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Background
National Area-Based Development Programme (NABDP) is one
of the six closely interlinked National Priority
Programs and Projects of the Ministry of Rural
Rehabilitation and development (MRRD) in Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development
(MRRD) is the lead executing agency. The project is
nationally executed with UNDP support.
NABDP began in 2002 when the need for an integrated
long-term rural development programme became clear.
Applying the lessons learned from Phase I, NABDP’s Phase
II (2006-2008) aims to contribute to the sustainable
reduction of poverty and improvement of livelihoods in
rural Afghanistan, and to empower communities to
articulate and address their needs and priorities. In
addition, NABDP supports the Government in providing
community-based rural rehabilitation and development in
an integrated, people-focused, inclusive and
participatory manner. The overall strategy is to support
the establishment of an integrated planning and
implementation framework for a comprehensive,
coordinated, pro-poor and pro-growth approach to rural
development.
Implementation of NABDP takes place mainly through four
closely interlinked main components, and several cross
cutting themes:
Community Empowerment
Supporting the creation and development of
gender-sensitive District Development Assemblies (DDAs),
District Development Plans (DDPs), and Provincial
Development Plans (PDPs).
Institutional Development
This component strengthens MRRD institutional capacity
and technical capabilities to enable it to effectively
fulfill its mandate of promoting rural regeneration and
livelihoods at all levels.
Implementation Support
Strengthening MRRD’s implementation capacity to mobilize
its own resources, as well as public and private
resources, to effectively coordinate and implement
social and economic rural infrastructure development
projects.
Economic Regeneration
Building the capacity of MRRD to formulate and regularly
update regional economic regeneration policies and
strategies, identify viable interventions for economic
investment, poverty reduction and improving livelihoods
and provide frameworks for comprehensive rural
development planning at regional, provincial and
district levels.
Cross-cutting Themes
Gender
NABDP
aims at achieving
equitable participation in selecting district
representatives and ensuring an equitable voice in
development planning, decision-making and project
implementation, and gender equity in access to
information and training.
Energy for Rural Development in Afghanistan
ERDA is a new sub-component of NABDP which aim to bring
sustainable energy generation to the rural areas of
Afghanistan which currently lack a reliable electricity
supply, as well as contribute to the development of
rural energy policy.
CNTF
NABDP also implements development projects aimed at
promoting alternative livelihoods though funding
provided to MRRD by CNTF.
DIAG
In addition, NABDP supports the implementation of the
Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) initiative,
which aims to establish a secure environment by
disbanding illegally armed groups on the basis of
voluntary compliance through community development
incentives.
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