No. Country Name of NGO/CBO Contact Person Telephone Number Fax Number Email Address Website Address
Information on NGO/CBO
Project Name
Information on Project
Total Population
Poverty level
Profile of Municipal Management Project Start Date Project End Date
Stakeholders
Activities carried out
CE Practitioners
Capacity to support local governance reform
1 Iran Hamyaran Iran NGO Resource Center Dr. Reza Sheikh 98-21-22019696 or 98-21-22019797 98-21-22019696 or 98-21-22019797 info@hamyaran.org www.hamyaran.org
Established in 2000, Hamyaran is today an intermediate development NGO, a resource center to government and nongovernment stakeholders within the local development paradigm and an active advocate of local approaches to development planning in Iran, while its Knowledge Center is active in the field of providing literature on community-based development issues in Persian. Community Empowerment is presently the main thrust of this institution with particular focus on vulnerable groups within the target communities and economic empowerment through microcredit schemes. Community Empowerment – City of Ardekan (Province: Yazd) The city of Ardekan is located within the central region of Iran. It is a desert city. 3 inner-city districts have been the target of this project: Charkhab, Kushk-e No, Alibeyk. These districts are characterized by their historical architecture and unique urban texture (300 year old), dilapidation having set in course of time and migration of original inhabitants to modern districts of the city and beyond. Total population of the 3 districts: 4800
Two decile above poverty line, in danger of falling below
Stakeholders – Mayor’s Office (appointed mayor) and affiliated
offices, District Manager, elected city council Winter 2001
a. Community members b. Local representative community-based organization (representatives from 3 districts through area-based clusters, one man and one woman from each cluster total 22 members) c. Municipality: district manager and mayor d. District Governor e. Ardekan Office of Ministry of Health and Medical University (proponents of Healthy City Project, with similar aims and participatory approaches) 1) Neighborhood waste management
2) Light for alleys
3) Public park construction
4) Employment generation (over 50 workshops) through micro-credit
schemes
5) Scale up to include 4 more districts
Dr. Alireza Tajlili (MD), Lead social mobilizer
The project began with 3 target districts. It has now scaled up to 7. They all fall within the historical district of the city, which has been facing severe issues of degradation and many abandoned houses. The project has demonstrated to the municipality that rehabilitation of these districts can happen through the empowerment of the residents. Economic empowerment has increased incentives to stay. The municipality has been witness to the project and has called upon the local CBO to help with construction of neighborhood parks. Through the help of private philanthropy a house has been purchased in the old district. It has been renovated with the help of the Iranian Heritage Foundation (govt ministry in charge). A community support center will be established in the house and capacity building workshops carried out. Local officials next to community members will be the target as well and issues of governance reform advocated.
2 Iran Hamyaran Iran NGO Resource Center Dr. Reza Sheikh 98-21-22019696 or 98-21-22019797 98-21-22019696 or 98-21-22019797 info@hamyaran.org www.hamyaran.org
Established in 2000, Hamyaran is today an intermediate development NGO, a resource center to government and non-government stakeholders within the local development paradigm and an active advocate of local approaches to development planning in Iran, while its Knowledge Center is active in the field of providing literature on community-based development issues in Persian. Community Empowerment is presently the main thrust of this institution with particular focus on vulnerable groups within the target communities and economic empowerment through micro-credit schemes. Community Empowerment – City of Mashad (Province of Khorasan) The city of Mashad is located northeast of Iran. It has a population of about 3 million of which over
600,000 live in informal settlements on the margins of the city. The target of this project has been one
such settlement: Nodeh. Total population of Nodeh: 20,000 (increasing) Two deciles above and below poverty line, prominent presence of female-headed households
At the start of the project, Nodeh was considered a village (as it had been through the years). However it had begun receiving services from the Mashad municipality over the past 10 years under the office of informal settlement management of the Mashad municipality. Recently (since October 2006) it has been incorporated into the 2nd district of Mashad Municipality. Summer 2003
a. Settlement residents b. Local representative community-based organization (comprised of village council and additional 10 representatives from 5 different neighborhood zones as demarcated by the community) c. Governor‟s Office steering committee: Local branches of Ministry of Education, Labor, Health, Management and Planning Organization, Women Affairs, Welfare Organization, City Council, Endowment, Provincial NGO Board, Municipality, Governor‟s Office and District Management. d. Mashad Center for Coordination of Charity-Based Organizations
1. Pavement of a number of alleys in a number of zones
2. Construction of water ducts in a number of zones
3. Relocation of street peddlers from across the settlement and establishment of a weekly market
4. Micro-credit for female-headed household in cooperation with a partner NGO and the Agricultural Bank
(project has just begun).
