The Developing Capacities for Effective Aid Management and Coordination (DCEAMC) project commenced in February 2009 with one of its objectives to put in place a transparent and functioning aid information management system for Nepal. The project is managed by the Foreign Aid Coordination Division (FACD) of the Ministry of Finance in Nepal and funded by UNDP, DFID and DANIDA. Key Government partners include the Ministries of Education, Health and Local Development and the National Planning Commission.
Development Gateway participated in the DCEAMC by developing a customized Aid Management Program with the government of Nepal, to provide software tools and institutional strengthening activities that improve the availability of aid information at the country level. Through a combination of process analysis, training, and technical assistance, Development Gateway worked with Nepalese government partners to create a customized package of support for better aid information management.
Recently, UNDP commissioned a review of the DCEAMC to assess the project’s performance and effectiveness in achieving the intended results. The assessment revealed that the effort was very successful in establishing an Aid Management Platform (AMP) within FACD that is “a very effective tool for the collection and dissemination of information related to foreign aid flows”, used by most development partners, which is being institutionalised within the Ministry of Finance as part of Government budgetary and planning processes.
Key results include:
