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The Donor Financial Review (DFR) was a twice yearly exercise conducted to obtain and analyze data on donor assistance into Afghanistan. The subsequent Donor Financial Review Reports werepublished once in 2008 and twice in 2009 by AMD. These reports were the essential documents of MoF for reporting on donor pledges, commitment, disbursement and aid influx to the country. Since the majority of the donors’fundsarespent outside the Core Budget the primary focus of the DFR is to capture information about aid delivery through the donor-funded External Budget.
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7.a What is Aid Management Directorate (AMD)?
The Aid Management Directorate,one of 3 directorates within the Directorate-General of Budget,is mainly responsible to manage the influx of the development assistance by ensuring
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7.c What is the Budget Process?
The budget is prepared annually, and comprises a statement of the government’s proposed expenditures, revenues, borrowing and other financial transactions in the following year. The budget is submitted to parliament, which authorizes expenditure by approving either a budget act or an appropriation act that is consistent with the budget proposals. The following is the process of the budget preparation process in sequence:
- http://portal/portal/templates/ja_purity/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 19px; background-position: 18px 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Results frameworks are created and reviewed by Ministries and Agencies
- http://portal/portal/templates/ja_purity/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 19px; background-position: 18px 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Budget Circular No 1 sent to line ministries and budgetary units
- http://portal/portal/templates/ja_purity/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 19px; background-position: 18px 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Ministries and budgetary units create proposed priorities and spending plans
- http://portal/portal/templates/ja_purity/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 19px; background-position: 18px 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Submission of responses to Budget Circular No 1 by line ministries and budgetary units to MoF
- http://portal/portal/templates/ja_purity/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 19px; background-position: 18px 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">MoF uses information on development project spending plans to engage in discussions with donors
- http://portal/portal/templates/ja_purity/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 19px; background-position: 18px 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">MOF requests donors to finance Government’s prioritiesand compiles figures
- http://portal/portal/templates/ja_purity/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 19px; background-position: 18px 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Cabinet approves MTBF, including initial budget ceilings for each budgetary unit.
- http://portal/portal/templates/ja_purity/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 19px; background-position: 18px 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">MoF submits Budget Circular No 2, including budget ceilings, to line ministries and budgetary units
- http://portal/portal/templates/ja_purity/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 19px; background-position: 18px 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Line ministries and budgetary units submit detailed budget proposals to MoF, including feasibility studies and other required project documents for each proposed development project
- http://portal/portal/templates/ja_purity/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 19px; background-position: 18px 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">MoF assembles first draft of budget
- http://portal/portal/templates/ja_purity/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 19px; background-position: 18px 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Core Donor Consultations areconducted, receiving final commitments by donors to finance specific development projects
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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;">MoF compiles final draft of National Budget and incorporates it into the annual budget report to Parliament.
- http://portal/portal/templates/ja_purity/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 19px; background-position: 18px 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Parliament considers, debates and approves the budget subject to amendments agreed
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7.b What is the main function of the Directorate-General of Budget within MoF?
Directorate-General of Budget at MoF is a crucialfor the Government of Afghanistan to allocate and manage its financial resources (both domestic revenue and foreign development assistance) in a balanced, transparent and accountable manner,and within a short to medium term fiscal framework. At present, the National Budget is largely a donor/aid coordination function with considerable liaison and involvement of international development partners. In this regard, the National Budget is also used as a major coordination mechanism through which the Government of Afghanistan consults, agrees and articulates to all national and international stakeholders its public investment programs and priorities. The Directorate-GeneralofBudget is responsible for the preparation and coordination of the National Budget, and for monitoring and reporting on its implementation.
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7.d What is the MTBF?
The Medium Term Budget Framework (MTBF) is an approach to budgeting which links the spending plans of government to its policy objectives. The main feature of a MTBF, compared to MTFF, is that it recommends expenditure priorities and splits overall fiscal envelope(available resources) by budgetary units (defines budget unit ceilings) for the medium term. MTBF provides analysis of Government policies, which results in allocation of funds to where they are most needed and the funds to be allocated to highest priorities.