Mr. Houshang Djazi, Mr. Reza Sheikh
Hamyaran made special effort to advocate its project with local authorities before it embarked on the project. This process took over a year, but in the end local authorities, from the governor of Mashad to the municipality and city council, espoused the project and lent its moral support to the endeavor. A specific management scheme was put in place whereby a committee of pertinent local authorities was established in Mashad municipality’s office of informal settlements in order to follow the project closely and to receive the prioritized needs list of the target community. Through participatory workshops held for the local authorities, they arrived at selection criteria and thus chose the site of the project. In effect a sense of ownership was thus instilled among them. Nodeh was thus selected by this local provincial committee. Nodeh was known for its poverty and social issues ranging from a significant number of female-headed households to drug abuse. Due to the very tense prevalent circumstances and the concerns of the local security forces, the project was also advocated with them and their support solicited. With the help of the Mashad University, a baseline study of Nodeh was performed and questionnaires were passed out. The results were gathered, analyzed and presented to the committee. After having secured support on all fronts, Hamyaran entered Nodeh. This project was adversely affected by change in governor, delaying project. Renewed advocacy with officials is underway. The recent incorporation into the city municipality has paved the way to approach the new management to advocate governance reform. It appears promising. Rallying point: how to incorporate an informal settlement into the city, while trying to overcome the textural gap through participatory methods enlisting the support of the local residents eager to become officially recognized
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3 Iran Hamyaran Iran NGO Resource Center Dr. Reza Sheikh 98-21-22019696 or 98-21-22019797 98-21-22019696 or 98-21-22019797 info@hamyaran.org www.hamyaran.org
Established in 2000, Hamyaran is today an intermediate development NGO, a resource center to government and non-government stakeholders within the local development paradigm and an active advocate of local approaches to development planning in Iran, while its Knowledge Center is active in the field of providing literature on community-based development issues in Persian. Community Empowerment is presently the main thrust of this institution with particular focus on vulnerable groups within the target communities and economic empowerment through micro-credit schemes. Community Empowerment – City of Bam (Province of Kerman) The city of Bam is located in the south of Iran. It is a desert city. It was hit by a
devastating earthquake on Christmas Eve 2004, killing over 30% of the residents
and destroying the whole city and adjacent villages. This project began during the
post-reconstruction phase targeting the district of Baravat. Preliminary meetings
with Total population of Baravat: 25,000 above poverty line, in danger of falling below
Under Bam municipality, has its own district manager and local elected council
Winter 2005
a. Community members b. Local community micro-credit management board and self-help groups c. District management and council d. UNDP and GEF as principal donors
Preliminary meetings with community members indicated that their most pressing need
was economic rehabilitation. A community micro-credit fund was established based on
community savings along side donor funding and managed by the local community
representatives. The chest has over 140 members, over 60 have received loans, which
have been directly invested into local businesses.
Mr. Houshang Djazi, Mr. Mehdi Shafiee: lead social mobilizers and Ms. Massumeh Torabi: micro-credit fund coordinator
The active participation of the local community members in setting up a community chest under severe post-earthquake conditions, while reconstruction projects remain to be completed, has had a very positive affect on the local officials. The district governor, municipality and council have been following the progress of the project. Members of the board of the fund have been asked to partake in city council meetings. The next phase of the project will be addressing infrastructural concerns of the residents. Closer collaboration with municipality officials can be foreseen, governance reform issues can thus be advocated.
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4 Iran Hamyaran Iran NGO Resource Center Dr. Reza Sheikh 98-21-22019696 or 98-21-22019797 98-21-22019696 or 98-21-22019797 info@hamyaran.org www.hamyaran.org
Established in 2000, Hamyaran is today an intermediate development NGO, a resource center to government and non-government stakeholders within the local development paradigm and an active advocate of local approaches to development planning in Iran, while its Knowledge Center is active in the field of providing literature on community-based development issues in Persian. Community Empowerment is presently the main thrust of this institution with particular focus on vulnerable groups within the target communities and economic empowerment through micro-credit schemes. Community Empowerment – Ramsar (Province of Mazandaran) With a surface area of 13850 hectares, the Safarud forest covers the
Alborz Mountains south of the Caspian Sea city of Ramsar north of Iran.
This project has targeted the six villages strewn along the Safarud valley:
Mazulenge, Mianlat, Disser, Gavramak, Bamosi and Vachkelaye.
1800
Poverty line, in danger of falling below
These six villages are less than half and hour away from the city of Ramsar. As villages they fall under the authority of the local district manager of the governorship. The municipality of Ramsar is in close contact as well, due to fact that they are using the forests as sites to dispose city trash. Each village has an elected council.
Autumn 2003 a. Village community members b. Village councils c. Safarud Forest Cooperative d. Forest and Watershed Management Organization (donor - FRWMO) e. Natural Resources Office f. Governor‟s Office g. Local ENGOs h. GEF as principal donor
A census from ten years ago indicates that 1824 persons lived permanently in the 30 villages strewn across this forest zone. A “no grazing, no lumbering” policy was put in place 6 years prior to the census in1989 by the Forest and Water Protection and Management Organization (governmental office in charge). A local lumbering cooperative was formed and they took over the task of restricted lumbering of the region. By the time of the census two villages had become deserted. Many villagers had lost their means of economic sustenance as a direct result of the ban. Hamyaran has tried put in place a collaborative forest conservation project in Safarud. This has entailed convincing a doubting governmental office, soliciting the support of an uneasy cooperative and suspicious inhabitants of target villages.
Mr. Houshang Djazi, Mr. Mehdi Shafiee
This environmental and community-based participatory research project has paved the way to address development issues of the region. In the course of the project the local officials ranging from authorities in charge of environmental to development issues of the region have been brought on board and participatory methods advocated at large. The governor’s office has been following the project close up. The forest cooperative who is the key agent in development of the region is keenly pursuing the project. The FRWMO and the Natural Resources office have been present as capacity building agents. Local governance reform will be advocated as the outcome of the participatory model presented.
