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Evaluating Country Programmes
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New country programme (1999-2003)
Taking into account the conclusions of the past CP review, and as a result of the
four workshops held during the first half of 1998, with the active participation and
contribution of SDC’s Tanzanian and Swiss partners, the Eastern and Southern
Africa Division proposes the following programme for the next five years 1999-2003:
Switzerland wants to support Tanzania in its efforts to sustainably improve its
economic, social, political and institutional framework in order to combat the root
causes of poverty, enhance economic growth with equitable redistribution, promote
good governance, gender-balanced development and democratic decisionmaking.
In order to contribute to this overall goal, Tanzania proposes to continue the
SDC’s three current sector programmes (Health, Infrastructure, Economic Support),
with the assistance of two support programmes (Gender-Balanced Development,
Decentralisation and Democratisation). Throughout its activities, the SDC will promote
ownership, self-reliance and social equity for sustainable development.
Sector programmes
The health sector programme aims to establish a conducive environment for
local authorities to assume ownership of the development process and be more
responsive to the needs of the people. In particular, this implies institution and
capacity-building in the management of comprehensive district-based health systems,
the implementation of essential packages of promotive, preventive, curative
and rehabilitation health services as well as the development of sustainable health
financing mechanisms. These objectives will be achieved through Tanzania’s active
participation in the emerging joint donor support to its Health Sector Reform and
in the promotion of a gender-sensitive and community-based health programme,
ensuring that good-quality health services are provided in an efficient and equitable
manner.
The infrastructure and transport sector programme aims to strengthen
regional and district level authorities’ capacities to efficiently manage their road
networks, and to improving the private sector’s road maintenance capacity and
rehabilitation works. It also aims to empower communities to undertake rural transport
activities. These objectives are intended to contribute to the sector’s overall
goal of boosting economic growth as well as agricultural production and marketing.
At central level, Swiss involvement in policy dialogue is targeted on the implementation
of major institutional reforms (the establishment of a legalised Road
Fund and the Road Agency) and the co-ordination between the Ministry of Public
Works and the Prime Minister’s Office in charge of decentralisation.
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