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National Action Plan-2

Contents

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1

Towards Open Government Partnership in Afghanistan................................................................ 2

Endeavors, Achievements and Challenges ..................................................................................... 2

National Action Plan-II Co-Creation Process and Development .................................................... 4

IRM Recommendations .................................................................................................................. 6

Elucidations to the recommendations ............................................................................................. 6

NAP Commitments and Their Relevance to OGP Values .............................................................. 8

Description of Commitments ........................................................................................................ 10

Ensuring transparency in recruitment of attorneys through revision and implementation of law on

structure and authority of attorney general office with CSOs’ monitoring .................................. 11

Revision of local governance law in partnership with civil society organizations ....................... 13

Establishment of Commission on Combat Against Administrative Corruption with Pervasive

Participation of Civil Society Organizations ................................................................................ 16

Draft and process legislative document (framework) on beneficial ownership ............................ 18

Develop an online portal to follow-up the processing of legislative documents .......................... 20

Invigorate/Strengthen Role of Public and Civil Society in the Monitoring of Education ............ 22

Develop inspectable electronic system to receive and address complaints in local government.. 25

Reform and strengthen the EMIS ................................................................................................. 27

Increase Public Participation in Budgeting Process of Municipalities ......................................... 29

Develop Electronic System for Revenue Collection of Five Municipalities (Metropolitan

Cities: Mazar, Herat, Kandahar, Jalalabad and Kabul) ................................................................. 31

Review and develop curriculum in partnership with curriculum development specialists,

academia, researchers, CSOs, international experts, public and private sectors to comply with

Afghanistan’s workforce market ................................................................................................... 33

Preparing transparent and justly appointments and promotions policy for officers and sergeants

thru civil society organizations monitoring. ................................................................................. 35

Prepare monitoring framework for medicine retailers and wholesalers to stack up expired

medicine in partnership with CSOs .............................................................................................. 37

Developing and implementing a quality improvement framework for civil society and citizen-led

monitoring of services provided at public and private health centers. .......................................... 40

Increase public participation in preparation of national budgeting process .................................. 43

Develop open justice mechanism to ensure access to information and accelerate/expedite

attention to administrative corruption cases of government officials and higher officials ........... 45

National Plan on Women Empowerment ..................................................................................... 47

Establishment of Women Grand Council ..................................................................................... 51

Annexures: .................................................................................................................................... 53

NAP-2 Co-Creation Table of Events ............................................................................................ 53

OGPA MSF Working Group Members ........................................................................................ 55


Acronyms and Abbreviations

AIHRC Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission

ADDO Afghanistan Democratic Development Organization

CSOs Civil Society Organizations

GMIC Government Media Information Center

HRTAW Human Rights Training for Afghan Women

IDLG Independent Directorate of Local Governance

IWA Integrity Watch Afghanistan

MoF Ministry of Finance

MoE Ministry of Education

MoHE Ministry of Higher Education

MoI Ministry of Interior

MoIC Ministry of Information and Culture

MoJ Ministry of Justice

MoPH Ministry of Public Health

MoWA Ministry of Women’s Affairs

MUDL Ministry of Urban Development and Land

NAP National Action Plan

NPA National Procurement Authority

OGP Open Government Partnership

OGPA Open Government Partnership Afghanistan

SDGs Sustainable Development Goals

SIGAR Special Inspector General For Afghanistan Reconstruction

ToR Terms of Reference


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Introduction

Developing Afghanistan National Action Plan-2 (NAP-2) began in July, 2019 (Two month prior

to completion of NAP-1). The development process of NAP-2 encompassed a timeframe of six

months. Within mentioned timeframe, public opinions were gathered through consultative

meetings in five zones and online. After thorough analysis of experts the public inputs

incorporated as commitments into NAP-2.

NAP-2 is developed whilst National Action Plan-1 brought forth significant achievements in

public service delivery and public service sector. As examples the followings can be mentioned

as fundamental reforms: creation of special courts to address violence crimes against women in

12 provinces over all in the year 2018-2019 three hundred and thirty nine cases were resolved. As

a result of amendment in law on processing of legislative documents; close legislation-making

changed to open legislation-making. Civic participation mechanism in the process of public

audits in participation with CSOs was reviewed and close audit changed to open audit process. As

a result currently public and CSOs attained the right to participate in the audit and monitor the

process afterwards. Public scrutinizing mechanism created in partnership with CSOs in order to

monitor selection, implementation and maintenance of road projects. Through this mechanism

road projects will be determined and implemented in consultation with public not under the

influence of vigorous people. Health Accreditation Organization is formed and will evaluate and

accredit the health centers in compliance with international standards the establishment of this

organization is considered another achievement of NAP-1

In the development of NAP-2 efforts have been put to form commitments in co-creation with

public, CSOs, government representatives and experts so that the implementation shall ensure

transparency, accountability and civic participation as well as bring fundamental reforms in

governance and service delivery to public. Fortunately, with all efforts of relevant stakeholders

the aforementioned goal is attained. NAP-2 implicates some momentous drifts; first, in NAP-2

alongside the OGP values (transparency, civic participation and accountability) pivotal goals of

other organizations and international initiatives are also considered. For instance, national and

municipalities participatory budgeting will help Afghanistan achieve open budgeting.

Commitments pertinent to public scrutiny in quality education and women empowerment are

related to SDG.

Second, commitments in NAP-2 are developed in line with National Strategies and Polices; for

example, “Revision of Local Governance Law in participation with CSOs” is in compliance with

“Road Map for Sub-National Reforms” besides commitments such as; “Anti-Corruption

Commission in pervasive participation of CSOs” and “Ensuring transparency in recruitment of

attorneys through revision and implementation of law on structure and authority of attorney

general office with CSOs’ monitoring” developed in coordination with “Anti-Corruption


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Strategy” and commandments of “Law on combat against administrative corruption”.

Third, NAP-2 is developed according to principles laid out in Open Government procedures and

guidelines it is also Afghanistan centric and reflecting the in-depth impact of NAP-2 In thirty

provinces of Afghanistan wide range of consultations took place in order to gather public opinions

and incorporate them into NAP-2. Latter public inputs and opinions comprehensively perused in

various meetings in the presence of government representatives, CSOs, and experts and distilled

into standard OGP commitments. As final step, commitments presented to MSF and I.R.A cabinet

and unanimously got approved.

Towards Open Government Partnership in Afghanistan

Endeavors, Achievements and Challenges

Ensuring transparency, development of accountable office, public participation in policy making

and better service delivery to people are prominent goals of OGP. Ensuring transparency,

accountability and civic participation in policy making and better service delivery have always

been in priorities of the leadership of Government of Afghanistan and will remain so. Serious

endeavors in terms of combating corruption and bringing fundamental reforms in variant sectors

justify the claims. Government of Afghanistan has taken measures to promote transparency,

accountability, civic participations thus concrete and fundamental outcomes are noticeable which

reflect the followings:

I. 80% implementation of National Strategy on Combat Against Administrative

Corruption:

Efforts had been put to combat corruption for a long time in the form of short term

measures and projects, mostly these measures were copied from other countries which were

not in line with Afghanistan’s social and government structure in many state of affairs.

Fortunately, two years back National Strategy on Combat against Administrative

Corruption inscribed and corresponds contextual grounds of Afghanistan. Its

implementation began already. According to SIGAR implementation of this strategy has

been successful and within two years 82 out of 100 indicators epenthetic in this strategy

successfully completed and the enduring is in progress.

II. Establishment of solid legitimate infrastructures to effectively combat corruption:

Rule of law is one of the basic pre-requisites to combat corruption. In earlier years of

National Unity Government inexistence of such laws considered flaws and gaps in

combatting administrative corruption. However, in past five years serious efforts were taken

to tackle this problem as a result; 450 legislative documents processed and legitimate

ground paved to fight administrative corruption in the country. Amongst them “Law on

combat against administrative corruption”,” Law on declaration and registration of assets of


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state officials and employees”, “Law on protection of whistle-blowers” and “Minerals Law”

are pertinent to efforts to combat corruption.

III. Implementation of OCDS in procurement process:

National Procurement Authority (NPA) is committed to implementing the OCDS standards

in contracts to ensure transparency and accountability. NPA implements open contracting

standards. NPA has been successful in implementing all aforementioned standards.

Implementation of open contracting standards and procurement related information is being

publicized through (www.ageops.net).

IV. Implementation of National Reform Plan for Judicial and Justice Sector:

Existence of effective and corruption free offices in judicial and justice sector is significant

component to ensure transparency. Government of Afghanistan implemented major reform

programs in judicial and justice sector in the last five years. Efforts have been impactful and

public access to judicial and justice services well improved. Establishment of judicial and

justice center, attention to major administrative corruption cases are the achievements of

this government. In the last five years 1000 cases of ministers, deputy ministers, generals

and other higher government officials were dealt and justice enforced.

It’s worth reminding that efforts to ensure transparency and accountability are not confined

to the aforementioned moves. Biometric registration of 69% personnel of Ministry of

Interior, 84% of Ministry of Defense besides approval of access to information law,

establishment of access to information commission and inauguration of complaints center in

office of the president are motives towards accountable and corruption free offices.

According to Transparency International, Afghanistan attained six steps ascent in the

rankings Afghanistan in Transparency International ratings is at 172 whereas it was 177 in

the year 2017. In order to have a stable society based on OGP values the above mentioned

efforts are not sufficient and challenges exist to reach the goal. For instance, administrative

corruption is still considered as threat to stability and self-sufficiency. As per statements of

the president in National Conference on Combating Corruption; around 50% of government

revenue is wasted due to interferences of vigorous people. Corruption and lack of

accountability has weakened the service delivery and people complain about the poor

service delivery. Thus far, professional interferences, parallel and ineffective offices are

among fundamental challenges to institutionalize the OGP values

http://www.ageops.net/


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National Action Plan-II Co-Creation Process and Development

(NAP-2) development process began in July, 2019 two month prior to completion of NAP-1

and encompassed six months. OGPA secretariat jointly worked to develop NAP-2 with

Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA), Human Rights Training for Afghan Women (HRTAW),

Afghanistan Democratic Development Organization (ADDO). For the development of NAP-2

not only widespread consultations emerged with various stratums of society in 30 provinces of

Afghanistan but also government experts and CSOs convened consultative meetings to pursue

the public inputs and receive their technical expertise to further enrich NAP-2 commitments.

