Project to deliver infrastructure and social services in Afghanistan

The project will support the first phase (four years) of the government’s 10-year Citizens’ Charter National Priority Program and will target one-third of the country.


World Bank | Updated: 11-07-2018 04:01 IST | Created: 11-07-2018 03:52 IST
Project to deliver infrastructure and social services in Afghanistan
In Balkh province, MRRD has contracted ACTED, a nongovernmental organization working in Afghanistan since 1992, to mobilize communities, facilitate CDC elections, and help residents prepare community development plans. (Image Credit: Twitter)
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Citizens’ Charter is the successor to the National Solidarity Programme (NSP), which introduced a community-driven development approach toward rural infrastructure and service delivery and reached about 35,000 communities over 14 years. The project will support the first phase (four years) of the government’s 10-year Citizens’ Charter National Priority Program and will target one-third of the country.

The project aims to improve the delivery of core infrastructure and social services to participating communities through strengthened CDCs. Citizens’ Charter has been set up as an inter-ministerial program to deliver a package of grants to CDCs that will support basic service standards. The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) is implementing Citizens’ Charter in rural areas, while the Independent Directorate of Local Governance is responsible for the project in four major cities:  Herat, Jalalabad, Kandahar, and Mazar-e-Sharif.

Citizens’ Charter is supported by funds from the government budget, as well as the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF), and the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank Group’s fund for the poorest countries.

In Balkh province, MRRD has contracted ACTED, a nongovernmental organization working in Afghanistan since 1992, to mobilize communities, facilitate CDC elections, and help residents prepare community development plans. Implementation began in four of the province’s districts in June 2017—Chaharkent, Khulm, Marmul and Balkh district, where Zargaran is located.

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