5 Iran Hamyaran Iran NGO Resource Center Dr. Reza Sheikh 98-21-22019696 or 98-21-22019797 98-21-22019696 or 98-21-22019797 info@hamyaran.org www.hamyaran.org
Established in 2000, Hamyaran is today an intermediate development NGO, a resource center to government and non-government stakeholders within the local development paradigm and an active advocate of local approaches to development planning in Iran, while its Knowledge Center is active in the field of providing literature on community-based development issues in Persian. Community Empowerment is presently the main thrust of this institution with particular focus on vulnerable groups within the target communities and economic empowerment through micro-credit schemes. Community Empowerment – Chalanchulan (Province of Lorestan)
The western province of Lorestan was hit be an earthquake in April 2006. This target area of this project includes the city of Chalanchulan (village recently turned city) and two villages nearby. The reconstruction phase is practically over. Lorestan is the home to tribes who have settled over the past century. This area is strewn with villages divided along clans and tribal kinship. Main source of income is animal husbandry and daily labor.
800-1000
Two decile above poverty line, the construction drive after the earthquake has initiated a concerted drive to embitter living conditions, infrastructural developments has had a positive effect on standard of livings, dire livelihood issues remain.
District management, Mayor’s Office and underlying offices, elected city
and village councils
Autumn 2006 a. City and village community members b. City and village councils c. District Manager d. Municipality e. Governor‟s Office f. UNDP - Iran as partial donor
Preliminary baseline studies indicate that a community development chest would
best serve the needs of the communities in order to promote participatory local
development planning. Social Mobilization phase has begun. A local steering
committee of key government and community stakeholders is to be formed to
follow the project and community needs advocated.
Mr. Mehdi Shafiee: lead social mobilizers, Ms. Massumeh Torabi: micro-credit fund coordinator, Ms. Sorayya Bahmanpour: lead sociologist
This project has just started. The conditions on the ground for promoting
governance issues appear to be formidable. The center of the district,
Chalanchulan, has been recently named city and with proper advocacy it is
possible to promote capacity building for local municipality officials and the elected
city council. The combination of city and village protagonists as key stakeholders
can be planed for and participatory development planning practiced. The proximity
of villages lends itself to devising scaling up strategies from the start.
6 Iran Green Front of Iran Ms. Samira Farahani +98(0)912 3845 610, +93(0)799 26 9988 samira.farahani@gmail.com www.greenfront.org Green Front of Iran (GFI) was established in 1989 in Tehran. After initial establishment, GFI members
started negotiation with many scholars, university professors and distinguished individuals in order to
use their experiences to lighten the way for future. This led to the point where GFI considered public
awareness on environmental issues as its first and primary goal and started several programs in that
way. Community Empowerment- for Mangrove conservation This project in Gowatar Bay in the southern-western corner of Iran has attempted to adopt a communitycentered approach towards exploring the status and influence of the mangrove forest in local life and livelihood, placing particular emphasis on the participation and empowerment of the local community for managing local resources, including mangroves. Drought, lack of livelihood resources and opportunities, illiteracy and poverty are all common features of the Gowatar region, not least Kollani village- part of the Dashtyari district of Sistan and Baloochestan province, about 100 km from Chabahar and near the boarder of Pakistan. The villagers of Kollani are the nearest community to the mangrove forests. Kollani is one of the most deprived villages in the province, lacking access to basic needs such as fresh water, health and education. 1500
below poverty line
February 2002-2004 community members and council; b. district governor; c. Bureau of Ministry of Health in Chabahar; d. Bureau of Ministry of Education; e. Bureau of natural resources- Ministry of Jihad and Agriculture; f. Green Front of Iran; g. UNDP/GEF-SGP (donor). The mangrove project had, invested much of its resources into facilitating active community involvement in the various stage of the process, which have included: 1- appraisal of local conditions and structures; 2- assessment and prioritization of community needs; 3- design and planning of practical initiatives; 4- phased implementation of the initiatives, managed progressively by local community; 5- designing and combining awareness and livelihood related initiatives for weaker household with a participatory model of managing the forest resource. The project has aimed to focus on activities that potentially, (a) respond to common needs and issues; and (b) provide and environment conductive to participatory planning and management of public goods, facilities and resources. Some of these include: 1- coordination of the construction of a local health care unit and training of local health workers by the relevant Health department; 2- pursuing the assignment of female teachers to the village; 3- formation of a local „working‟ council, made up of nominated and elected representatives of the different parts of the village community, to pursue the various activities in operation; 4- mobilizing community expertise and labor in constructing a multi-functional hut library; 5- pursuing the issuance of insurance and id cards; construction of hygienic toilets; and regular access to drinking water;
Seyed Babak Mousavi as the project consultant
There have also been features which the project team has consciously and consistently pursued, with the aim of their institutionalization within the project life cycle and beyond: trying to facilitate the relation between the local community and local authorities regarding the statues quo in the region; meetings and negotiations with relevant stakeholders, including local authorities, aimed at their timely and participatory involvement in the process; reflection and feedback sessions and reports within the project team and implementing agency, aimed at individual and institutional capacity building. What determined a development project‟s credibility is its influence on the socio-economic and cultural life of local people, and they should be the ones to judge the impacts. Also, for any activity, especially a pilot deriving conclusions, lessons and models from the whole process demands on extensive review of the different aspects of the project. Therefore a participatory evaluation and reflection within the local community must be considered as the completion stage of this project. Intangible human, social, political and cultural impacts are usually afforded much less significance, even through their long-term effects in and around the local communities are probably far more sustained.
