Recommendation 4 Agree DFAT has observed issues caused by lack of KOMPAK to strengthen its February – Strategic Partners clarity on roles and responsibilities between national team capacity to perform June 2018 By end of current Phase: KOMPAK sub-national team and strategic coordination roles among and with KOMPAK and Strategic Partners should jointly develop partners operating at the field level. the strategic partners. improved ways of working at national and sub-national levels that build better working relationships. Recommendation 5 Agree DFAT fully support the recommendation. A health-check of the Strategic March – Strategic Partners Partners will be undertaken by June 2018 Phase 2: KOMPAK in March-April 2018 to help Streamline the number of Strategic Partners and determine the rationale and purpose rationalise their purpose. Selecting only those that have of engagement, and to rationalise demonstrated successes in delivering outcomes to date, the number if needed and as and in working collaboratively at sub-national levels to justified. The health-check will ensure that their interventions are strategically aligned involve assessment of the strategic with KOMPAK’s outcomes. partners’ results, ways of working, One way to achieve the above is to ensure that and their compatibility with teams are involved in the design of Phase 2 KOMPAK’s approach going forward. approaches, and that mechanisms for strong KOMPAK will develop a strategy on collaboration at sub-national level are institutionalised. use of strategic partners for KOMPAK going forward including how and where the engagement will be managed. Recommendation 6 Agree As above (for Recommendation 5) March – Strategic Partners June 2018 The social accountability work should be redesigned so that local community-based organisations (CBOs) are contracted directly to the KOMPAK provincial offices who work collaboratively with them to redesign their work. Recommendation 7 Partially DFAT enjoys a strong partnership with five DFAT will further consult with the March – Governance Agree GoI’s Ministries represented in the KOMPAK GoI; primarily Bappenas as June 2018 Steering Committee (SC) and Technical KOMPAK’s Subsidiary Arrangement
Recommendation 4 Strategic Partners By end of current Phase: KOMPAK and Strategic Partners should jointly develop improved ways of working at national and sub-national levels that build better working relationships. Agree DFAT has observed issues caused by lack of clarity on roles and responsibilities between KOMPAK sub-national team and strategic partners operating at the field level. KOMPAK to strengthen its team capacity to perform coordination roles among and with the strategic partners. February – June 2018 Recommendation 5 Strategic Partners Phase 2: Streamline the number of Strategic Partners and rationalise their purpose. Selecting only those that have demonstrated successes in delivering outcomes to date, and in working collaboratively at sub-national levels to ensure that their interventions are strategically aligned with KOMPAK’s outcomes. One way to achieve the above is to ensure that teams are involved in the design of Phase 2 approaches, and that mechanisms for strong collaboration at sub-national level are institutionalised. Agree DFAT fully support the recommendation. A health-check of the Strategic Partners will be undertaken by KOMPAK in March-April 2018 to help determine the rationale and purpose of engagement, and to rationalise the number if needed and as justified. The health-check will involve assessment of the strategic partners’ results, ways of working, and their compatibility with KOMPAK’s approach going forward. KOMPAK will develop a strategy on use of strategic partners for KOMPAK going forward including how and where the engagement will be managed. March – June 2018 Recommendation 6 Strategic Partners The social accountability work should be redesigned so that local community-based organisations (CBOs) are contracted directly to the KOMPAK provincial offices who work collaboratively with them to redesign their work. Agree As above (for Recommendation 5) March – June 2018 Recommendation 7 Governance Partially Agree DFAT enjoys a strong partnership with five GoI’s Ministries represented in the KOMPAK Steering Committee (SC) and Technical DFAT will further consult with the GoI; primarily Bappenas as KOMPAK’s Subsidiary Arrangement March – June 2018 national