MRRD of Afghnistan

Approaches for the Devlopment
a: higher standard of living ,Full employment, and condation of economic and social progress and development
b: slotion to inter national economic ,social health ,and ralated problemes, and international cultureral and educational cooperations
C: universalrespect for and observance of, humanright and fundamental freedoms for all without distenctions as to race,sex,language or religion.

Faiz Mohammd Faizi

Faiz Mohammad Faizi

The community led development department Main activity around the strategic policy :

Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development has launched a strategic plan to reduce poverty in rural areas by empowering rural people and providing them with economic and social opportunities. Empowering people is one of the tasks of the Department of People-led Development and has been suggested as an important means of achieving the ministry's mission..

The goal of the leadership is to lead the people

Promote people-led development by coordinating development activities, facilitating participatory development, and capacity building of local institutions (village and district development councils) to be responsible for sustainable rural development.
Directorate for People's Development to achieve its goals through Ministry programs such as the National Covenant of Citizenship Program, the National Regional Development Program, the Rural Roads Program, the Water and Environmental Health and Rural Development Program, the Rural Cohesion Program, and other security programs. The foundation of a concerted effort has continued throughout rural economic and development activities, which has brought about positive changes in local governance structures, sustainable development and the provision of public relations with the government and other social and cultural areas to reduce poverty.
The Directorate for People's Development uses a variety of goals to achieve its goals, along with other development goals, including implementing coordinating mechanisms for community development activities and developing people's partnerships with the Ministry of Reconstruction and Development's programs and departments. Increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of activities is driven by the development and synchronization of programs with programs
Faiz Mohammad Faizi
phon: 93-799348835

The Strategic Areas of MRRD

1 - Infrastructure development and rural economy
The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development infrastructure development and rural economy for men and women is to reduce poverty through the creation of enabling environment for sustainable development, improve livelihoods and job creation and income generating opportunities
2 - Local Governance
the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development is defined Local Governance as the system of governance at the local level so that not only the government but the devices and their interaction with local authorities including in total ,

Local governance Emanated from the empowering neighborhoods
is based on the following principles:

 Universal participation so that marginalized and vulnerable people
Take part in decision making .

 until to gain All localities it is equally necessary support and assistance according to needs and their vulnerability .

Transparency and accountability to the people in the villages Related to
the Government and their representative have to trust found .
 Representation by organizing transparent elections fair and orderly
 Create and develop the capacity of the local government to be able to carry out their responsibilities,

The MRRD vision in the long term
Empower rural and Prosperous society
Reducing poverty in rural areas through the empowerment of the community and create social and economic opportunities

Rural Development Definition :
Rural Development is to develop economic, social, cultural, in the natural resources and human resources to improve the lives of people is as complex.
In the countryside

انکشاف دهات- تعریف و معنی:

انکشاف دهات عبارت از انکشاف اقتصادی، اجتماعی، فرهنگی از منابع طبیعی و منابع بشری بشکل مختلط میباشد جهت بهبو د زندگی مردم در روستا ها .

Comprehensive Agriculture and Rural Development - Facility (CARD-F)
The Comprehensive Agriculture and Rural Development - Facility (CARD-F) is a joint entity established under the auspices of the Agriculture & Rural Development (ARD) Cluster Ministries. It is administered by the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL), the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD); the Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN) and the Ministry of Finance (M*F). This facility is managed by Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) chaired by the MCN and CARD-F is led by an Executive Director who reports to the IMC.
Goals
CARD-F Seeks to:
• Increase legal rural employment and income opportunities through more efficient markets;
• Reduce the risk of resurgence in poppy cultivation by creating commercially viable and sustainable alternatives for farmers;
• Coordinate and integrate Government and donor support to agriculture and rural development;
• Improve government capacity to deliver provincial and district-level programs
Mission
CARD-F seeks to build prosperous rural and pastoral communities. Its aim also reflects the objectives of the ARD cluster of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GoIRA). CARD-F will achieve this by developing Economic Development Packages (EDPs). These involve interventions to improve the performance and sustainability of agricultural value chains through investments in rural infrastructure, rural markets and on-farm and off-farm production.
Strategic Objectives
• Identify, expedite, coordinate and monitor the deployment of ARD Cluster ministries’ technical expertise so that EDPs can be implemented.
• Develop CARD-F’s leadership, management, technical and operational capability so that it becomes a recognized centre of excellence within Afghanistan
• Contribute to Government policy on agriculture, infrastructure and market development.
• Improve the quality of development interventions for rural development.

