable and
  mature Islamic constitutional democracy where the
  three branches of government (executive,
  parliamentary and judicial) provide the necessary
  checks and balances on each other.
• The Government of Afghanistan and its sub
  national governing units will be fully committed
  to provide open and transparent, accountable,
  participative, gender balanced, effective,
  coherent, and inclusive governance based on
  consensus and rule of law, at national and sub
  national level.
• Afghanistans women will enjoy greater equity in
  education, employment, political participation
  and social justice.

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Goal 1

• Governments aim is to establish and strengthen
  government institutions at the central and
  sub-national levels in order to ensure peoples
  participation in governance and to achieve
  measurable improvements in the delivery of
  services and the protection of rights of all
  Afghan women, men and children.

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Goal 2

• Government's aim is to establish a modern,
  responsive, gender sensitive, democratic,
  transparent and accountable public administration
  enabled to mange public resources efficiently and
  effectively for improved service delivery to all
  female and male citizens in fair and equitable
  manner.

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Goal 3

• The Government's goal is to eliminate
  discrimination against women at all levels,
  develop their human capital and promote their
  leadership in order to guarantee their full and
  equal participation in all aspects of life in
  Afghanistan.

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Goal 4

• Government's long-term aim is to eliminate
  corruption in the public and private sector in
  order to improve the effectiveness, transparency,
  and accountability of government, and to create
  an environment conducive to investment.

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Goal 5

• An inclusive Afghan society, in which the human
  rights of all citizens, women and men alike, are
  realized, protected, respected and extended.

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Inputs from Agency Strategies

• Development of a framework of legislation to
  facilitate the operations of these agencies and
  the community in general
• The acquisition of technical and physical
  resources needed by Government agencies to
  perform their assigned roles
• Capacity development and education so that
  agencies make better decisions relating to their
  assigned roles and can better allocate the
  resources, both human and physical, that they
  have at their disposal

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Inputs from Agency Strategies

• The development of an environment that
  facilitates private activity, including longer
  term private investment, and private decision
  making
• They take into account the needs of disadvantaged
  parts of society
• Improved communications , both within and between
  other government agencies and between government
  agencies and agencies and individuals outside the
  government
• Inclusion of cross-cutting strategies
• Improved cooperation across agencies and with
  donors, NGOs and Private Sector

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Key Expected Results

• 1. The National Assembly will be provided with
  full technical and administrative support to
  fulfill effectively its constitutionally mandated
  roles.
• Capacity of the members will be built in drafting
  and ratification of legislation, review and input
  to the national budget review, oversight, and
  representation.  In addition, there will be an
  emphasis on training MPs to better understand and
  legislate on issues related to womens rights,
  national security, international relations, and
  inter-ethnic relations.

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Key Expected Results

• 2. By Jaddi 1392 (end-2013), Government machinery
  (including all the ministries and offices at
  national and sub-national level including
  municipalities) will be restructured and
  rationalized to ensure a fiscally sustainable
  public administration the Civil Service
  Commission will be strengthened and civil
  service functions will be reformed to reflect
  core functions and responsibilities. Public
  Administration Reform (PAR) started in few
  ministries with complete restructuring so that
  the structures are aligned with functions
  positions are re-graded and filled by merit based
  appointments will be implemented in all the
  ministries and offices at national and sub
  national level including municipalities.
• IARCSC will strengthen the common functions
  within all the ministries and offices. The IARCSC
  will evolve a comprehensive gender sensitive
  legal framework including Human Resource
  Management Regulations, Pay and Grading
  Regulations, Pension and Retrenchment Regulations
  applicable to civil service, and implement it
  through the respective ministries in the offices
  at national and sub national level including
  municipalities.

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Key Expected Results

• 3. By Jaddi 1392 (end-2013), a training policy
  for entire public sector workforce shall be
  developed and implemented. Institutional
  arrangements shall be put in place to ensure that
  each member of the workforce gets trained at
  least once in two years in organization specific
  and job specific training along with the generic
  training.

