| ACBF
PROJECT AND PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA |
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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