NAP-2 development process is summarized as followings:

I. This stage included four steps: 1- OGPA secretariat called for public opinions so as

public shall share their inputs and suggestions with OGPA secretariat to incorporate into

NAP-2. This call for public opinion was publicized through social media and public

inputs were collected. 2- Appointed teams in five zones (Kabul, Herat, Balkh, Kandahar

and Nangarhar) convened consultative meetings and collected public opinions and inputs

even though these meeting convened in the centers of zones, government and public

representatives and CSOs from adjustant or neighboring provinces were invited and they

participated. As a result of these meetings 402 inputs collected for NAP-2.

3- In a meeting with participation of government representatives and CSOs inputs

clustered under six thematic subjects; (Rule of Law, Health & Education, Financial &

Economic Affairs, Local Governance, Women Empowerment, Elections) considering

the priority areas of Open Government Partnership of Afghanistan. 4- Government and

CSO experts in consecutive sessions re-evaluated and truncated from 402 into 138 inputs.

II. Six think shops were convened to distill the public inputs into standard OGP

commitments in participation with relevant government representatives, CSOs and

international experts. Proposed commitments thoroughly, technically and expertly

pursued in these think shops and 19 commitments formed in accordance with OGP

standards.

III. Finalizing the commitments and coordinating their implementation:

In order to implement the NAP-2 commitments in a participial manner and without any

technical problem the following steps were taken: 1- Meeting was convened to discuss

the technical and legal aspects of commitments in the presence of CSOs and relevant

government representatives and they committed to implementing commitments. 2-

Proposed commitments which entailed doubts and concerns in their implementation,

head of departments and deputy ministers discussed the concerns and found the rational

solutions in bi-lateral meetings. For example, Establishment of Commission on Combat

Administrative Corruption, commitment was shared with Mr. Nader Naderi Chairman of

Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission and his support was sought.

Beneficial Ownership legislative document layout commitment shared with the high-

ranking ministry of industry and commerce officials to seek their views. 3- In order to

receive the views of leadership of I.R.A government all commitments were shared with


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Mr. Sarwar Danish second vice president of I.R of Afghanistan for his worthy views. 4-

All commitments were sent to OGP support unit and technical views from OGP support

unit on commitments were conveyed and incorporated into commitments accordingly.

IV. Approval of commitments: Multi stakeholder forum (MSF) meeting was held on

December 08, 2019. MSF issued the approval of 18 commitments unanimously off 19

commitments with minor changes. Latter, following the procedures of OGP,

commitments were presented to cabinet of I.R.A on December 30, 2019 and got

approved by cabinet members.


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IRM Recommendations

I. Work on key coordination areas of the OGP process before the development of next

action plan

II. Expand efforts to open information on the OGP process and engagement opportunities

beyond Kabul

III. Strengthen representation in the MSF among CSOs and work toward a gender balance

IV. Advance a national strategy and action plan to fight domestic violence against women

across the country and increase participation of women in public life

V. Use OGP to systematize and scale on-going reform initiatives, such as anti-corruption

Elucidations to the recommendations

I. OGPA secretariat has tremendously worked on vital coordination areas of the OGP

process along with all stakeholders. OGPA secretariat has convened six general assembly

meetings since May 2019 and agreed on NAP-2 co-creation timeline. Moreover, three

civil society organizations (Integrity Watch Afghanistan, Afghanistan Democratic

Development Organization and Human Rights Training for Afghani Women) facilitated

the NAP-2 development process and wide range CSOs participated pervasively in co-

creation process.

II. OGPA secretariat and CSOs firstly called for public opinions to involve people across

Afghanistan. It was asked from the public to share their views and opinions with OGPA

secretariat so that they could be incorporated into NAP-2. This call for public opinion was

publicized through social media and public inputs were collected. Later, six consultative

workshops were convened to collect public opinions in Kabul and centers of zones (Herat,

Balkh, Kandahar and Nangarhar) in participation of CSOs, government representatives

and other relevant stakeholders whose strength reached to 600 attendees

III. Multi Stakeholder Forum of Afghanistan consists of 34 members (17 government

representatives and 17 non-governmental representatives). Six members are women (three

government and three civil society representatives). Ms. Mahmuda Taqwa had the

position of deputy of MSF till May, 2019 ever since the MSF formed. She received an

appreciation award from MSF members for her endeavors. Furthermore, Afghan Women

Network (AWN) played a predominate role in the development process of NAP-2.

Members of AWN were not only present in the entire process of NAP-2 development but

also HRTAW as active member of aforementioned network was amongst the facilitators

of the process. For example, convening east zone consultative meeting in which

government representatives, CSOs, women and representatives from four provinces

participated and role of HRTAW was prevailed.

IV. Based on one of the NAP-1 commitments, in 2019 Supreme Court of Afghanistan

established special courts to tackle violence against women crimes in 12 provinces

(Parwan, Panjsheer, Samangan, Badakhshan, Badghis, Logar,Kunar, Laghman, Maidan

Wardak, Paktia, Khost and Nemruz). 390 cases related to violence against women have

been resolved so far in the meanwhile, thirteen awareness conferences on special courts to


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address violence against women were held with the participation of independent defense

lawyers associations, women juridical networks, women rights advocacy organizations,

ministry of women and independent human rights commission.

Women empowerment has been one of the priorities of OGP in National Action Plan-2

therefore a specific working group on women empowerment is formed. As a result, two

commitments (Development of Women Grand Council and National Women

Empowerment Plan) included in NAP-2. Both commitments emphasize on coherent and

effective activities of women empowerment and contribution in the society.

VI. Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is committed to bringing some core

reforms particularly implementation of National Strategic Benchmarks to fight corruption

in 2018-2019, a positive change has been observed so far in ministries and offices.


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NAP Commitments and Their Relevance to OGP Values

No.

Commitment

Relevancy with OGP Values

Implementing

Agency

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Ensuring transparency in recruitment of

attorneys through revision and

implementation of law on structure and

authority of attorney general office with

CSOs’ monitoring

Public Participation, Transparency

Attorney General’s

Office of the

Islamic Republic of

Afghanistan

2 Revision of local governance law in partnership with civil society organizations

Public Participation & Accountability

IDLG

3

Establishment of Commission on Combat Against Administrative Corruption with Pervasive Participation of Civil Society Organizations

Transparency, Accountability & Public Participation

Independent Administrative and Civil Service Reform Commission (IACSRC), relevant institutions

4

Draft and process legislative document (framework) on beneficial ownership

Transparency Accountability & Public Participation

Ministry of

Industry and

Commerce

5

Develop an online portal to follow-up the processing of legislative documents

Accountability, Transparency through Technology

Ministry of Justice and National Directorate of Statistics & Information

6 Invigorate/Strengthen Role of Public and Civil Society in the Monitoring of Education

Public Partnership, Accountability

Ministry of Education

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Develop inspectable electronic system to

receive and address complaints in local

government

Accountability,

Harness of New

Technology

IDLG

8 Reform and strengthen the EMIS Transparency and

Accountability Ministry of

Education and

National

Directorate of

Statistics &

Information

9 Increase Public Participation in

Budgeting Process of Municipalities

Public Participation, Transparency

IDLG and Kabul Municipality

10

Develop Electronic System for Revenue

Collection of Five Municipalities

(Metropolitan Cities: Mazar, Herat,

Kandahar, Jalalabad and Kabul)

Transparency, Harness of new technology

IDLG and Kabul Municipality

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Review and develop curriculum in partnership with curriculum development specialists, academia, researchers, CSOs, international experts, public and private sectors to comply with Afghanistan’s workforce market

Public Participation, Accountability

Ministry of Higher Education


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Preparing transparent and justly appointments and promotions policy for officers and sergeants thru civil society organizations monitoring.

Public Participation Transparency

Ministry of Interior

13

Prepare monitoring framework for medicine retailers and wholesalers to stack up expired medicine in partnership with CSOs

Accountability Ministry of Public Health

14 Developing and implementing a quality improvement framework for civil society and citizen-led monitoring of services provided at public and private health centers

Accountability Ministry of Public Health

15 Increase public participation in preparation of national budgeting process

Public Participation Ministry of Finance

16 Develop open justice mechanism to ensure access to information and accelerate/expedite attention to administrative corruption cases of government officials and higher officials officials.

Transparency, Accountability

Ministry of Justice, General Attorney Office

17 National Plan on Women Empowerment Public Participation Ministry of Women Affairs

18 Establishment of Women Grand Concil Public Participation Office of the President


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Description of

Commitments


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Commitment

Ensuring transparency in recruitment of attorneys through revision and implementation

of law on structure and authority of attorney general office with CSOs’ monitoring

Implementation Date: January 2020 – August 2021

Lead implementing agency Attorney General’s Office of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Commitment Description

What is the public

problem that the

commitment will

address?

The existing law on structure and authority of attorney general

office does not have sufficient mechanism to ensure transparency

and meritocracy in the recruitment of attorneys. Further, this law

does not adequately pave the ground for recruitment of female

attorneys and also lacks a monitoring mechanism of CSOs on

recruitment of attorneys.

What is the commitment? This commitment is to address the aforesaid challenges via

revision of law on structure and authority of attorney general

office in partnership with relevant CSOs and experts with an

ultimate purpose to ensure transparency in the recruitment of

attorneys and pave the ground for CSOs scrutiny over the

process.

How will the

commitment contribute

to solving the public

problem?

The revision of aforementioned law will provide an opportunity

for civil society to monitor attorneys’ recruitment process in the

Attorney General Office. Implementation of this commitment

contrives the recruitment of professional and competent

applicants considering the women participation. Likewise,

participation of CSOs in recruitment process ascertains rule of

law, public access to justice and elimination of mistrust amid

people in justice sectors. CSOs scrutiny will facilitate and

streamline recruitment process of professional and competent

individuals besides this can be considered a serious combat

against administrative corruption in the recruitment process.

Why is this

commitment relevant

to OGP values?

CSOs monitoring from Attorney General Office’s recruitment

process will promote transparency, accountability, civic

participation and reduce gap between government and public.

Additional information This commitment is in line with:

Law on combat against administrative corruption

National plan on judicial and justice reforms

Attorney General Office five-year strategic plan

European Union recommendations

Milestone activities with verifiable deliverables Start Date End Date

Establish a prominent committee to draft the layout for the

revision of law in partnership with CSO January 2020 January 2020


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Draft the law revision layout as per international

experiences to ensure transparency in personal affairs of

attorneys from competent commission in partnership with

CSOs and experts

February 2020 March 2020

Publicize first draft of layout of legislative document on

Attorney General’s websites to collect expert opinions April 2020 April 2020

Convene two consultative meetings in participation with

government organizations, CSOs and relevant offices to

collect and incorporate the expert opinions into the law

revision layout draft

May 2020 June 2020

Finalize the draft by the executive committee of legislative

department, ministry of Justice in partnership with CSOs

and experts.