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Key Expected Results

• 4. A transparent, merit based and gender
  sensitive national appointments mechanism will be
  fully implemented for all appointments to the
  national and sub national governments and the
  judiciary, including those of provincial
  governors, chiefs of police, district
  administrators and provincial heads of security.
• Independent Appointments Board will be
  strengthened by providing required staff with
  skills essential for the purpose.

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Key Expected Results

• 5. By Jaddi 1389 (end-2010), in furtherance of
  the work of the Civil Service Commission, merit
  based appointments, vetting procedures and
  performance-based reviews will be undertaken for
  the civil service at all levels of government,
  including central government, the judiciary and
  police, and requisite support will be provided to
  build the capacity of the civil service to
  function effectively.
• Annual performance-based reviews will be
  undertaken for the civil service at all levels of
  government every year.

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Key Expected Results

• 6. By Jaddi 1392 (end-2013), the corruption in
  the judiciary and the government at all levels
  especially in security, customs, civil
  administration and municipalities will be
  significantly reduced.
• A monitoring mechanism to track the corruption at
  high places will be put in place by Jaddi 1387
  (end-2008).
• By Jaddi 1387 (end-2008), cross-cutting
  electronic government applications will be
  launched to reduce corruption and increase
  efficiency.
• By Jaddi 1387 (end-2008), the Government will
  establish and implement a public complaints
  mechanism.

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Key Expected Results

• 7. The citizens of Afghanistan have the right of
  access to the information from the government
  offices in accordance with Article 50 of the
  Constitution. This right will have no limits,
  unless it violates the rights of the others.
• By Jaddi 1389 (end-2010), the legal framework
  required for exercise of this right provided
  under the constitution will be put in place,
  distributed to all judicial and legislative
  institutions, and made available to the public
  and, implemented.

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Key Expected Results

• 8. By Jaddi 1389 (end-2010), the Government will
  increase the number of arrests and prosecutions
  of traffickers and corrupt officials, and will
  improve its information base concerning those
  involved in the drugs trade, with a view to
  enhancing the selection system for national and
  sub-national public appointments.
• Public officials elected and appointed to high
  positions will be required to declare their asset
  before taking charge of their office.

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Key Expected Results

• 9. By Jaddi 1389 (end-2010), an expert Commission
  i.e. Productivity Commission will be set up under
  the President to which Cabinet can refer issues
  for public investigation and advice.

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Key Expected Results

• 10. By Jaddi 1389 (end-2010) the National Action
  Plan for Women in Afghanistan will be fully
  implemented and in line with Afghanistans MDGs,
  female participation in all Afghan governance
  institutions, including elected and appointed
  bodies and the civil service, will be
  strengthened by providing a specific percent
  reservation of seats by enacting a law of
  affirmative action.

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Key Expected Results

• 11. By Jaddi 1389 (end-2010), an effective system
  of disaster preparedness and response will be in
  place.

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Key Expected Results

• 12. The Afghanistan Independent Electoral
  Commission will have the high integrity, capacity
  and resources to undertake elections in an
  increasingly fiscally sustainable manner by Jaddi
  1388 (end-2009), with the Government of
  Afghanistan contributing to the extent possible
  to the cost of future elections from its own
  resources. A permanent voter registry will be
  established, polling stations will be defined
  and, all voters will be linked to specific
  polling stations by Jaddi 1388 (end-2009).
• The Independent Election Commission will hold
  District Council, Village Council, Municipal
  Council and Mayoral Elections in the year 1389
  (2010) and 1392 (2013).
• For this purpose, the Commission will make all
  necessary arrangements including delimitation of
  village council jurisdictions, manteqa level
  constituencies for District Councils and gozar
  level constituencies for Municipal Councils.

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Key Expected Results

• 13. By Jaddi 1392 (end-2013), civil registry with
  a single national identity document will be
  established.

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Key Expected Results

• 14. The census enumeration will be completed by
  Jaddi 1387 (end-2008) and the complete results
  published.
• Reliable statistical baselines will be
  established for all quantitative benchmarks and
  statistical capacity built to track progress
  against them.

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Key Expected Results

• 15. By Jaddi 1387 (end-2008), a full scale view
  of the boundaries of villages and gozars as
  political and administrative units will be
  undertaken.
• By Jaddi 1388 (end-2009), Government will carry
  out political and administrative mapping of the
  country with villages and gozars as basic units
  and, the political and administrative maps will
  be made available at all levels for the purpose
  of elections, socio- economic planning and
  implementation of sub-national governance policy.

