Devolution Trust for Community Empowerment (D T C E)

1. Devolution Trust for Community Empowerment(D T C E) 6th December 2004

2. Mission Create an enabling environment for citizen participation and community empowerment in all Unions of Pakistan by 2009 In every local area, a group of non-elected citizens may, for energizing the community for development and improvement in service delivery, set up a Citizen Community Board - Section 98, Local Government Ordinance 2001

3. Vision Empowered communities of proactive citizens engaged in self-development with the support of, and working together with, local government and the rest of civil society.

4. Objectives • Promote organization of CCBs and facilitate implementation of community development projects • Build capacity of union officials and community leaders in relation to CCB mobilization • Provide grant funding for selected CCB identified community development projects, through cost sharing with local councils and CCBs (Cont)

5. Objectives • Put in place an incentive and awards systems to give momentum to CCB mobilization campaign • Facilitate establishment of alliances and associations of local governments and local officials to consolidate and strengthen the local government system • Conduct social audit across the country to establish a baseline and undertake ends-oriented annual evaluations of the results of the devolution of power process • To promote and sustain a viable police-public relationship and behavioral change via incentive systems.

6. Strategy • Partnership with Union Council • Energize local social capital at grassroots level • Networked movement, maximum outreach by outsourcing all activities • Information intensive, knowledge based, ends-oriented

7. Donor Support UNDP Canadian CIDA Norwegian NORAD SDC USAID UK DFID

8. DTCE CCB Mobilization Model Activity Beneficiaries Output --------------------------- Outcome Social Mobilization MOU signed with Union Councils for CCB Mobilization Nazims, Naib Nazims, Councilors Union Assessment Form Nazims, Naib Nazims, Councilors, Secretaries of UC’s, Local Organizations (Associations, NGOs, Clubs, Alliances, Networks etc.) as well as Tehsil Nazims and EDO-CD Familiarization about DTCE Signed MOUs with CSOs/Consortium ------------------------------------------------------ Local Organizations supportive of CCBs Orientation Meeting One day event Event & Registration Forms EMPOWERMENT Union CCBM Action Plan formulated Sectoral Classification of Schemes notified ------------------------------------------------- Informed LG & Community leaders on CCB Rules & LGO 2001 Nazim, Naib Nazim, Councilors, Secretaries and Selected Leaders (3 from existing CCBs, 3 from existing CO’s, 3 leaders who wish to form CCBs) CCB Mobilization Training Two Day Event UC based Capacity Building Evaluation Union Action Plan Form Classification of Schemes Form CCB Project Cycle Management Three Day Event Project proposal for each CCB ------------------------------------------------------- CCBs involved in community development CCB Office Bearers Secretary UC’s Capacity Building Evaluation Grant Funding Institutional Support System Award System Potential CCBs CCB Projects Government Functionaries Project Implementation Performance Management ------------------------------------------------------- Motivated CCB & LG Officials EDO CCB Registration Report Union Monthly Activity Report CCB Assessment Form CCB Quarterly Report

9. Information, Monitoring & Evaluation System Actors IME Ground Assessment IME Continuous System Union Council Union Council Assessment Form Union Monthly Activity Report DTCE Data Center CCBs CCB Assessment Form CCB Quarterly Report EDO (CD) EDO (CD) CCB Registration Report Data Entry System Press Club Press Club Monthly Activity Report Bar Association Bar Association Monthly Activity Report IME DATABASE Training Organization Training Report (one for each training event) Capacity Building Evaluation Report Union Action Plan Form Sectoral Classification of Schemes Form IME CSO DTCE Field Teams Field Campaign Report Training Assessment Form DTCE Field Teams Local Organizations CSO Evaluation Form Event Organizer Event Form Event Participants Registration Form

10. Social Capital Before Involvement of DTCE Local Government (Union Council) DTCE Local Associations CCB CSOs COs

11. Social Capital After Involvement of DTCE Local Government (Union Council) DTCE Local Associations CCB CSOs COs

12. Role and Functions - LGO 2001, 98 (1) Potential of CCB Movement • Improvement of delivery of service by a public facility • Development and management of a new public facility • Welfare of the handicapped, destitute, widows and families in extreme poverty • Establishment of farming, marketing and consumers’ cooperatives • Identification of development and municipal needs and mobilization of resources • Formation of stakeholders associations (means voluntary associations such as Parent Teacher Associations or Farm Water Associations or Citizen Police Associations etc.) for community involvement in the improvement and maintenance of specific facilities; and • Reinforcing the capacity of a specific Monitoring Committee at the behest of the concerned Council

13. DTCE Partnerships Alliance for Community Empowerment (ACE) DTCE NCHD (Capacity Building of Local Govt. Officials) RSPN (CCB Mobilization Trainings and Project Cycle Management Trainings) Local Bar Associations Local Press Clubs Local IME CSO Partners

14. Strengths of DTCE Model Decision making by the community Union, Tehsil and District level capacity building Immediate nationwide execution capacity through mobile field operation teams and outsourcing to civil society Using and strengthening the existing government machinery in accordance with LGO 2001 Direct injection of grant funds by DTCE for CCBs at grass roots level with huge absorptive capacity Fast track registration of CCBs and support for CCB project cycle to unlock Rs. 15 Billion accumulated at District and Tehsil levels Nationwide CCB movement to consolidate the local government system 2.5 % headquarters overhead at level of 85 districts with 5743 unions

15. DTCE Organizational Structure Leadership Level CEO Internal Auditor Legal Counsel Secretary DTCE Chief Technical Adviser PMU (NPD) NPM Dir CLGR Dir IME Dir PDR Support Level Social Audit Coordinator Network Administrator Donor Relations Officer Public Relation Officer Admn Officer Manager Finance Planning & Training Spec DB Specialist Admn Assistant Finance Assistant External Data Focal Point Officer Admn Assistant IT Assistant Action Plan Specialist Field Level 6 x Field Operation Teams Managers 2x Social Organizers 1x Admn Assistant 1x IT Assistant Total: Approx 60 Including Interns, YPOs, RAs, etc.

16. Thank You