July 2020 August 2020

Present the final draft to judicial committee of the cabinet

for revision and approval September 2020 October 2020

Present the final version to the cabinet for revision and

approval November 2020

December

2020

Approval of law revision layout in the Parliament January 2021 June 2021

Signatory of president, publication and enforcement of law July 2021 August 2021

Develop and finalize a recruitment procedure of attorneys

based on the revised law on structure and authority of

attorney general office in partnership with CSOs

June 2021 August 2021

Contact

Name of responsible

person from

implementing agency

Rahimullah Safi

Title, Department Planning and Foreign Relations Director at AGO of the Islamic

Republic of Afghanistan

E-mail and Phone number [email protected]/ 0731000026

Other

Actors

Involved

Governmental Ministry of Justice, Judicial committee of the cabinet, Cabinet

affairs office

Civil society

organizations,

private sector,

multilateral

parties,

working

groups

Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA) and other representatives of

civil society

mailto:[email protected]/


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Commitment

Revision of local governance law in partnership with civil society organizations

Implementation Date: January 2020- August 2021

Lead implementing

agency

Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG)


What is the public

problem that the

commitment will address?

As stated in the Roadmap on Local Governance Reforms of

Afghanistan, the existing Local Governance Law dates back to the

Taliban regime and is, therefore, not responsive to the

contemporary governance approach in Afghanistan. This law is

outdated in that i) it does not clearly define the responsibilities and

authorities of the central and local administrations and the relations

between the two, ii) it does not contain any mechanism to make the

local administration accountable to the public and civil society

organizations, and iii) the law has located the decision-making

authority, including recruitments and budget allocation to the

central administration. These shortcomings in the aforesaid law

have fundamentally weakened the public service delivery at local

level, shedding negative impact on implementation of development

projects such as construction of schools, clinics, and power dams

among others.

What is the commitment? The Local Governance Law will be revised in partnership with CSOs

with an ultimate purpose to make sure the law allows for clear

definition of responsibilities and authorities of the central and local

administrations as well as extends adequate accountability and

decision-making authority to the local governance, thereby

improving the public service delivery at local level.

How will the



problem?

Revision of local governance law in participation with civil society

can accurately define responsibilities, authorities and relations

between local authorities likewise relations between local authorities

and central supremacies in accordance with contemporary needs of

Afghanistan’s society. This eliminates disruptions in local

governance and service delivery as well as leads to better service

delivery to public, accountability and accelerates economic, social

and cultural development in the country.


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Why is this commitment

relevant to

OGP values?

This commitment ensures civic participation and makes local

governments accountable in their purviews and responsibilities to

public.

Additional information This commitment is related to Roadmap for subnational reform

citizen-centered governance and Local governance reform.

Milestone activities with verifiable deliverables Start Date: End Date:

Establishing commission to draft layout for the revision of

local governance law by IDLG in participation with CSOs January 2020 January 2020

Draft layout for the revision of local governance law by

commission in participation with CSOs, experts and relevant

offices February 2020 May 2020

Publicize the first layout of legislative document to collect

public opinions and incorporate them into the draft law. June 2020 June 2020

Convene two consultative meetings in partnership with

CSOs, government authorities and relevant offices to collect

and incorporate public opinions into draft of revised law by

IDLG

July 2020 July 2020

The draft law scrutinized at ministry of justice in partnership

with relevant CSOs and experts August 2020 September 2020

Present the final draft to legislative committee of the cabinet

of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan for their comments

and approval.

October 2020 November 2020

Submission of the final version of the law to the cabinet of

the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan for approval December 2020 January 2021

Approval of the revised version of the law at parliament February 2021 June 2021

Approval, publication and enforcement of the law



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Contact information

Lead implementing agency IDLG

Persons responsible from

implementing agency

Mr. Hamed Karimi/ Mr. Wafa Naseeri

Title, Department Director, Planning and Policy/ Head of Planning,

Developing laws and Guidelines

Email and Phone [email protected]

[email protected]

Other Actors

Involved

Government

Ministries,

Department/Agency

Ministry of Justice, Legislative committee of the cabinet,

cabinet office of the president

CSOs, private

sector, multilaterals,

working groups

Relevant civil society institutions

mailto:[email protected]



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Commitment

Establishment of Commission on Combat Against Administrative Corruption with Pervasive

Participation of Civil Society Organizations


Lead implementing agency Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission

(IARCSC), Law Enforcement Agencies and Relevant offices

Description of Commitment

What is the public

problem that the

commitment will

address?

CSOs are not contented with the implementation of law in terms of

selection of commissioners at the commission. The contentment

delineation of CSOs caused delay in execution of law on combat

against administrative corruption

What is the commitment? Establishing commission according to the law in participation with

CSOs

How will the



problem?

Implementation of this commitment allows to begin the selection

process of commission members according to law and ensures

transparency and participation of CSOs.

Why is this

commitment relevant

to OGP values?

Selection of commissioners shall be transparent, merit-based and

through public declaration. Moreover, CSOs will participate in the

selection committee so that it surges civic participation in

governance affairs.

Additional information

Law on Combat Against Administrative Corruption

Afghanistan National Strategy to Combat Corruption


Develop a merit-based and gender balanced procedure for

entrants/contenders so as they could gain membership in the

commission through an independent contest and predefined

lawful mechanisms.

January 2020 January 2020

Announce list of entrants/contenders through IARCSC to

collect public opinions and scrutinize the candidates’

reputation in line with law

February2020 February 2020

Transparent review of at least 15 short-listed contenders by the

IARCSC according to fiats of law on combat administrative

corruption

March 2020 April 2020

Appointment of five-member commission by the president

from the list of 15 nominees May 2020 May 2020


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Provision of budget and equipment for commission on combat

against administrative corruption June 2020 December 2020

Resolute support from the political leadership to commission

considering the execution of commission’s recommendations

to office of the President

June 2020 August 2021

Contact

Name of responsible

person from

implementing agency

Mr. Sayed Masoud Mukhlis

Title, Department Director, Legislation and Policies of Independent Administrative

and Civil Service Reform Commission

E-mail and Phone number [email protected] / 0707917274

Other

actors

involved

Governmental Law enforcement agencies and related institutions

Civil society

organizations,

private sector,

multilateral

parties,

working

groups

Civil society organizations



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Commitment

Draft and process legislative document (framework) on beneficial ownership


Lead implementing

agency Ministry of Industry and Commerce


What is the public

problem that the

commitment will

address?

Legislative document on beneficial ownership has not been

processed yet, which particularly refers to identification of

beneficial owners and prevention of economic crimes. Lack of

transparent and standard registration mechanism for beneficial

owners caused significant rise in the economic crimes and paved

the ground for corruption, attainment unlawful interests and

incomes. Therefore, inexistence of legal base caused some officials

in procurement and financial affairs exploit the given authorities in

their workplaces and ascertain lack of transparency in contracting.

What is the commitment? Draft and process beneficial ownership framework in participation

with CSOs, experts and relevant authorities.

How will the



problem?

Implementation of this commitment creates a legal baseline for

beneficial ownership and prevents exploitations of government

officials in contracts. (prevents economic crimes). Misuse of

authority in financial and procurement affairs causes surge of

economic crimes and increases gap between government and

public. Processing of legislative document (framework) on

beneficial ownership not only resolves the aforementioned

challenges but also prevents loss of public resources. In the

meanwhile, a specific procurement and financial affairs mechanism

will be developed to differentiate personal and official affairs of

government officials.

Why is this

commitment relevant

to OGP values?

Implementation of beneficial ownership framework paves the way

for civic participation in procurement and financial affairs

contracting so that transparency and accountability would be raised.


The followings are relevant to this commitment:

National Strategy on Combat against Administrative

Corruption

National Plan for Reforms in Justice and Judicial Sector

Law on Declaration and Registration of Assets of State

Officials and Employees

Law on Money Laundering and Crime Proceeds

Recommendations by the Financial Action Task Forces

(FATF)


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Form a mixed commission to draft legislative document

(framework) on beneficial ownership by Ministry of

Industry and Commerce in partnership with CSOs


Draft legislative document on beneficial ownership by the

commission in participation with CSOs, experts and

relevant authorities.

February 2020 May 2020

Publicize the first draft of legislative document on

beneficial ownership to collect and incorporate the expert

opinions through ministry of industry and commerce’s

website

June 2020 June 2020

Convene two consultative meetings in partnership with

CSOs, government authorities and relevant organizations

to collect and incorporate their opinions into the draft by

ministry of industry and commerce

July 2020 July 2020

Finalize the legislative document on beneficial ownership

in executive committee of legislation department, ministry

of justice in participation with CSOs, experts and relevant

organizations

August 2020 September 2020

Present the final draft to legislative committee in the

cabinet of I.R.A for recommendations and approval October 2020 November 2020

Present the final version of law to the cabinet of I.R.A for

approval December 2020 January 2021

Processing of legislative document on beneficial

ownership February 2021 June 2021

Signatory, publication, and enforcement of legislative

document on beneficial ownership July 2021 August 2021

Contact Information

Name of responsible person

in implementing agency Matiullah Omid

Title, Department Director, Strategic Planning and Policy Ministry of Industry and

Commerce

E-mail and Phone number [email protected], 0793225354 / 0771194304

Other

Actors

Involved

Governmental Ministry of Industry and Commerce

Civil society

organizations,

private sector,

multilateral

parties,

working

groups

Related civil society organizations



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Commitment

Develop an online portal to follow-up the processing of legislative documents

Implementation Date: January 2020-August 2021

Lead implementing agency Ministry of Justice and National Directorate of Statistics &

Information

Description of commitment

What is the public

problem that the

commitment will

address?

Approval of laws in relevant offices, processing of legislative

documents and legislature timeline is defined in the article no. 97

of constitution. Parliament cannot delay the proposed layout more

than a month and Senate must take a decision within fifteen days.

However, current situation is different and law on processing of

legislative documents is not being implemented. There isn’t a

platform for public to track the progress on legislation making.

Electronic system can track the status of legislative documents.

status, location (office where it is being processed) of every

document can be tracked.

What is the commitment? Law on processing of legislative documents has clearly defined

the process of legislative documents, however, it’s not being

implemented in relevant offices and processing of legislative

documents takes months and years.

It is expected that the development of online portal to follow up

the legislative documents shall ascertain public participation and

make offices implement the law on processing of legislative

documents to promote transparency and accountability.

How will the commitment

contribute to solving the

public problem?

