7. MONITORING AND REPORTING

Together with other donors, Denmark will support the monitoring by the Afghan government of the implementation of development priorities and indicators at national, sector and programme level, with a starting point in key planning documents and the anticipated poverty reduction strategy and the ”National Development Strategy”, to be drawn up in 2005-06. Denmark will assist the work of developing indicators for selected sectors, including reforms of the public sector, human rights and education. All Danish-supported development programmes are covered by requirements concerning monitoring and evaluation in accordance with Danida's guidelines and the target and performance management of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the course of the strategy period an evaluation of the country programme is expected to be implemented with a view to an assessment of the results achieved and an indication of possible guidelines in the future.

An international evaluation of development assistance to Afghanistan in the period 2001-2004 was concluded in August 2005. The evaluation covers development assistance from Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Ireland and the UK. The evaluation concludes that Denmark has fully lived up to its pledges concerning development assistance, delivered it on time and was, in addition, flexible and innovative in its response to requests from the Afghan government, international organisations and NGOs. In addition, Danish development assistance is relevant and its quality is high.

Allowance has been made for the conclusions and recommendations of the evaluation in the present strategy, and they will form part of the planning of the future Danish efforts.