Budget Circular 1 is an essential document that requires a budgetary unit to specify its priorities for the next three years and indicate how these priorities will be achieved through new and ongoing development projects. At this stage, only indicative cost figures are required, but the priorities must be clear, precise, and well-defined to reflect the budgetary unit’s policies and responsibilities and their relationship with Afghanistan National Development Strategy. This document is the first step that marks the beginning of the New Budget Preparation cycle for 1390. All 14 budgetary units assisted by Economic Growth and Governance Initiative (EGGI) advisors submitted their Budget Circular No. 1 to the Ministry of Finance.