Developing the electronic system and using technology will pave

the ground for public participation in pursuit of processing of

legislative documents. CSOs and private sector can share their

inputs and views online pertinent to laws which are being

processed. Electronic system can track the status of legislative

documents, status, location (office where it is being processed) of

every document can be tracked. Based on law a required time

would be intercalated into the system for every office, in case of

delays reasons would interpolate. System measures delays and

automatically displays from the date of registration.

CSOs and public can identify the delinquent authorities and

advocate in the event of any delays. Herewith, authorities are

obliged to implement the law and enhance accountability and

transparency. Eventually, law on processing of legislative

documents would be implemented. System will have to provide

tracking details of legislative document processing on real time

basis for CSOs and public.


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Why is this

commitment relevant

to OGP values??

This commitment is related to all values of OGP. Developing

online platform comes off the latest technology practice. Public

and CSOs can refer to platform and participate in the processing

of legislative documents. Through public participation and

registration of legislative documents in the relevant offices

transparency and accountability would be promoted

Additional information Law on processing of legislative documents

Constitution of Afghanistan


Coordination with concerned offices to develop the platform

and gather data for budget and manpower January 2020 February 2020

Recruitment of specialized manpower to develop and

administer the online system. (Contract agreement in case of

outsourcing)

March 2020 May 2020

Conduct requirement gathering analysis for the online

platform and analyze the outcome for development of

platform

June 2020 July 2020

Design and develop the system (online portal) August 2020 April 2021

Pilot the platform, organize trainings for relevant staff and

handover the platform to concerned offices (Ministry of

justice, State ministry in parliamentary affairs, Parliament )

May 2021 June 2021

Organize public awareness campaign (Seminars, TV ads) by

Ministry of Justice July 2021 August 2021

Full implementation of system and report to public July 2021 August 2021

Contact

Name of responsible

person from implementing

agency

Mr. Abdul Majeed Ghanizada

Mr. Bahadur Helali

Title, Department

General Director, of Legislation Ministry of Justice

Deputy Director of Management & Development of Information

System

National Statistics Directorate

E-mail and Phone number [email protected] 0700231087

[email protected] 0202514226

Other

Actors

Involved

Governmental

Parliament

Administrative office of the president

State Ministry in Parliamentary Affairs and Legislative committee

of cabinet Civil society

organizations,

private sector,

multilateral

parties,

working groups





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Commitment

Invigorate/Strengthen Role of Public and Civil Society in the Monitoring of Education


Lead implementing

agency



What is the public

problem that the

commitment will

address?

Ministry of Education is the most prominent public ministry in

every country. What makes this ministry distinct from other

ministries is presence of people in decision makings and

proceedings of other activities. What happened in Afghanistan,

diminutive public participation in decision makings and vague

monitoring from activities in the ministry of education. In some

cases ministry of education makes sole decision and less attention

is paid to public views.

Lack of active parents’ councils in some schools can be counted as

one of the boldest samples of gap between people and ministry of

education. There are some parents’ councils at some schools but

lack of coordination, misunderstanding between members of

councils about their roles and responsibilities caused that these

councils have not played responsible part in the monitoring of

tasks and decision-making of executives.

In addition, there is no clear framework in ministry education to

increase public engagement in scrutiny and decision making at

schools.

This gap caused problems like: low quality education services;

high rate of teachers and students absenteeism; lack of educational

infrastructures maintenance and lack of transparency and

accountability of school officials to public.

What is the

commitment?

This commitment is seeking to develop a mechanism to strengthen

role of people in shaping and monitoring education sector through

parents’ and schools administrative councils. The objective of this

mechanism is to create the parents’ councils and strengthen the

role of the administrative councils of schools. This ultimately

results into high quality education services, betterment in

educational conditions, transparency and accountability in the

ministry of education


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How will the



problem?

By developing these councils at schools, civil society, reputed

people and the parents of children will directly be involved in

operations of school affairs. Involvement of aforementioned

stratums strengthens sense of ownership in decision among public

so that they will put efforts to monitor the school affairs and

recommend/bring reforms and improvements.


relevant to OGP values?

This commitment not only elevates public and CSOs scrutiny and

decision making pertinent to fate of their children which is related

to public participation. But also, public scrutiny makes government

staff to be accountable and transparent.

Additional information This commitment is related to cooperation mechanism between

CSOs and MoI


Developing an action plan in order to create a mechanism to

strengthen role of public and civil society in the monitoring

of education.

January 2020 Feb 2020

Form a joint committee of education ministry

representatives and CSOs to develop a mechanism to

strengthen role of public and civil society in the monitoring

of education.


Preparing a draft mechanism to develop parents’ council

and strengthen schools administrative councils by joint

committee

May 2020 August 2020

Sharing the draft mechanism with the public through

ministry of education website and social media to collect

opinions and incorporate them into the draft

September

2020

September

2020

Convene consultative meeting with parents, education

experts, and CSOs to collecte and incorporate their ideas

into draft

Oct 2020 Nov 2021

Pilot implementation of the mechanism in 8 zones of

Afghanistan; in every zone two schools: one male one

female

Dec 2020 Jan 2021

Finalizing the draft by joint committee and signatory by

minister of education

Feb 2021 Aug 2021


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Contact information

Lead implementing agency Ministry of Education

Name of responsible person from

implementing agency

Dr. Hamidullah

Title, Department Deputy minister of administration and finance

Email and Phone [email protected]/

07290118118

Other

Actors

Involved

Government

Ministries,

Department/Agency


CSOs, private sector,

multilaterals, working

groups

All relevant Civil society organizations



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Commitment

Develop inspectable electronic system to receive and address complaints in local government


Lead implementing

agency

The Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG)


What is the public

problem that the

commitment will

address?

Existence of administrative corruption has resulted in the lack of

transparency at some sub-national levels and created gap between people

and government. In some cases, people join extremist groups. Local

governments have not been able to understand public priorities this

causes public mistrust in the democratic process and reduces public hope

for aforementioned processes. Misuse of power and authority in the

selection and implementation of projects at sub-national level is one of

the major reasons of corruption. Existence of corruption in some offices,

inaccessibility of public to register their complaints and receive the right

feedback created gap between public and officials. Gaps eliminate

efficiency in public service delivery and projects implementation.

What is the

commitment?

Develop inspectable electronic system to receive and address complaints

report to complainants at sub-national level. The portal will receive and

address complaints at the provincial level within a specified time (within

10 working days), and report about the complaints. The system has three

distinct sections: filing complaints, receiving and addressing the

complaints, and reporting on conclusion and outcome of complaints.

People can visit the website, submit their complaints online and receive

feedback. Civil society can continuously monitor system activities.

System tracks the status of every complaint with a timeframe and

specifies particular office to address/solve the complaint. Listening to

voice of people and addressing their problems through this electronic

system will attain good governance. Office of the governor bears the

responsibility to monitor the system.

How will the



problem?

Public can conveniently register and share their complaints through

electronic online system with the local governments/bodies. Having

considered public complaints and opinions, local governments identify

the public needs and shall provide better and appropriate services. This

system will probably reduce the gap between people and local

governments and ascertain public participation in governance. As a

result, accountability, transparency, and public trust in democratic values

and good governance will increase.


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Why is this

commitment relevant

to

OGP values?

This commitment is related to four OGP values. Applying the latest

technology increases civic participation. Through public participation

transparency, accountability will be expanded at sub-national level.

Transparency to address public complaints and need based service

delivery in participation with CSOs will surge. This commitment creates

transparent informational mechanisms and makes sub-nationals

accountable to public.

Additional information IDLG policies with civic participation to promote public participation

and transparency.


Requirements gathering to develop online system January 2020 February 2020

Preparing necessary procedures for the development of

system March 2020 May 2020

Design and develop Information System June 2020 December 2020

Provide training to staff on how to use the system and

make it accessible to general public January 2021 March 2021

Public awareness on newly introduced online system and

implementation of system in 4 major cities of Afghanistan February 2021 August 2021

Contact information


implementing agency

IDLG and the ministry of Telecommunication


implementing agency

Mr. Abdul Samad Maqsudi

Title, Department Director, Urban E-system Development

Email and Phone [email protected]

0793111112

Other

Actors

Involved

Government

Ministries,

Department/Agency

CSOs, private

sector,

multilaterals,

working groups

Relevant civil society organizations



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Commitment

Reform and strengthen the EMIS


Lead implementing agency Ministry of Education and National Directorate of Statistics &

Information


What is the public

problem that the

commitment will

address?

Ministry of Education in 2016 kicked off an activity so as all kind of

information related to ministry’s structure, salaries and education

could have integrated into a single data server. This system was

aimed at administering the aforementioned activities of ministry and

strengthening transparency and accountability.

Now an agreed collaborative mechanism formed between ministry

of education, Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service

Commission and National Directorate of Statistics to develop this

system. Still, work on the system is in progress separately. (Details

are in the following parts). EMIS is currently active and linked

ministry of education in Kabul to the provinces. This system covers

information related to 18000 schools across the country however

this system is not connected to other databases in the ministry

(HRMIS & AMLAK) to produce a correct report. For instance,

school buildings, classes and other school facilities are recorded into

AMLAK database, since these separate databases (systems) are

being used and they are not interconnected with each other so that

the reports being generated are not accurate and there are high

chances of redundancy. Another problem with current EMIS is that,

statistics of all students across the county being collected annually,

however, it cannot generate a comparative report to determine the

ratio between rise or decline in number of teachers in proportion to

students and number of schools and vice-versa. Current data and

information of EMIS is restricted to ministry of education and

public do not have access to information.

What is the commitment? This commitment aims to reform and strengthen the EMIS and

firstly integrate to the HRMIS which is developed by Independent

Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission. Secondly,

the performance of EMIS is expected to change and generate

analytical and comparative reports which shall be publicized by the

ministry of education.


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public problem?

With the reform of and integration of EMIS with HRMIS

duplications will be avoided and ministry of education will avail a

single and accurate reporting. EMIS will be linked to other

managerial and educational systems so that all reporting indicators

shall be generated from a single source. This system prevents

duplication in the records of teachers, staff and lower management

staff and accurate data can be generated from HRMIS automatically.

In conclusion, accurate reports of teachers in proportion to students,

staff in proportion to students and schools can be generated and

publicized. Upon completion of this commitment analytical and

comparative reports can be generated and they will help the ministry

leadership in their future decision makings.

Why is this

commitment relevant

to OGP values??

