1. CONFERENCE EFFECTIVE SUPPORT FOR ENLARGEMENT Presentation by Valbona KUKO, Director, DSDC 19 October 2009 REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA Council of Ministers Department of Strategy and Donor Coordination ALBANIA 1

2. Topics to be presented brief presentation of progress since the last conference Status of policy and monitoring framework in Albania under IPS Challenges ahead Specific issues (division of labor) 2

3. Progress since April 2009 Improved strategy and policy framework Completion of the strategic framework (12 sectoral and 14 crosscutting strategies adopted by GoA, all overarched under the NSDI 2007-2013). NSDI Monitoring 2008 NSDI Progress Report 2009 Ministry Integrated Plans (MIP) produced by line ministries Highlight the key Medium-Term Budget Programme (MTBP) commitments, EU integration commitments, public investment and external assistance Establishment of a comprehensive monitoring system for sector Strategies. First piloted during the first half of 2009 for social inclusion and social protection strategies. 3

4. Strengthen coordination through Sector Working Groups (SWGs) SGWs to play an active role in policy co-ordination and in monitoring of sector strategies, MTBP and external assistance. Report on External Assistance Management 2000-2008 Harmonization Action Plan to implement Paris Declaration – result of a joint work DSDC-DTS Promote use of national procurement systems by donors, in view of implementation of Paris and Accra Agenda OECD/DAC methodology to assess procurement system May-June 2009. Assessment of the public procurement systems - November 2009 Progress since April 2009 Donor coordination/ External Assistance management 4

5. Donor programming exercise improved- IPA programming in time and with increased leadership from the GoA IPA programming harmonised with other EU/non EU donors funds Fast Tracking of Division of Labour – A joint EU donors – DSDC group is established; GoA has ownership of the process Donor mapping is prepared Next steps being identified (to identify comparative advantages; renegotiation of donor roles, sector engagement, forms of contribution etc.) Continuous publication of the DTS &DSDC joint newsletter Government-Donor Dialogue Progress since April 2009 Donor coordination/ External Assistance management 5

6. Integrated Planning System in 2009 Coherent planning architecture is in place NSDI MTBP National Plan for SAA M ONITORING AND R EPORTING Policy Finances European Integration 6

7. Challenges focus shifts from planning to implementation demand for evidence of concrete results greater attention on ministries increased EU demands with candidate status reform fatigue 7

8. IPS in 2009 Accountability structures have been established IPS Coordinatio n Group Sector Working Group SPC [chaired by PM] GSBI Program Teams Gen. Sec. 8

9. Monitoring Gaps no systematic approach to monitoring sector strategies, and stakeholder involvement in monitoring (NSDI commitment) reflection of sector strategy and EI commitments in MTBP still to be improved No in depth analysis of monitoring reports PERFORMANCE MONITORING 9

10. Reflecting Monitoring Indicators in MTBP PERFORMANCE MONITORING EU I NTEGRATION D OCUMENTS NSDI/S ECTOR S TRATEGIES range of commitments and performance indicators expressed as MTBP measures C P ROGRAM P OLICY G OALS P ROGRAM P OLICY O BJECTIVES P ROGRAM P OLICY O UTPUTS A NNUAL G OVERNMENT W ORK P ROGRAM 10

11. Align Sector Strategy Indicators with MTBP existing IPS documents (sector strategy/EI documents/MTBP) need to be used as source material DSDC/MoF need to assist with translation of strategy indicators with MTBP Sector Working Groups will advise on a set of performance indicators that will be used to assess progress on sector strategy PERFORMANCE MONITORING 11

12. REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA Council of Ministers Department of Strategy and Donor Coordination www.dsdc.gov.al 12