History of DFID-CSP
DFID Nepal designed 'Support to Conflict Affected Communities
in Mid and Far Western Region of Nepal' programme in January
2003. The mission of the programme was to support DFID Nepal's
Basic Services pillar of Nepal Country Assistance Plan.
In June 2003, programme management team together with programme
lead advisor renamed its name as 'Community Support Programme'.
Community Support Programme (CSP) estalished its Programme
Office in June 2003. The staffing procedure and opening
the District Programme Office in 6 focus districts, namely
Baitadi, Kailali, Surkhet, Rukum, Jumla and Mugu, completed
in Novemer 2003. Though major focus was on those 6 districts
but projects were funded in other districts of Mid and Far
Western Region of Nepal.
Community Support Strategy
On the basis of learnings of CSP, DFID decided to expand
its programme in other highly conflict affected districts
of Nepal. DFID Nepal created 'Community Support Strategy'
(CSS). The strategy implented in 39 districts of Nepal from
July 2004.
Lead Implementers
DFID Nepal included Care
Nepal, Rural Reconstruction
Nepal to implement CSS after July 2004, including opening
programme management office in Dhankuta. DFID-CSP West,
DFID-CSP East, Care Nepal and Rural Reconstruction Programme
have been implementing community support programme in 8,
6, 9 and 16 districts respectively.
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CSS Programme Coverage Districts
CSS covers 39 districts of Eastern, Western, Mid Western
and Far Western Region of Nepal.
| DFID - CSP West |
DFID-CSP East |
Care Nepal (Asha) |
Rural Reconstruction Nepal |
Eastern Development
Region |
| |
Dhankuta
Okhaldhunga
Panchthar
Taplejung
Terhathum
Udayapur
|
|
Bhojpur
Ilam
Jhapa
Khotang
Morang
Sankhuwasabha
Saptari
Siraha
Solukhumbu
Sunsari |
Eastern Development
Region |
| |
|
Gorkha |
|
Mid Western
Development Region |
Dailekh
Jajarkot
Jumla
Mugu
Rukum
Surkhet |
|
Kalikot
Pyuthan
|
Banke
Bardiya
Dang
Rolpa
Salyan
|
Far Western
Development Region |
Baitadi
Kailali
|
|
Achham
Bajhang
Bajura
Dadeldhura
Doti
Darchula
|
Kanchanpur
|
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CSP Nepalgunj
Programe Districts
DFID-CSP West Nepalgunj
The programme is an Umbrella Fund; designed to deliver
immediate demand-led supports to communities for the sustainable
and equitable improvement of their livelihoods. This includes
exdending support to communities through several mechanisms,
namely directly to communities through community-based organizations
(CBOs), with the facilitation of CSP Community Support Officers
(CSOs) based on 8 district., NGOs and other intermediaries
and other DFID funded programme with strong links with the
communities are also awarded projects. CSP synergistically
add complementary to the efforts of other development organisations.
In the first year of of DFID-CSP, it financed projects
in 22 districts of Mid and Far Western Region. DFID Nepal
implemented CSS from July 2004. Programe then intensified
its funding to reach in the deeper communities in Baitadi,
Kailali, Surkhet, Dailekh, Jajarkot, Rukum, Mugu and Jumla
districts.
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Programme Objective
The objective of DFID-CSP is to provide immediate support
for men, women and children affected by exclusion, poverty
and conflic. This helps them to achieve their livelihoods
and human development priorities.
Core Support Sector
CSP provides funding in five core sectors, namely Income
Generating Activities, Food Security, Small Rural Community
Infrastructures (drinking water, irrigation, foot bridges,
trail etc.), Education (especially for conflict affected
children) and Health.
Target Group
Poor, marginalized and conflict affected communities and
groups (displaced people, widows, orphans, elderly, disabled
people etc.) are core target groups of CSP.
CSP West Programme Coverage
After the implementation of DFID Community Support Strategy,
DFID-CSP Nepalgunj is considering the proposals from 8 district
of CSP core support districts i.e. Baitadi, Kailali, Surkhet,
Dailekh, Jajarkot, Jumla, Mugu and Rukum of Mid and Far
Western Region.
CSP West Staff
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Working Approaches
Community Support Officers in CSP Core Support Districts
supports and facilitate communities in idenfication of problems/priorities,
development of proposals and project implementation as well
as monitoring. CSP funds directly to community based organizations
(CBOs) and community-based networks (e.g. user groups, mother
groups, clubs etc).
