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Technical Assistance Requirements – The Joint<br />

Secretariat will require immediate technical<br />

assistance to st<strong>and</strong> up the APRP. Two senior<br />

advisers to the deputy CEOs for peacebuilding <strong>and</strong><br />

reintegration will be required for one year to advise<br />

on policy development, <strong>plan</strong>ning guidelines,<br />

quality control of Government <strong>plan</strong>s, <strong>and</strong> budgets,<br />

<strong>and</strong> oversight of execution. One technical adviser<br />

for change management will be required to assist<br />

the process of assessing, <strong>plan</strong>ning, <strong>and</strong> merging<br />

DIAG <strong>and</strong> PTS structures into the national <strong>and</strong><br />

sub-national peace <strong>and</strong> reintegration structure. A<br />

team of two advisers from the Ministry of Finance<br />

Capacity <strong>and</strong> Technical Assistance Program<br />

(CTAP) will be required to assist the Joint<br />

Secretariat to establish the national organization,<br />

determine the Tashkeel <strong>and</strong> program staff, <strong>and</strong> to<br />

evaluate long-term national <strong>and</strong> sub-national<br />

technical assistance requirements in the line<br />

ministries <strong>and</strong> provincial <strong>and</strong> district government<br />

offices.<br />

Trust Fund <strong>and</strong> APRP Management Arrangements<br />

– Funding will be released to line ministries,<br />

provincial, district, <strong>and</strong> community governance<br />

mechanisms, <strong>and</strong> to civil society groups. The CEO<br />

of the Joint Secretariat will scrutinize <strong>and</strong> approve<br />

<strong>implementation</strong> <strong>plan</strong>s <strong>and</strong> budgets.<br />

The Peace <strong>and</strong> Reintegration Trust Fund will<br />

consist of three windows: a Ministry of Finance<br />

special account, a Bare Trust, <strong>and</strong> a UNDP<br />

window. Donors will be able to specify the<br />

activities under the APRP that they are willing to<br />

fund. The Afghan Government will ensure the<br />

effective <strong>implementation</strong> of these specifications.<br />

Estimated Budget -- The proposed budget reflects<br />

the structure of the APRP <strong>and</strong> amounts to nearly<br />

$784 million for a five-year period (see table one<br />

below). It is designed to reintegrate up to 36,000<br />

ex-combatants <strong>and</strong> will reach 4,000 communities<br />

in 220 districts of 22 provinces in Afghanistan.<br />

Table 1. Afghanistan Peace <strong>and</strong> Reconciliation Program Budget<br />

S/NO Description Total Cost<br />

1 Program Cost<br />

Phase One: Activities for Social Outreach, Negotiation, <strong>and</strong><br />

1.2 Confidence Building<br />

$ 32,310,000<br />

1.3 Phase Two: Activities to deliver Demobilization $ 149,267,100<br />

Phase Three: Activities to consolidate Peace <strong>and</strong> to support<br />

1.4 Community Recovery<br />

$ 510,931,000<br />

1.5 Presidential Discretionary Peace <strong>and</strong> Reconciliation Fund $ 50,000,000<br />

2 Program Management <strong>and</strong> Operation Cost $ 41,443,611<br />

Total Cost $ 783,951,711<br />

Timetable – The APRP’s aggressive timeline<br />

reflects the Government’s ambition to promote a<br />

political approach to peace <strong>and</strong> reintegration, <strong>and</strong><br />

to assert transition to full sovereignty <strong>and</strong><br />

management of national political <strong>and</strong> security<br />

affairs by the Afghan Government <strong>and</strong> people.<br />

Managing Information – The Joint Secretariat will<br />

design a st<strong>and</strong>ardized assessment form for the<br />

demobilization process to gather basic<br />

demographic data, including details on education<br />

levels <strong>and</strong> employment skills, <strong>and</strong> experience from<br />

individuals as they enter the process. This<br />

information will be gathered by the APRP<br />

provincial technical teams <strong>and</strong> entered into the<br />

Reintegration Tracking <strong>and</strong> Monitoring Database,<br />

managed by the APRP Joint Secretariat.<br />

Financial Management Action Plan – The<br />

proposed Presidential Decree on expedited fund<br />

release will specify that the modifications apply<br />

only to the APRP. Procedures will be agreed <strong>and</strong><br />

established for modified disbursement <strong>and</strong><br />

commitment controls, <strong>and</strong> modified procurement<br />

procedures within budget ceilings of US$1million,<br />

US$500,000, <strong>and</strong> budgets <strong>and</strong> transactions less<br />

than US$250,000. The Joint Secretariat will issue<br />

a policy to executing ministries <strong>and</strong> governors on<br />

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