Governance Reform Fund phase III Governance Reform Fund phase III The cooperation partner UNDP will implement the project Governance Reform Fund (GRF) – phase III. This intervention is demand driven and will be used as an instrument for responding rapidly and effectively to the requests of the Government of Georgia. 

The goal of the GRF is support to development of an efficient public administration system with a stronger capacity of the government to implement a national development agenda that will strengthen the rule of law and improve conditions for democratic accountability.

The following mechanisms will insure achievement of the goal: 1) On-Demand Consultancy services - targeted short-term policy advice and 2) Capacity Development Fund - sub-projects initiatives increasingly leading to the transformational change in the institutions. The project aims to better accommodate longer-term development objectives of national partners. 

It is expected that at least fifteen sub-projects will be supported during the project lifetime and at least ten projects will be evaluated as successful and would have sustainable results.

It is expected that the capacity of the Government to implement public sector reforms will be strengthened through contribution to transformational change of supported institutions. Samarbetspartnern UNDP kommer att genomföra projektet Governance Reform Fund (GRF) - fas III. Denna insats är ett efterfrågestyrt stöd och är ett instrument för att snabbt och effektivt kunna tillmötesgå förfrågningar från Georgiens regering. 

Syftet med GRF är att stödja utvecklingen av ett effektivt system för offentlig förvaltning med större möjligheter för regeringen att införa en nationell utvecklingsplan som stärker rättsstatsstatens principer och förbättrar förutsättningarna för demokratisk ansvarsutkrävande.

Följande mekanismer kommer att säkerställa att målet uppfylls: 1) Konsulttjänster på begäran (on demand)– kortsiktig riktad policyrådgivning och 2) Fond för kapacitetsutveckling– initiativ i form av projekt som successivt ska leda fram till reformer inom berörda institutioner. Syftet med projektet är att tillgodose nationella partners långsiktiga utvecklingsmål. 

Det förväntas att minst femton projekt kommer att ges stöd under projektets livscykel. Av dessa bör minst tio projekt kunna bedömas som lyckade och ha lett till hållbara resultat.

Det förväntas att regeringens förmåga att genomföra reformer inom den offentliga sektorn kommer att stärkas genom detta stöd. The goal of the Governance Reform Fund (GRF) project is to support the development of an efficient public administration system with a stronger capacity of the government to implement a national development agenda that will strengthen the rule of law and improve conditions for democratic accountability. The achievement of the above goal will be ensured through (1) Capacity Development Fund (CDF) - sub-project initiatives increasingly leading to transformational change in the institutions; and (2) On-demand [Consultancy] Services (ODS) - targeted short-term policy advice. 

• Capacity Development Fund (CDF): CDF initiatives would address critical and immediate capacity development needs of public sector agencies. The project will continue to place more emphasis on the initiatives with mid- to longer-term implications. This implies preparing a conceptual background for the launch of longer-term initiatives in line with national needs and priorities that would a shift from short-term activity based operation to longer-term planning with a strategic vision in the supported agencies.

• On-Demand [Consultancy] Services (ODS): Such initiatives imply on-demand provision of a combination of national and international advisory services and technical expertise to the public agencies to develop their capacity for policy implementation and advancement of reform agenda.

The intervention´s outcome is defined as: by 2021 the Government has stronger capacities to formulate, implement and monitor policies in a participatory and evidence-based manner for improved service delivery with equal access to all.