No. Country Name of NGO/CBO Contact Person Telephone Number Fax Number Email Address Website Address
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Project Name
Information on Project
Total Population Poverty level
Profile of Municipal Management
Project Start Date Project End Date
Stakeholders
Activities carried out
CE Practitioners Capacity to support local governance reform
1 Lebanon Association d'Aide au Developpement Rurale Mr. Ali Ezzeddine 961-3-665086 961-7-742806 ali.ezzeddine@adr.org.lb www.adr.org.lb P. O. Box: 11-7427- Beirut- Lebanon P.O.Box: 85- Tyre- Lebanon
The activity of the Association started in the early 90‟s where by some of the founders that came originally from the city of Tyre launched several initiatives in an informal way. About that time south Lebanon was seriously suffering due to more than 20 years of conflicts mainly due to Israeli occupation. Thanks to donations of Lebanese individuals, emergency funds were allocated for people in need mainly addressing the fishermen community, one of the most marginalized groups in Lebanon. By April 6th 1998 the association was officially registered at the Lebanese Ministry of Interior. Institutional funding from international and national sources was then available to the Association that increased the areas of intervention and set two formal programs: Micro credit and vocational training. The continuous private and institutional support has allowed the Association to sustain its activities that are currently provided through four programs: Agriculture, micro credit, social services and vocational training. Micro-Credit Project
Southern Lebanon is divided into 2 governorates (Mohafazat): South Lebanon and Nabattiyeh, that include 7 administrative districts (cazas): Saida-Zahrani, Tyre, Jezzine, Nabattiyeh, Marjayoun, Hasbaya, and Bint-Jbeil. The region includes 3 main cities and 300 towns and villages of which 288 are municipalities. According to the Ministry of Interior & Municipalities, the population in the region is around 472,000 inhabitants. Territories of the cazas of Tyre, Marjeyoun, Jezzine, Hasbaya, and Bint-Jbeil were occupied by Israeli army until the year 2000; nowadays the Israeli conflict remains latent with sporadic clashes that difficult the complete recovery of private investment in the area. The second higher national percentage of households living in very low conditions is located in the south (67.2% in Bint-Jbeil region compared to the national average of 7.2%), also the south is second in rates of people living in extreme poverty. In addition, four main refugee camps with several scattered ones are located in the surroundings of Tyre and Saida with an estimated population of 100,000 individuals. These are not included in national statistics and their living conditions are very degraded. Target area population: Casa of Tyre: 180,000 Two deciles above poverty line South Lebanon Socio economic situation in south Lebanon has been extremely affected by more than 20 years of conflict due mainly to Israeli occupation. In relation to the human capital, the conflict has left thousands of deceased and therefore orphans and widows, as well as injured and disabled; in relation to material losses left private and public infrastructures destroyed or deteriorated. 1999 ongoing 1. Community members: Fisherman of Tyre, inhabitants of the old quarters of Tyre, rural area inhabitants of the Casa of Tyre, Palestenian refugees 2. Federation of municipalities of Casa of Tyre 3. Project Donors: Lebanese Bank and EU, USAid, UNDP, ESCWA 4. ADR 1. micro-credit 2. establishment of agricultural center providing various services to farmers 3. vocational training 4. decentralized cooperation 5. support civil society organizations / cooperataives 6. construction of social lodgings
Federation of municipalities have direct interest vested in the projects and are close observers, already exhibited high capacity
vers, already exhibited high capacity for reform
No. Country Name of NGO/CBO Contact Person Telephone Number Fax Number Email Address Website Address
Information on NGO/CBO
Project Name Information on Project Total Population Poverty level Profile of Municipal Management Project Start Date Project End Date Stakeholders
Activities carried out
CE Practitioners Capacity to support local governance reform
1 Egypt Community and Institutional Development Dr. Laila Iskandar 202-7364479 202-7364476 laila@cid.com.eg www.cid.com.eg
17 El Mara'shly Street, 7th Floor, Apt. 16, Zamlek, Cairo, Egypt CID IS A CONSULTING FIRM which designs and implements integrated programs and monitors their sustainability in community, communication and institutional development. CID HELPS COMMUNITIES and institutions achieve social, economic and environmental sustainability through the creation of public private partnerships using a multidisciplinary approach to development
Poverty line and below
1. Municipalities 2. Community members 3. CID
1. Establish SWM Transfer Stations, in Nuweiba, South Sinai, Egypt 1998ongoing.Design solid waste management systems in South Sinai and other parts of Egypt based on the separation at source of solid waste. 2. Plan, design and conduct community awareness campaigns, mobilizing community participation and stakeholder partnership to institute a self-financing system for solid waste management, leading to sustainable tourism development. 3. Train heads of Municipal Waste departments in 26 governorates, USAID Training Program 1999-2000. 4. Design recycling projects for girls & women in Cairo's urban community based on a non-formal model of education, 1988-1998. 5. Assess the relationship between SWM projects and water & wastewater issues in rural Egypt, 1994-1998. 6. Institutional strengthening of local non-profits and municipalities around environmental issues.