Guiding Principles
Participation: CSP promotes the participation
of all stakeholders, especially the beneficiaries (communities),
in the process of project identification, planning, execution,
monitoring and evaluation. This is crucial for successful
implementation of projects at the community level.
Community led initiatives: CSP supports
activities that are identified and implemented by the rural
communities, as this builds the confidence and capacity
of the community to solve community level problems on their
own.
Inclusive and Equitable: Intervention
should be as equitable as possible, ideally benefiting the
whole community, and aim to reduce tensions within a society.
However to reach particularly disadvantaged and excluded
groups, CSP supports specially focused types of interventions.
Transparency: Transparency improves the
understanding among the stakeholders and beneficiaries,
helps to create a working environment for project implementation,
ensures the equitable distribution of benefits, and prevents
corruption. The CSP promotes public auditing methods that
are relevant and pragmatic at community level.
Sustainability: After the completion
of the project and withdrawal of CSP support, benefits need
to be maintained or increased by developing pragmatic maintenance
strategies.
Innovativeness: CSP promotes interventions
that deal with community development issues in nobel ways;
have a clear benefit over traditional or existing approaches.
Complementarity: CSP support should serve
as a complementary activity to the already existing program
and help contribute towards a synergetic impact.
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Implementing Strategies
Proposal submission: The proposals submitted
to CSP should come from the communities, either independently
or with the facilitation of CSOs, NGOs or other partner
organisations, and should address the communities' priorities
as determined by the whole community. Proposals from CSO
districts are submitted to the CSO, in other districts they
are submitted to CSP in Nepalgunj.
Proposal assessment: The proposals will
be assessed by CSP using a set of standard criteria based
on our programme objectives, target groups, core support
sectors and guiding principles. However there is flexibility
in this assessment to take account of the specific situation
and circumstances of a community. CSOs make an initial assessment
of proposals submitted to them. If it is a large scale,
expensive, technical, complicated or contentious proposal
(or there are other factors which the CSO requires advice),
the CSO will pass it to CSP in Nepalgunj for further assessment.
If necessary the proposals are assessed by a technical professional.
Implementation: CSP does not directly
implement activities. Communities are responsible for the
implementation of their own projects. The project is managed
by a Project Management Committee. Committees must be representative
of the ethnic/caste and gender diversity of the community,
and members of all groups and political parties should be
welcome to participate. In CSO districts, CSOs support communities
in project implementation. In the other districts, CSP works
directly with communities or works through the facilitating
organisation (NGO) which perform a similar role of the CSOs.
Community contributions: Community contributions
in any form (financial, labour, time etc) are essential
in the implementation of identified community projects,
to increase ownership accountability, and sustainability.
CSP encourages communities to access resources from DDC
and VDC wherever possible.
Monitoring: The community Project Management
Committee oversees the project and monitors progress, submitting
regular reports to the CSOs or CSP. CSP also requires that
project activities are made transparent to the whole community
through public auditing procedures and that a notice board
is erected in the community with updated information on
the project and expenditure. CSP, CSOs and consultants provide
additional monitoring through project visits.
Project Evaluation: On completion of
the project, the community, or other facilitating organisation
(NGO), evaluates the success and impact of the project and
submits a Project Completion Report. Public auditing is
mandatory on the completion of the project. CSP reserves
the right to include any project of it funding in an external
evaluations.
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Proposal Assessment Criteria
The following criteria will be used by the CSP programme
staff to assess every project proposal submitted for CSP
funding.
Does the project address the programme objective?
Does the project target the poorest and most disadvantaged
groups within the community as the beneficiaries?
Does the project fit into the defined core support sectors?
Does the proposal ensure the full participation of the whole
community in problem identification, project planning, its
implementation and evaluation?
Does proposal ensure the communities' contribution (cash,
kind, labour etc.) in the project? At least 10% of the total
project cost should be contributed by the local communities.
Will the decrease the inequality and tension within the
community?
Does the project follow the "do no harm" principles?
Does the proposal ensure that more than 85% of the total
budget directly reaches to the communities?
How is the CBO/NGO proposing to prevent corruption and ensure
that the funds are not misused?
How and to whom will project information be communicated?
Will the project benefits be sustained, or preferably expanded
to the wider community, even after the withdrawal of programme
support?
Is it an innovative idea/approach/intervention?
Is the project complementary to the existing development
activities, producing a synergy effect?
What will be the project period? Project duration should
not be more than 2 years' period. Priority will be given
to shorter, immediate impact projects.
Is there confirmation of the contributions of the collaborating
partners?
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