The overall objective of the project of which this contract was a part was as follows: Support the implementation of the Institutional Development Program (IDP).
The particular objectives of this contract were to strengthen the control of the Commissioner of Institutional Development (CID) of the reform process and to support the Institutional Development Program.
The IDP aimed to:

• adapt the organization of the Administration to the political and institutional changes to correct its structural inconsistencies and increase efficiency;
• strengthen governance to improve quantitatively and qualitatively services to populations;
• put the concerns of users at the heart of the administrative action to give legitimacy to the state and strengthen the democratic process;
• ensure adequate control of development policies and improve coordination of development.

To achieve these goals, six (6) strategic areas were identified:

• reorganization of the central government;
• improving processes, methods and procedures of managing public affairs;
• strengthening decentralization;
• consolidation of decentralization;
• capacity building and strengthening of human resources;
• communication and customer relations.