Local institutions on board
2 Egypt Environmental Quality International Ms. Randa Ismail Fahmy
rfahmy@eqi.com.eg www.eqi.com.eg Cairo based consultancy firm specializing in development projects that focus on governance, environment, natural resources, microfinance and enterprise development
The Siwa Sustainable Development Initiative Built around Siwa ecolodge (private sector), engage Siwa local community, trigger participatory development planning
2001 1. Local community 2. local government 3. Ecolodge 4. Extensive Foreign donor community 1. Siwan Women‟s Artisanship 2. Two Springs Restoration 3. Solid Waste Management Design 4. Siwa City Consultations • Plastic Bag Substitution Initiative • Solid Waste Collection System • Design of Routing and Collection System 5.Clean-up of Pilot Areas • Capacity Building o f Municipal Employees
Local institution on board
No. Country Name of NGO/CBO Contact Person Telephone Number Fax Number Email Address Website Address
Information on NGO/CBO
Project Name
Information on Project Total Population Poverty level Profile of Municipal Management Project Start Date Project End Date Stakeholders
Activities carried out
CE Practitioners Capacity to support local governance reform
1 Turkey SURKAL Dr. Ahmet Saltik 90-312-472680 saltik@surkal.org.tr www.surkal.org.tr Getin Emeg Blv.5.Cad. 5/3 o6460-Y.Ovelier/Ankara, Turkey
Northeast Anatolia Participatory Rural Development Project Project implemented in 20 villages of 6 districts of 3 provinces (Erzurum, Kars, Ardahan) of one of the least developed regions of Turkey (East Anatolia). Region characterized by low productivity, insufficient extension services, limited social and physcial infrastructure, low level of education and organized action. Also minimal awareness of community-based interventions and pervasive suspicion of NGOs. Two deciles above and below poverty line
1. Local government 2. rural and urban communities 3. local CSOs 4. Donor: UNDP 5. Surkal
Project goal: develop a human-centered, participatory and sustainable models for social and economic development in the region. Carry out research, training, agricultural projects, and participatory M&E.
Dr. Ahmet Saltik Overall suspicion working with civil society, security concerns overshadow, potential for reform
2 Turkey TEMA Foundation Mr. Murat Ermis 90-212-2837816 90 212 281 11 32 muratermis@tema.org.tr www.tema.org.tr Çayır Çimen Sokak Emlak Kredi Blokları A-2 Blok Kat:2 Daire:8 34330 Leventİstanbul TURKEY
The TEMA Foundation (The Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion, for Reforestation and the Protection of Natural Habitats) was founded on 11th September 1992 by two prominent Turkish businessmen Hayrettin Karaca, the founder of Karaca Arboretum, UN Environment Award Owner and Nihat Gökyiğit, co-founder of Tekfen Holding, the founder of the Turkey - Commonwealth of Independent States business councils and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Council.TEMA Foundation implements reforestation, afforestation, carbon sequestration and biodiversity protection projects in areas subject to erosion, in order to regain the green cover, wild life and ecological balance. The foundation, with the support of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry has planted 2,2 million saplings over an area of 2.350 hectares under 25 different reforestation projects through the sponsorship of individuals and companies. TEMA believes that poverty alleviation in rural areas is indispensable in order to combat erosion. Therefore, creating alternative income resources for the community and increasing the agricultural production capacity are essential. Rural development projects aim to achieve the sustainable development while preventing erosion and protecting the environment . TEMA Foundation, in order to show the possibilities of combating with soil erosion, creates and implements model rural development projects. The first model rural development project was launched in 1994, in İzmir, Bergama, Çamavlu Village on grazeland rehabilitation. Presently, TEMA works on 35 Rural Development Projects in 100.000 hectares area throughout Turkey. Project Name: Reforestation of Bayburt region.
Project works to combat soil erosion for reforestation and protection of natural habitats and rural development in the Bayburt region. 5 target villages.
2359 Poverty line and above Dec-97 ongoing 1. Governorship of Bayburt 2. Local government 3. Donor: BMZ and GTZ 4. Communities, elders 5. TEMA
In Bayburt region: 1.Autonomous implementation of erosion control measures by providing participation of the local people; 2. Enhancement of agricultural productivity and income diversification in the project region; 3.Development of the capacity building of the governmental institutions in relation to conservation and utilisation of the natural resources in a sustainable manner; 4.Dissemination of the results and experiences of the project for another parts of Turkey. Mr. Murat Ermis, International Relations Extensive relation with local officials in all projects, participatory planning practiced, governance reform advocated
No. Country Name of NGO/CBO Contact Person Telephone Number Fax Number Email Address Website Address
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Project Name
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Total Population Poverty level Profile of Municipal Management Project Start Date Project End Date
Stakeholders
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CE Practitioners Capacity to support local governance reform
1 Afghanistan Ockenden International Ms. Samira Farahani
kabul@ockenden.org.uk ,samira.farahani@gmail.com www.ockenden.org.uk Ockenden International works with some of the most vulnerable communities in the world. We provide opportunities to rebuild lives torn apart by conflict or natural disaster, helping restore self-reliance to displaced people.