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Key Expected Results

• 16. A community based process for registration of
  land in all administrative units and the
  registration of titles will be started for all
  urban areas and rural areas by Jaddi 1387
  (end-2008). A fair system for settlement of land
  disputes will be in place by Jaddi 1386
  (end-2007).

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Key Expected Results

• 17. By end-1389 (20 March 2011), the Government
  will ensure formulation and implementation of
  sub-national governance policy and, its legal and
  regulatory framework. This will be done through a
  national dialogue on sub-national governance and,
  with technical support of international
  community.
• The Government will clarify rules, procedures,
  functions, inter-relationships and resource
  allocations for local governance entities i.e.
  Provinces, Districts, Municipalities and Villages
  and, their relationship with the Central
  Government at Kabul by enacting a Law on Local
  Governance and a Law on Municipal Governance.

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Key Expected Results

• By end-1389 (20 March 2011), the Government will
  encourage and ensure popular representation and
  peoples participation in sub-national
  governance.
• The Government will strengthen the capacity of
  Provincial Councils, support knowledge sharing
  and exchange among Provincial Councils. The
  Government will establish relationship between
  Provincial Councils and executive administration
  at provincial level by law.

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Key Expected Results

• The Government will enact laws constituting
  District Councils, Municipal Councils and Village
  Councils, laying down their powers,
  responsibilities and financial mechanism.
• The Government will hold elections and constitute
  elected District Councils, Municipal Councils and
  Village Councils by holding free, general, secret
  and direct elections every three years. The mayor
  of the municipalities will be elected by free,
  general, secret, and direct elections.

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Key Expected Results

• The Government will strengthen the elected
  sub-national representative bodies enabling them
  to perform their roles and fulfill their
  responsibilities towards their constituent
  citizens.
• 19. By end-1389 (20 March 2011), the Government
  will build institutional and administrative
  capabilities in provincial, district and,
  municipal administrations to manage basic service
  delivery through reforming organizational
  structures, streamlining management processes,
  developing essential skills and knowledge of
  civil servants and, improving management of
  public service delivery.

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Key Expected Results

• 20. By end-1389 (20 March 2011) all sub-national
  governing units will have in place trained human
  resources recruited in accordance with merit
  based recruitment policy, defined objectives of
  service delivery, revised systems, procedures
  and, guidelines achieved through ongoing Public
  Administration Reform.
• 21. By end-1389 (20 March 2011), Provincial
  Planning and Budgeting will be established in all
  the provinces and, these provincial plans and
  budgets will have integral linkage with national
  planning and budgeting. Provincial Planning and
  Budgeting Process will be institutionalized
  through development of a sub national governance
  policy.

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Key Expected Results

• 22. By Jaddi 1392 (end-2013), municipal
  governments will have strengthened capacity to
  manage urban development and to ensure that
  municipal services are delivered effectively,
  efficiently and transparently and in line with
  Afghanistans MDGs.
• Capacity of municipal governments will be
  strengthened to manage urban development and to
  ensure efficiency and transparency in delivering
  municipal services, that includes implementation
  of a National Urban Policy, adequate municipal
  budgets for priority reforms which are in line
  with the National Urban Policy and meet immediate
  needs of upgrading, Revenue Improvement Programs
  for 34 provincial and major municipalities
  developed with supportive capacity building
  components, Infrastructure Investment Plans
  prepared for 34 provincial and major
  municipalities with necessary capacity building
  programs and, enhanced institutional capacity
  supported by Institutional Reform Action Plans
  for effective urban governance in 34 provincial
  and other major municipalities.

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Key Expected Results

• 23. By Jaddi 1387 (end-2008), a full scale review
  of the facilities available in all the Councils,
  government offices including municipalities will
  be undertaken.
• By end-1392 (20 March 2013), all the Councils and
  offices including municipalities will have basic
  facilities and amenities including adequate built
  up space, computers, communication facility and
  furniture. The key officials at national and sub
  national level will have adequate means of
  mobility to make connection with the communities
  they are serving.

