2024: The FAR, Federal Acquisition Regulations, Part 30
Regional Level Consultative Workshop of Western Region (LGCDP-II)
1. MoFALD
Local Governance & Community Development Programme-II
Regional Level Consultative
Workshop
22-23 Dec. 2016
Western Region, Pokhara
2. NAMASKAR &
WELCOME
TO ALL RESPECTED
GUESTS &
PARTICIPANTS !
MoFALD/LGCDP-II
Regional Co-ordination Unit, Pokhara
3. Regional coverage in the Map
Output wise Progress/Achievement
Issues/Challenges
Way-forward
Presentation Outline
4.
5. Output 1: Citizens and community
organizations are empowered to actively
participate and assert their rights in local
governance
Output 2: Accountability mechanisms for
local governance are in place
Output 3: Access to resources increased
Output 4: Public Financial Management
Improved
LGCDP –II : PROGRAMME
OUTPUTS
6. Output 5: Institutional and HR capacities of
LBs and central level agencies involved in
local governance strengthened
Output 6: Access to and quality of
infrastructure and other socio-economic
services administered by LBs are improved
Output 7: Strengthened integrated planning,
budgeting, M/E and co-ordinations amongst
the local governance actors
LGCDP –II : PROGRAMME
OUTPUTS
8. Output 1:
Citizens and community organizations are
empowered to actively participate and assert
their rights in local governance
9. Technical Support
115 LSPs in the
region
(73 in DDCs & 42 in
Mun.) with
provision of SM
co-ordinator in
each LSP
1034 Social
Output 1: Citizens and community organizations are
empowered to actively participate and assert their rights in
local governance
SOCIAL MOBILISATION
10. Output 1: Citizens and community organizations are
empowered to actively participate and assert their rights in
local governance
SOCIAL MOBILISATION
WCF Formation
6 thousand 9 hundred
WCFs/611 in Mun.
1 Lakh 68 thousand
Members
/More than 15 thousand in
Mun. (51% women)
CAC establishment
1980 CACs/542 in Mun.
More than 53 thousand
members />14 thousand
in Mun. (80% women)
11. •100% VDCs & Municipalities
conducted ward level planning w/s
on time with involvement of
considerable number of WCF/CAC
members (2 lakh 53 thousand
participants including 41% women)
Output 1/SOCIAL MOBILISATION……RESULT BASED KEY
ACHIEVEMENT
•VDC council approved 18 thousand
WCF forwarded projects out of 22
thousand approved by VDC council
(82%)
12. Output 1/SOCIAL MOBILISATION……………….KEY
ACHIEVEMENT
•Municipality council approved 8
thousand projects out of 9 thousand
and 7 hundred projects (85%)
•Budget approved by VDC council for
WCF forwarded projects: 1 arab 16
crore, out of 2 arab 29 crore approved
(51%)
•Budget approved by Municipality for
WCF forwarded projects: 1 arab 22
crore, out of 1 arab 71 crore (71%)
13. GESI perspective
Output 1/SOCIAL MOBILISATION………………. RESULT BASED
KEY ACHIEVEMENT
•VDC approved at least 12,800 projects
(50%) for target groups, out of 25,700
forwarded by WCFs worth rupees 1 Arab
30 lakh in total.
•Municipality approved 4,000 projects
(61%) for target groups, out of total 6,600
projects forwarded by WCFs; which
accounts 36 crore 50 lakh.
14. Livelihood Improvement Plan/Programme (LIP)
Output 1/SM…. RESULT BASED KEY ACHIEVEMENT
• In 2072/73, 72 CACs (66
VDCs / 6 Mun. Level CACs)
received grant benefiting
around 5 hundred poor
members (99% women)
• In 2071/72, more than 4
hundred VDC level CAC and
85 Mun. level CACs received
LIP grant making benefit to 4
thousand marginalized
members (90% women)
• Various IG/livelihood
15. Small Infrastructure Grant Projects
•In 072/73, at least 189
small infrastructure
projects implemented by
177 VDC level CACs
benefiting more than 4
thousand population (14
districts).
•9 projects implemented
by 4 Municipalities:
Bardaghat, Palungtar,
Gorkha & Krishnanagar.
