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Description / Overview:
The scaling up of development assistance and the commitments of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness demand urgent steps to increase the quality, transparency and accountability of Official Development Aid (ODA). The recipient government's leadership and ownership of aid coordination is essential to develop better and more transparent aid management tools and
raise the quality of partnership between recipients and donors; thus making for aid effectiveness. Syria endorsed the Paris Declaration in July 2007. This project will focus on enhancing the capacity of the State Planning Commission in its coordination role and play a catalyst role in promoting Syria's interactions and initiatives within the Paris Declaration.
Cross-Cutting Themes:
ICT
Objectives:
- Demonstrate that practical methods and techniques of PA management have been successful at project sites and that they are able to be replicated
- Enhance the creation of policies, practices and legislation promoting wise land-use and the conservation of biodiversity
- Change the role of local communities living in and around PAs, from sources of threat to partners in conservation of these areas
Target Beneficiaries:
- Local communities (including women and youth) and representatives of governorates
- Government staff and agencies (staff of DBPAM-MAAR and MSEA-DBPA)
Implementation Strategy:
- Develop effective systems for integrated PA management planning, through training programs and the provision of necessary equipment and support from national and international experts
- Implement biodiversity monitoring programs to enhance the flow of information from PAs into a centralized data management system
- Raise public awareness about the role of PAs in biodiversity conservation in Syria
Achievements / Current Status:
As of February 2010:
- Project team recruited; including NPD, Admin/Finance and Research/Support team.
- Project is currently working on three levels; institutional framework, tools and instruments for enhancing aid coordination and capacity building for mandated institutions (the State Planning Commission).
- Project has prepared and submitted drafts to revise the institutional and legal framework, as well as assisting the State Planning Commission in developing a National Aid Coordination Strategy and as well as strategizing a Development Priorities Paper.
- Project also provided advocacy resulting in the endorsement of the Accra Agenda for Action by the State Planning Commission.
- Project has also worked on providing stronger tools for aid coordination; organizing 6 sectoral meetings as well as 3 Plenary meetings for government bodies and donors operating in Syria. This contributed to the completion of a Project Matrix indicating 528 projects funded in Syria currently.
- The e-platform for aid coordination is currently being designed and is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2010. It will be a reference tool to access information on aid flow in Syria, per donor, sector or timeframe.
- UNDP continues to provide capacity development and infrastructure support; equipping the conference room with audio conferencing equipment as well as trainings and study tours (Vietnam and Amman) organized for SPC staff.
Partnerships:
- State Planning Commission
- Donors operating in Syria
- Government Ministries
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