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4.b What is the Afghanistan Financial Management Information System (AFMIS)?
Afghanistaninstalledand operatedthe Afghanistan Financial Management Information System (AFMISAFMIS Automated Financial Management Information System
AFMIS Air Force MAJCOM Information System
AFMIS Air Force Management Information System
AFMIS Army Foodservice Management Information System ), as part of a $3.95 million contract to help the government upgrade its accounting system. The two-year project, financed by the World Bank, is viewed as a critical step to ensuring accountability for processing and reporting the Government's operating budget, which is largely financed by international contributions. The development of the AFMIS application with an initial basic configuration started in 2002. International aid is expected to flow to the Islamic Transitional State of Afghanistan; some of which AFMIS will help track as the system's coverage grows to include grants for donor-funded projects. AFMIS is based on the FreeBalance Accountability Suite. The AFMIS has supported the Government of Afghanistan agenda of reform and modernization. More than 99% of the government’s budget execution is captured in AFMIS on a real-time basis. In 2009, regular training on AFMIS resulted in 262 government employees being added to the AFMIS skilled workforce.
What AFMIS does:
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- http://portal/portal/templates/ja_purity/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 19px; background-position: 18px 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Controlling and disbursing of funds regardless of funding source,
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- http://portal/portal/templates/ja_purity/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 19px; background-position: 18px 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">recording of Revenue from Center and Provinces,
- http://portal/portal/templates/ja_purity/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 19px; background-position: 18px 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Cash Transfers to Provinces
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4.c What is SBPS?
State Budget Planning System (SBPS) is a national budget planning computerized system that was established in 2009 by the US-based Synergy International Systems software development company for planning, formulation and execution of the national budget within the MoF. SBPS is an online system and accessed via browser which is a useful tool for the line ministries to submit their budget planning for inclusion and developing the national budget of Afghanistan.
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4.d What is the Gregorian year and how is different from Solar Year?
The Gregorian calendar:The Gregorian calendar, also known as the Western calendar, is the internationally accepted civil calendar.This year-numbering system is the predominant international standard today.
Solar calendar:A solar calendar is a calendarwhose dates indicate the position of the earth on its revolution around the sun(or equivalently the apparent position of the sun moving on the celestial sphere). The solar calendar starts from March 21 every year in Gregorian year. The difference between the two calendars which the Gregorian year is in advance 621 years from the Solar year.
One of the complexities in DAD and fiscal yearsis the difference between these two years as the donors and Government of Afghanistan use different type of calendar years. This causes alack of synchronization.
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A Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) is a unit first introduced by the United States government, consisting of military officers, diplomats, and reconstruction subject matter experts, working to support reconstruction efforts in unstable states. After the transfer of command from ISAF to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 2004, expansion of the international security forces to the provinces was planned. The first PRT was established in Kunduz Province. The initial objective behind the establishment of the PRTs was to extend the authority of the central Government and improve security, thereby facilitating the reconstruction process at the provincial level. In 2004, the PRTs were further expanded to the North and West of the country. Currently, there are 27 operational PRTs, comprised of 14 different nations.
PRTs are not development agencies, as such, but are engaged in development projects through their reconstruction groups such as Civil Military Cooperation (CIMIC) and Quick Impact Project (QIP). In general, the total PRT contribution towards reconstruction and development in all provinces of Afghanistan stands at around USD 900 million. It is clear that most foreign aid provided to Afghanistan in the past 9 years is heavily influenced by military objectives, as clearly reflected in the prescriptive nature of aid of the troop contributing countries. This directs a disproportionate amount of aid, without consultation with GoIRA, to the province where their PRTs are housed, and where their own troops have been fighting the insurgency.