National Rural Access Program-NRAP -برنامه ملی راه سازی روستایی

BACKGROUND


The Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan launched the NEEP in 2002 as one of four National Priority Programs designed to provide targeted social protection for vulnerable groups throughout the country and to rebuild the rural road infrastructure. The NRAP, earlier known as NEEP, is the Government’s comprehensive and most important rural access program. It is

a multi-donor program executed jointly by the MRRD and the MPW. Based on the new project (NERAP) of NRAP it was decided to include line ministries or beneficiary ministries as well as ministry of finance in the steering committee of this program the steering committee will chair by the Ministry of Finance and will coordinated by NCU with the support from both PIUs of MRRD and MPW. UNOPS, as IC provides technical support for project implementation. Works are carried out by local contractors and communities. In addition to NRAP, the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development itself implements rural access activities with funding from the EC and the CNTF, and, for Helmand Province, from the UK Department for International Development. Many other actors are also working for rural road rehabilitation and construction such as PRT, IRD through USAID fund, USAID and some other International NGOs on an autonomous basis that complements the peacekeeping operations in Afghanistan . NRAP has funding mainly from IDA grants, the JSDF, and donor contributions that are channeled through the ARTF. The government has provided funds from the World Bank funded Programmatic Support for Institution Building project. Donors contribute to NRAP because of its proven delivery record, its ability to reach all provinces, and its flexibility, through the implementing agencies, to respond to donors’ geographical preferences. Donors include AUSAID, CIDA, DFID, and USAID, EC; their funding all follows the same arrangements—which facilitates donor coordination and allows implementation efficiencies.