This commitment is related to all values of OGP through

development of standard electronic system harness of latest

technology will be ascertained. After the development of this system

public and CSOs can refer to EMIS portal and access the accurate

information or data pertinent to number of teachers and students as

a result public participation, accountability and transparency would

be promoted


Milestone Activities with verifiable deliverables Start Date End Date

Form a joint committee between of ministry of education,

national directorate of statistics & information and independent

administrative reform and civil service commission develop the

system


Prepare an action plan to strengthen and build the system February2020 February 2020

Requirement gathering and analysis of system March 2020 May 2020

Develop the EMIS to be compatible with Open Data disclosure

principles June 2020 May 2021

Pilot phase of EMIS in Kabul and Herat June 2021 August 2021

Contact

Name of responsible

person from

implementing agency

Mr. Mirwais Ahmad Zai

Mr. Qasim Mohsini

Title, Department Director, Strategic Monitoring & Evaluation and EMIS

Director, Strategic Planning

E-mail, Phone number [email protected] / 0798722947

[email protected] / 0797737927

Other

Actors

Involved

Governmental Ministry of Education Civil society

organizations,

private sector,

multilateral

parties, working

groups

Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA) and other representatives of

civil society




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Commitment

Increase Public Participation in Budgeting Process of Municipalities


Lead implementing agency Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) and Kabul

Municipality


What is the public

problem that the

commitment will

address?

Budgeting processes in Afghan municipalities are top-down, so the

views of citizens rarely considered in selecting development

projects. Usually the municipality budget reflects the views of

government officials who prepare the budget document in the

municipalities. Insignificant public participation in the municipal

budgeting process has made people almost inconscient about

municipal revenues and expenditures. People are not aware that

how much revenue do the municipalities collect from people and

where do they spend the money. This, on one hand, causes

corruption and, on the other hand, leads to problems such as lack of

budget implementation, lack of budget effectiveness, lack of

accountability and citizens' dissatisfaction.

What is the commitment? Commitment involves public in the municipalities budget

preparation and implementation processes in accordance with a

specific mechanism. According to this commitment, municipalities

will regularly collect public ideas to prepare a participatory budget

so that projects will be executed which are in the priority list of

people.

How will the



problem?

At first, public involvement can mobilize resources in a direction to

resolve severe problems in cities. On the other hand, resources will

be used up under public scrutiny to ensure effectiveness and

transparency in the utilization of resources. Public participation in

budgeting process will encourage citizens to monitor the

implementation of development projects and to force municipalities

to be accountable to citizens in their tasks and expenditures


relevant to

OGP values?

This commitment ensures public participation in the budgeting

process, and also increases accountability and transparency to

citizens.

Additional information This commitment is related to the Municipal Accountability

Guidelines, Municipal Budgeting Procedures, and Municipal Laws.


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Drafting guidelines for public participation in municipal

budgeting process

January 2020 April 2020

Convening two consultative meetings with civil society

organizations to gather and incorporate their ideas for

enrichment of public participation guidelines in budgeting

process.

May 2020 June 2020

Finalizing the guidelines. July 2020 August 2020

Implementing public participation guidelines in the budgeting

process of 15 municipalities of cities in the provinces to ensure

public participation in the preparation of budget for the year

2021.

September

2020

December2020

Conduct a survey to evaluate the outcome of public

participation in budget implementation and public satisfaction

in 15 cities.

January 2021 June 2021

Implementing the public participation guideline in 34

provinces of Afghanistan. ( Each province one municipality)

January 2021 August 2021

Contact information

Lead implementing agency IDLG


implementing agency

Mr. Hamid Karimi/ Wafa Mohammad Naseri

Mohammad Shafiq Roghmal

Title, Department Director, Policy and Planning/ Head of Design and

Development of Law and Guidelines, IDLG

Director, Policy and Planning Kabul Municipality

Email and Phone 0799501016 [email protected]

078011995 [email protected]

0798675450 [email protected]

Other Actors

Involved

Government

Actors Involved

CSOs, private

sector,

multilaterals,

working groups

Relevant civil society organizations.





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Commitment

Develop Electronic System for Revenue Collection of Five Municipalities

(Metropolitan Cities: Mazar, Herat, Kandahar, Jalalabad and Kabul)


Lead implementing

agency

Independent Directorate of Local Governance and Kabul

Municipality


What is the public

problem that the

commitment will

address?

In 153 active municipalities across Afghanistan none has electronic

revenue collection system. Revenue collection process is lengthy,

time consuming and some aspects opaque. This problem is more

persistent in major cities. Lack of proper method to monitor revenue

collection and expenditures of municipalities caused partial loss in

the revenue generation of these municipalities. Corruption in some

municipalities resulted to dissatisfaction of 70% of public.

What is the

commitment?

Developing electronic revenue collection system for municipalities

ascertains civic participation in a productive scrutiny.

With civic participation transparency and accountability would be

promoted and corruption can be declined. Quality service delivery

to public could be ascertained by elimination of corruption

How will the



problem?

Municipalities’ revenue collection system ensures transparency and

public scrutiny off revenue collection and expenditure with in these

authorities. System will be enabled to report; on the basis of

revenue type, district and other relevant aspects. Application of this

system will promote transparency, accountability and unfold trust

of public in the municipalities. Through implementation of this

commitment certain changes are expected in municipality revenues

and they deliver the best services to public with the collected

revenues. System will generate various reports to public and CSOs

from revenue collection to monitoring and expenditure of revenues.

Reports will have to be generated monthly, quarterly and annually

and be generally accessible.

Why is this

commitment relevant to

OGP values?

This commitment is related to all OGP values. Through E-revenue

collection system, harness of technology will be ascertained. After

implementation of this commitment public can refer to portal and

access the accurate revenue data and information. In the event that,

data is not accurate or dissatisfactory public can advocate which

promotes civic participation, transparency and accountability in the

municipalities.


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Additional information Municipalities Law, Annexures no. 1 and 4 municipal services law,

Guild bills, Commercial and residential tax regulation, Procedures

to consolidate spare lands rent.


Budget, manpower and data gathering for system January 2020 February 2020

Analyze, design and develop the system March 2020 December 2020

Pilot the system in five major cities and conduct

municipalities staff training January 2021 February 2020

Implement the system in five metropolitan cities (as

mentioned in the title) March 2021 June 2021

Public awareness on system usage of system in five

major cities May 2021 August 2021

Present monthly and quarterly reports June 2021 August 2021

Contact information

Lead implementing agency IDLG & Kabul Municipality


implementing agency

Mr. Abdul Samad Maqsudi

Mr. Shafiq Roghmal

Title, Department Director, Urban Electronic System Development,

IDLG

Director, Planning, Kabul Municipality

Email and Phone [email protected] / 0793111112


Other

Actors

Involv

ed

Government

Ministries,

Department/Agen

cy

Ministry of Finance



groups

Related CSOs




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Commitment

Review and develop curriculum in partnership with curriculum development specialists,

academia, researchers, CSOs, international experts, public and private sectors to comply

with Afghanistan’s workforce market


Lead implementing agency Ministry of Higher Education


What is the public

problem that the

commitment will

address?

Curriculum is one the fundamental pillars of higher education in

the countries. Up to date curriculum is essential need of society.

Books and references being taught in the universities are

impractical and outdated which do not fulfill the employability

requirements and needs of our society. Current curriculum dose

not replicate university students’ needs to have skilled human

resources in Afghanistan and fulfill the requirements of job

market.

This problem has two negative impacts; first unidentified

workforce market leads to unprofessional and incompetent

human resources in the country. Second Afghanistan will remain

vulnerable in the field of education. Therefore, current

curriculum needs thorough revision to meet labor market needs

and social conditions of Afghanistan.

What is the commitment? Ministry of higher education is committed to bringing reforms in

the curriculum in order to meet the workforce needs and fulfill

demands of university graduates and current labor market of

Afghanistan. Current curriculum will be reviewed in participation

with lawyers network, Independent Human Rights Commission,

Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Independent Administrative

Reform and Civil Service Commission to meet the labor market

needs. This curriculum helps those university graduates to attain

skills and capacity according to market requirements.

How will the



problem?

This commitment has highlighted lack of skilled and capable

human resources in Afghanistan. Implementation of this

commitment will ensure to penetrate expert and effective human

resources into the workforce market as per national, regional and

international standards.

Why is this

commitment relevant

to OGP values?

This commitment will be implemented in partnership with

different stakeholders such as academia, curriculum

specialists, public and private sector representatives and

international experts

Additional information This commitment is related to SGD’s goal no. 4


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Form joint committee of curriculum development specialists,

academia, researchers, CSOs, international experts, public and

private sectors to coordinate on curriculum of higher education

January 2020 March 2020

Prepare curriculum revision operational plan (by the joint

committee )for the year 2020 April 2020 May 2020

Review and develop curriculum for 20 fields (Majors) through

national plan of curriculum revision and development for the

year 2020

June 2020 December

2020

Prepare curriculum revision operational plan (by the joint

committee) for the year 2021 January 2021 March 2021

Review and develop curriculum for 10 fields (Majors) through

national plan of curriculum revision and development for the

year 2021

April 2021 June 2021

Disseminate and publish the report of curriculum revision and

development July 2021 August 2021

Contact

Name of responsible

person from

implementing agency

Dr. Ahmad Seyar Mahjor

Assistant professor Bari Mubariz

Abdullah Babakhani

Title, Department

Deputy minister of administration and finance ministry of higher

education

Director, Policy, Planning and Legislation

Strategic Plan Specialist

E-mail and Phone number

[email protected]/ 0791400589



Other

Actors

Involved

Governmental

Ministry of labor, Independent Administrative and Civil Service

Reform Commission, Human Rights Commission, Ministry of

Higher Education, Ministry of Education

Civil society

organizations,

private sector,

multilateral

parties,

working

groups

IWA, AREU, Lawyers Association, International Experts ,

Private universities, Academia




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Commitment

Preparing transparent and justly appointments and promotions policy for officers and

sergeants thru civil society organizations monitoring.


Lead implementing agency Ministry of Interior


What is the public

problem that the

commitment will

address?

Law on personal affairs of officers, lieutenants and sergeants was

processed in such a way, that CSOs scrutiny in appointments and

promotions is not defined. Therefore, inexistence of policy on

appointments and promotions of officers and sergeants and lack

of CSOs’ monitoring cause interferences of vigorous people in

certain situations. This leads to lack of transparency

andaccountability in the appointments and promotions of officers

and sergeants.

What is the commitment? This policy is prepared in participation with CSOs to ensure

transparency and merit-based appointments and promotions of

officers and sergeants.

How will the



problem?

This commitment can resolve problem in appointments and

promotions of officers and sergeants in MoI on the basis of

transparent system and meritocracy. Moreover, it prevents

influences of vigorous people and personal references in the

appointments and promotions of officers, lieutenants and

sergeants.