Afghanistan is believed to be among the three poorest nations in the world and is also responsible for three quarters of the world‟s opium. The rate of the poverty is 53% and real GDP growth rate is 13.8% .
It is in this environment that Ockenden provides many Afghan people with basic services and the opportunity to have a say in how their community develops. Ockenden has been operational in Afghanistan since 1995, initially focusing in the west. Community Empowerment – Ghazni province: Home-Based Schools
(HBS)
Children suffer, often physically and emotionally from witnessing or
experiencing conflict and war, suffering trauma as a result of having been
exposed to violence and death of close family friends of relatives.
With almost half the Afghan population under the age of 18, and a conflict
that lasted more than 20 years, half of all Afghans have never been free of
conflict or experienced peace within their communities.
Nov-05 Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration (BPRM) Community members Local representative Community development councils District Governor Ministry of Education Local suppliers Ockenden International
50 Home Based Schools were established in Waghaz and Jaghatu districts. The purpose of establishing the HBS is to provide education facilities for small children who are not likely to have the chance to attend formal schools. The reasons for this include the lack of proper schools, the large distances from pupils‟ homes to the schools, and cultural taboos that prevent young girls from leaving their homes and attending school. Establishing HBS also provided an employment opportunity for literate women from low-income families to earn a livelihood, albeit for a small period of time. It is hoped that establishing schools within the communities will encourage parents to send children first to the HBS and then later to a formal school and make them aware of the importance and benefit of literacy and education. An overarching goal of the program and of this component is also to encourage community participation that will build a healthy society based on learning and trust. Selection of teachers and students Community members from Sar-e-Ab and Kakrak Valley of Waghaz and Torgan, Shaki Valley and Qala-e-Yusuf in Jaghatu – especially women –actively participated in establishing HBS and helped select the 50 HBS teachers. The 50 teachers were selected according to the requested criteria as well as an evaluation test. Also 1,522 boys and girls were selected after discussions between the Shura (council) members and the Ockenden team. When selecting the teachers, preference was given to women who had worked as teachers with Ockenden before, students in senior classes of government schools in the target areas, women who were internally displaced people (IDPs) or from returnee families and women heading their families. Mr. Ghous.M, Lead social mobilizer
2 Afghanistan Ockenden International Ms. Samira Farahani
kabul@ockenden.org.uk ,samira.farahani@gmail.com www.ockenden.org.uk Ockenden International works with some of the most vulnerable communities in the world. We provide opportunities to rebuild lives torn apart by conflict or natural disaster, helping restore self-reliance to displaced people.
Afghanistan is believed to be among the three poorest nations in the world and is also responsible for three quarters of the world‟s opium. The rate of the poverty is 53% and real GDP growth rate is 13.8% .
It is in this environment that Ockenden provides many Afghan people with basic services and the opportunity to have a say in how their community develops. Ockenden has been operational in Afghanistan since 1995, initially focusing in the west.
Community Empowerment- Nimroz province: National Solidarity Program
The National Solidarity Program (NSP) was created by the Government of Afghanistan to develop the ability of Afghan communities to identify, plan manage and monitor their own development projects. NSP promotes a new development paradigm whereby communities are empowered to make decisions and control resources during all stages of the project cycle. In accordance with government policy the program is expected to lay the foundations for a long-term strengthening of local governance to make it more inclusive (e.g. for women, internally displaced persons, returnees and ethnic minorities) and to provide assistance for the reconstruction and development of communities . The goal of the NSP is to reduce poverty in Afghanistan by empowering communities though improvements in governance and social, human and economic capital.
Population of the province: 295000
Oct-03 Community members Local representative Community development councils District Governor Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and development (MRRD) Local suppliers
empowered 195 communities in Zaranj, Kang and Chakhansoor districts of Nimroz province To built strong ties with the communities and local government officials. Community mobilization, voter registration took place. Both female and male voters were registered, and there were no problems during the registration process. Once the process for voter registration was completed, elections took place to elect the Community Development Councils (CDC). For many of the communities this was novel and the rules and regulations of the elections had to be carefully explained. The entire process of elections was closely facilitated by the Social Organizers and Local Facilitators, male and female Social Organizers and monitored by representatives of RRD/NSP/OC and OI‟s Provincial Program Manager and M&E Officer. These elections were held according to the NSP policy of „universal suffrage‟, secret balloting and female and male participation. The participation of community members in the election process was high ranging from 85%-97% in the villages. Secret balloting was very useful and avoided exertion of power by individual community members. Women were encouraged to participate in the process, and the female Social Organizers worked hard to ensure women overcame social stigmas and actively participated in the election processes. The election process for women was held separately from the men‟s that enabled many of the women to participate confidently in the process. The women‟s participation was higher than that of male community members. The Communities then prepared a five years Development Plan (CDP) through a participatory process of need assessment, using some PRA tools to prioritize problems. The MRRD approved some of the community projects funded by World Bank, for the first time the communities implemented the projects at the village level. The fund flawed directly to the community bank account, for which the CDCs were accountable to the communities. For the first time in Afghanistan the CDCs accepted the responsibilities of book keeping, accounting and monitoring of their projects
Eng.Aman Sarhadi, Lead social mobilizer
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3 Afghanistan Ockenden International Ms. Samira Farahani
kabul@ockenden.org.uk ,samira.farahani@gmail.com www.ockenden.org.uk Ockenden International works with some of the most vulnerable communities in the world. We provide opportunities to rebuild lives torn apart by conflict or natural disaster, helping restore self-reliance to displaced people.
