SAJHEDARI BIKAAS: Partnership for Local Development FY 2018 – Quarterly Report # 15 October 1 – December 31, 2017
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SAJHEDARI BIKAAS: Partnership for Local Development FY 2018 – Quarterly Report # 15 October 1 – December 31, 2017 AID-367-C-13-00003 i TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS............................................................................................................................................................ I TABLE ......................................................................................................................................................................................... III FIGURES ..................................................................................................................................................................................... IV ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS .................................................................................................................................. I EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.0 POLITICAL AND DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT .............................................................................................. 3 1.1 NATIONAL TRENDS ............................................................................................................................. 3 1.2 OPERATIONAL SPACE........................................................................................................................ 4 1.2.1 Provincial and Federal Elections and SB activities ............................................................................ 4 2.0 ACTUAL VS. PLANNED ACCOMPLISHMENTS ....................................................................................................... 5 2.1 MONITORING AND EVALUATION ...................................................................................................... 5 2.2 OBJECTIVE A: ESTABLISH AND IMPROVE THE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ......................................................................................................................................... 6 2.2.1. Result 1: Early Responses that Address Causes and Consequences of Instability are institutionalized ........................................................................................................................................... 6 2.2.2. Result 2: Enduring Solutions to the Problems that Drive Conflict are adopted ................................ 8 2.3 OBJECTIVE B: IMPROVE COMMUNITIES’ ABILITY TO ACCESS RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................................................................................... 13 2.3.1 Result 1: Inclusive Community Strategic Planning Processes Established .................................... 13 2.3.2 Result 2: Strategic Community Development Plans Established .................................................... 13 Internal Revenue Assessment and Projections ........................................................................................ 14 Prepare Planning Process Guidelines ...................................................................................................... 14 2.3.3 Result 3: CBOs advocate for needed resources for financial, technical, and commodity support .. 14 2.4 OBJECTIVE C: IMPROVE COMMUNITIES’ ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENT INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ................................................................................................................... 15 2.4.1 Result C.1: Mechanisms for Transparent Administration of Funds Institutionalized ....................... 15 Result 2: Inclusive Management Systems Adopted ................................................................................. 16 Result 3: Systems for Sustainability Established ...................................................................................... 16 2.5 OBJECTIVE D: INCREASE THE ABILITY OF EXISTING AND NEW GOVERNMENT UNITS TO FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY ...................................................................................................................... 16 Result 1: Local government officials effectively carry out their mandates ................................................ 16 3.0 CHALLENGES AND CONSTRAINTS-INTERNAL ................................................................................................ 20 3.1 Staff Turnover and Replacement ........................................................................................................ 20 4.0 CHALLENGES AND CONSTRAINTS-EXTERNAL ............................................................................................... 21 4.1 Provincial and Federal Elections ........................................................................................................ 21 4.2 Coordination with MoFALD ................................................................................................................. 21 5.0 FINANCIAL REPORT ..................................................................................................................................................... 22 5.1 MAJOR CATEGORY EXPENDITURES ............................................................................................. 22 i 5.2 STATUS OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS TOWARDS M&E PURPOSE .......................................... 22 5.3 LOE UTILIZATION SUMMARY STATUS ........................................................................................... 23 5.4 STAFFING MATRIX ............................................................................................................................ 23 ANNEX 1: PMEP MATRIX ................................................................................................................................................... 25 ANNEX 2: ADDITIONAL TABLES AND FIGURES ...................................................................................................... 32 ANNEX 3: SUCCESS STORIES ........................................................................................................................................... 46 ANNEX 4: PROGRESS AGAINST WORK PLAN ......................................................................................................... 48 ii TABLE Table 1: Status of Cases By District, Oct-Dec 2017 .............................................................................. 32 Table 2: Types of Cases Registered...................................................................................................... 32 Table 3: Status of Budget Allocation for CMCs, Original Districts ....................................................... 32 Table 4: Status of Support for CMCs, Recovery Districts..................................................................... 35 Table 5: CMC First Party Disputants: Gender, Caste/Ethnicity, and Age Breakdown ......................... 35 Table 6: Active Mediators: Gender, Caste/Ethnicity, and Age Breakdown ......................................... 36 Table 5: Status of savings for WORTH groups, Oct-Dec 2017 ............................................................. 36 Table 8: Status of loans for WORTH groups, Oct-Dec 2017 ................................................................ 37 Table 9: Employment Details of Worth Group Members, Oct-Dec 2017 ........................................... 37 Table 10: Registration and Affiliation of WORTH Groups, as of December 2017 ............................... 38 Table 11: WORTH Members: Caste/Ethnicity and Age Breakdown .................................................... 38 Table 12: WORTH Management Committee Members: Caste/Ethnicity and Age BreakDown .......... 39 Table 13: Caste/Ethnicity and Age Breakdown of WORTH Members Accessing Loans ...................... 40 Table 14: Caste/Ethnicity and Age Breakdown of WORTH Members Who Started Businesses ......... 40 Table 15: Local Youth Group Members: Gender and Caste/Ethnicity Breakdown ............................. 40 Table 16: District Youth Network Members: Gender and Caste/Ethnicity Breakdown ...................... 41 Table 17: List of Sajhedari Episodes .................................................................................................... 41 Table 18: Caste/Ethnicity Breakdown of Beneficiary Households of Micro-Projects ......................... 44 Table 19: Gender, Caste/Ethnicity and Age Breakdown of IPC members ........................................... 45 iii FIGURES Figure 1: Caste/Ethnicity Breakdown of WORTH Members ................................................................ 39 Figure 2: Caste/Ethnicity Breakdown of Local Youth Group Members ............................................... 41 iv ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS CAC Citizen Awareness Center CAG Content Advisory Group CDA community development activity CeLRRd Center for Legal Research and Resource Development CM community mediator CMC community mediation center CPN-UML Community Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist DADO District Agriculture Development Office DLSO District Livestock Service Office DYN district youth network FFN Fatima Foundation Nepal FPTP first past the post JJMS Jana Jagaran Mahila Sangh GNGO governance non-governmental organization GBV gender-based violence GESI gender equality and social inclusion GoN Government of Nepal GIS geospatial information system IPC Implementing Partner Committee IRAP Internal Revenue Assessment and Projection LDAG Listen, Discuss, and Action Group LGCDP Local Governance and Community Development