Why is this

commitment relevant

to OGP values?

Implementation of this commitment prevents imposition of

officers and sergeants appointments. Rather, it promotes

transparency, accountability and civic participation in the

appointments process of officers and sergeants in MoI.


Law on personal affairs of officers, lieutenants and sergeants

National strategy on combat against administrative corruption


Form a joint committee of ministry of interior and CSOs to

prepare the appointments and promotions policy for

officers and sergeants thru civil society organizations

monitoring.

January 2020 February 2020

Draft the policy layout by the committee March 2020 July 2020

Publicize the first draft of policy on MoI website for public

review August 2020 September 2020


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Convene two consultative meetings in participation with

government officials, CSOs and International

organizations to incorporate their views into draft policy

October 2020 December 2020

Finalize the policy by the committee and approval by the

MoI January 2021 April 2021

Prepare and finalize an action plan to facilitate the

implementation of policy by the committee May 2021 June 2021

Implement and execute the policy with continuous

monitoring of CSOs July 2021 Continuous

Contact Information

Name of responsible

person from

implementing agency

Mr. Mohammad Baqir Melatyar

Title, Department Director, Policy and Planning Ministry of Interior

E-mail and Phone number [email protected]/0202204265 - 0794333350

Other

Actors

Involved

Governmental Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Justice

Civil society

organizations,

private sector,

multilateral

parties,

working

groups


mailto:[email protected]/0202204265


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Commitment

Prepare monitoring framework for medicine retailers and wholesalers to stack up expired

medicine in partnership with CSOs


Lead implementing

agency

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH)


What is the public

problem that the

commitment will

address?

Existence of open borders with neighboring countries, illicit imports,

smuggling of medicines, corruption in customs department,

insufficient monitoring on medicine markets and low literacy rate

among public caused that expired medicines in some cases can be at

the disposal of public and patients in the market.

Lack of appropriate storage condition for some medicines is another

major challenge in the medicine market of Afghanistan which

requires special temperature, humidity and other special conditions.

Failure to comply with medicines’ storage conditions can result to

amputation of curative nature of medicine in many cases, adverse

medication effects on the health of consumer.

What is the commitment? To address this problem, MoPH is committed to conducting regular

monitoring of the medicine`s market in partnership with civil society.

MoPH will not only limit its activities to the collection and dumping

of expired medicines, but it will also monitor the storage conditions

of medicines in wholesale stocks and pharmacies. All expired

medicines and the medicines stored in non-standard conditions have

to be collected and dumped. In addition, it shall make wholesalers

and pharmaceutical companies provide standard conditions for

standard storage of the pharmaceutics.

How will the



problem?

Strict market monitoring can improve the storage conditions of

medicines and prevent the supply of substandard and expired

medicines. Serious scrutiny of the pharmaceutical market, collection

and disposal of poor quality medicines will force all market actors to

respect and adhere to the principles and regulations of MoPH for

pharmaceutical market.



This commitment is related to accountability and CSOs scrutiny from

medicine market ensures civic participation.


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National Health Policy

National Health Strategy.


Form a joint working committee of experts from ministry of

public health and CSOs to prepare and finalize a monitoring

checklist for pharmacies, medicine stocks and develop a

database for continual scrutiny and follow up of pharmacies

and stocks whose monitoring is completed.


Monitoring of stock of 15 wholesale stocks and 30 pharmacies

in one quarter also the collection and dumping of expired

medicines as well as monitoring of standard conditions for

storing temperature-sensitive medicines at the pharmaceutical

market in Kabul.






market in Herat

July 2020 September 2020





market in Nangarhar


Monitoring of stock of 15 wholesale stocks and 30

pharmacies in one quarter also the collection and dumping of

expired medicines as well as monitoring of standard

conditions for storing temperature-sensitive medicines at the

pharmaceutical market in Kandahar.






market in Balkh


Prepare a comprehensive report; present specific

recommendations for continuous monitoring, present

challenges /lessons learned of performed monitoring and

share findings with public through photos, video and

statistics.



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Contact information

Lead implementing agency Ministry of Public Health

Persons responsible from implementing

agency

Dr. Abdul Qadir Qadir

Title, Department Director, Policy, Planning and External Relations

Email and Phone [email protected] 0799131689


Other

Actors

Involved

Government

Ministries,

Department/Agency



groups

Relevant stakeholders




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Commitment

Developing and implementing a quality improvement framework for civil society and

citizen-led monitoring of services provided at public and private health centers.


Lead implementing agency Ministry of Public Health


What is the public

problem that the

commitment will

address?

Low quality service delivery and ignoring the health standards in

some health centers are problems in Afghanistan health sector

and public trust in health sector has declined

This situation made our public pay lump sum amount of money

for better and effective treatment outside Afghanistan whereas,

economically deprived people cannot afford better and effective

treatment outside Afghanistan.

What is the commitment? A check list of minimal standards to scrutinize the quality of

service delivery will be prepared by ministry of health. All health

centers are obliged to comply with those minimal standards. Joint

public and CSO experts monitor the health care centers to assess

whether the standards are being met find out the bottle necks and

difficulties and recommend solutions to the ministry of health

within specific timeframe. Later the team re-monitors to check

whether the recommendations have been implemented. In case

the recommendations have not been considered or implemented,

further steps according to law and procedures of ministry of

health will be taken.


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How will the



problem?

Identification and evaluation of health care problems in service

delivery by ministry of health and implementation of

recommendations in a specific time frame to bring reforms can

uplift/improve quality of health services delivery.

Through supportive scrutiny, hospitals and health care centers will be obliged to work on quality service delivery.

The followings can also be considered:

1. Establish and publish minimal standards for health centers to

aware citizens about the level of expectations in terms of

facilities, medical equipment, staff from health centers.

2. By engaging CSOs in monitoring whether standards are being

implemented, it instigates more accurate monitoring from health

centers.

3. By conveying recommendations to health centers and existence

of check list to examine implementation or nonoccurrence of

minimal standards will promote accountability in health care

services.

4. Minimal standards are developed by citizens and civil society

in consultation with health care center staff, and other health

professionals. This increases role of public in improvement of

health care services.

Why is this

commitment relevant

to OGP values?

Quality improvement frame work (minimal standards) for

health services delivery in participation with CSOs. It is

related to civic participation and accountability

Additional information National Health Policy

National Health Strategy


Form a joint working group of experts from MoPH and

CSOs to prepare the framework January 2020 January 2020

Draft ToR for joint working group February 2020 February 2020

Draft the frame work (minimal standards) by joint working

group March 2020 April 2020

Convene a consultative meeting with CSOs to collect and

incorporate the opinions into framework May 2020 May 2020

Finalize the framework and approval by ministry June 2020 June 2020

Implement the first round of monitoring in partnership with

CSOs in 20 health centers in five major cities as per the

framework to identify the problems and recommend

constructive changes

July 2020 September2020


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Implement the second round of monitoring in partnership

with CSOs in 20 health centers in five major cities as per the




Implement the third round of monitoring in partnership with

CSOs in 20 health centers in five major cities as per the




Implement the fourth round of monitoring in partnership

with CSOs in 20 health centers in five major cities as per the




Prepare a comprehensive report from the entire process,

present specific recommendations for continous health care

quality improvement and identify the challenges in the

implementation process and publicize the findings through

website


Contact Information

Name of responsible

person from

implementing agency

Dr. Abdul Qadir

Title, Department Policy and Planning Directorate and External Relations

E-mail and Phone number [email protected] / 0799131689

[email protected]/ 0202301378

Other

Actors

Invovled

Governmental

Civil society

organizations,

private sector,

multilateral

parties,

working

groups

Relevant CSOs




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Commitment

Increase public participation in preparation of national budgeting process


Lead implementing agency The Ministry of Finance (MoF)


What is the public

problem that the

commitment will

address?

Afghanistan scored 15 out of 100 marks in the Open Budget

Survey of 2017. This shows that the budgeting processes in

Afghanistan are usually from top to down, views of citizens

rarely considered in selecting development projects which shall

be included in budget. Despite the fact that, MoF convened

consultative meetings with public on budget preparation

process for the year 2018. In 2019, MOF organized consultative

meetings in eight provinces for the year 2020 budget still the

public participation has not been substantial and broad. Squat

public participation in budget preparation caused lack of public

scrutiny in the implementation of development projects. Since

public opinions neglected in the budgeting process therefore

public accountability in terms of services is overlooked.

What is the commitment? This commitment involves public in budget preparation and

implementation through a specific mechanism. According to

this commitment ministry of finance shall gather public

opinions while preparing budget and scrutinize public proposed

projects in accordance with government policy and national

priorities and present them to budget hearing sessions.

How will the



problem?

People involvement can firstly mobilize resources which will

resolve severe public problems. On the other hand, public will

scrutinize resources utilization which will ensure effectiveness

and transparency in consumption of resources. Civic

participation in budgeting process will encourage citizens to

monitor the implementation of development projects and make

government be accountable to citizens for their activities and

expenditures.


relevant to

OGP values?

This commitment ensures public participation in budgeting

process, and also determines accountability and transparency to

citizens.

Additional information This commitment is related to policy on budgeting and

combatting corruption of MoF.


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Prepare guidelines for public participation in preparation of

national budgeting process. January 2020 April 2020

Conducting two consultative meetings with civil society

organizations to gather and incorporate their ideas for

enrichment of public participation guidelines in the

budgeting process.

May 2020 June 2020

Finalizing the guidelines. July 2020 July 2020

Implement guidelines for public participation in

preparation of national budgeting process in 15 provinces

for the year 2021

August 2020 November 2020

Provide necessary facilities against the righteous demands

of relevant CSOs and others who are interested.

December2020 August 2021

Implement guidelines for public participation in

preparation of national budgeting process in 30 provinces

for the year 2022

January 2021 August 2021

Contact information

Lead implementing agency Ministry of Finance


implementing agency

Mr. Sayed Musa Mohsini

Title, Department Head of Reporting for National Budget, Directorate of

Budget, Ministry of Finance.

Email and Phone [email protected]/ 0744210215

Other

Actors

Involv

ed

Government

Ministries,

Department/Agency



groups

All relevant civil society organizations.



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Commitment

Develop open justice mechanism to ensure access to information and accelerate/expedite

attention to administrative corruption cases of government officials and higher officials


Lead implementing agency Supreme Court- Attorney General


What is the public

problem that the

commitment will

address?

