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Overview
The DEAE is responsible for ensuring the proper use of the external aid provided by development partners, so as to ensure its coordination and harmonization, always in accordance with the development priorities set by the Government.
The DEAE has the following tasks:
- Manage external aid funds meant for Timor-Leste;
- Collect financial and accounting information from any official source of external aid, including non-budget and technical assistance, in view of the respective planning and of the effective outcomes and indicators set by the Paris Declaration;
- Support the various ministries in decision-making processes regarding the efficient use of external aid;
- Supply necessary information in terms of external aid, for purposes of budget planning;
- Support the various ministries and development partners in achieving the goals set in relation to external aid coordination;
- Draft profiles of development partners and share regularly with different ministries, development partners and stakeholders;
- Maintain a reliable database of development partner projects, so as to promote improvements in terms of quality and impact;
- Improve external aid coordination by providing regular secretariat support to Timor-Leste’s Meetings with Development Partners;
- Supply updated information on the activities of the National Authorization Office (NAO) funded by the EC and the PCFM, which should be shared regularly with different ministries and development partners;
- Any others given to it by law.
Functioning of the Departments
Department of External Assistance Coordination
The Department of External Assistance Coordination, henceforth DEAC for short, is the body responsible for the daily articulation between the DEAE, the relevant State bodies and the development partners.
Department for Monitoring External Assistance and its Outcomes
The Department for Monitoring External Assistance and its Outcomes, henceforth called DMEAO for short, is responsible for monitoring external assistance and its outcomes, through regular compiling and analysis of income data and of the effects and outcomes of external assistance for the development of Timor-Leste.
Department for Monitoring the Principles of the Paris Declaration
The Department for Monitoring the Principles of the Paris Declaration, henceforth called DMPPD for short, is responsible for leading and monitoring the implementation in Timor-Leste of the activities set in the Post-Accra Agenda.
Secretariat of National Priorities
The Secretariat of National Priorities, henceforth called SNP for short, is a body created under the direct superintendence of the Minister of Finance, tasked with managing the annual design and implementation of the seven national priorities identified by the Government.
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