Support to the Afghan Elections Project Phase II of UNDP (National Assembly Elections)



Contract partner: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme - Afghanistan Country: Afghanistan Funding amount: € 100.000,00 Project start: 01.08.2005 End: 31.12.2005

Short Description:

Overall goal


The UNDP-implemented Afghan Elections Phase II project aims to provide comprehensive support to the preparation and organization of the national assembly elections on 18 September 2005. The project will facilitate the work of the newly established Independent Afghan Electoral Commission and the Joint Electoral Management Body in the following areas: (1) resource mobilization and management, (2) operational support, including additions and corrections to the register of voters, (3) polling; (4) risk management/security; (5) public outreach; and (6) facilitation of international electoral observation.


The Austrian contribution of EURO 100.000,- adds to the concerted effort of the International Community to close the financing gap for these imminent elections.

project number 2173-03/2005
source of funding OEZA
sector Staatsführung & Zivilgesellschaft, allgemein
tied
modality
marker
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    • 1= policy is a significant objective of the activity
    • 2= policy is the principal objective of the activity
  • Donor/ source of funding: The ADA is not only implementing projects and programmes of the Austrian Development Cooperation , but also projects funded from other sources and donors such as
    • AKF - Foreign Disaster Fund of the Austrian federal government
    • BMLFUW - Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water
    • EU - Funds of the European Commission
    • Others - various other donors are listed in ADA’s annual business report.
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  • Tied/Untied: Untied aid is defined as loans and grants whose proceeds are fully and freely available to finance procurement from all OECD countries and substantially all developing countries. Transactions are considered tied unless the donor has, at the time of the aid offer, clearly specified a range of countries eligible for procurement which meets the tests for “untied” aid.
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