•Major projects selected
and implemented:
Livestock, Small
In 2071/72: VDC level
CACs implemented 733
projects and
Municipalities CACs
launched 173 projects
17. Output 2: Accountability Mechanisms for local governance
are in place
•The compliance of Public
Hearing in DDCs and
Municipalities: 100% & in
VDCs it is 69%
• The compliance of Public
Audit in the projects
implemented by
DDC/Mun.:
nearly 100%; and case of
VDCs
poor
18. Output 2: Accountability Mechanisms for local governance
are in place
•The compliance of Social Audit in DDCs 87 % and
it is 47% in Mun. (Manang & Gorkha not reported)
•6 VDCs of Gulmi and 4 VDCs of Palpa conducted
Social Audit.
19. Output 2: Accountability Mechanisms…………………..
•At least 54% of VDC level WCFs &
60 % of Municipal level WCFs
engaged in eliminating at least
one social evil in community
level.
•Similarly, 43% of CACs of VDCs
and 42% of Municipal CACs
engaged in eliminating at least
one social evil.
•In terms of public complaints/
grievance registration, at least
746 cases were registered, out of
which 86% cases were addressed
(highest cases registration in
20. LGAF (Coverage……16 CSOs in 16 Dist)
•16 DDCs, 9 Municipalities & 297 VDCs (322
LBs)
• District/ Municipal/ VDC level
orientation;
• radio programme;
• bi-annual briefing paper;
• district level public dialogue;
• Municipal/VDC level learning,
sharing and review meeting with
concerning stakeholders
• various capacity building
training programme for multi-
stakeholders including WCF/CAC
members;
• sharing of findings on
compliance of infrastructure
projects being implemented;
• final result/findings
dissemination at district level.
Activities
conducted by
CSOs in FY
072/73
22. • An orientation programme
organized to CSO staff and focal
person.
• 2 events of LGAF Review Meeting
conducted for CSOs PC, D/UGEs
and DDC PMA Officers of
Western Region.
• 1 event of Master ToT organized
for PMA Officers of Dhaulagiri
and Gandaki Zone.
• CSOs of entire districts of WR
except Manang visited from RCU
level and interaction
meeting/review of progress
made for co-ordinaiton with
LSPs/LBs and effective
implementation of LGAF
activities.
Major activities
from LGAF/RCU in
FY 072/73
24. •Only 8 DDCs (50%) & 26 Municipalities
(59%) increased its Own Source Revenue
(OSR) by 10% or above
•19 Municipalities, out of 44 in the region
operating IPT (43%)
• 43 Local Bodies ( DDC-5, Mun-24 &
VDC-14) received orientation on
revenue improvement action plan
•Only 24 Local Bodies (5 DDCs and 19
Mun) prepared revenue improvement
action plan
•The entire 16 DDCs’ and 26
Municipalities (out of 44) internal
Output 3: LBs’ access to Resources Increased
26. • All 15 DDCs, out of 16 in
the region and 42
Municipalities, out of 44
prepared PFM and reported
through on line system
(WBRS)
•Only 85% VDCs (out of 747)
prepared PFM and submitted
to DDC/RCU
•Gorkha DDC, bhrikuti and
Lumbini-sanskritik
Municipalities and VDCs of
Output 3: …………………… Project Funding Matrix (PFM)
27. Output 3: …………………… Project Funding Matrix (PFM)
• DDC implemented 3896
projects benefiting 16 lakh
population (31% road, bridge
and culvert; 23% WASH)
•Municipalities completed 7
thousand projects benefiting
14 lakh population (29% road,
bridge and culvert; 10% each
in social infra and WASH)
• At least 35% Budget
investment in target group
infrast. projects
29. Output 4:
Public Financial Management System Improved
294 VDC Staff trained on
accounting software
Accounting software
functional in 50 VDCs
The entire 16 DDCs and 33
Municipalities out of 44
prepared Annual Procurement
Plan
Practice/initiation taken on
e-bidding in 16 DDCs and 13
Municipalities
Internal audit section/system
established in 16 districts and
17 Municipalities
All 12 old Municipalities and 7
new Municipalities have
30. Output 5: Institutional & HRs capacities of
LBs and central level agencies involved in
local governance strengthened
31. oOrientation/Training conducted on
CFLG/EFLG/GESI for LBs officials/LSPs
and community members: > 20
thousand including 58% women
oOrientation/training organized for LB
officials on Periodic/Maser Plan and
Result Based Planning: > 2
thousand
o9 DDCs, 17 Municipalities and 24
VDCs
Output 5:
Institutional & HRs capacities of LBs and central level agencies involved
in local governance strengthened
32. Myagdi, Mustang and Nawalparasi have
updaed CD plan as per national CD strategy
LBs staff and engineers/masons received
training on cost effective housing/DRR/building
code and earthquake resistant construction: 7
hundred
LB staff strained on vital event
registration/social protection management
audit/procurement bidding document: around 2
hundred
Output 5:
Institutional & HRs capacities of LBs and central level agencies involved
in local governance strengthened
33.
