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United Nations Joint Programme on Integrated Highland Livelihood Development in Mae Hong Son ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT Reporting Period: 1 January – 31 December 2010 Prepared by The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – Lead Organization of the UN Joint Programme in Mae Hong Son Mae Hong Son, Thailand 29 March 2011 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS AOPC Association of Older People’s Clubs BPP Border Patrol Police CAF Community Activity Facilitator CBO Community‐Based Organization CBT‐I Thailand Community‐Based Tourism Institute CDC Communicable Disease Control CHC Community Health Center CHV Community Health Volunteer CHW Community Health Worker CLC Community Learning Center CMU Chiang Mai University CPD Cooperative Promotion Department CWA Common Working Area DEDE Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency DLD Department of Livestock Development DHO District Health Office EH Environmental Health ESO Education Service Area 1 or 2 Office FACE Fight Against Child Exploitation FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FoN Faculty of Nutrition FRESH Focusing Resources on Effective School Health GIS Geographic Information System HAI HelpAge International HCW Health Care Worker HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ICT Information and Communication Technologies IEC Information, Education and Communication IOM International Organization for Migration IP Implementing Partner KPI King Prajadhipok’s Institute LAO Local Administration Office LCC Livelihoods Camp Committee LoA Letter of Agreement MCH Maternal and Child Health MCHV Migrant Community Health Volunteer MCHW Migrant Community Health Worker MHS Mae Hong Son MHT Migrant Health Team MOAC Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives MOI Ministry of Interior MOPH Ministry of Public Health NFIEO Non‐Formal and Informal Education Office NGO Non‐Governmental Organization OCHA United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OPA Older People’s Association OPC Older People’s Club OSC Opportunity Service Center OVI Objectively Verifiable Indicator PAB Programme Advisory Board PACO Provincial Agriculture and Cooperatives Office PAR Participatory Action Research PC Primary Care PHC Primary Health Care PHO Public Health Office PIO Provincial Industry Office PLO Provincial Labour Office PMU Programme Management Unit PNREO Provincial Natural Resources and Environment Office PRA Participatory Rural Appraisal PSC Provincial Steering Committee PSC Project Support Cost PSO Provincial Statistics Office PTF Provincial Task Force RH Reproductive Health RRA Rapid Rural Appraisal RVA Rapid Village Appraisal Sub‐TWG Sub‐Thematic Working Group on Livelihoods in Thailand TAO Tambon Administration Office TAT Tourism Authority of Thailand TB Tuberculosis TOR Terms of Reference TOT Training of Trainers TRF Thailand Research Fund UNTFHS United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security UN United Nations UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization WHO World Health Organization SECTION 1 – BASIC DATA/SUMMARY Date of submission 29/03/2011 Benefiting country and location Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand Title of the project UN Joint Programme on Integrated Highland Livelihood Development in Mae Hong Son Duration of project From 01/10/09 to 31/01/13 (40 months) UN organization responsible for the FAO management of the project Executing UN organizations FAO, UNIDO, UNFPA, IOM, UNDP, UNESCO, UNHCR, WHO Non‐UN executing partners Royal Thai Government Provincial Government of Mae Hong Son NGOs, CBOs, Higher educational institutes Total Project Cost including PSC US$ 4,507,109.64 Agency UNTFHS Contribution IOM $ 662,330 UNDP $ 500,760 UNESCO $ 455,820 UNIDO $ 465,450 UNFPA $ 417,300 UNHCR $ 363,800 WHO $ 262,150 FAO $ 559,611.64 (PMU budget: $ 819,888) Reporting period 01/01 – 31/12/2010 Type of report Second Annual Progress Report EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The United Nations (UN) Joint Programme on Integrated Highland Livelihood Development in Mae Hong Son (MHS) was officially launched during the Preamble Signing Ceremony held in the capital of MHS province on 12 January 2010. At the ceremony, all the participating UN agencies, together with UN Resident Coordinator and MHS Governor, signed the cover page of the Programme Document, formalized their commitments, and pledged to achieve human security goals in MHS through the Joint Programme. Subsequently, at the request of the Sub‐Thematic Working Group on Livelihoods, MHS Governor designated Output‐level provincial lead agencies that act as the immediate government counterparts