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Key Expected Results

• 24. By end-1389 (20 March 2011), all the district
  centers of the country will have internet
  facility to facilitate the flow of information
  between the districts, municipalities, provinces
  and, the centre i.e. Kabul.
• 25. By end-1389 (20 March 2011), all the
  ministries and high offices of the Government of
  Afghanistan will establish their web site in
  Pashto, Dari and English for communication of
  their policies and programs to Afghan citizens
  and to the international community. These
  websites will have facility to receive comments
  from the stakeholders.

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Key Expected Results

• 26. By end-1389 (20 March 2011), Definite
  mechanisms will be provided for the youth to
  participate in the local, provincial and national
  governance.

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Key Expected Results

• 27. By Jaddi 1389 (end-2010) the Government's
  capacity to comply with and report on its human
  rights treaty obligations will be strengthened
• Government security and law enforcement agencies
  will adopt corrective measures including codes of
  conduct and procedures aimed at preventing
  arbitrary arrest and detention, torture,
  extortion and illegal expropriation of property
  with a view to the elimination of these
  practices
• the exercise of freedom of expression, including
  freedom of media will be strengthened
• human rights awareness will be included in
  education curricula, and promoted among
  legislators, judicial personnel and other
  Government agencies, communities and the public
• human rights monitoring will be carried out by
  the Government and independently by the Afghan
  Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC),
• and the UN will track the effectiveness of
  measures aimed at the protection of human rights
  
• and the AIHRC will be supported in the
  fulfillment of its objectives with regard to
  monitoring, investigation, protection and
  promotion of human rights.

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Key Expected Results

• 28. The implementation of the Action Plan on
  Peace, Justice and Reconciliation will be
  completed by Jaddi 1387 (end-2008).

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• National Governance Program

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Implementation, M E

• Implementation arrangements laid down in a
  document that has been shared with all the
  Ministries and Agencies.
• Implementation to be led by the Program Oversight
  Committee.
• M E Matrix lays down Monitoring and Evaluation
  arrangements. Qualitative and quantitative
  outcome indicators used.

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Cross-Cutting Issues
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MINISTRY AND AGENCY COMMENTS RECEIVED

• Governance, PAR and Human Rights Sector Strategy

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Comments received in two SSDG Meetings
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Independent Election Commission
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Ministry Of Justice
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MRRD
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AIHRC
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IARCSC
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Ministry of Urban Development
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MCIT
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Progress made so far
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Examples of top priorities emerging out of PDP
Process
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Example of top priorities emerging out of PDP
Process

• Balkh PDP
• Establishing and strengthening government
  institutions at the central and sub-national
  levels is essential to achieve measurable
  improvements in the delivery of services and the
  protection of rights of all Afghans

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Donors who participated in the dialogue meeting
held on 28/10/2007

• EC
• EUSR
• USAID
• DfID
• World Bank
• ADB
• Netherlands
• India
• Denmark
• Sweden
• SDC

• Norway
• Canada
• UNDP-Country Office
• UNDP-ASGP
• UNDP-NABDP
• UNDP-UDG
• UNAMA
• NATO
• AREU
• TAF
• ISAF

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Donors who gave their comments in writing

• USAID
• World Bank
• ADB
• EU
• OHCHR-UNAMA Human Rights Unit
• Transitional Justice Core Group (UNAMA, EU, EC,
  Germany, Canada, Netherlands)
• UK and DfID
• AREU

• CIDA-DFAIT
• ILO
• Italy
• India
• Netherlands
• UNDP-NABDP
• Denmark
• Sweden
• Norway
• UNDP-CSLD
• UNDP Country Office

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Next Steps

• Ministry and Agency Representatives asked to
  share this final version with their Deputy
  Ministers and the Ministers to get their
  concurrence and ownership.
• Deputy Ministers will finally meet at ANDS to
  approve the Strategy.
• Ministries and Agencies are expected to give
  their commitment in writing before 2nd December
  2007.

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Next Steps

• Programmes and Projects Matrix Ongoing and New
  Programme and Project costing data to be
  furnished by the Ministries and Agencies till
  close of business on Sunday 27th November.