PROJECT TITLE:

Support to Strategic Planning Office in Kosovo

OVERALL OBJECTIVE:

To further improve the public financial management in Kosovo and build confidence in public spending by promoting transparency and enhancing public accountability.

LOCATION:

Kosovo

SECTOR:

Public Administration Reform

DURATION:

21 months (21/01/2019 - 20/11/2022)

VALUE:

EUR 810,000.00

PROJECT PURPOSES:

The national framework for strategic management and its links with the national budgetary frame documents are established in clear and coherent manner The strategic policy cycle of planning, costing, funding, implementation, monitoring, reporting, evaluation and adjusting (if necessary), is established and implemented step by step.

BENEFICIARIES:

Office of the Prime Minister, Strategic Planning Office

IMPLEMENTING AGENCY:

WYG International

ACTIVITIES:

Activity 1: Support the SPO with the preparation of a national strategic management framework, including the establishment of a hierarchy of objectives in different strategic documents Support the SPO and the Ministry of Finance to define the sectors that are to be used as the basis for developing sector strategies and to be used for the key budgetary documents Support to SPO and line ministries in establishing the cycle of planning, allocation of funds, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and adjustment, as a basis for sector strategies, their annual work plans. This support includes Improving sectoral diagnostics, prioritisation of reforms and better specification of programmes, activities, indicators, realistic timelines, costing and expected outputs and impact results. Improving the coordination between SPO (inclusive of Government Coordination Secretariat and Legal Office of the Prime Minister) and allocation and budgeting process within the institutions and the Ministry of Finance. Support the SPO and horizontal line ministries in preparation, monitoring, and reporting of sector strategies, including the National Development Strategy, the Economic Reform Programme, and the NPISAA as well as other relevant planning documents for EU accession and linking these with sector processes. Support MoF and SPO in improving presentation of strategic objectives, activities and their funding in MTEF and budget planning process based on submissions by line ministries. Together with the SPO, map all existing strategies and their timelines for implementation and action plans. Activity 2: Support the preparation of the macroeconomic and fiscal framework of the Economic Reform Programme and support the linkage between priorities of MTEF and ERP; Support Ministry of Finance and SPO to ensure consistency between macroeconomic and fiscal scenario and structural reform agenda Support the National Coordinator for Economic Reform Programme on the implementation of country specific recommendations through their integration into strategic policy and financial planning documents of the government; Support SPO and line ministries in the implementation of ERP priorities through development of key performance indicators, to enable them to perform an economic impact assessment of already implemented measures and of the potential effects of on-going and planned measures; Support SPO in conducting and improving quality of stakeholder consultations on draft ERPs. Support to SPO and line ministries for the implementation of the OECD's ERP Monitoring Tool (measures and policy guidance) Support the integration of reporting on ERP implementation with monitoring and reporting for NDS and NPISAA, and assuring that results of monitoring lead to improved prioritisation and implementation of ERP measures; Based on mid-term monitoring and evaluation report, support SPO in the adjustment/revision of the National Development Strategy to reflect findings and new priorities Activity 3: Provide support to SPO and line ministries on defining and establishing the implementation arrangements for sector strategies, including ERP, based on the requirements of new regulatory framework and corresponding manuals, to ensure regular monitoring of the implementation of documents and measures foreseen; Based on the mapping process, its recommendations and the sectors defined under Result 1, support at least three sectors that have overlapping strategic documents to revise and merge their overlapping strategies into one coherent document (one for each of the three sectors), based on the new regulatory framework and corresponding manual. Based on the mapping process done under result 1, propose potential revision and/or alignment of sector documents where relevant, taking into account the structural reforms measures foreseen in the ERP; Support line ministries to prepare strategic documents (i.e. sectorial strategies, smart specialization strategy) and their underlying programmes based on the key strategic objectives, as defined in the national strategic documents and link them with the annual and medium-term budgetary documents.

RESULTS:

Result 1: The national framework for strategic management is established and consolidated, including ranking of objectives at different strategic management level. Sectors are defined as a precondition to develop a link with key budgetary documents, such as MTEF and the annual budget. Result 2: Increase quality of ERP, and enhance harmonisation with key strategic and budgetary documents. Result 3: The sector strategic planning framework is consolidated through the implementation of Administrative Instruction (GRK) No. 07/2018on Planning and Drafting Strategic Documents and action plans.