UNDP supports stabilization, state building, governance and development priorities in Afghanistan. UNDP support, in partnership with the Government, the United Nations system, the donor community and other development stakeholders, has contributed to institutional development efforts leading to positive impact on the lives of Afghan citizens. Over the years UNDP support has spanned such milestone efforts as the adoption of the Constitution; Presidential, Parliamentary and Provincial Council elections; institutional development through capacity-building to the legislative, the judicial and executive arms of the state, and key ministries, Government agencies and commissions at the national and subnational levels. UNDP has played a key role in the management of the Law and Order Trust Fund, which supports the Government in developing and maintaining the national police force and in efforts to stabilize the internal security environment. Major demobilization, disarmament and rehabilitation and area-based livelihoods and reconstruction programmes have taken place nationwide. UNDP Programmes in Afghanistan have benefited from the very active support of donors. UNDP Afghanistan is committed to the highest standards of transparency and accountability and works in close coordination with the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan and the UN system as a whole to maximize the impact of its development efforts on the ground.
The National Area-Based Development Programme (NABDP) is one of the national priority programmes of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD), supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). NABDP commenced as a joint initiative of the MRRD and UNDP in 2002, with the goal of contributing to a sustainable reduction of poverty and an improvement of livelihoods in rural Afghanistan. NABDP Phase II focused on support to local governance, poverty reduction, and institutional capacity development, whilst linking with the Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS) and the Agricultural Rural Development Sector Strategy (ARDSS) frameworks.
NABDP Phase III began in July 2009, was recently extended by one year and will now run until June of 2015.
The three main thrusts of Phase III are:
(i) Institutions strengthened at the district level to independently address priority local needs;(ii) Rural poor have improved access to key services; and(iii) Stabilization in less secure regions. The design builds upon the successes of the first two phases and is flexible enough to take on an experiential learning approach in response to the constantly changing development landscape and development space.
In regards to the implementation of NABDP, UNDP employs a National Implementation Modality (NIM) with MRRD being the Implementing Partner. There is a National Project Director from the Government side who has oversight responsibility and the National Project Manager who reports to both the National Project Director and UNDP Senior Deputy Country Director. There is also a Project Management Board, consisting of the leadership of both UNDP and MRRD as well as all the project donors and this is the overall body that provides guidance and leadership to the project.
The project falls under the UNDP Afghanistan Sub National Governance (SNG) Cluster and a respective UNDP CO Programme Unit provides oversight and support to the project implementation.
Note:UNDP Afghanistan reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP Afghanistan at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and education requirements.
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