Project profile — Public Sector Capacity Building Programme - TA

• Ethiopia (100.00%)

• Public sector policy and administrative management:
Public sector policy and administrative management (15110) (40.00%)
Public finance management (15111) (25.00%)
Legal and judicial development (15130) (25.00%)
Human rights (15160) (10.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (significant objective)
• ICT as a tool for development (significant objective)

The Public Sector Capacity Building Program is a multi-donor initiative designed to improve the efficiency and responsiveness of public service delivery across all levels of government; empower citizens to participate more effectively in shaping their own development; and promote good governance and accountability. Designed to improve the responsiveness, transparency, and fiscal responsibility of the country’s public service, the program is implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The program also aims to increase the government’s capacity to manage urban development, to decentralize a number of services, to reform the tax and justice systems, and to improve information and communications technologies used by the public service. As part of the program, participatory processes are developed to assess public requirements and to help the government in planning and budgeting. At the same time, people’s access to information about national and regional services is improved. The UNDP focuses on decentralization as a critical aspect of the program, identifying capacity building in local communities as a means of improving public service delivery.

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End of project results include: the improved scale, efficiency and responsiveness of public service delivery at federal, regional and local levels of government. Key results include several improvements across the initiative’s sub-programs. The legal and policy framework, across all sectors at the federal and regional level, has been substantially strengthened through enactment of proclamations in tax, finance, civil service, business process, civil, and criminal, as well as laws that determine the powers and responsibilities of the three branches of government. Restructuring and service delivery improvements have taken place at all levels of government as a result of a business process reengineering (BPR) exercise and a system of vertical accountability has been initiated through the development of minimum service standards. Model district level minimum standard service indicators and reporting mechanisms have been developed by the Ministry of Capacity Building for adoption by regions. The initiative also completed the second Woreda (district) and City Benchmarking Survey, a survey designed to provide a systematic and empirical assessment of: citizen involvement in local government planning, budgeting and review; the performance of selected public services; and, the capacity of local government administrations to manage their human and financial resources. The survey indicated an increase in the level of citizen access to and satisfaction with basic public services. For example, 80% of the local jurisdictions are now providing basic services compared to only 25% in 2005 and the proportion of people aware that council meetings are open to the public increased from 11% in 2008 to 33% in 2010.

• Proactive disclosure
• Related activities:
• Support Facility for the Public Sector Capacity Building
• Support Facility for the Public Sector Capacity Building - WB