AREDP: Afghanistan Rural Enterprise Development Programme
“The state shall formulate and implement effective programs for development of industries, growth of production, raising living standards, and support to craftsmanship.”
(The Constitution of Afghanistan, Chapter 1, Article XIII)
Afghanistan Rural Enterprise Development Program (AREDP) is one of the 6 national programs of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD). It is the ministry’s lead employment creation and income generation initiative that aims to build on top of previous successful initiatives in promoting local governance and building rural infrastructure.
AREDP Program Development Objective (PDO): increased income and sustainable employment opportunities for men and women through supporting rural enterprises.
AREDP progress to date:
• In fall of 2007 the President of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan tasked the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) to design and implement a national program that follows in the footsteps of previous achievements and is aimed at reducing unemployment, poverty, and reliance on o***m.
• In Fall of 2007the AREDP Identification Mission started by the World Bank and
• Throughout 2008 AREDP preparation process was jointly undertaken by MRRD/AREDP and World Bank.
• The World Bank made available to MRRD/AREDP USD 1.76 million funds for AREDPs Project Preparation Facility (PPF).
• In April 2009, the final preparation mission for AREDP by the World Bank was convened.
• In Early July 2009, AREDP starts its pilot phase in Jabal Seraj district of Parwan Province aiming to cover 20 communities in the district.
• AREDP Appraisal by the World Bank is scheduled for the 13th August 2009
• The World Bank date for the approval of AREDP is 13th August 2009
• AREDP is planning to start its operation in nine provinces of Parwan, Ningarhar, Bamyan, Balkh, Hirat, Kandahar, Daikundi, Urozgan and Hilmand, by the beginning of 2010.
For more information see:
• Programme Summary
• AREDP Operation Manual
• Environmental and Social Safeguards
• Gender Equality Strategy
• Procurement
• Vacancies
• Contact Us

Rural Water Supply, Sanitation & Irrigation Programme
Background
MRRD has set the goal to provide over 15 million rural people with basic services for water supply (25 litres of safe water per day per person) and sanitation facilities over the next 5 years. To achieve this target, MRRD aims to construct at least 100,000 water points across the country through the Rural Water Supply, Sanitation & Irrigation Program (Ru-WatSIP) projects executed by the MRRD Water and Sanitation Department. Furthermore, 2.5 million households will be educated on water, sanitation and hygiene issues to raise awareness of the importance of safe drinking water and prevention of waterborne diseases.
Rationale
Access to safe water and sanitation is a basic human right. The provision of safe drinking water and hygienic sanitation to households and communities enhances health by reducing death and disease through waterborne diseases, allowing individuals to fully participate and strengthen their livelihood strategies.
Objectives
The objectives of Ru-WatSIP include:
• Provide rural communities with sustainable access to potable water sources and sanitation facilities.
• Strengthen the capacity of rural communities for service delivery, operation and maintenance, and the sustainable use of water supply and sanitation facilities.
• Improve public hygiene and environmental sanitation.
Implementation Strategies
As the lead ministry, MRRD is responsible to ensure that the policies and plans determined under the 5-year national policy framework for the water sector are implemented in a timely manner. MRRD takes an overall facilitation and coordination role, including policy, planning and development, resource mobilization and allocation, monitoring and evaluation, and information management. Close collaboration is established with other line ministries such as the Ministries of Health, Women’s Affairs, Education and Haj to maximise accelerated coverage, cost-effectiveness and efficiency in delivery of water and sanitation services.
The Water & Sanitation Department of MRRD implements Ru-WatSIP projects. In general, construction of water or sanitation facilities is packaged with community mobilization, health and hygiene education, and repair and maintenance training to maximise health benefits and ensure sustainability. The programme uses local technology and methods. Direct service delivery is outsourced to facilitating partners – NGOs and private sector - who will assist the communities in implementation. MRRD plays a regulatory and facilitating role, supervising and monitoring contractors’ quality of works. MRRD also supports developing and strengthening a strong private sector and NGOs that can serve rural areas through providing water engineer and maintenance training.

9. National Emergency Rural Access Project (NERAP): is one of the NRAPs new projects which designed by national experts of the program with support of international colleagues. This project is going to be funded by IDA through World Bank and ARTF.
The proposed IDA grant of US$ 112 million will be implemented over three years. The project will co-fund the government’s National Rural Access Program (NRAP) and will continue the WB support to this very important priority program. The expected project presentation to the WB board is November 2007. The proposed NERAP will include the following three components:
• Improvement of secondary roads by MoPW, US$53.9 million
• Improvement of tertiary road by MRRD, US$51.9 million and
• Institutional strengthening, capacity building, project management and program development, US$6.3 million