Diminutive access to information in some justice and judicial

sector caused lesser civic participation, transparency;

accountability and public trust and sometimes pave the ground

for administrative corruption. Public are not aware of how

administrative corruption cases of government higher officials are

addressed or dealt they have concerns. Lack of on time attention

to major administrative corruption cases challenged justice and

judicial services and enabled wide spread of administrative

corruption.

What is the commitment? Supreme Court and Attorney General in participation with CSOs

and relevant department are preparing public access to

information procedures considering anticipated circumstances in

Criminal Procedure Code. Legal demands of public will be

addressed in accordance with access to information law and

procedures prepared to address major administrative corruption

cases and be shared with public through mass media.



public problem?

Preparing this procedure defines public accessibility to judicial

and justice information in the meanwhile it eliminates hurdles in

access to information. It obliges judicial and justice authorities to

share information with public through mass media. Consequently,

public access to information enables authorities to be accountable

to public, reduces administrative corruptions and promotes public

trust in justice and judicial system. Implementation of this

commitment will facilitate participation of public in open trials

and promote transparency, accountability and civic participation

in judicial and justice system.



Sharing information promotes transparency and civic

participation among judicial and justice sector.


Commitment is related to the followings:

National Plan on Judicial and Justice Reform

Law on Access to Information

Criminal Procedure Code

National Strategy on Combat against Administrative

Corruption


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Establish joint committee of governmental agencies

(General Attorney Office, Supreme Court, and Access to

Information Commission) and CSOs to prepare access to

information procedures in justice and judicial sector

January 2020 February 2020

Draft access to information procedure in judicial and

justice sector by joint committee March 2020 June 2020

Publicize the preliminary draft of procedure in justice and

judicial sector to collect public opinions and incorporate

them into draft by Attorney General Office and Supreme

Court


Convene two consultative meetings with government

officials, CSOs and relevant authorities to gather opinions

and incorporate them into the draft procedure by Attorney

General Office and Supreme Court

September 2020 October 2020

Approval of procedure November 2020 December 2021

Launching and equipping information sharing units within

Supreme Court and Attorney General Office. January 2021 April 2021

Implement the procedure and publicize the report

according to access to information law May 2021 Continuous

Monitor the predefined subject matters in Criminal

Procedure Code for boosting attention to administrative

corruption cases of government officials and higher

officials and publish the report according to access to

information law

January 2021 Continuous

Contact

Name of responsible

person from

implementing agency

Fazlullah Abdali

Rahimullah Safi

Title Department

Acting Director, Policy and Planning, Supreme Court

Director, Planning and External Relations, Attorney General

Office

E-mail and Phone number [email protected] 0787700080


Other

Actors

Involved

Governmental Supreme Court, Attorney General Office

Civil society

organizations,

private sector,

multilateral

parties,

working

groups

Stakeholders from the relevant civil society organizations




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Commitment

National Plan on Women Empowerment


Lead implementing agency The Ministry of Women Affairs (MoWA)


What is the public

problem that the

commitment will

address?

National Action Plan for the Women of Afghanistan (NAPWA) was

not effective owing to lack of implementation plan, monitoring and

budget. However, that plan had some considerable achievements:

From the main 31 indicators in this plan only 8 was fully

implemented (Law on Violence Prevention, Establishment of 27

supportive centers and policy incentives). 15 indicators substantially

implemented but 8 indicators implemented negligibly.

Nation Action Plan for the Women of Afghanistan was not

successful due to following reasons:

Unrealistic indicators

Lack of proper monitoring system

Lack of allocated budget for this plan

No coordination in the implementation of action plan at the

provincial level

Bureaucracy, dispersion and different regulations from the

government side

Lack of awareness at ministerial and independent offices

from the goals of plan

Lengthiness of the plan

What is the

commitment?

Women empowerment plan will be prepared in participation with

CSOs and relevant government officials. It will be a comprehensive

multi-dimensional plan which entails all relevant aspects of women

empowerment. Moreover, this plan is supposed be fully

implemented, monitored and evaluated.

How will the



problem?

National plan on women empowerment is a comprehensive plan,

consists of budget, implementation and monitoring plans.

This plan will be prepared for five-year period with quarter and

annual operational plans and particular implementation scrutiny.

There will be a ToR for all relevant stakeholders in this plan and

authorities will perform their activities with predefined framework.

This plan will be comprehensive and Afghanistan-inclusive. Offices

in the country will draft their plans on women empowerment on the

basis of National Empowerment Plan. It will avoid overlaps,

preparing and implementing of unspecified policies in the relevant

offices. This plan can also reflect the unfulfilled goals of the


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national strategy and action plan on combat violence against women.

National plan on women empowerment can be used as guidelines

framework for donors and balance gender equality in government

priorities.

Followings expected from national plan on women empowerment

- Participation of women in the government leadership and key

positions will increase

- All legal documents shall be complied into a uniformed

document

- Single and uniform mechanism for the implementation of

women affairs programs in Afghanistan

This plan includes 12 sub-indicators as followings:

- Specify indicators to develop new values, spread and

strengthen them in association with ministry of culture

- Specify indicators for gender equality issues in the

educational curriculum at school level

- Specify indicators for monitoring and evaluation of activities

in the offices as per their programs

- Specify indicators to bring change in the recruitment system

and apply these changes across the country

- Specify indicators for the presence of women in decision

making in the economic, political, social and cultural sectors.

- Specify indicators to enable women to receive education

within Afghanistan and outside the country

- Specify indicators for a safe working environment for women

in public and private sectors.

- Plan for the expansion of harassment prevention committee

in the offices

- Plan for women capacity building in the field of information

technology and its implementation in 10 provinces

Moreover, the followings can considered in case of need;

1- Policy for women inheritance ownership

2- Strengthen women participation in election

3- Partnership development program


relevant to

OGP values?

National plan on women empowerment is prepared in participation

with relevant government offices, and CSOs it ensures civic

participation. Moreover, CSOs monitor the implementation of plan

which increases accountability and transparency.


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Policy on Supporting Women in War and Emergency Situations

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, on women, peace,

and security;

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG);

Law on Prevention of Violence Against Women;

National Strategy and Action Plan on Combatting Violence Against

Women.

Milestone activities with verifiable deliverables Start

Date:

End Date:

Establishing a joint committee of ministry of women and

CSOs for National Women Empowerment Plan January 2020 February

2020

Identifying the challenges, risks, and vulnerabilities in

implementation of women plans, policies, procedures, and

laws related to women empowerment


Prepare draft of five-year women empowerment plan (budget,

implementation and monitoring) and its yearly breakdown. May 2020 September

2020

Identifying indicators and expected results of plan

implementation (quarterly and annually). October 2020 December

2020

Approval of plan in the gender committee of cabinet and

cabinet of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. January 2021 February

2021

Monitoring and evaluation of implementation of plan based on

indicators and expected results (quarterly and annually) and

publishing of its report.

March 2021 August 2021

Contact Information

Lead implementing agency Ministry of Women Affairs

Name of responsible

person from

implementing agency

Ms. Spozhmai Wardak

Title, Department Deputy minister of planning

Email and Phone [email protected] 0798595985

Other

Actors

Involved

Government

Ministries,

Department/Ag

ency



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CSOs, private

sector,

multilaterals,

working groups

Attorney General Office

Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC)

Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service

Commission (IARCSC)

The Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC)

The Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs (MoHRA)

Women related Civil Society Organizations


Ministry of Rural and Rehabilitation

Ministry of Agriculture

Ministry of Economic

Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs

Ministry of Health

Ministry of Industry and Commerce

Women Chamber of Commerce

CSOs

International Organizations


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Commitment

Establishment of Women Grand Council


Lead implementing agency Office of Chief of Staff to the President Commitment Description

What is the public problem that

the commitment will address?

Despite the existence of different policies and laws to

protect and support women, unfortunately violence against

women is increasing day by day, this could be lack of a

systematic monitoring of political leadership from women

empowerment programs within institutional framework. As

well as, lack of cooperation and coordination between

relevant international and national partners for women

empowerment and weak participation of civil society

pertinent to women empowerment in policy making and

monitoring of the activities which caused deficiency.

What is the commitment? Women grand council will monitor all women

empowerment related policies and plans.



public problem?

Women grand council will scrutinize the implementation of

national plan on women empowerment. Involvement of

women and other stakeholders will strengthen women

empowerment in policymaking. In this way, women's

views, needs and perspectives may be systematically

collected and reflected in a legally enforceable document.


relevant to

OGP values?

This council will be composed of government authorities

and civil society organizations. Through women grand

council monitoring, transparency and accountability related

to women empowerment will be promoted.



Preparing the draft of presidential decree to establish

women grand council by the key stakeholders of women

empowerment.


Presidential decree on the establishment of women

grand council. May 2020 June 2020


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Creating a joint mechanism for the selection of civil

society organizations to get membership in the women

grand council and clarifying the authorities of the three

separate bodies into this council: Gender and Women's

Affairs Committee of the Cabinet, High Commission on

Elimination of Violence against Women, and the Grand

Council for Women.

July 2020 October 2020

Approval of mechanism by the president or women

affairs committee of cabinet November 2020 December 2020

Identify women empowerment’s key stakeholders to get

membership in women grand council. January 2021 February 2021

In order for membership of civil society organizations

and monitoring role of international organizations in the

High Commission on Elimination of Violence Against

Women. Member’s combination of commission will be

revised. In case that high-ranking government official

are not cooperating in the implementation of

commission’s interest the subject matter will be referred

to women grand council

March 2021 June 2021

Public awareness about the women high council July 2021 August 2021 Contact information

Lead implementing agency Office of Chief of Staff to the President


implementing agency

Title, Department

Email and Phone

Other

Actors

Involv

ed

Government

Ministries,

Department/Agency



groups

Relevant civil society organizations and international

partners


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Annexures:

