Develop MOEHE Planning and Budgeting Procedures Manual under the Project of “Supporting the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) with the implementation of the Education Development Strategic Plan (EDSP)” (the current strategic plan from 2014-2019.

Project Overview

In 2013, The MoEHE started the preparation of its latest EDSP (2014-2019), “A Learning Nation” and launched it in March 2014. The EDSP III is aligned to national planning processes and the National Development Plan (2014-2016) of the PA. The government is currently working on the National Policy Agenda for 2017-2022 and the MoEHE is adapting the EDSP III to align with it as well.The Joint Financing Arrangement (JFA) is a basket funding mechanism supporting the Ministry of Education in implementing and achieving the objectives of the EDSP III . The overall goal / vision of EDSP III is “A results-based and student-centered education system that provides 21st century relevant education services at all levels with high quality and full equity considering individual needs and being at the heart of the political, economic, and social development in and for Palestine”. The general purpose of this consulting service is to support the MoEHE in the timely implementation of the current EDSP III (2014 – 2019) focusing initially on 9 Priority Support Areas, devoted to the main reform tracks in EDSP III, all of them covering respective operational responsibilities of the MoEHE. Improve the design and procedures of the planning and budgeting management system and capture both in a form of a operations manual; therefore MOEHE contracted PLANCO/ General Consulting and Training GCT/GOPA to review and then develop MOEHE’s Planning and Budgeting Procedures Manual.The main objective of this assigment was to identify the process of planing and budgeting to assist ministry staff in conducting the propoer planing process as well as contributing to the creaation of a Planning Financial MIS at the MOEHE.