Tunisia - Technical Assistance Project to support the establishment of a Delivery Unit within the Ministry of Development, Investment and International Cooperation (MDICI)

Project Summary

Approval Date	30 Apr 2019
Signature Date	02 May 2019
Planned Completion Date	31 Dec 2022
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign	Sovereign
Sector	Multi-Sector
DAC Sector Code	11330
Environmental Category	3
Commitment	U.A 398,700
Status	Implementation

Project General Description

The present intervention concerns technical assistance to support the establishment of a "Delivery Unit" within the Ministry of Investment Development and International Cooperation (MDICI). It aims to strengthen MDICI's advisory and monitoring capacities in the implementation of international cooperation projects and programmes. The project has two components, namely: (i) establishment of the Delivery Unit and an Executive Dashboard and (ii) capacity building and introduction of pilot monitoring for priority projects by the DU.

Project Objectives

The overall objective of the project is to strengthen MDICI's advisory and monitoring capacities in the implementation of international cooperation projects and programmes by ensuring greater effectiveness and efficiency in the performance of its missions. The specific objectives of the project are: (i) establishment of the Delivery Unit, a structure attached to the Minister's office responsible for monitoring the implementation of projects and programmes financed within the framework of international cooperation; (ii) capacity building for MDICI managers and implementing agencies designated by the Delivery Unit.

Beneficiaries

The main beneficiary of the project is the Ministry of Investment Development and International Cooperation (MDICI).

Participating Organization

Funding

Middle Income Countries Fund

Implementing

MINISTERE DU DEVELOPPEMENT ET DE LA COOPERTATION INTERNATIONALE

Information

IATI identifier	46002-P-TN-K00-013
Last Update	09 Dec 2022

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Contact Details

Name	BRETECHE Olivier Joseph
Email	o.breteche@afdb.org

Geographic Location

Country	Tunisia

Coordinates	Location Name
36.81897 10.16579	Tunis

Project Classification

Finance Type	Aid Grant Excluding Debt Reorganisation
Flow Type	ODA
Aid Type	Other Technical Assistance

Commitments

U.A 398,700

Middle Income Countries Fund

U.A 398,700

Disbursements

Document Type	Language	Document
General Procurement Notice	fr	viewer
Expression of interest	fr	viewer
Appraisal report	fr	viewer
Evaluation Report	fr	viewer
Evaluation Report	fr	viewer
Contract	en	listing of awarded contracts from 2014 to 2019 as at january 2020
Contract	en	listing of awarded contracts from 2015 to 2020 as at february 2021

Indicator	Indicator Measure	Target Year	Target Value	Actual Year	Actual Value
Delivery Unit (DU) operational within the Ministry of Development, Investment and International Cooperation (MDICI)	Number	2019	1	2021	1
Disbursement rate for loans	%	2019	40	2021	8
Formalized coordination system between the Ministry of Development, Investment and International Cooperation (MDICI) and the other Ministries on the one hand, and between MDICI and the main donors on the other	None	2019	2 formalized systems, one with the Ministries and one with the donors implementation	2021	No formalised system
Flagged Bank Dashboard Projects	%	2019	15	2021	26
Key Performance Indicators for the Delivery Unit (DU) developed and validated	None	2019	A list of DU key performance indicators validated by MDICI	2021	No indicator
Computerized Executive Dashboard created and connected to existing information systems	None	2019	Operational Executive Dashboard	2021	No dashboard
Proposed performance monitoring tools	None	2019	Performance monitoring tools implemented	2021	Not yet done
Information sessions organized by the Delivery Unit (DU) for Ministries and development partners	Number	2019	5	2021	1
Protocols of collaboration signed with the Ministries involved in cooperation programs and projects	Number	2019	5	2021	0
Number of training sessions conducted	Number	2019	5	2021	0
Number of officials trained in the use of performance monitoring	Number	2019	40	2021	0
Number of civil servants trained in the use of performance monitoring - of which women	Number	2019	20	2021	0
Number of coaching sessions delivered to Delivery Unit (DU) staff	Number	2019	20	2021	0