Support for Strategic Planning Office

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). Activities: Supporting SPO towards refining proposed ERP structural reform priorities to ensure consistency with other documents, including 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. Supporting 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; Supporting National ERP Coordinator (SPO and 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 Strengthening monitoring and implementation of ERP through better linkage with Government Annual Work Plan; Midterm Expenditure Framework and Annual Budget Assisting the National ERP Coordinator (SPO and MoF) and relevant line ministries to implement monitoring methodology Assisting 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 Proposing concrete measures which will allow the responsible institutions to better plan and implement high level priorities presented through NDS, ERP and ERA Supporting OPM/SPO in developing overall assessment of capacities methodology will ensure similar exercise can be carried in all relevant areas The outputs: An Inception Report Updated Economic Reform Programme 2018-2019; Analysis of ERP 2018 measures ; Amended monitoring methodology based on the new ERP guidelines Detailed work plan, of activities with line Ministries, including action plan for capacity improvement in the selected line ministries (with time frame and budgetary impact); Final Report.