The Independent Directorate of Local Governance signed Citizen Charter and Eshteghal Zaiee – Karmondena Project (EZ-Kar) contracts with facilitating partners at the presidential palace

The signing ceremony was held at the presidential palace at the presence of H.E the president of Islamic republic of Afghanistan. In addition, the ceremony was attended by the director of IDGL, Minister of Economy, Minister of Finance, Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Rural Development and Rehabilitation, directors of the ACTED and ANCC, general director and operation director of CCNPP.

Shamim Khan Katawazai (IDLG director) said 914 projects have been implemented via Citizen Charter program in Jalalabad, Kandahar, Herat and Mazar-e Sharif at the cost of 110 million dollars during the past three years. He further added that expansion of the program will result in implementation of numerous projects worth 45 million dollars in of Helmand, Ghazni, Farah, Parwan, Jawzjan, Badakhshan, Paktia, Logar, Nimruz and Mazar-e-Sharif provinces.

Minister of Economy Karima Hamid Faryabi said the main objective of the EZ-Kar inter-ministerial project is to improve the enabling environment for economic opportunities, design and implement reform agenda and investment regulations, facilitate business activities and set priorities for urban projects.

President Ghani who was delivering the closing remarks in the ceremony congratulated all Afghans on commencement of EZ-Kar project particularly those who have been affected by the spread of COVID-19, adding that its implementation will improve the living conditions of the affected people in the cities where poverty has been exacerbated by the pandemic.

The President said this opportunity should be seized for creating employment and underscored that foundations should be laid to provide an enabling environment for entrepreneurial activities where the critical role of women need to be taken into consideration as well.

We have now signed contracts for all of Ez-Kar provinces except for Herat, Ghor and Puli-Khumri. Herat and Ghor were awarded to Oxfam and as they left Afghanistan, we do not have another FP. Puli-Khumri has been sent back to National Procurement Authority (NPA) given its approved FP wasn’t the same as the winner through the procurement process. For CCAP Additional Financing contract were signed for all provinces except for Nimroz and Parwan for which a consultation with the World Bank in line.

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