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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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