Community Based Approach To Local Development Project: Project Implementation Plan and Principal Activities

Community Based Approach
to Local Development
Project:
Project Implementation Plan
and Principal Activities
Project Implementation
Particularities
Project is implemented by: UN Development
Programme on the basis of an Agreement with
European Commission
Project coordinator from Ukraine: Deputy Prime
Minister of Ukraine for Regional Policy, Urban
Development and Housing and Public Utilities
Organisation, information and monitoring support
by:
Department of Regional Policy of the Secretariat
of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
Ministry for Housing and Public Utilities of
Ukraine
Project Activities
Coordination
The Coordination Centre in Kyiv, also oblast

implementation units in all oblasts and the ARC
National-level coordination within the framework
of the Project Coordination Council and Regional
Cooperation Governmental and Donor
Coordination Group A4
Local-level coordination within the framework of
cooperation agreements between the UNDP and
local government bodies (OSA, RSA, local councils)
Cooperation with international donor community
to attract additional resources for co-financing of
local initiatives and increase the number of
communities involved in the Project
Phases-1
Informing national partners about Project
inception, identification of national-level
coordination mechanism
Project launching conference
Establishment of the Project Coordination Centre;
Project office set up
Establishment of oblast project implementation
units/ community resource centres
Training of Project personnel and national
partners
Development of national and local media
strategies, promotion campaign
Phases -2
Establishment
of
cooperation
with
local
government bodies, signing of partnership
agreements
Selection of target rayons (8 per Oblast on
average)
Selection of target communities (5 per rayon on
average);
Implementation of Rayon Local Development
Forums (LDF) in 200 target rayons
Phases -3
Support of community self-organisation and social
integration of participating communities through
early information, general meetings and
subsequent training and organisation measures
Training of representatives of participating
communities
Preparation of participating community
development plans
Detailed technical development of selected priority
community initiative projects
Approval of priority projects, co-financing, selection
of contractors
Phases - 4
Implementation of priority projects and joint
monitoring
Pre-commission transfer of completed
facilities
Evaluation/systemisation/discussion of
acquired experience
Dissemination of Project methodologies
among other communities concerned
Assistance to necessary reforms in the field of
local self-governance and formation of a
decentralised model of government
Basic Criteria for

Selection of Rayons and
Communities
High poverty level; need for improvement of
local infrastructure and services
Interest, organisation and technical support
by local governments (tenders, assistance in
pre-commissioning transfer of completed
projects etc.)
Guarantees of community initiative cofinancing from the central and local budgets
Additional criteria for

selection of pilot
rayons/communities
Access to water supply (number of communities

without access to water supply and/or quality of
water supplied)
Access to primary medical assistance services
(number of communities without access to primary
medical assistance services, current status of
village first aid station network)
Environmental situation in the rayon
Rayon accessibility (number of children in need of
bus transportation to schools)
Oblast state bodies and the Project team may
further suggest a maximum of three additional
criteria
Location/Community Selection
Procedure
Collection of information on locations and their
development potential
Location assessment as per jointly identified
criteria
Selection of locations by joint efforts with rayon
governments based on the performed
assessment
Project Implementation Plan

for 2008
Project launching conference: beginning of December
Establishment of project management team : MidNovember 2007
Establishment of the Project Coordination Council :
Mid-November 2008
Establishment of oblast implementation teams :
December-March 2008
Establishment of cooperation with local
governments : January-April 2008
Selection of target rayons: January-May2008
Selection of target communities: February-July 2008
Start of work with communities: July-December 2008
Project Coordination
Council
Coordination of Project implementation
according to priorities of social and
economic development of Ukraine
Assistance to involvement and
participation of national partners
Ensuring proper awareness of regional and
local governments
Strategic advice on Project implementation
Assistance to use of Project outputs for
national strategy and policy development
Rayon Local
Development Forum
Objective:
To assure social, environmental and economic
development by joint planning and decision
making with participation of communities, and
via more efficient allocation of financial
resources
To assist decentralised planning and democratic
governance at the regional level
Rayon Local
Development Forum
Forum tasks:
Coordination of Project implementation at the rayon
level;
Presentation of plans and strategies of location and
rayon development;
Agreement on plans of community, location and rayon
development plans;
Identifying rayon development priorities;
Discussion and elimination of issues arising in the
process of Project implementation;
Development of plans of technical and financial
resource attraction for implementation of community
initiatives
Rayon Local
Development Forum
Tangible LDF membership:

Head of rayon state administration
Head of rayon council
Head of village/town council of pilot communities
Head of respective rayon administration units
Oblast government official representatives
Head of community organisations formed by
IWG
Incidental/other participants (to be invited
on an as-necessary basis)
Commercial banks representative
Municipal utility company representatives
Other organisations
Community Project Planning

and Approval Procedure
Project
Project proposal
evaluation commission
Ap
pro
val
Rayon Forum
Rayon
Village/tow
n council
Recommendation
Project implementation
into the local
development plan
Agreement
between the
PROJECT and
community
Project
proposal
Project proposal
Community
Association
Location
community
communit
y
communit
y
community
Points for Discussion in

Workgroups
Agreements between the UNDP and local

governments
Mechanism and criteria of
rayon/community selection
Possible mechanisms for co-financing of
community initiatives
Points for Discussion in

Workgroups
-Procedure of Project presentation at the rayon and
oblast levels
-Terms and conditions of partnership by and
between the UNDP and local governments within
the framework of the Project
-Criteria and procedure of selection of target rayons
and communities
- Project coordination at the oblast and rayon
levels
- Possible mechanisms of co-financing initiatives of
participating communities

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Community Based Approach

The Coordination Centre in Kyiv, also oblast

Basic Criteria for

Additional criteria for

Access to water supply (number of communities

Project Implementation Plan

Tangible LDF membership:

Community Project Planning

Points for Discussion in

Agreements between the UNDP and local

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