for the UN agencies, and proposed priority programme implementation sites, or Common Working Areas (CWAs), where all the UN agencies, the provincial counterparts, and Implementing Partners (IPs) will concentrate their efforts and activities to maximize the synergy of the programme and increase its impact on the livelihoods of target beneficiaries who are underserved and vulnerable, - 1 - in particular poor farmers, migrants, ethnic minorities, and displaced persons residing near the national border. The inception phase – from February through April 2010 – started with the arrival of Programme Manager, followed by a series of field missions by the executing UN agencies in order to finalise draft Annual Work Plan 2010‐12. As a result, the work plan was approved by the Provincial Steering Committee (PSC) at its first meeting convened in April 2010. The PSC, which consists of the UN Team, the Provincial Task Force, IPs, and the Programme Management Unit, also approved the Common Operational Guidelines and the External Communication Strategy as tools for all the stakeholders to work together and jointly produce eleven Outputs under three different programme’s Objectives to improve the quality of life and reduce poverty amongst the vulnerable groups in underserved areas of MHS. In addition, the inception period allowed the UN Team to bring the MHS Government as an equal partner for the programme implementation, enhance collaboration with the provincial counterparts at each Output‐level, find out specific development assistance needs and gaps to fill, and finalise the selection of two CWAs – i.e. Mok Chum Pae and Tham Lod sub‐districts, or tambons (in Thai). The two CWAs were approved by the PSC together with additional CWAs for each Objective, namely, Mae Suad and Muang Pon sub‐districts to achieve Objective 1, Mae Suad and Mae Yuam sub‐districts for Objective 2, and Sao Hin and Mae La Noi sub‐districts for Objective 3. As an immediate follow‐up to the First PSC Meeting, a Rapid Village Appraisal (RVA) was carried out in Mok Chum Pae and Tham Lod jointly by the MHS Government, UN Team, and sub‐district governments in May and June 2010. The RVA selected 8 priority villages in the CWAs, which were endorsed by the MHS Governor and the UN Team in July 2010. Similarly, in September 2010, seven villages were selected in the additional CWAs to be supported under Objective 3. Furthermore, based on the outcome of the RVA, the MHS Government and the UN agencies involved in Objectives 1 and 2 conducted a Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) in the eight priority villages in August through October 2010 in order to identify constraints, opportunities, capacity building needs, and potential interventions and to help determine detailed activities to be conducted in the villages. Preliminary results of the PRA were released in November 2010, based on which the UN agencies concerned began to develop a detailed village‐level action plan in December 2010. To complement the PRA findings and identify more detailed beneficiaries’ needs as well as potential areas for interventions specific to agro‐processing and marketing, eco‐tourism, sustainable natural resources management, and renewable energy, Output 1.2, Output 1.3 and Output 2.1 groups started to prepare baseline studies on their respective thematic areas. An Objective 3‐wide baseline survey was also planned with the Provincial Office as the coordination body and in close collaboration with the provincial lead agencies concerned with Objective 3 for the coordination, implementation, management, and monitoring of the survey. - 2 - Whilst some of the executing UN agencies conducted substantive field activities during this reporting period such as community health workers trainings, workshops for the elderly, and agricultural skill development trainings for displaced persons, emphasis was also given on concretising common frameworks and modalities for all the stakeholders to work together in harmony and in line with the agreed Annual Work Plan 2010‐12. The Second PSC Meeting held in November 2010 urged the stakeholders to practice the “working together” spirit and ensure the joint ownership of the programme in view of transferring the programme to the MHG Government during the third year of the programme implementation. By working together, a genuine partnership between the UN and the MHS authorities can be forged, and the sustainability of the programme will be ensured as well. Year 2011 will witness the completion of all the planned baseline studies and thematic surveys during the first quarter of the year including a Rapid Rural Appraisal in the two additional CWAs for Objective 1, a baseline survey for Objective 3, benchmark studies for Output 1.3 and Output