Afghanistan is believed to be among the three poorest nations in the world and is also responsible for three quarters of the world‟s opium. The rate of the poverty is 53% and real GDP growth rate is 13.8% .
It is in this environment that Ockenden provides many Afghan people with basic services and the opportunity to have a say in how their community develops. Ockenden has been operational in Afghanistan since 1995, initially focusing in the west.
Emergency- Community based approach, Farah province (Farah, Pusht-e-Rud
and Qala-e-Kah districts) :Working towards reintegrating returnees within their communities, and preventing further displacement of the most vulnerable returnees, IDPs and host population.
Total population of the three districts covered: 216448
Jun-05 Community members Local representative community development councils Local suppliers District Governor MRRD, RRD, Ministry of Public Health
To improve the well being of 1,200 of the most vulnerable families in the target areas through: strengthened community self-organisation, and access to basic housing. Mechanisms for identification are included: Participatory mapping exercises Household livelihoods surveys House to house visits Reports and recommendations from the female and male shuras (Councils) Reports from neighbouring villages Beneficiaries selected once the project begins. For individual beneficiary selection, a range of vulnerability criteria is used, including: Household income Status of head of household (widows, disabled and elderly people will be prioritised) Number of dependents Recently returned to Afghanistan When the shelter beneficiary was selected the land of each beneficiary was seen by OI site engineer and community Mobs. Mostly the returnees or IDPs don not have a big piece of land so considering the land area, OI engineer drawn the map which contains of tow rooms one hall and separate washroom and latrine. The shelters beneficiaries agreed to construct their shelters within the project timeframe. But some of widows and host community could not construct their shelters without help of CDCs. So our community Mobs encouraged the CDCs to help the widows or construct their shelters. Totally 158 shelters beneficiaries moved to their shelter in three target district. Farah Centre: 118 Pusht-e-Rud: 25 Qala-e-Kah: 15
Farid Barikzay, Lead social mobilizer
4 Afghanistan Rural Rehabilitation Association for Afghanistan (NPO/RRAA) Dr. Mohammad Shafiq Yari Cell Phone: 0093 – 799 358354 mohd_shafiq_yari@yahoo.com, rraawest@yahoo.com
The Norwegian project office/Rural Rehabilitation Association for Afghanistan (NPO/RRAA) was first established as a non-profit and non-political organization in 1990 under the name of “The Norwegian Project Office” (NPO), taking over some projects implemented by the Austrian Relief Committee since 1984. One of these projects was ASAR (Assist Skilled Afghan Refugees). The goal of ASAR was to assist Afghans to assist themselves by using their own skills which lead to independence and self support. The program included provision of assistance in the form of tool kits to individual skilled persons, provision of technical training and preparing an environment in which the skilled persons are able to use their skills and make necessary income to support their families. NPO/RRAA was directly linked to and supervised by the Norwegian Refugee Council / Norwegian Church Aid in Pakistan until the end of 1993. From 1994 NPO became an independent Afghan NGO. In September 1994 the name of the organization was altered to Norwegian Project Office/Rural Rehabilitation Association for Afghanistan (NPO/RRAA). Since its establishment NPO/RRAA has been involved in the implementation of projects both in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Pakistan programs, implemented in the refugee camps in NWFP of Pakistan, were aimed at assisting Afghan refugees living in Pakistan. The programs have mainly had a nature of income generation designed to assist vulnerable male and female individuals including female-headed households. From 1993 NPO/RRAA expanded its activities in Afghanistan, while reducing programs in Pakistan. The organization is operating through four Regional Offices based in Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kabul and Jalalabad cities to implement programs in surrounding provinces with a Head Office based in Kabul city functioning as a coordination body in the organization.
Integrated Community Health Care Services in Hirat and Badghis Provinces
A key feature of the Afghan approach to health policy is to educate people about their health care needs and to work in a participatory manner with the communities themselves. This approach will not only educate the communities but also empower them to protect their own health. The training and deployment of community health workers (CHWs) is one of the main mechanisms being used by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and non-governmental organizations (NGO) to provide the BPHS in Afghanistan. Community participation in planning and prioritizing health services is essential for a client-centered approach to providing the BPHS, and the establishment of Shura-e-sehi (Community Health Committees) is vital to mobilizing the community.
The Integrated Community Health Care Services a multi-year program implemented by NPO/RRAA was started in April 2003 funded by MSH/USAID, CA-UK (Christian Aid) and Malteser Germany in seven districts of Hirat and Badghis provinces of Afghanistan, which covered 522,193 persons.
