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Ethiopia
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663-010
USAID MISSION: Ethiopia
PROGRAM TITLE: Democracy and Governance (Pillar: Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance)
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: More Effective Governance and Civil Society Developed, 663-010
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $893,000 DA
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $956,000 DA
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 2001 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2007Summary: The program includes three components:
- using public financial resources more effectively through support to the Expenditure Management and Control Subprogram of the Government's Civil Service Reform Program;
- strengthening the judiciary through training and provision of legal resource materials; and
- increasing participation in civil society.
Inputs, Outputs, and Activities: FY 2002 Program: FY 2002 funds will be used to continue technical assistance and support to Ethiopia's Civil Service Reform Program, specifically for the more effective use of public resources. A public expenditure program, a multi-year strategic framework for the annual budget that for the first time links capital and recurrent expenditure, will be prepared at the federal level. In addition, funds will be used to support the consolidation of budget reforms and to roll out and test the computerized budget information system in one selected region. Funds will also be used to prepare training manuals, provide training to Members of Parliament in how to review and analyze the budget, and provide training of regional officials in the preparation and use of the revised accounting system.
In FY 2002, USAID funds will be used to strengthen the judiciary through support for the establishment of a judicial training center by the Federal Supreme Court; continue training of federal and regional judges; and initiate training for district judges. Inputs will include training of trainers, training of judges, and the printing and distribution to trainees of previously out of print legal codes. Outputs will include an increased number of trained judges with access to the legal knowledge and resource materials necessary to hand down well-founded and consistent interpretations of the law.
In FY 2002, USAID will provide technical assistance to civil society organizations to increase their participation in civil society including capacity building through the development of financial and personnel systems and training in strategic planning, advocacy, and conflict management. Funds will also support a civil society organization resource center that provides Internet training and access, personnel placement, and limited commodities.
Planned FY 2003 Program: USAID intends to use FY 2003 resources to extend the budget reforms to additional regions and concentrate on the implementation of the public expenditure program, which will for the first time link Ethiopia's capital and recurrent budgets within a rolling three year planning horizon. An increasing emphasis will be placed on devolving the reforms to the district level within the regions. The current activity to strengthen the judiciary expires at the end of FY 2002. It will be evaluated and consideration will be given to the design of follow on activities that support further strengthening of the judiciary and human rights.
- More than 800 federal and regional judges were trained.
- A 12 volume compilation of Ethiopian laws was published and distributed to federal courts.
- 600 copies of legal codes were printed and distributed.
- 1,783 government accountants were trained.
- The backlog in clearing accounts was eliminated in three regions.
Performance and Results: USAID-supported activities to ensure more effective use of public resources resulted in: on schedule operational roll out of the budget at the federal level, using an improved chart of accounts and the new computerized budget information system; training of 1,783 government accountants; completion of the design for the public expenditure program; and completion of a modified cash double entry accounting system. The backlog in clearing accounts was reduced to zero in three regions and less than two years in the other regions, from a high of more than four years. These multiple accomplishments enabled the Government of Ethiopia (GOE) to meet nine World Bank conditions for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative for debt relief, contributed to more effective use of both donor and GOE funds, and provided a framework for tracking poverty related expenditures under the forthcoming Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. In addition, more than 800 federal and regional judges were trained and provided with legal resource materials, contributing to a reduction in the judicial backlog and a decrease in the percentage of lower court rulings over-turned by higher courts.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: Harvard University (prime), PACT (prime), and the Ethiopian Federal Supreme Court (prime).
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
663-010 More Effective Governance and Civil Society Developed CSD CSH DA Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 0 0 0 Expenditures 0 0 0 Unliquidated 0 0 0 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 1,646 0 2,350 Expenditures 0 0 0 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 1,646 0 2,350 Expenditures 0 0 0 Unliquidated 1,646 0 2,350 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 0 0 0 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 0 0 893 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 0 0 893 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 0 0 956 Future Obligations 0 0 17,555 Est. Total Cost 1,646 0 21,754
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