| Grant Profile: |
| Project Title: |
Support for Community Driven Recovery and Service Delivery |
| PCF/LICUS/SPF: |
LICUS |
Status: |
Closed |
| File Number: |
23
| Region: |
AFR |
| Sector: |
Health and other social services |
Country: |
Somalia |
| FY approved: |
2006 |
Grant Theme : |
Human development |
| Keyword(s): |
Civil society / NGOs;Community-driven development |
Approved Amount: |
$232,250.00 |
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Grant Recipient:
Bank-executed |
Grant Purpose:
The grant is part of a bigger program which aims to undertake a parallel process of delivering community-driven local services, while also enhancing the capacity of district, regional, and perhaps even federal administrations to play a more active role in local service delivery over time. This grant will be used for planning, information and data gathering, design and validation of the components of the program.
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Grant Activities:
The proposed program comprise of three stages: planning, information data collection, design and validation of CDR; piloting of CDR interventions and stakeholder dialogue; and scaling up depending on availability of resources mobilized and conditions in Somalia. The grant would be used for planning, information and data gathering, design and validation of the components of the program. The project will thus support the following:
(1) Survey of community-based initiatives in Somalia
The survey will look at development agencies, to define priority areas for eventual pilot community-driven projects, including successful approaches which could be scaled up across the country.
(2) International workshop in Nairobi
The workshop will serve as a forum for presenting the results of the initial survey and gathering feedback from key stakeholders. The workshop will address a wide range of questions connected with the challenge of community-driven service delivery. It will provide an opportunity to share experiences with community participation in Somalia and to bring the international experience with block grants to community groups in post-conflict situations into a Somali context and sensitize stakeholders to the challenges that this will pose. The results of the workshop should establish a sufficient understanding for the design of criteria for supporting community-drive projects which are sensitive to the unique local conditions in various parts of Somalia.
(3) Dialogues in Somalia
Structured dialogues will be held inside Somalia for the purpose of establishing CDR micro-project processes, creating awareness among local communities and their organizations. This process will also come up with a set of criteria to guide piloting of a, competitive small grant program.
(4) Piloting micro projects
Communities will receive grants for proposed projects which have the potential of establishing a basis for the scaling up of small grants to communities as a catalyst for community-driven development over the long term. These pilots will allow the Bank and other stakeholders to develop a better understanding of the challenges and best practices emanating from the implementation of work with communities on micro-projects in different regions of Somalia and with different types of communities.
(5) Technical assistance to TFG and other relevant bodies
In order to assist the TFG and organizations in Somalia in identifying ways in which they can begin to support the delivery of basic social services, the proposed activity will provide advice based on experience from other post-conflict transitions, including community-driven initiatives. This kind of assistance will also involve Small Grants Management capacity building and will provide training in basic financial management and accountability functions based on experience from other related projects, and drawing on existing curricula from within and outside of Somalia.
(6) M&E /stock-taking Workshop in Nairobi
A workshop for organizations which have been active in the implementation of the program will be held in Nairobi, in order to review lessons learned from the implementation of the grant.
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News:
Despite deterioration of security conditions in Somalia, municipalities and communities in the country have remained dedicated to strengthening and building local level institutions as part of the “Support for Community-Driven Recovery and Service Delivery” grant. The World Bank-supported pilot project aiming at establishing mechanisms for community-driven service delivery and participation of the population in decision-making processes as a basis for good governance and accountability was completed in December, 2007. However, project activities are expected to resume due to increasing interest by international NGOs operating in Somalia which have expressed their willingness to participate in the pilot project.
There has been a strong ownership of the pilot community-driven development project by the participating communities and their corresponding municipalities, the Somaliland government, and implementing partners. Government authorities in the country have expressed their commitment to carry out the project on their own. The Somaliland Government has already set up its own internal inter-ministerial committee to support the pilot project. In addition, municipal governments involved in project activities so far have indicated their willingness to make both financial and in-kind contributions to the pilot project. While it might be difficult to see any tangible impact of the grant in the short run, the willingness of municipalities, communities, and international partners to continue the project point to promising outcomes and impacts in the medium and long run.
Due to the security situation in the country, the activities initiated during the grant were mostly confined within the northeastern region of Somaliland. The project supported intensive in-country consultations with Somali communities, survey of community-based activities in the country, the establishment of a Community/Village Development Committee, and the development of Community Action Plans and corresponding proposals by target communities.
A stock-taking workshop is expected to take place at the end of 2008 in Nairobi, Kenya, to review lessons learned and results from the implementation of the pilot project.
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