The Program aims to improve the health of women of reproductive age and of children under five by increasing their use of basic health services and educating people about their health care needs and working in a participatory manner with the communities themselves.
Community mobilization led by the Shura-e-sehi (Shura or community health committee) is essential to the success of the community health program, health facility outreach and health promotion activities in our country (Afghanistan). With the provision of Community Leadership training initiative, the communities are first mobilized to help form and educate community health committees or Shuras. These committees are then expected to assist and support villagelevel Community Health Services and Workers. Process of Forming and Training Community Health Shuras: Following Community Leadership training from REACH (Rural Expansion of Afghanistan Community-based HealthCare Program) we helped the Village Shura form a Community Health Shura, which successfully enrolled females, who comprised 25-30 percent of the Community Health Shura members. We provided a two-day of orientation and training to the Shura members on their roles. As well as an Annual Action Plan was prepared at each Community Health Shura level and progress reviewed monthly. Shura Involvement in Action Plan Implementation: Effective monthly Shura meetings improve health performance in the community and are the only formal forum in which the Community Health Shura and CHW interaction takes place. Shura members review CHW performance in their monthly meeting. To make these meetings more effective, Shura members are oriented to the participatory performance review process and decision making. Functioning CHSs help the Shuras document meeting minutes; in our mid-term review it is come to our notice that 65 percent of the planned activities are being implemented. Seventy-five percent or more of the Shura members attended the monthly meetings and there is a good system for keeping records on Community Health Shura activities as well as providing feed-back and technical assistance to the Shura members. By following this approach we have notices that majority of the community members correctly understand the purpose of forming the Community Health Shura and their role and responsibilities. All Shura members know about EPI site as a place for vaccination for children aged less than 5 years. Male and female members had virtually equal knowledge about the health facility. Knowledge about ANC (antenatal Care) and modern FP (Family Planning) methods was very clear among male and female members, though female members knew more about RTI (Reproductive Tract Infection) than did male members.
5 Afghanistan Rural Rehabilitation Association for Afghanistan (NPO/RRAA) Dr. Mohammad Shafiq Yari Cell Phone: 0093 – 799 358354 mohd_shafiq_yari@yahoo.com, rraawest@yahoo.com
The Norwegian project office/Rural Rehabilitation Association for Afghanistan (NPO/RRAA) was first established as a non-profit and non-political organization in 1990 under the name of “The Norwegian Project Office” (NPO), taking over some projects implemented by the Austrian Relief Committee since 1984. One of these projects was ASAR (Assist Skilled Afghan Refugees). The goal of ASAR was to assist Afghans to assist themselves by using their own skills which lead to independence and self support. The program included provision of assistance in the form of tool kits to individual skilled persons, provision of technical training and preparing an environment in which the skilled persons are able to use their skills and make necessary income to support their families. NPO/RRAA was directly linked to and supervised by the Norwegian Refugee Council / Norwegian Church Aid in Pakistan until the end of 1993. From 1994 NPO became an independent Afghan NGO. In September 1994 the name of the organization was altered to Norwegian Project Office/Rural Rehabilitation Association for Afghanistan (NPO/RRAA). Since its establishment NPO/RRAA has been involved in the implementation of projects both in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Pakistan programs, implemented in the refugee camps in NWFP of Pakistan, were aimed at assisting Afghan refugees living in Pakistan. The programs have mainly had a nature of income generation designed to assist vulnerable male and female individuals including female-headed households. From 1993 NPO/RRAA expanded its activities in Afghanistan, while reducing programs in Pakistan. The organization is operating through four Regional Offices based in Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kabul and Jalalabad cities to implement programs in surrounding provinces with a Head Office based in Kabul city functioning as a coordination body in the organization.
. National Solidarity Program (NSP) in Hirat, Badghis and Nangarhar Provinces
The National Solidarity Program (NSP) is initiated by the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) of Afghanistan with funding from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group, the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF), and other donors. The National Solidarity Program (NSP) is aiming at developing the ability of Afghan communities to identify, plan, manage and monitor their own development projects. NSP promotes a new development paradigm whereby communities are empowered to make decisions and manage resources during all stages of the project cycle. The program will lay the foundation for a sustainable form of inclusive local governance, rural reconstruction, and poverty alleviation. Program Goals NSP is designed to alleviate rural poverty and establish a foundation for improved local governance by:
Core Elements NSP consists of four core elements: 1. Community mobilization - facilitating elections to establish Community Development Councils (CDCs) and helping CDCs identify priority subprojects, prepare Community Development Plans, and implement approved subprojects. 2. Building the capacities of CDC and community members (both men and women) in participation, consensus84 communities with the total population of 153,815
CDC law, NSP Goal & Objective, NSP principles, NSP core elements and engineering trainings by NSP/OC training department.
11 CDCs registration are to be completed in the near future,
NSP target areas. The Established CDCs are provided the required knowledge and capacities to identify their problems, make prioritization of problems and provide required strategies for their problems.
existing districts, as 30 communities in Qala-e-Naw the capital of Badghis province and 30 communities in Kushk-eKohna district of Hirat province,
acquire the required knowledge and experience from an experienced organization who had long experience in NSP implementation, we have considered UN-Habitat for conducting an exposure visit from one of its NSP districts to observe the NSP mobilization process and learn from their experiences.