United Nations Development Programme – Bangladesh Progress Report on Supporting Local Development in the Chittagong Hill Tracts DCI-ASIE/2011/266-983 (1 May 2013 –26 January 2014) Report prepared for the European Union Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Facility (CHTDF) IDB Bhaban (7th Floor), Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Agargaon, Dhaka-1207 June 2014 Empowered Lives. Resilient Nations. Table of Contents Acronyms .......................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Description of the Project .......................................................................................................................................... 5 Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 I. Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................. 11 1. 1 Objectives and Expected Results ................................................................................................................................ 11 II. Key Achievements and Results......................................................................................................................... 11 2.1 Specific objective-1: CHT institutions have increased capacity to deliver services and support community development ........................................................................................................................................................ 11 2.1.1 Expected Result 1.1: Capacities of local government institutions to advocate on CHT issues strengthened, in particular implementation of the CHT Peace Accord, resulting in enhanced clarity and consensus on CHT issue ................................................................................................................................................. 11 2.1.2 Expected Result 1.2: Capacities of Local Government Institutions in the CHT strengthened, resulting in improved management systems for decentralized service delivery .......................................... 16 2.1.3 Expected Result 1.3: Participatory planning, budgeting, monitoring mechanisms among CHT institutions enhanced to contribute towards achievement of MDGs .................................................................. 22 2.2. Specific Objective 2: Local organizations and communities empowered to manage their own development ................................................................................................................................................................................. 23 2.2.1 Expected Result 2.1: Communities are empowered to plan and implement small scale development projects ............................................................................................................................................................... 23 2.2.2 Expected Result 2.2: Communities have increased access to economic opportunities and local services ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 27 III. Cross-Cutting Issues ............................................................................................................................................ 31 3.1 Gender, Youth, and Human Rights .............................................................................................................................. 31 3.2 Environment protection .................................................................................................................................................. 33 IV. Visibility and Communication ................................................................................................................. 35 V. Activities Not Done and Work Plan for 2014............................................................................................... 36 5.1 Activities Not Done/Completed ................................................................................................................................... 36 5.2 Future Work Plan for the year 2014 .......................................................................................................................... 38 VI. Project Monitoring and Evaluation ............................................................................................................... 40 VII. Major Challenges, Lessons Learned and Measures Taken .................................................................. 41 VIII Sustainability ....................................................................................................................................................... 42 IX. Status of Expenditure ......................................................................................................................................... 43 Annex 1: Financial Statement ................................................................................................................................ 45 Annex 2: Progress against Logical Framework .............................................................................................. 46 Annex-3: Progress on the Indicators’ of Communication and Visibility Plan ...................................... 63 2 Acronyms ABDI Area Based Development Initiative BHDC Bangladesh Hill District Council CB Confidence Building CBO Community-based Organization CD Capacity Development CE Community Empowerment CHT Chittagong Hill Tracts CHTDF Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Facility CHSW Community Health Services Workers CHTPMA Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Maker Alliance CHTRC Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council CSO Civil Society Organization CSBA Community Skilled Birth Attendant DAE Department of Agricultural Extension DCI Direct Calorie Intake ED Economic Development EPI Expanded Programme of Immunization EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FFS Farmers Field School GoB Government of Bangladesh HDC Hill District Council HR Human Resources ICT Information and Communication Technology IDP International Displaced Person IGA Income Generating Activity ILO International Labor Organization KHDC Khagrachari Hill District Council LED Local Economic Development LoA Letter of Agreement M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MDG Millennium Development Goal MPCC Multi-Purpose Community Center MoCHTA Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs MoHFW Ministry of Health and Family Welfare NGO Non-Government Organization PA Policy and Advocacy PDC Para/Para Development Committee PIC Project Implementation Committee 3 PMR Planning Monitoring Reporting Unit PMO Prime Mister Office PNDG Para/Village Nari Development Group QIF Quick Impact Fund RC CHT Regional Council REDD Reducing emission from deforestation and forest degradation RHDC Rangamati Hill District Council ToR Terms of Reference ToT Training of Trainers UDDC Union Development Coordination Committee UN United Nations UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNO Upazila Nirbahi Officer UP Union Parishad USAID United States Agency for International Development USD United States Dollar UzDCC Upazila/Sub-district Development Coordination Committee UzAC Upazila/Sub-district Advisory Committee UzST Upazila/Sub-district Support Team VCF Village Common Forest 4 Description of the Project 1.1 Name of beneficiary institution of Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Facility (CHTDF), UNDP grant contract: 1.2 Name and title of the contact person: Henrik Fredborg Larsen, Director, CHTDF 1.3 Name of partner in action: Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs (MoCHTA) 1.4 Title of the action: Supporting Local Development in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) 1.5 Contract No.: DCI-ASIE/2011/266-983 1.6.1 Start date and end date of action: 1st January 2011 and 30 September 2015 1.6.2 Reporting period 1 May 2013 –26 January 2014 1.7 Target country(ies) or region(s): Bangladesh, Chittagong Hill Tracts 1.8 Target beneficiaries: The project addresses capacity development of local government institutions, including RC, HDCs, Upazilas and Union Parishads, to support local development in partnership with PDCs and PNDGs. It provides integrated support for the following: I. Local government institutions (RC, 3 HDC, 3 Circle Offices, 25 Upazila and 111 Unions), traditional institutions, civil society and community counterparts for capacity development. II. Marginalized and vulnerable groups, including gender based and small ethnic minority groups for economic empowerment and capacity building. The project enhances capability of the communities and the government agencies to deliver services and implement development actions. More than 3,200 PDCs and 1,000 PNDGs developed by CHTDF are to be made as the foundation stones of a rejuvenated government led bottom up planning process, and with sufficient funding/grants to make significant inroads into local MDG indicators. 5 Executive Summary A Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord signed in December 1997 ended the decades-long insurgency, allowing for the recognition of the rights of the peoples and tribes of the Chittagong Hill Tracts region which is home to both 11 distinctive indigenous groups and Bengalis. Relevant government institutions have