Bosnia and Herzegovina Community Development ProjectCommunity Development Project

SCALING UP POVERTY REDUCTIONCommunity Driven Development

Thursday, March 11, 2004

Community Development ProjectCommunity Development ProjectTotal financing US$ 17.63 million

IDA Credit US$ 15 million

Counterpart fundingUS$ 2.63 million

Implementation agencies:

Federation Foundation for Sustainable Development

and Republika Srpska

Development and Employment Fund

CDPPrimary objectives:Primary objectives:

Improvement of basic Improvement of basic services and facilities services and facilities in low income and in low income and poor communities poor communities

Improvement of Improvement of governance and capacity governance and capacity of local governments to of local governments to deliver better services deliver better services to communities.to communities.

Eligible Municipalities

In RS, 39 municipalities In RS, 39 municipalities legally classified as:legally classified as:

UndevelopedUndeveloped Extremely undevelopedExtremely undevelopedIn FBiH, 37 municipalities In FBiH, 37 municipalities

identified as most identified as most economically disadvantaged economically disadvantaged based on the set of socio-based on the set of socio-economic criteria.economic criteria.

What can be financed?Project components were designed to ensure Project components were designed to ensure achievement of the stated project objective achievement of the stated project objective and in accordance with objectives outlined in and in accordance with objectives outlined in the Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy for BH.BH.

Component A: investments in non-revenue Component A: investments in non-revenue generating socially oriented projects in low generating socially oriented projects in low income and poor communities (up to income and poor communities (up to 50.000,00 USD per sub-project);50.000,00 USD per sub-project);

Component B: improvement of governance Component B: improvement of governance and capacity of local governments through and capacity of local governments through developing better partnership between developing better partnership between communities and local governments. communities and local governments.

Implementation procedure

Letter of understanding by eligible Letter of understanding by eligible municipalitymunicipality

Selection and training of local consultants Selection and training of local consultants for Participatory Community Assessmentfor Participatory Community Assessment

PCA Report PCA Report General Community MeetingGeneral Community Meeting Community Action Group Community Action Group Application for first priority sub-projectApplication for first priority sub-project ImplementationImplementation EvaluationEvaluation

Implementation procedure Citizens Driven Decision

Making CycleNeeds Assessment

Project Identification

Project Development. Proposal Preparation

Proposal Review and Approval

Project Implementation. Contract. Procurement. Financing. Monitoring

Project Completion and Evaluation of Results.

Follow-up activities. Evaluation of Project

Impacts

     

Implementation procedure GENERAL COMMUNITY GENERAL COMMUNITY

MEETING (GCM)MEETING (GCM) Attended by Attended by

representatives of representatives of all relevant all relevant citizens groups;citizens groups;

Presentation of Presentation of PCA report and PCA report and general discussion general discussion on findings and on findings and recommendationsrecommendations

Election of Election of Community Action Community Action Group (CAG) Group (CAG)

Implementation procedure Community Action Group

(CAG)

Composed by 5-15 membersComposed by 5-15 members Summarize PCA report and GCM Summarize PCA report and GCM

discussions and lead the process of discussions and lead the process of developing a Community Action Plan developing a Community Action Plan (CAP)(CAP)

Final CAP includes:Final CAP includes: Priority project identification;Priority project identification; Possible solutions and activities;Possible solutions and activities; Possible financers;Possible financers; Number of beneficiaries;Number of beneficiaries; Maintenance, e.t.c.Maintenance, e.t.c.

Implementation procedure continued

After project appraisal After project appraisal and approval:and approval: Public tendering and Public tendering and

selection of selection of contractor/service contractor/service provier (municipality);provier (municipality);

Tripartite contract: Tripartite contract: CDP, Municipality and CDP, Municipality and Contractor;Contractor;

Works/services;Works/services; Supervision by Supervision by

municipality and CDPmunicipality and CDP Evaluation Evaluation

Evaluation First EvaluationFirst Evaluation – after project – after project

completion and after guarantee period; completion and after guarantee period; Impact evaluation should answer the Impact evaluation should answer the

followingfollowing: : - were expected results achieved- were expected results achieved- could such results been achieved without - could such results been achieved without

respective investment?respective investment?- do beneficiaries pay user fees?- do beneficiaries pay user fees?- maintenance?- maintenance?- accordingly – are further investments in - accordingly – are further investments in

respective municipality justifiable?respective municipality justifiable?

Performance based grants Achievement of expected results Achievement of expected results

is an ultimate pre-condition for is an ultimate pre-condition for further investments;further investments;

Joint proposals, submitted by RS Joint proposals, submitted by RS and FBiH municipalities can be and FBiH municipalities can be financed with “bonus grants”;financed with “bonus grants”;

Achievements/Results Developing cross-ethnic alliances at the community

level by creating conditions for joint decision making;

10 % of citizens included in decision making process;

As of today, 151 contracts have been signed for the total amount of EUR 6,042,545, out of which CDP funds were EUR 3,994,887 while local co-financing was EUR 1,074,759 (17.7% of total) plus additional co-financing in kind (labor or material) for EUR 1,044,533 (17.2% of total);

Types of investments include: local roads (33 sub-projects), water supply (31), electrification (7), sewage (11), education/school repair (16), health protection /ambulances (5) etc.;

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