Preparation of Annual Work Plan And Budget for 2018/19FY

Annual Work planning and budgeting is a key project activity since it allows the project to plan and manage its financial resources to support the implementation of its activities. UTaNRMP is committed to strengthening its participatory planning process where key stakeholders are involved in the work planning and budgeting process. The project thus kicked off the 2018-19 FY Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWPB) preparation with the onset of its annual county review workshops on 13^th November 2017. The annual county review workshops draw participants from implementation officers, implementation partners and community representatives. Thereafter, subcounty, county and the project coordination teams embarked on preparations of the AWPB 2018/19 at their respective levels. The culmination of this is a joint harmonization and consolidation workshop for the AWPB 2018/19 FY which was scheduled for 13^th to 19^th December 2017 at Kaguru ATC, Meru county. 53 officers drawn from the six counties in the project area and the project coordination team participated in the workshop. The output of the workshop is a consolidated Project’s 2018/19 AWPB which will be the key instrument for implementation and operational control for the project. The consolidated project budget will be forwarded for approval to the project steering committee (PSC) and IFAD after which it becomes part of the Ministry of Water and Irrigation’s budget. Further, the AWPB will be captured in the project's automated monitoring and evaluation system for eventual monitoring to the impact level.