OVERVIEW

The Development Assistance Database for Afghanistan (DAD Afghanistan) is an automated information management system which is designed to improve efficiency and transparency of national development planning and coordination of donor activities in the country. It is also a powerful tool for tracking and analyzing aid flows. The system serves as the main database and data collection and reporting system for the Government of Afghanistan, donor and NGO community as it ensures effective access to the development data.

The main objectives of the DAD Afghanistan is to serve as a reliable and credible source of information on overall donor contributions to Afghanistan’s reconstruction, economic recovery and socio-economic development, as well as to support the Government in effectively managing development assistance and promoting the accountable and transparent use of resources.  

The DAD Afghanistan is a powerful tool that allows the user to view project data organized into lists, reports, charts, and maps. In the DAD Afghanistan, the user is able to present the project data in the form of list, chart and map reports, memorize/save the reports, print them, and export them into PDF, MS Word and MS Excel format files.

In the current design, the DAD Afghanistan consists of five applications, which are:

• Project – this application lists all the projects that are currently being implemented. In this application the user can view the project data, as well as add new projects or modify the information of existing projects.

• Grant/Loan Profile -  this application provides information about the grants/loans, gives details about the agreement, the purpose of the grant/loan, the funding agency, the implementing ministry, date of agreement and closing date, the amount given, grant/loan conditions, etc.    

• Donor Profile - this application is designed to track the donor profile information. Moreover, it gives the donor organizations / entities the possibility to provide information about the amount of assistance provided to the country, etc.

• Contract & Allotment - this application is designed to track the information on project contracts and allotments, contractors and 2nd level implementers, payment schedule, expenditures, fund components, amounts paid, etc.    

• Contingency Fund - this application provides information about the projects funded by Contingency Fund.    

The examples described in the sections below are based on the Project application.

Note: To ensure more flexibility and a more user-friendly environment, the DAD Afghanistan has been implemented as a bi-lingual system allowing the users to view the data presented in the system in two languages: English and Dari.