National Solidarity ProgramMinistry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

World Bank Implementation Support MissionHuman Resources Development & Training Department

28th August 2010

Key Responsibilities

• Human Resources Management: NSP

• Training: NSP & FP Core Trainers

• Total NSP Current Staffing = 762Total NSP Current Staffing = 762

• Breakdown is as follows: Breakdown is as follows:

HQ = HQ = 222 (30%) 222 (30%) F= F= 32 (14%) 32 (14%) M=M= 190 (86%) 190 (86%)

Filled = Filled = 212 (95%)212 (95%) Vacant = Vacant = 10 (5%)10 (5%)____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Field = Field = 540 (70%) 540 (70%) F= F= 72 (13%) 72 (13%) M= M= 468 (87%) 468 (87%)

Filled = Filled = 515 (95%) 515 (95%) Vacant = Vacant = 25 (5%)25 (5%)

During review period, 97 new staff recruited and contract During review period, 97 new staff recruited and contract extensions processed for extensions processed for 735735 existing staff. existing staff.

HR Management: 1HR Management: 1• Organizational Structure & Staffing Plan

-- Support OD in organograms & staff plans

-- Seek approval for introduction of new positions

-- Liaison with MRRD for approval of staffing plans/ positions

-- Support to OD for NSP wage scale revisions

• Personnel Policy-- Revisions/ updating of current Manual

-- Alignment with MRRD/ GoIRA policies

-- Monitoring of adherence to Manual

-- Advising HoDs/field units on interpretation

• Recruitment-- For all grades in NSP wage scale 1 to 6

-- Entire recruitment process (vacancy announcements, application compilation and recording, short-listing of CVs, coordination of written tests and interviews, salary negotiations, contract preparation, processing)

HR Management: 2HR Management: 2

• HR Management-- Annual, sick, maternity, Hajj, birth/death of relative,

unpaid leave

-- Hazard, “Ekramia” and Eid standard allowances

-- Education allowances: committee/ prior approvals

-- Performance evaluations and related salary increments

-- Remuneration increases due to Inflation and cost of living increase

-- Reallocation of staff to another duty station

-- Internal promotions/ demotion

-- Staff discipline issues, including suspension & termination

-- Code of ethics enforcement

Training ConductedTraining Conducted Technical Engineering Training:

Water supply, Irrigation, Micro Hydro power, Bridge Low level, Building, and social environmental safe guard , Technical Manual Training…

M&E Training:

Monitoring and evaluation , Baseline survey , M&E Database and M&E follow up training and CPM Training, CCDC Training.

MIS Training:

MIS Database and MIS New System Development NSP Policy and Procedure Training:

OM 5 Training to all regions

CDC procurement training

CDC Handover Strategy

CDC Accountant training

Asset and inventory/ Security training

Training FacilitatedTraining Facilitated

Outsourced Training:

Leadership , Report Writing, Organization Development

Office administration and General Management

Overseas Training:

Procurement training India 7 NSP staff

MIS Database India 2 NSP staff

Management Training Denmark 5 NSP Staff

Livelihood in poverty reduction 4 NSP staff

Renewable Energy training China and Nepal 4 NSP staff

Cumulative Report of Training During Review PeriodCumulative Report of Training During Review Period

Year Days# of Trainees

NSP FP MRRD RRD Total

2003 27 154 9 41 204

2004 294 879 751 136 512 2,278

2005 291 1,225 1,160 49 75 2,509

2006 98 520 745 29 1,294

2007 55 124 232 28 45 429

2008 81 264 120 859 1,243

2009 149 415 383 29 827

2010 156 653 277 9 939

Total 1,151 4,234 3,677 213 1,599 7,923

Training: Days & Trainee NumbersTraining: Days & Trainee Numbers

Number of Trainees: In house Trainings During Review PeriodNumber of Trainees: In house Trainings During Review Period

NO Type of training Location NSP staff FP staff Total

1 Engineering Technical Training

HQ/ Regions 239 206 445

2 M&E Training HQ/ Regions 107 94 201

3 MIS Training HQ 95 95

4 NSP Operation Manual V version

HQ/ Regions 126 112 238

5 CDC Accountant Training

HQ/ Region 43 35 78

6 CDC Procurement

HQ/Region 49 30 79

7 Asset and inventory/ Security training

Regions 91 91

Total 750 477 1227

Training: During Review PeriodTraining: During Review Period

Training: During Review Training: During Review Period: 2Period: 2

No Type of Training Location NSP staff Total

1 Leadership Management Training

Regions 70 70

2 Office Administration Training

Regions 93 93

3 Report Writing Regions 65 65

4 Organization Development

Regions 41 41

Total 269 269

Outsourced Trainings FacilitatedOutsourced Trainings Facilitated

Challenges Faced

• Huge volume of applications for every vacancy announced but very few meet the required qualifications.

• Attracting and retaining qualified and trained staff, especially women.

• Finding staff for remote and insecure provinces.• Identifying qualified training service providers for

other than basic management/languages courses.• Monitoring and evaluating the impact of the trainings

providing or the effectiveness of the cascade-down training approach.

Key Future Plans• Amending NSP staff contracts to cover entire NSP

III period, with special stipulations.• Proactive measures to attract women staff.

• Assisting OD and PD in procuring a long term service contract with a firm for contextualized NSP trainings and standardizing NSP trainings.

• Assisting OD and PD in procuring a consultant to evaluate effectiveness of NSP trainings for communities.

• Helping M&ED and FPMD in monitoring FP trainings for communities on regular basis.

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