Support for Strategic Planning Office / Office of Prime Minister

Country: 
Kosovo
Category: 
Good Governance
Starting Date: 
October 2017
Ending Date: 
June 2018
Donor agency: 
EU
Partners: 
ICE (Belgium)
Lead Partner: 
ICE (Belgium)
Staff: 
4
Detailed description of the project: 
The global objective is to improve quality of Economic Reform Program (ERP) and implementation National Development Strategy (NDS), Economic Reform Program (ERP) and European Reform Agenda (ERA)
 
Specific objective(s) 
  • Support to the Office of Prime Minister/Strategic Planning Office, Ministry of Finances and selected line ministries in improvement the development of ERP, through increased alignment with key policy planning documents and their reflection into the government annual work plan (GAWP)
  • Support the National ERP Coordinator and its structures in ensuring link between the macroeconomic and fiscal scenario and the structural reform agenda, including costing and ensuring better integration with short-term and mid-term budgetary planning of reform measures  
  • Support selected line areas (energy and education) in better policy planning of ERP 2018 measures and implementation of the 2017 priorities 
 
Task 1: 
Objective 1: Support to the Office of Prime Minister/Strategic Planning Office, Ministry of Finances and selected line ministries in ensuring key policy priorities of respective fields are included in 2018 ERP and are presented into the annual work plan of the government. 
 
Activities:
  • Support SPO towards refining proposed ERP structural reform priorities to ensure consistency with other documents, including also hands on support to line ministries for costing of reform measures, and their integration in the fiscal framework as well as elaborating in detail their expected outcome or impact; 
  • Support line ministries in identification and prioritisation of measures to be included in ERP 2018 based on the implementation of the 2017 measures and policy priorities 
  • Support in ensuring the consistency between ERP and ERA with NDS and their links with the MTEF; 
 
Task 2: 
Objective 2: Support the National ERP Coordinator and its structures in ensuring link between the macroeconomic and fiscal scenario and the structural reform agenda, including costing and better integration with short-term and mid-term budgetary planning to allow for better implementation of ERP 2017 and ERP 2018
  • Support National ERP Coordinator (SPO amd MoF) and relevant line ministries to better integrate policy planning documents (ERP, NDS and ERA) with mid-term budgetary planning (MTEF) at the level of objectives and activities
  • Strengthen monitoring and implementation of ERP through better linkage with Government Annual Work Plan; Midterm Expenditure Framework and Annual Budget (monitoring activities to be carried in close coordination with OECD); 
  • Assist the National ERP Coordinator  (SPO and MoF) and relevant line ministries to implement monitoring methodology 
Task 3:
Objective 3. Support selected line areas (energy and education) in better policy planning of ERP 2018 measures and implementation of the 2017 priorities 
  • Assist selected Ministries and their relevant departments in carrying out initial assessment on the reforms needed to strengthen the capacity for improved policy development and implementation
  • Propose concrete measures which will allow the responsible institutions to better plan and implement  high level priorities presented through NDS, ERP and ERA 
  • Support OPM/SPO to develop overall assessment of capacities methodology will ensure similar exercise can be carried in all relevant areas