34.
35. RTDF in Myagdi
DDC Myagdi has been able to secure 4.1 crore
rupees for the establishment of wireless
broadband network throughout the district. This
is for the first time that any district has been able
to utilize Rural Telecommunication Development
Fund/RTDF from NTA.
36. Output 6:
Access to and quality of local infrastructure
and other socio-economic services
administered by LBs are improved
37. Output 6: Access to and quality of local infrastructure -----
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2 new quality labs established in Myagdi
and Lamjung and labs were
functional in 10 other districts
> 1 thousand infrastructure projects tested
in the labs (98% projects passed)
Palpa, Rupandehi and Mustang have
established online Vital Event Registration
system
38. Output 6: Access to and quality of local infrastructure -----
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Palpa, Baglung and Tanahun districts and the
respective district Municipalities have updated
social protection information online and have
linked with central social security system.
Payment of social security allowance through
banking system introduced in Parvat, Gulmi and
Lamjung Districts and 8 Mun.
39. Community Mediation Programme expanded in 7
additional districts making total CM districts 13 in the
region (additional 7 districts: Arghakhachi, Gorkha,
Lamjung, Syangja, Myagdi, Parvat and Baglung)
The targeted 7 districts conducted training to 268
participants including 60% women.
28 New CM centers established in 7 districts (4 CMCs
in each district) making the total CMCs 141 in the
region
Total Number of disputes registered/settled
(2014/15): 512/419 (82%)
41. Output 7: Strengthened integrated planning, budgeting, monitoring and
evaluation and co-ordination amongst local governance actors
14-step bottom-up planning process being
adopted/continued with due involvement of
women, children and marginal/Dis-advantaged
groups (WCF and CAC members)
Planning and budgeting being facilitated by
WCF/IPFC members in many cases
All tires of LBs aware and sincere in budgeting at
least 35% of total budget to the
target groups
42. Output 7: Strengthened integrated planning, budgeting, ------ Contd..
Initiation taken for preparation of Annual Plan
child friendly/GESI friendly/environment friendly
7 Districts completed DPP preparation
(Nawalparasi, Rupandehi, Arghakhachi, Lamjung,
Kaski, Syangja and Tanahun); while it is under
process in 9 Districts.
DTMP was updated in 14 districts having under
process in Arghakhachi and Gulmi.
Supervision and Monitoring committee (inclusive
committee) formed and functional in entire 16
Districts and 44 Municipalities; while the
43. Output 7: ……………. Achievement on CROSS CUTTING THEME
16 DDCs, 34 Municipalities carried out GESI Audit
and prepared GESI Plan
All 44 Municipalities and 714 VDCs conducted
balbhela to ensure the child participation in annual
planning process and incorporating children needs
in annual plan.
44. Child Friendly Local Governance (CFLG)
has been adopted in 16 DDCs, 33
Municipalities and 87 VDCs. Sunawal
Municipality declared it as CFLG friendly
Municipality
6 DDCs (Arghakhachi, Nawalparasi,
Kaski, Gorkha, Lamjung and Rupandehi),
18 Municipalities and 23 VDCs have
adopted EFLG through conduction of
various training/orientation programme
and other activities which enhance the
Output 7: ……………. Achievement on CROSS CUTTING THEME
45. Dhirkupokharai VDC of Kaski and Bhoje
VDC of Lamjung declared its one/one
ward as EFLG ward.
Vyas Mun. declared its two wards as
EFLG wards. Sunawal, Ramgram,
Devchuli, and Bardaghat declared more
than 3 thousand HHs as EFLG HHs.
