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THE NATIONAL ANNUAL PRIORITY ACTION PLAN

2006-07

NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FORUM JAN 30TH – 1ST

FEBRUARY 2006

By Rose Nalwadda - UAC

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Presentation outline

• Background and justification for the Plan

• Objectives of the plan

• Plan development methodology

• Progress to date

• Action needed

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Purpose

• To ensure stakeholder involvement in the prioritization and costing of the plan

• Share and have comments on the prioritization and costing approach and methodology

• To identify responsibility centres • Solicit technical input from the UN and

other agencies – we have recieved no help!!

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Justification

• Acosted annual priority plan,developed in a participatory way will:– Improve equity andcoverage– Support resource mobilization– Coordinate and focus all efforts in the country in the

short run while keeping the general long-term goals in perspective

– Provide abaseline against which thecurrent and medium term funding levels can be assessed and the funding gap quantified

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Justification

• In linewith the Global Task Team (GTT) recommendations, UAC should develop Annual Priority Action Plans to:– Drive implementation

– Improve oversight

– Monitorprogress

– Emphasize results

– Provide a basis for alignment and harmonization of donor support

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The PLan

• The aim of the NPAP 2006-2007 is to achieve greater progress in NSF implementation by ensuring more harmonized andcoordinated interventions-response for 2006/07 FY

• The goal is to build consensus and dialogue among the various stakeholders on strategic objectives, priority actions and responsibility

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The Plan

• Specific objectives– To identify and agree on priority activities– To assess the resource needs and gap – To contribute towards optimal allocation of

resources– To ensure proper coordination of planning,

resource mobilization

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The Plan

• To Facilitate monitoring of funds being mobilized and disbursed towards the national response

• To serve as a road map to universal access to prevention,treatment, and care and support

• To provide input to the preparation and costing of the successor NSF 2006/07-2010/11

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Process and Methodology

• A participatory and consultative process – JAR process- self-assessment of SCEs, Review

of funding mechanisms, preparation of the UNGASS andaTechnical Joint Review Workshop

– Key informant interviews– Validation and concensus building

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Progress

• Background to the plan has been prepared

• Prioritization criteria and draft priority activities organized in a logframe format

• Costing methodology and costing of prevention actions completed

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Action needed

• Frank and sincere feedback on the methodology usedin priority setting and costing

• Consensus to agree on or revise thepriority actions

• Agreement on roles and responsibilities of various actors including agreement on thelead actor foreach priority activity.