PRS implementation in Serbia

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PRS implementation in Serbia

• Deputy Prime Ministers Poverty Reduction
  Strategy Implementation Focal Point
• UNIFEM workshop
• November, 2006

Aleksandra Jovic, Team Manager
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Development Framework of Serbia

• Strategy of EU Accession

• Poverty Reduction Strategy for Serbia

• Public Administration Reform Strategy

• Sector strategies

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Poverty Reduction Strategy

• Multisectoral strategy of socio-economic
  development
• Complementary goals with EI process and EU Social
  Inclusion Agenda
• Aligned with UN MDGs MDGs as benchmarks in the
  implementation process
• Key pillars
• Dynamic economic growth with equity emphasis on
  private sector development and job creation
• Prevention of new poverty as a consequence of
  economic reforms
• Maintenance and improvement of social safety net
  for the traditionally poor and vulnerable groups

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PRS Implementation Principles

• Mainstream poverty alleviation into day-to-day
  activities and regular programming of all
  stakeholders
• Ensure linking the PRS with other Serbias
  development priorities primarily EI process
• Strong emphasis on local level implementation
• Build partnerships to ensure synergy

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PRS Implementation Partners

• National Assembly (legislative function, Poverty
  Reduction Committee)
• Government of Serbia
• Line ministries (LM) as main implementation
  actors
• Deputy Prime Minister and the PRS Implementation
  Focal Point
• Local self-governments through SCTM
• Civil society
• Social partners
• International Development Partners (donors)

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PRS and Vulnerable Groups

• Roma
• Refugees and IDPs
• Elderly
• Children
• Youth
• People with disabilities
• Gender aspects of poverty

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Challenges in the Implementation Process

• consolidate policy directions coming from various
  strategic documents
• improve capacity for planning, implementation and
  monitoring
• improve linking of policies with budget and intl
  assistance resources
• strengthen central policy coordination

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PRS IFP - Programme Components

• 1. Implementation of PRS policies
• Maintain national ownership
• Mainstreaming of PRS
• Strengthen links between PRS implementation and
  EI processes
• Change the way GoS work - increase accountability
  and transparency of GoS work
• Support introduction of integrated system of
  planning, budgeting, monitoring and reporting

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Integrated system of planning, budgeting,
monitoring and reporting

• GOP planning methodology as a basis for
• Planning at the level of Line ministries
• GOPs as 3-year planning documents reflecting
  policy priorities with detailed budget for 1 year
• Strengthens operational planning capacities of
  ministries
• Planning at the level of central Government
• Annual Work program of the GoS
• Budgeting based on programmatic classification
• 5 Line Ministries programmatic budgeting in 2007
• Programming of international assistance
• EU assistance programming
• Needs assessments
• Monitoring and reporting - PRS, MDG and social
  inclusion indicators as a basis for development
  of ME system of the GoS
• Annual Report of the GoS
• 2nd Progress Report on the PRS implementation

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Maintain National Ownership

• Key stakeholders supported and increased
  awareness on PRS implementation
• Parliament
• Parliamentary Forum for PRS implementation
  established
• PRS advisor engaged in the Parliament
• Civil society organizations new mechanisms
  introduced
• Support to communication NGO Focal Points
• Support to engagement Local Initiatives
  programme
• Review of Funding Opportunities produced
• Local Level implementation
• Criteria of Underdevelopment
• Mapping on the strategic planning processes and
  multi-sectoral bodies
• Network of small and underdeveloped
  municipalities established
• International development partners aligned
  activities with PRS

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Mainstreaming PRS Implementation

• National level
• PRS priorities integrated in Budget Memo, Intl
  Needs Assessment document and plans and budgets
  of the key Line Ministries
• Evolved GOP process integrating policy
  priorities and PRS indicators
• National TA in LMs raised capacity for ME
• Local level
• Number of municipalities producing strategic
  development plans increased
• Main donors programs at the local level aligned
  with PRS

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Strenghten Links With EI Process

• PRS/EI review of complementarities prepared
• PRS in MIPD as complementary and reinforcing to
  EI agenda
• Social inclusion indicators part of the overall
  ME system
• 2nd PRS National Conference raised awareness on
  complementarities between PRS/EIp
  recommendation to use same participation
  mechanisms for both processes

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Next Steps

• Maintain PRS implementation high on the GoS
  agenda
• Maintain level of national ownership and
  partnership building among the key stakeholders
• Strengthen GoS ME system and capacity
• Strengthen sector level support to LMs through
  GOP process link local and central level
• Support local level implementation
• Ensure further integration of PRS/EIp

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• Contacts
• Government of Serbia
• Poverty Reduction Strategy Implementation Focal
  PointAddress Nemanjina 11/ Room 38
• 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
• Phone [phone]
• prs.ifp_at_sr.gov.yu
• www.prsp.sr.gov.yu