ED-DPG Meeting23 March, 2011

DFID Update

DFID: Areas of Intervention - now ESDP

◦ General budget support (19% of £100m in 2010/11)◦ Sector budget support (tbc)◦ Support to PETS (2009/10 - £150,000)◦ Support to HR SITAN (2011/12 - £125,000)

Haki Elimu◦ Core funding of their strategic plan (£980,000 to March

2012, with extension of £900,000 for next strategic plan period)

Support to Multi-lateral Organisations ◦ One UN (£ 10.9M up to 2011)

UWEZO◦ Core funding (£885,000 to March 2012, with

extentsion of £1.2M for next strategic plan period)

DFID: Areas of Intervention- Future

Planned Support (not yet confirmed by Ministers) ESDP

◦ General budget support ◦ Sector budget support

SEDP II◦ Support to implement SEDP II (£44m up to 2015)

Water and Sanitation in Schools◦ Infrastructure and advocacy programme (£10m up to 2015)

Safe Schools Initiative◦ Pilot of existing best practice, through NGOs (£2m up to 2015)

Results Based Aid◦ Pilot to incentive councils on recruitment, deployment and

retention in rural areas (£2m up to 2015)

DFID: Priorities 2011 Ed DPG coordination HR SITAN: completion and follow up Management: increased transparency,

competency and dialogue Improved learning assessment and learning

outcomes Better Evidence/research

◦ VFM (unit costs)◦ Equity ◦ Quality improvement

DFID: Challenges Better financial and audit data readily

available to justify GBS disbursements Shifting GoT focus to quality (in action not

only words) Shifting focus of UK GOV to increased VFM

and results Putting the ETP into action (once approved,

particularly around equity issues) Time

DFID: Expertise/ Value Added DP corporate memory Support on

◦ Policy development◦ gender/equity ◦ Water and sanitation◦ Decentralisation◦ Core reforms (PFM, PSR)◦ Links to health