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Projects and programs seeking
to access funding support from ACBF are required
to meet a set of criteria. As project and
program environment and country situations
differ, such projects and programs are required
to satisfy a combination of the criteria
listed below:
- Consistency with ACBF Mandate
and Core Competencies
First and foremost, a proposed intervention is expected to lie within the
expanded mandate and the core competencies of the Foundation. The integration
of PACT into ACBF has expanded the Foundation’s mandate from the
building of macroeconomic policy analysis and management capacity to the
strengthening of public sector effectiveness and its interface with the
private sector and civil society in order to improve the quality of public
policy and promote good governance and sustainable development at national
and regional levels. Within this mandate, the focus of activities is on
improving public sector capacity for macro and sectoral policy analysis,
design and management, as well as enhancement of effectiveness of institutions,
systems, processes, procedures and practices that support policy and institutional
reforms critical for improved transparency, accountability and good governance
in the public sector. In addition to enhancing effectiveness of the core
public sector, support is provided for activities designed to strengthen
the interface between the public sector, on the one hand, and the private
sector and civil society on the other. Thus, activities by the key stakeholders
in national and regional development that are geared towards encouraging
greater effectiveness of the core public sector, strengthening a participatory
process in policy formulation and implementation, and reinforcing or inducing
improvement in the policy environment define the focus of interventions
that are potentially eligible for support. Project/program proposals both
at national and regional levels that are designed to undertake such activities
are expected to fit within one or more of the Foundation’s six core
competency areas in capacity building, as follows:
- Economic Policy Analysis
and Development Management.
- Financial Management
and Accountability.
- Enhancement and Monitoring
of National Statistics.
- Public Administration
and Management.
- Strengthening of Policy
Analysis Capacity of
National Parliaments.
- Professionalization
of the Voices of the
Private Sector and Civil
Society.
- Relevance to Core Capacity Needs
and Enhanced Stakeholders’ Ownership
Relevance of project/program to core capacity needs as evidenced by a recently
conducted capacity needs assessment survey or country capacity profile.
A proposed project/program is thus expected to derive from carefully assessed
capacity needs. In the absence of a needs assessment survey or country
capacity profile, a proposed project/program is required to demonstrate
strong evidence of need for the proposed intervention. Stakeholders of
the proposed project/program are expected to show a strong sense of ownership
of the intervention sought and commitment to its successful implementation
and sustainability.
- Inclusivity of Potential Stakeholders/Commitment
to a Participatory
Process in Capacity Building and National/Regional Development
Project/program promoters/stakeholders are required to demonstrate evidence
of their commitment to a strategy (in the identification, development and
implementation of proposed activities) that promotes sustained participation
of potential key stakeholders in national/regional development – the
public sector, the private sector and civil society – in order to
enhance sense of ownership of the project/program, the utility of its output
and its long-run sustainability.
- Demonstrated Commitment to Project
and Program Sustainability
Project/program promoters/stakeholders are required to demonstrate strong
evidence of commitment to the success of the proposed project and its sustainability.
- Conduciveness of Project and
Program Environment
It is expected that a project/program’s environment will be conducive
to the successful implementation of its activities. With regard to countries
and regions emerging from conflicts, it is expected that a proposed project/program
will contribute significantly to improvements in the policy environment
and the emergence of a participatory process in development management.
Conduciveness will also be assessed with respect to:
- Commitment to socio-political,
economic and institutional
reforms for poverty
reduction and sustainable development.
- Existence of an effective
institutional framework
for the coordination
of capacity building
activities.
- Demonstrated commitment
to capacity building
as evidenced by active
participation in ACBF’s
activities and availability
of counterpart funding/co-financing,
especially by project
stakeholders.
- Technical Soundness of Project/Program
Proposal
Lastly, in addition to other eligibility criteria, a proposed project or
program is expected to be technically sound in design to facilitate effective
implementation and achievement of desired results/outcomes and impact.
Its soundness will be assessed, among others, on the specificity of the
identified capacity needs; feasibility of its objectives; effectiveness
of implementation strategies; relevance of proposed activities; realism
of budget and co-financing arrangements, expected output, outcomes and
impact; and the plausibility of the performance evaluation framework and
indicators
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