Tanzania

The period of implementation of the 9th EDF has seen Tanzania and its principal Development Partners take important steps towards the goals of aid effectiveness and donor harmonisation. The Joint Assistance Strategy for Tanzania (JAST, Part 1 of the CSP) is the central pillar of that process and of the commitments which it entails. The Joint Programming Documents (Parts 2 and 3 of the CSP) contain a country analysis and a joint response strategy which will be the basis of the Government of Tanzania’s interactions with the Development Partners in the period to 2010. These joint documents reflect the known volume of planned Development Partner support and commitments to Tanzania over the remaining years of the poverty reduction strategy MKUKUTA: that is the period to mid-2010. It is envisaged that these documents will be revised on a periodic basis. Revision of JAS and joint documents will be an essential input into the EC’s own evaluation and review processes under the 10th EDF.

The Joint Response Strategy (Part 3 of the CSP) is followed by the Specific response of the European Commission, including the 10th EDF National Indicative Programme (Part 4). Similar specific documents are being prepared by other Development Partners, including EU Member States, according to their programming cycles.

The indicative financial allocation for Tanzania amounts to €555 million in programmable funds and €10.1 million for unforeseen needs. The programming exercise has led to the identification of two focal sectors: (i) Infrastructure, Communications and Transport which will address the physical access to local, regional and international markets and (ii) Trade and Regional Integration which addresses more specific capacity and technical challenges, including policy and standards issues and has a focus on agriculture as the key pro-poor trade activity in Tanzania. Both these sectors address cross-cutting issues such as gender, HIV/AIDS, environment.

General Budget Support complements the growth focus as well as the sustainability of the overall Poverty Reduction Strategy. Finally, non-focal support will benefit non-state actors and secondly the reform programme in Zanzibar.