rural access programme development through access year 1 results and year 2 targets based on a...

Rural Access ProgrammeDevelopment through access

Year 1 Results and Year 2 Targets

Based on a Presentation for

RAP3 Steering Committee

Michael Green

January 2015


RAP3 RAP3 Implementation £31.5m –

Works with district and central GON and private sector (14 districts) Employment of the poor maintaining, upgrading, constructing rural roads. (14 districts) Savings, literacy, income training as in RAP2 (14 districts) Sustainable agricultural, small businesses, economic infrastructure (8 districts) Trail Bridge construction (8 districts) Capacity Building of LRN sector

Rural Employment Guarantee Programme Support £3.6m – GON Karnali Employment Program (KEP) in Mid and Far West regions. TA in pilot districts and at the national level. (2 districts) Improving targeting, awareness, wage payment systems, registration, planning and

monitoring, transparency, capacity and coordination with local government. Lessons learned inform a National Employment Guarantee Scheme

Results, Evaluation and Policy support, (MEL) £1.35m – Third party continuous monitoring (8 districts) Separate studies to capture lessons on specific issues Inform the design of future donor and government programmes.


Location


District Road Core Network

New Construction – (4) Humla, Mugu, Bajura, Kalikot

Maintenance – (10) Doti, Achham, Dailekh, Jumla Dadeldhura, Parbat, Sindhupalchowk, Morang, Jhapa, Sankhuwasabha

SED (8) Humla, Mugu, Bajura, Kalikot (RAP2 style) Doti, Achham, Dailekh, Jumla

Capacity Building/Policy Harmonisation (14/Central) Doti, Achham, Dailekh, Jumla, Humla, Mugu, Bajura, Kalikot Dadeldhura, Parbat, Sindhupalchowk, Morang, Jhapa, Sankhuwasabha


Existing Budget to 2017


Summary First Year Results

LogFrame Indicators LogFrame target (Sep 14) Result Remarks

Outcome Indicator 2 Employment

500,000 employment days 767,085 employment days +50%

Output 1 LRN 975 km DRCN under Maintenance

1741 km DRCN Maintenance +17.5%+

57 km 2.5m track opening 57 km 2.5m track opening Target Met

Output 2 SED 7,500 beneficiaries 10,000 beneficiaries +33

10,000 hh 10,500 hh +5%

250 service providers 261 service providers +4%

Output 3 CB/PH 118 persons 651 persons +550%

25% satisfaction with RAP 25% satisfaction with RAP Target Met

4.45 District CIM Score 5.77 District CIM Score +30%


LogFrame Key Results - Year 2 Contribution

Output Expected Feb 2015 Target at Jan 2016 Y2 Contribution

Employment 1,200,000 employment days 2,500,000 employment days +1,300,000 employment days

LRN 1,741 km DRCN maintained 2,000 km DRCN maintained +259km DRCN maintained

57 km 2.5m track opening 75 km 2.5m track opening +18km at 2.5m track opening

0km 3.5m track opening 50km 3.5km track opening +50km at 3.5m track opening

SED 10,500 beneficiaries 17,500 beneficiaries +7,000 beneficiaries

10,500 hh 26,500 hh +11,000 hh

261 service providers 750 service providers +490 service providers

Capacity Building 1,112 training days 5,000 training days +3,888 training days

25% satisfaction 30% satisfaction +5% in satisfaction

5.77 District CIM Score Increase in District CIM Score Increase in District CIM Score


RTI Employment Days

Outcome Indicator 2


Indicator 1 - Km Benefiting from ARAMP

Output 1 – Improved DRCN


Output 1 – Improved DRCNIndicator 2 – Km of New Roads


Output 2 - Local Economic GrowthIndicator 1 – No of SED Beneficiaries


Output 2 - Local Economic GrowthIndicator 2 – Economic Infrastructure Targets


Output 2 - Local Economic GrowthIndicator 3 – Numbers of Service Providers


Output 3 – Capacity BuildingIndicator 1 – People trained


Output 3 – Capacity BuildingIndicator 1 – Training days


Output 3 – Capacity BuildingIndicator 2 – District Satisfaction Rating


Output 4 – Capacity BuildingIndicator 3 – Continual Improvement


Overall Result

We exceeded expectations by about 20%

Overall rating A+


ISSUES ARISING


First Year DDF Performance


Procurement

Procurement issues have led to long delays and are closely linked to RAP3’s safeguards ( e.g. related to underbidding by contractors).

In addition GON fund spend prioritised in some districts In future March cut off for procurement to be used RAP funds to be frozen at the end of Dec and decision made

to transfer to next ARAMP


Private Sector

Attempting to build capacity in the private sector has been disappointing.

Simple supervision can be managed adequately RAP local consultants have performed badly on

milestone/performance contracts, especially design Have shown they are unable to meet delivery timeframes. Not helpful on a “Results Based” contract. Intention is to phase out consulting firms Graduate Programme started (21) linked to CPD training Results very encouraging so far.


Supporting the Engineering Sector

Sector training through CITC association with SCAEF, FCAN, NEC such as Contract Administration and Project Management.

Results driven training based on the RAP 3 Annual Management Cycle to improve private sector performance on RAP3 contracts.

Annual refresher courses and “in or out” examinations. Six month internships programme for 8 new engineering

graduates (16 per year) Follow up CPD Graduate Programme possibly linked to ICE in

UK for two to three years, expanding at 16 per year. Technician internship and CPD programme for supervision. Phase 1 build supervision capacity in RAP service providers Phase 2 build management and design capacity in house Extend above to other RTI programmes


RTI Pilot CIM Scores 2011-14


Pilot (Exit) Strategy

Assist DTO to disburse GON SWAp funds in Pilots TA embedded in DTO office assisting with

Road condition and road safety surveys ARAMP preparation, LRN Procurement, Supervision of GON budget implementation Piloting of RMGs (funded by RAP)

Explore how to speed up disbursement of LRN budgets RAP budget focus shifts to core (poor) districts in west.


Improvements A big first year spend meant that 7 districts had “surplus”

budget for improvements. 200km of designs were prepared to allow districts to use

other fund sources as well as RAP. In year two ARAMP JUM, DAI, DAD and DOT meet their

maintenance needs and have designs for improvement However, if existing RAP budget is to last for 4 years there

is not enough budget for any improvements in the Year 2 Implementation Plan.

JHA, MOR and PAR have not covered their maintenance needs in Year 2 ARAMP and no improvements warranted


Improvements

DIST Maint Budget 2014/15 (NRs)

% ARAMP Version

Required Allocated

MOR 147,288 36,547 25% 15/01/2015JHA 113,612 56,348 50% 01/01/2015PAR 85,398 44,958 53% 17/11/2014DAI 51,174 51,174 100% 27/12/2014JUM 24,430 24,430 100% 27/12/2014DAD 54,110 54,110 100% 17/11/2014DOT 53,776 53,776 100% 17/12/2014

Total 529,788 321,343 61%


Decisions Taken Endorsement of Year 2 Implementation Plan

More focus in core districts for funding Pilot strategy to focus on TA and support GON commitment and

disbursement from SWAp and other sources Improvement programme behind schedule Procurement cut off in March and expenditure freeze in Dec Capacity building strategies for strengthening the engineering

sector Appreciation from SC to DFID offer of expansion of RAP


The End

Michael Green

January 2015

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