Project Title:

Support to the Strategy and Policy Unit in the Office of the President

Development Goal and Key Outcomes:

Sustained capacity to champion and oversee effective policy and service delivery to the people

• Outcome 1: President provided with high-quality and well-evidenced strategy and policy advice Outcome 2: President provided with policy analysis, and policies co-ordinated between MDAs
• Outcome 3: Priority M DAs provided with implementation support
• Outcome 4: MDA performance monitored and evaluated so that remedial action can be taken as required
• Outcome 5: President is supported to improve the business environment and attract high-quality investors

Deliverables/Outputs:

Output 1: Regular briefings for the President on key Government priorities and emerging issues within 3 months;

Quarterly bulletins on good international practice on policy developments and strategy for key priority sectors; long-term (10-year) strategies for key priority sectors within 12 months; SPU input into a third Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper within 12 months

Output 2: Advisory Notes for the President on cabinet papers within 3 months; Ministerial Performance Contracts and Performance Tracking Tables (PITs) for all Ministries on a timely basis within 3 months; Coordinated inter-Ministerial action around key Presidential priorities that cut across MDA responsibilities within 3 months

Output 3: Support for Ministries to create work plans to deliver PIT outcomes within 3 months; Reports and recommendations for MDAs and the President on how to address problems and bottlenecks hindering delivery within 3 months

Output 4: Quarterly reviews for the President on progress against PITs within 3 months; Regular trackers and briefings for the President on delivery status (for priority ministries only) within 3 months; Cabinet papers reviewed and policy briefs provided to HE in advance of Cabinet meetings. (Follow-up on decisions will remain with Cabinet Oversight and Monitoring Unit.)

Output 5: Advice President on private sector commercial proposals within 3 months; Regular written updates to the President on Doing Business Reforms within 3 months.