Zimbabwe - Institutional Support for Governance and Public Finance Management Project

Project Summary

Approval Date	22 Nov 2021
Signature Date	01 Feb 2022
Planned Completion Date	31 Mar 2025
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign	Sovereign
Sector	Multi-Sector
DAC Sector Code	15124
Commitment	U.A 2,500,000
Status	Implementation

Project General Description

The proposed operation is an ADF Grant of UA 2.5 million to the Republic of Zimbabwe to finance the Institutional Support for Governance and Public Finance Management Project. This project complements ongoing Bank interventions in Zimbabwe (i.e. SITA, ISERD, CBPFEM, and TAEP) and will facilitate preparation for further programming in the aftermath of the clearance of arrears. The Bank will thus play a major role in contributing to public sector effectiveness, fiduciary oversight and accountability. The Project has three components: a) Enhancing Public Sector Effectiveness (Public Debt Management and Procurement) b) Promoting Inclusive Governance, Accountability. c) Project Management. It will be implemented over a period of three years from January 2022 to December 2024.

Project Objectives

The overall development objective of the project is to enhance macro-stability through strengthening public sector effectiveness and accountability. The specific objectives are to (a) improve public debt management and support Zimbabwe’s strategy for arrears clearance b) enhance public sector effectiveness through strengthening the public procurement system and c) Enhance inclusive governance and accountability by enhancing the oversight role of Parliament.

Beneficiaries

The main project beneficiaries include the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (PDMO), the PoZ and PRAZ. The indirect beneficiaries are the general population of Zimbabwe, and the private sector, who will benefit from enhanced economic growth and poverty reduction through improved PFM- systems. Transparent and accountable management of resources will ultimately lead to increased public confidence in government.

Participating Organization

Funding

African Development Fund

Implementing

GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE MINISTRY OF FINANCE & ECON DEVELOPMENT

Information

IATI identifier	46002-P-ZW-KF0-013
Last Update	16 May 2022

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Contact Details

Name	KAMANGA Fenwick Dingiswayo
Email	f.kamanga@afdb.org

Geographic Location

Country	Zimbabwe

Project Classification

Finance Type	Aid Grant Excluding Debt Reorganisation
Flow Type	ODA
Aid Type	Project Type Interventions

Commitments

U.A 2,500,000

African Development Fund

U.A 2,500,000

Document Type	Language	Document
General Procurement Notice	en	viewer
Appraisal report	en	viewer
Appraisal report	fr	viewer

Indicator	Indicator Measure	Target Year	Target Value
Debt to GDP ratio	%	2021	<62
Expenditure losses through procurement	%	2021	10
Improved Open Budget Score	Scale (0-100)	2021	60
Improved score on the citizen index	Scale (0-100)	2021	70
Arrears Clearance Road map is developed	Number	2021	1
All contracted debt and guarantees issued by Government published in Gazette	Number	2021	2
Comprehensive report on public debt tabled in Parliament	None	2021	Yes
System for debt management upgraded DMFAS 6 to 7	None	2021	Yes
Number of PDMO Staff capacitated in swapping national debt to climate	Number	2021	2
Number of Accounting and Procurement Officers are trained	Number	2021	100
Number of Accounting and Procurement Officers are trained - of which women	Number	2021	30
Number of Enforcement stakeholders (AntiCorruption, ZRP, Judiciary, Auditor General’s Office, National Prosecuting Authority are trained in public procurement	Number	2021	1000
Number of Enforcement stakeholders (AntiCorruption, ZRP, Judiciary, Auditor General’s Office, National Prosecuting Authority are trained in public procurement - of which women	Number	2021	300
Number of Guidelines on affirmative procurement (domestic preference) developed and validated	Number	2021	1
Number of Monitoring and Evaluation System for Public Procurement Developed and rolled out	Number	2021	1
Number of Communication Strategies for Procurement is developed and rolled out	Number	2021	1
Number of MPs trained on topics such as public debt, climate change, gender planning and statistics	Number	2021	100
Number of MPs trained on topics such as public debt, climate change, gender planning and statistics - of which women	Number	2021	30
Number of Parliamentary Accounts Committee reports tabled in Parliament	Number	2021	3
Number of engagements between Parliament and civil society per yer	Number	2021	2
Number of MPs and staff trainedon climate resilience and low carbon budgeting	Number	2021	50
Additional Training modules developed for the Parliamentary Training Academy	Number	2021	5
Officers Trained as TOT	Number	2021	20
Number of Parliament staff trained on Budget and Statutory Reports	Number	2021	20
Number of Parliament staff trained on Budget and Statutory Reports - of which women	Number	2021	6