agenda and presentations 25 november 2009 agenda and presentations indii board meeting
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Agenda and Presentations
25 November 2009
Agenda and Presentations
IndII Board Meeting
Agenda
10.00 am Arrival Refreshments10.15 am Welcome and Opening
CommentsMinutes of the Previous Meeting
Pak Dedy S. Priatna PhD, Deputy Minister for Infrastructure Affairs BAPPENASJacqui De Lacy, Minister-Counsellor, AusAID, Australian Embassy
10.30 am Presentation on IndII progress and Presentation of Facility Review and Planning Document (FRPD)
Pak Bastary Pandji Indra, Bappenas, David Ray, IndII
11.00 am Update on Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative (WSI)
Ben Power, AusAID
11.15 am Discussion of Infrastructure Priorities of New National Government
Board Members
11.45 am Closing Comments Pak Dedy S. Priatna PhD, Deputy Minister for Infrastructure Affairs BAPPENASJacqui De Lacy, Minister-Counsellor, AusAID, Australian Embassy Jakarta
Technical Team Report
Summary points from last Board Meeting (May 26th)
• General improvement in management noted• Acknowledged more rapid development of new
activities, but spend is still too low. Further acceleration is required– Approved new and more streamlined activity review
process
• Acknowledged better and more open working relationship between Technical Team and IndII– More frequent TT meetings /communications
• Too focussed on national level activities, more required at the sub-national level.
Review of Progress
• Strong progress reflected in 2 ways:1. Rapid development of new activities• Sharp increase in TT approved budgets and
actual spend• ‘Progressive engagement’ – focus now on
small scoping activities leading to larger, better designed programs for next work-plan period
2. Development and enhancement of institutional relationships
Activity Development
• Sharp increase in TT and AusAID commitments since April
• As of end January– TT commitments: $A 18.2 million– AusAID approvals: $ A 15.0 million
• Average monthly expenditure:– Feb to Aug 2009: $142,300– Sept 2009 to Jan 2010: $835,700
Activity Development ...cont’d
• Spending low on a burn rate basis
• Rapid growth in recent months
• Opportunities for large increases in spending in coming work-plan periods– ‘Progressive engagement’
Months 15/36% 42%
TT approved 13.5/40 mill% 35%
Imprest 2.2/40 mill% 6%
Time
Commitments
Actual Spend
Activity Development...cont’d• ‘Progressive engagement’ – IndII has pursued many small scoping (stage
1) activities using external experts. • Use of more specialised skills/expertise allows
better designed/planned follow-on activities• Allows more opportunities for counterpart input,
ensures program is demand driven• Management flexibility. Stage 1 ‘stop/go’ point
– Lays the foundation for larger activities• Table 2: A$ 3 mill in current stage 1 activities
potentially leads to $A 11-26 million in follow on activities
Institutional Relationships• Most notable is DGHS (Cipta Karya)– Key partner in 20 PDAM , WSI (Hibah,
PAMSIMAS, Banjarmasin sewerage, Wastewater masterplans), Umbullan Springs, amongst others
• Also strong relationship developing with DGH (Bina Marga)– New activities in MTEF & Performance
Budgeting, Procurement, Audit– Commitment to develop Road safety unit with
IndII’s assistance
Institutional Relationships..cont’d
• Relationship with DGPT continues to strengthen– IndII Project manager embedded– New requests to assist with Telcom law
• New programs assisting weaker agencies– Rail and port national masterplans– Key facilitation role played by the TT– New programs to assist weak local
governments (Papua, W.Papua, NTT, NTB)
New areas for further development
Watsan Program
Transport Program
Policy and Investment
Recommendations for Board
• Endorse forward strategy and workplan• Endorse changes in facility structure• Continued development and
streamlining of systems and procedures• Redefinition of IEG to include TA for
project preparation (IPM activities)• Focus IEG grants on wastewater and
solid waste