Output 7: ……………. Achievement on CROSS CUTTING THEME
47. Key achievements and Results of LGCDP-
II
• A great contribution being made
by WCF/CAC in continuation and
strengthening of planning
process
• Local communities especially,
women, dalit, pro poor and
marginalized groups have
become vocal and empowered in
putting their voices and demands
in LBs and other service providing
48. Key achievements and Results of
LGCDP-II
• Grass root level governance
institutions like WCFs and CACs
formed under Social Mobilization
have played pivotal roles in
diminishing of social discrimination
and gender violence in local level
• Increased transparency and
accountability in Local Bodies due
to policy provisioning and practice
of Public Audit/Social Audit/Public
Hearing and initiation of e-
governance.
49. LGCDP-II
• Contribution in
reducing/minimizing Fiduciary
Risk in LBs through practice of
accountability tools as well as
LGAF/CSOs’ efforts and
empowered communities
capacitated by various
training/orientation.
• Creation of income generation
and contribution in rural
livelihood of poor people through
LIP/SIG projects intervened in
50. Key achievements and Results of
LGCDP-II
• GESI as an important and serious
cross cutting issue in
development process being
mainstreamed and strengthened
in policy as well as field
programme activities of LBs. At
the same time other issues like
CFLG and EFLG have been taken
into account and initiated for
incorporating it in district/Mun.
52. ISSUES/CHALLENGES………………..
Engaging WCFs in oversight
functioning of entire development
process/concept of federalism and
holding of local election and future
of WCF??
Mainstreaming of ultra-poor, children,
women and vulnerable groups in
LARGE scale in development process;
Full time utilization of LSPs/CSOs HRs
and making them accountable in their
job/LBs
53. ISSUES/CHALLENGES………………..
INADEQUATE
overhead/operational cost to LSPs
for monitoring purpose/logistic
support etc.Increment in Salary of Social
Mobilisers/Engineers/POs
Completion of UCPA covering
entire wards of VDCs and
MunicipalitiesMaking Target group budget
effective (focus on
infrastructure/small projects)
54. ISSUES/CHALLENGES………………..
Involvement of LDTA as NSP
for full support of SM
programme in field level;
Increasing Own Source
Revenue of LBs making them
less dependent to central level
fund;
Receiving of Trimester/Annual
Progress report on time
55. ISSUES/CHALLENGES………………..
Reducing fiduciary risk in
local level/PFM: Audit
arrears…
(Audit arrears of LGCDP I & II: around 81
crore/Pokhara RCU:16 DDCs- 9 crore 87
Lakh
Range- NRs. 1 lakh 40 thousand
(Mustang)
NRs. 2 crore 9 lakh (Rupandehi)
INCREASED number of
Municipalities Vs AVAILABILITY
of HRs/Physical infrastructure
and other facilities
56. ISSUES/CHALLENGES………………..
Understanding and promoting
e-Governance in LBs
Making vital event registration
and social security programme
effective in all LBs;Preparing QUALITY DPP/DTMP,
MPP/MTMP and its linkage with
Annual Plan
Co-ordination/collaboration and
Harmonization
58. Developing social
mobilization harmonization
framework and its effective
implementation/ Max.
mobilization of LSPs & SMs
and reviewing in
continuation of LDTA as
NSP
Developing strategies for
strengthening of New
Way
forward
Way
forward
59. Developing capacity of
WCFs for engaging them
in civic oversight and
making WCF as entry
point for overall
development process;
Strong and effective
monitoring by Local
Bodies/programme staff
for CSOs/LSPs and Social
Mobilisers performance;
Way
forward
Way
forward
60. Provisioning incentives for
LBs staff working as
LGCDP Focal Persons for
their additional
responsibilities (co-
odination/
monitoring/reporting…..)
Formation of task force for
settling of audit arrears
and developing of
strategy/taking of action
Way
forward
Way
forward
61. Introducing VERS-MIS in ALL
DDCs and Municipalities and
developing mechanism for
ensuring the VER/social security
allowance distribution;
Developing mechanism for
preparing Quality DPP (common
GL/monitoring by Center) and its
linkage with Annual Plan/Effective
facilitation by RCU/DL programme
staff
Way
forward
Way
forward