NAP-2 Co-Creation Table of Events

Location Attendees Date Activity S.N

Office of

the

president

MSF members 19

June,2019

Multi Stakeholder meeting on NAP-1

progress and preliminary plan for

NAP-2

1

IWA office OGP Secretariat and CSOs 11 July,

2019

Meeting on NAP-2 co-creation

process 2

Office of

the

president

MSF members 16 July,

2019

MSF meeting on NAP-2 co-creation

timeline 3

GMIC,

Kabul

Directors, policy and planning

of ministries and CSOs

17 July,

2019

Consultative meeting on NAP-2

(Kabul) 4

IWA office OGP Secretariat and CSOs 21 July,

2019

Meeting on drafting the NAP-2 co-

creation timeline 5

Office of

the

president

MSF members 5 August,

2019

MSF meeting on NAP-1 IRM draft

report & co-creation timeline

approval

6

Kandahar

governor

office hall

Mr. Abdul Hanan Monib

Kandahar Governor, Directors,

policy and planning of

ministries, CSOs, private

sector of south west zone and

other relevant organizations

5 August,

2019 Consultative meeting on NAP-2 7

Herat

governor

office hall

Deputy cultural affairs to the

governor, directors, policy and

planning of ministries CSOs,

Private sectors of west zone

and relevant organizations

7 August,


Office of

the

president

MSF members 26 August,

2019

MSF meeting on NAP-2 progress

and related issues 9

Balkh

governor

office hall

Deputy social affairs to the

governor, Executive director of

IWA, CSOs, Directors, policy

and planning of ministries,

private sectors of north zone

and relevant organizations

28 August,



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Nangarhar

governor

office hall

Mr. Shah Mahoomd Miakhail

governor of Nangarhar,

Executive director of IWA,


CSOs, private sectors of east

zone and relevant

organizations

1

September,

2019

Consultative meeting on NAP-2 11

Office of

the

president

MSF members

11

September,

2019

MSF meeting on clustering the

inputs for NAP-2 12

GMIC

MSF members, CSOs,


of ministries, academicians,

private sectors

8 October,

2019

Consultative meeting on NAP-2

(Central Zone) 13

IWA office OGP secretariat, CSOs

15-16

October,

2019

Two-day meeting on truncating the

inputs 14

GMIC Relevant experts from

government and CSOs

29 October,

2019 Think shop on local governance 15

MoWA Relevant experts from

government and CSOs

6

November,

2019

Think shop on women empowerment 16

Supreme

Court

Relevant experts from

government and CSOs

7

November,

2019

Think shop on rule of law 17

IWA office OGP Secretariat and CSOs

12

November,

2019

Meeting on refining the proposed

commitments according to OGP

values

18

MoF Relevant experts from

government and CSOs

13

November,

2019

Think shop on financial affairs 19

MoE Relevant experts from

government and CSOs

18

November,

2019

Think shop on health and education 20

GMIC

MSF members, Directors

policy and planning of

ministries,

28

November,

2019

Meeting on finalizing the proposed

commitments for NAP-2 (Excluding

the elections think shop)

21

IWA office Relevant experts from

government and CSOs

5 December,

2019

Think shop on elections 22

Office of

the

president

MSF members 8 December,

2019

MSF meeting on NAP-2 approval 23

Office of

the

president

President and cabinet ministers 30

December,2

019

Cabinet meeting on NAP-2 approval 24


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OGPA MSF Working Group Members General Assembly

No Full Name Position Organization

1 Ab. Subhan Raouf Deputy Chief of Staff Office to the

President on Policy, Oversight and

Inspection

Office of Chief of Staff to the

President

2 M. Qasem Halimi Deputy Minister of Technical Affaires Ministry of Justice

3 Naheed Sarabi Deputy Minister of Policy Ministry of Finance

4 Husna Jalil Deputy Minister of Policy and Strategy Ministry of Interior

5 Waliullah Zadran Deputy Minister of Policy Ministry of Mines and

Petroleum

6 Ainuddin Bahaduri Chairman, Access to Information

Commission

7 Yama Turabi Director Special Secretariat on

Combatting Administrative

Corruption

8 Wahiduddin

Arghoon

Deputy Attorney General for Finance and

Administration Affaires

Attorney General Office

9 Spozhmai Wardak Deputy Minister of Policy and Technical

Affairs

Ministry of Women’s Affairs

10 Sayed Ahmad

Khamush

Deputy Minister of Policy and Technical

Affairs

Independent Directorate of

Local Governance

11 Zuhoruddin

Shirzada

Deputy Minister of Private Sector

Development

Ministry of Commerce and

Industries

12 Ahmad Jawad

Jawad

Director, Policy and Monitoring National Security Council

13 Rahimullah Ghalib Deputy Secretary General for Policy and

Technical affairs

Wolesi Jirga (House of People)

14 Timorshah

QawimJa

Deputy Secretary General for Policy and

Technical affairs

Moshrano Jirga (Upper House)

15 M. Musa

Mahmoodi

Executive Director Afghanistan Independent

Human Rights Commission

16 Fazlullah Abdali Director of Policy and Planning Department Supreme Court

17 Ahmad Hamed

Popalzai

Director, Development and Management of

Resources

Independent Administrative

Reform and Civil Service

Commission

18 Ziaullhaq Haqpal Representative (CSOs) Afghanistan Cultural and

Languages Cooperation and

Development National

Foundation

19 Ab. Wadood

Afghan

Representative (CSOs) Afghan Youth Civic Network

20 Naser Timory Representative (CSOs) Integrity Watch Afghanistan


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(IWA)

21 Aimal Abdullah Representative (CSOs) Afghan Cultural Associations

Joint Jirga

22 Sayed Hameed Zia Representative (CSOs) Hamida Barmaki Organization

for Rule of Law (HBORL)

23 Khan Agha

Ahmadzai

Representative (CSOs) Relief Humanitarian

Development Organization

(RHDO)

24 M. Shoaib Nasiri Representative (CSOs) Organization of Fast Relief

and Development (OFRD)

25 Lutfullah Safi Representative (CSOs) Association of Afghanistan

Universities

26 M. Asif Safi Representative (CSOs) Fair Law Organization for

Women (FLOW)

27 Sayed Abdullah

Ahmadi

Representative (CSOs) Afghanistan Democracy and

Development Organization

(ADDO)

28 Ab. Malik Rahmani Representative (CSOs) Afghan Development

Association (ADA)

29 Mariam Safi Representative (CSOs) Organization for Policy

Research and Development

Studies (DROPS)

30 Ataullah Weesa Representative (CSOs) Civil Society Organization

31 Mahmooda Taqwa Representative (CSOs) Coordination of Afghan Relief

(COAR)

32 Roshan Sirran Representative (CSOs) Training Human Rights

Association for Women

(THRA)

33 Shafiqullah Atayi Representative (Private Sector) Afghanistan Chamber of

Commerce and Industries

34 Shafiullah Naeemi Representative (Academic Institution) Afghanistan Private

Universities Union

Rule of Law Working Group

1 Mohammad Baqir

Melatyar

General Director of Policy and Planning

Department


2 Representative OGPA Secretariat

3 Abdul Majeed

Ghanizada

Director General Legislation Ministry of Justice

4 Rahimullah Safi Director of Policy and Planning Department Attorney General Office

5 Mahdi Soroush Publication and Media Relations Specialist Special Secretariat on

Combatting Administrative

Corruption

6 Asadullah Pazhman Director of Oversight, Evaluation and

Reporting Department

Afghanistan Independent

Human Rights Commission


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7 Zahra Hafizi Head of Planning and Policy Ministry of Women’s Affairs

8 Farida Quraishi Director of Policy and Planning Department Ministry of Women’s Affairs

9 Selected CSOs Representatives Civil Society Organizations

Amanullah

Shenwari

Consultant, Declaration and Registration of

Assets of State Official and Employees

Authority

Administrative Office of the

President

Mohammad Shafi

Husssainkhail

Head of Scrutiny of Registration of Assets //

Hamid Omar Head of Planning Supreme Court

Governance and Financial Management Working Group

1 Matiullah

Mujaddadi

Director of Sectorial Policies Monitoring

Department

Ministry of Finance


3 M. Nabi Sorosh General Director of Policy and Result Based

Management Department

Ministry of Economy

4 Matiullah Omid Director of Policy and Planning Department Ministry of Commerce and

Industries

5 Mirwais Nekmal Director of Policy and Planning Department Ministry of Communication

and Information Technology

6 Mohammad Arshad

Khan Storai

Sr. Specialist for System Development National Procurement

Authority

7 Abbas Hakimi Head of Civic Participation High Inspection Office

Waliullah Musbeh Technical Consultant Access to Information

Commision


Agriculture and Rural Development Working Group

1 M. Essa Qudrat Director of Policy and Planning Department Ministry of Rural

Rehabilitation Development


3 Mahboobullah Eltaf Director of Policy and Planning Department Ministry of Agriculture,

Irrigation and Livestock

4 M. Kazem

Humayoon

Director of Policy and Planning Department National Environment

Protection Agency

5 Arefullah Aref Director of Policy and Planning Department Afghanistan Independent Land

Authority

6 Anahita Rateb

Bakhshi

Director of Water Policies Designing

Department

Ministry of Energy and Water


Private Sector Development Working Group

1 Matiullah Omid Director of Policy and Planning Department Ministry of Commerce and

Industries


3 Mujibullah

Suliaman

Director of Policy and Planning Department Ministry of Agriculture,

Irrigation and Livestock


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4 M. Fahim Hashemi Director of Policy Department Ministry of Mines and

Petroleum

5 Matiullah

Mujaddadi

Director of Sectorial Policies Monitoring

Department

Ministry of Finance

6 M. Aref Safi Director of Policy and Planning Department Afghanistan National

Standards Authority

7 Taher Wardak Director of Policy and Planning Department Afghanistan Chamber of

Commerce and Industries


Infrastructure Development Working Group

1 Fiasal Ahmad

Mangal

Director, Policy, Monitoring and Evaluation Ministry of Transport


3 Ajmal Sabawoon Director of Policy and Planning Department Ministry of Urban

Development and Housing

4 Malalai Barakzai Director of Energy Policies Designing

Department

Ministry of Energy and Water

5 Hamid Karimi Director, Policy and Planning IDLG

7 Shafiullah Roghmal Director of Policy and Planning Department Kabul Municipality


Human Resource Development Working Group

1 Ahmad Hamid

Popalzai

Director, Human Resources Managment

Development

Independent Administrative

Reform and Civil Service

Commission


3 Mohammad Qasim

Mohseni

Director, Planning and Strategy Ministry of Education

4 Barai Mubariz Director of Policy and Planning Department Ministry of Higher Education

5 Ab. Qadeer Qadeer General Director of Policy and Planning

Department

Ministry of Public Health

6 Chari Aqul Adib Director of Policy and Planning Department Ministry of Labor, Social

Affairs

7 M. Dawood

Qayoomi


Department

General Directorate of

Physical Education and Sport


Peace, Security and Reintegration Working Group

1 Mohammad Jawad

Jawad

Director, Policy and Monitoring National Security Council


3 Mujahid Ghafari Director of Strategic Planning Department Ministry of Defense

4 Mohammad Baqir

Melatyar


Department


5 Mir Hashmatullah

Hashemi

Director of Policy and Planning Department Ministry of Refugees and

Repatriations


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6 Zeerak Yousufi Policy and Planning Responsible High Peace Council

7 Wali Hamed Director of Policy and Planning Department Ministry of Hajj and Religious

Affairs


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