|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
  |
 |
  |
East Timor
>> Regional Overview >> East Timor Overview ACTIVITY DATA SHEET
PROGRAM: East Timor
TITLE AND NUMBER: Selected Development Needs Addressed, 472-002
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2001 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: None.
PROPOSED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: None.
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 2000 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2002Summary: East Timor faces a very serious challenge. At issue is not only the massive physical destruction but the social trauma wreaked after the ballot. East Timor lacks the institutional capacity necessary for a nation state. Major investments and reform programs are needed. This special objective is composed of selected activities that support the reconstruction effort of East Timor and complement the mainstream activities of the primary USAID program.
Given the vast reconstruction and development needs to build a sustainable nation state in East Timor, it is crucial for donor assistance to work together in a coordinated and comprehensive manner to tackle these needs. The Joint Assessment Mission (JAM) to East Timor, coordinated by the World Bank, was endorsed at a meeting of donors, United Nations agencies and East Timorese representatives in September 1999. Early deployment of the mission was driven by lessons of other post-conflict countries, where the lack of coordination between relief and development planning delayed the transition from emergency relief to more sustainable development support. The JAM identified priority short-term reconstruction initiatives and provided estimates of external financing needs. Among its recommendations was the establishment of two trust funds to facilitate a coordinated donor approach to supporting East Timor's recovery and reconstruction.
The World Bank-administered trust fund will finance reconstruction activities in economic management, health, education, community empowerment, agriculture, and infrastructure. The United Nations Transitional Authority in East Timor (UNTAET) and East Timorese representatives are responsible for prioritizing, approving, and implementing projects. A second trust fund, focused on governance and capacity-building, will be administered by UNTAET. This trust fund will be used to ensure that basic public services continue and that East Timorese develop the skills to provide them. Most of the trust fund proceeds will be used to directly benefit East Timorese by paying salaries for public workers, most of them teachers and health care workers. UNTAET also will use the funds for democracy and governance projects. In supporting both trust funds, the U.S. Government will help strengthen overall coordination of the international reconstruction effort in East Timor. A high degree of donor coordination is vitally important to reducing duplication of effort and gaps between projects and for facilitating the involvement of East Timor's leadership in decision-making regarding uses of donor funds.
In addition to the U.S. Government's contribution to the trust funds, the Department of State will provide assistance in judicial training, institution building, and promotion of the rule of law. In 2000, there were only five certified lawyers in East Timor, and only 60 people with any minimal legal training. Assistance includes training of judges and prosecutors, help in revising the legal code, and assistance in thinking through the judiciary's role as an independent arm of the government.
There also is an urgent need for human rights training and forensic assistance. The East Timorese who are responsible for investigating and documenting human rights abuses lack a basic understanding of how to conduct such investigations, have little access to forensic expertise, and possess little of the specialized equipment. In addition to financing these activities and equipment, the Department of State will assist the East Timorese to monitor current human rights abuses, e.g., through establishment of a human rights ombudsperson, and to prevent future abuses.
Key Results: The Department of State will develop a performance monitoring plan that will establish key results anticipated under this objective.
Possible Adjustments to Plans: Any additional funding for the two trust funds will be reported under objective 472-003, Democratic Development Strengthened.
Other Donor Programs: Concerted attention to donor coordination is essential for effective utilization of assistance to address East Timor's vast development needs. In December 1999, over 50 countries and international pledged $522 million in bilateral and multilateral development funds and humanitarian assistance over the following three years. Donors agreed to contribute to the World Bank-administered and UNTAET trust funds described above. Decisions regarding the use of both trust funds have been undertaken in collaboration with a newly established consultative council of East Timorese representatives. The trust funds are supplemented by bilaterally-funded activities in various sectors.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: UNTAET, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank.
Selected Performance Measures: The Department of State will develop indicators for, and report on, forensics and human rights assistance, judicial training, and rule of law.
U.S. Financing
(In thousands of dollars)
Obligations Expenditures Unliquidated Through September 30, 1999 0 DA 0 DA 0 DA 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 FSA 0 FSA 0 DFA 0 DFA 0 DFA Fiscal Year 2000 0 DA 0 DA 0 CSD 0 CSD 2,400 ESF 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 FSA 0 DFA 0 DFA Through September 30, 2000 0 DA 0 DA 0 DA 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 CSD 2,400 ESF 0 ESF 2,400 ESF 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 FSA 0 FSA 0 DFA 0 DFA 0 DFA Prior Year Unobligated Funds 0 DA 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 DFA Planned Fiscal Year 2001 NOA 0 DA 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 DFA Total Planned Fiscal Year 2001 0 DA 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 DFA Future Obligations Est. Total Cost Proposed Fiscal Year 2002 NOA 0 DA 0 DA 0 DA 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 ESF 2,400 ESF 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 FSA 0 FSA 0 DFA 0 DFA 0 DFA
 |
|||
Last Updated on: May 29, 2002 |
