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FINANCING FOR TRANSITION IN AFGHANISTAN
UNDG/ECHA Transition Workshop Marrakech
28 February 2006
No disconnect between national and UN priorities
• Presence of integrated UN mission: United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)
• UNAMA is mandated to assist national authorities in state building
• National priorities = UN priorities
Overview• Between 2002 and March 2005, total
aid flow to Afghanistan slightly over US$ 10 billion
• Resources mobilised through appeals (ITAP, TAPA, drought appeal) and donor conferences (Tokyo 2002, Berlin 2004)
• Out of the overall assistance committed, roughly 10% came to the Treasury through Multi Donor Trust Funds
4 + 4 Multi Donor Trust Funds
• Afghanistan Interim Authority Fund (2002)
• Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (2002 – present)
• Law and Order Trust Fund (2002 – present)
• Counter Narcotics Trust Fund (2005 – present)
• 4 Trust Funds for Joint Government and UN Programmes
Afghan Interim Authority Fund (AIAF)
• UNDP-BCPR set up AIAF as sub-fund
• Emergency fund for budget support of Interim Authority (January to July 2002): US$ 73 million
• Post-Emergency Loya Jirga, new Transitional Administration supported through Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF)
Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust
Fund (ARTF)
• Established in 2002 as mechanism for transfer of donor funds to Afghanistan
• Government of Afghanistan not member of ARTF Board, but only recently became observer
• World Bank agrees with Government in advance on use of funds
Law and Order Trust Fund for Afghanistan (LOTFA)
• Set up in 2002
• Covers payment of police salaries, allowances and benefits; procurement of non-lethal equipment, fuel & maintenance; rehabilitation of facilities; training and institutional development.
• De facto mostly used on salaries/allowances/benefits
Counter Narcotics Trust Fund
• Set up in late 2005 to support Government’s counter narcotics strategy
• Managed by UNDP
Joint Programming Trust Funds
• UN programmes do not benefit from ARTF, LOTFA and CNTF funding
• Four joint programmes implemented jointly by UN Country Team and Government in support of national priorities
• Three multi donor trust funds set up in UNICEF and one in WFP
Some thoughts about Multi Donor Trust Funds
• Trust Funds are Government’s second preferred funding method: recent debate about aid effectiveness
• Prevailing insecurity: bilateral donors channel their funds through multilateral agencies rather than setting up their own structures in Afghanistan
• To be effective, multi donor trust funds require a sufficient level of staffing
For discussion
• Is this a viable sequencing model of financing for transition?
• Does it allow for money to get quickly to the people who need it?
• Is the UN best placed to manage a multi donor trust fund just because it has mechanism to disburse quickly in place?
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