The TA outcome will be a raion budget funding and expenditure system that reflects expressed priorities of local citizens. The expected impact is that additional raions will choose to shift to this improved budgeting system, incorporating successful output-based submissions, public consultation, and reporting to the public on budget requests, approvals and utilization.
The TA will result in MOF accepting a higher percentages of submitted budgets in the target raions (taking into account that budget submissions will be formulated on the basis of greater realism and a sounder analytical basis); a jointly determined budget based on CBO and local government collaborative processes; higher citizen awareness of and agreement with budget priorities, expenditure levels, and local budget uses; and a model that MOF and the target raions successfully share with other raions for implementation.
| Project Name | Local Government Finance Capacity Building | ||||||||||
| Project Number | 38247-012 | ||||||||||
| Country | Tajikistan |
||||||||||
| Project Status | Closed | ||||||||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
||||||||||
| Source of Funding / Amount |
|
||||||||||
| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth |
||||||||||
| Drivers of Change | Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions |
||||||||||
| Sector / Subsector | Public sector management / Decentralization |
||||||||||
| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | |||||||||||
| Description | The TA outcome will be a raion budget funding and expenditure system that reflects expressed priorities of local citizens. The expected impact is that additional raions will choose to shift to this improved budgeting system, incorporating successful output-based submissions, public consultation, and reporting to the public on budget requests, approvals and utilization. The TA will result in MOF accepting a higher percentages of submitted budgets in the target raions (taking into account that budget submissions will be formulated on the basis of greater realism and a sounder analytical basis); a jointly determined budget based on CBO and local government collaborative processes; higher citizen awareness of and agreement with budget priorities, expenditure levels, and local budget uses; and a model that MOF and the target raions successfully share with other raions for implementation. The TA will install an improved budget submission and reporting process, establish and operationalize a joint CBO-local government budget consultation structure, and enable MOF and raions to share learning and new processes with other raions. |
||||||||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | |||||||||||
| Impact | |||||||||||
| Project Outcome | |
|---|---|
| Description of Outcome | |
| Progress Toward Outcome | |
| Implementation Progress | |
| Description of Project Outputs | |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | |
| Geographical Location | |
| Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects | |
|---|---|
| Environmental Aspects | |
| Involuntary Resettlement | |
| Indigenous Peoples | |
| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
| During Project Design | |
| During Project Implementation | |
| Business Opportunities | |
|---|---|
| Consulting Services | The TA will engage one individual international consultant (local government budget specialist) for 8 person-months and an NGO to provide domestic consultants for 96 person-months. The domestic consultants will include a budgeting and expenditure monitoring specialist (24 person-months), a civil society consultation specialist (24 person-months), and others to be proposed by MOF in consultation with the local government budget specialist following the selection of the four participating raions and prior to shorlisting. Separate budgets are provided to engage resource persons to participate in training and seminars. The international consultant will be engaged on an individual basis, and the NGO will be selected following the QCBS selection method using the simplified technical proposal, in accordance with ADB Guidelines on the Use of Consultants. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Sumbal, Asadullah Khan |
| Responsible ADB Department | Central and West Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Public Management, Financial Sector and Trade Division, CWRD |
| Timetable | |
|---|---|
| Concept Clearance | 09 Mar 2004 |
| Fact Finding | 31 Jan 2005 to 05 Feb 2005 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 03 Oct 2005 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| PDS Creation Date | 17 Aug 2006 |
| Last PDS Update | 15 Jan 2008 |
TA 4661-TAJ
| Milestones | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 03 Oct 2005 | 19 Dec 2005 | 19 Dec 2005 | 31 Oct 2007 | 31 Oct 2008 | - |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 900,000.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,400,000.00 | 03 Oct 2005 | 615,086.82 |
Project Data Sheets (PDS) contain summary information on the project or program. Because the PDS is a work in progress, some information may not be included in its initial version but will be added as it becomes available. Information about proposed projects is tentative and indicative.
The Access to Information Policy (AIP) recognizes that transparency and accountability are essential to development effectiveness. It establishes the disclosure requirements for documents and information ADB produces or requires to be produced.
The Accountability Mechanism provides a forum where people adversely affected by ADB-assisted projects can voice and seek solutions to their problems and report alleged noncompliance of ADB's operational policies and procedures.
In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of, or reference to, a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area.
| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
|---|---|---|
| Local Government Finance Capacity Building | Technical Assistance Reports | Oct 2005 |
Safeguard Documents See also: Safeguards
Safeguard documents provided at the time of project/facility approval may also be found in the list of linked documents provided with the Report and Recommendation of the President.
None currently available.
Evaluation Documents See also: Independent Evaluation
None currently available.
Related Publications
None currently available.
The Access to Information Policy (AIP) establishes the disclosure requirements for documents and information ADB produces or requires to be produced in its operations to facilitate stakeholder participation in ADB's decision-making. For more information, refer to the Safeguard Policy Statement, Operations Manual F1, and Operations Manual L3.
Requests for information may also be directed to the InfoUnit.
Tenders
No tenders for this project were found.
Contracts Awarded
No contracts awarded for this project were found
Procurement Plan
None currently available.