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01: 10 November, 2009
01. E-course : Diploma in
Integrated Development (Dip. Int. Dev.)
SECTION B : SOLUTIONS TO THE
PROBLEMS.
Value: 06 points
out of 18 .
Expected work
load: 186 hours out of 504.
The points
are finally awarded only on passing the consolidated exam for Section B :
Solutions to the Problems.
Fourth
block: The structures to be created.
Value : 03 points out of 18
Expected work load: 96 hours
out of 504
The points
are finally awarded only on passing the consolidated exam for Section B :
Solutions to the Problems.
Fourth block:
The structures to be created.
Section 1. Justification of
the order of sequence for the creation of the structures. [16 hours]
14.00 hours: Justification of the order of sequence for the
creation of the structures.
02.00 hours : Preparation
report.
Section 1. Justification of
the order of sequence for the creation of the structures. [16 hours]
14.00 hours: Justification of the order of sequence for the
creation of the structures.
3. The first phase of
execution.
4. The second phase of
execution.
5. The third phase of
execution.
6. Chart showing the execution
structures.
02.00 hours : Preparation
report.
14.00 hours: Justification of the order of sequence for the
creation of the structures.
3. The first phase of
execution.
Look at 6.10 The first, research, phase: without budget.
To begin with :
Obviously, any individual is free take the initiative for the execution
of an integrated development project. More commonly, the initiative is taken by
a local organisation.
A local NGO (usually one which is already active in the area and
well-known and trusted by the
populations) or a group of local NGOs forms a partnership with a larger
national or, eventually, international agency with access to donors. The
partnerships answers to the donors. It nominates a project coordinator, who
cannot be a member of the NGO or partnership during the execution of the
project. The partnership and the project coordinator are counter-parts :
the coordinator is responsible for the execution of the project (acting as «the
government ») while the partnership controls the coordinators actions in
the role of project « parliament » .
Look
at chart :
Chart showing the preparatory organisation of a project.
This means that the partnership is created or formalised for the period
of execution of the project. The partnership will usually take the form of
a 07. A cooperative for the
execution of the project the
responsibilities of which were analysed in the section division of
responsibilities in the third block Section 2 : Division of responsibilities amongst
the three project levels.
Take
another look at:
The
statutes of the NGO responsible for project execution.
An integrated development project under the Model is drafted on the basis
of a questionnaire with a list of information needed.
Look
at the list of information needed.
The
information can be supplied by the proposed project coordinator in a few hours
, as he/she should have a good direct knowledge of the project area. The
coordinator (with his/her assistants) will draft a first version of the project
subject to modifications required by the local populations.
The project text is formally adopted by the NGO and/or the partnership
which will then apply for funding of the
project under a country programme between a donor country and the country where
the project is to be carried out, or for funding by an international agency.
Integrated development projects meet all declared priorities for development
aid. Section 2 of block 2 analysis of the services made available under
integrated development projects
shows how they meet and surpass most of the Millennium Development
goals.
Projects
can be financed by way of an interest-free ten-year loan. Obviously, initial
finance made available by way of gift speeds local development up, as in that
case more money is kept in the Cooperative Local Development Fund and made
available for interest-free micro-credit loans for productivity purposes.
The first phase of the project is completed with the
formal presentation of the project. It involves the collection of necessary
information and the preparation of an indicative project budget.
The project coordinator acts in close contact
with the local populations and discusses with them their basic requirements and
their willingness to accept the five basic principles without which self-financing
integrated development projects cannot take place :
Acceptation of the Health Clubs. These offer
basic hygiene education courses. They also serve as a platform for women, so
that they can organise themselves and participate and play an important role in
the various structures foreseen. The health clubs therefore help address the
so-called "gender problem".
Willingness to pay (at least Euro 3) per month
per family of 5 (Euro 0,60 per person)
into the Cooperative Local Development Fund. This payment covers the
entire package of basic services foreseen (hygiene education, drinking water
supply, sanitation, waste removal, high efficiency stoves and fuel for them,
and lighting for study purposes. The contribution is normally subject to
increase to Euro 0,75 per person after the first years of operation, and can
subsequently be further adjusted to make sure that where development funds are
borrowed, they can all be repaid from the Cooperative Local Development Fund at
the close of the first period of ten
years.
Acceptance of the use of local exchange trading
(LETS) systems, which enable goods and services originating in the project area
to be exchanged without the need for formal money.
Acceptance of
gypsum composite technologies which enable most of the items required
for local development to be made locally with 100% local value added within the
framework of the local LETS systems in local low cost labour intensive
production units.
Acceptance of dry composting toilet systems
with separation of urine and excreta. Aspects relating to the form, the colour,
the finish, privacy and similar will all be discussed with and decided by the
users. The dry toilet systems foreseen enable waste to be recycled at household
level so that problems connected with the pollution of surface and ground water
can be addressed at local level without the need for major investments. The
system is also basic to ensuring food security in each individual project area.
Summary of first-phase activities :
1. Formation of the organisation responsible
for project execution.
2. Collection of information according to the list of information
needed.
3. Collection and/or preparation of the necessary
maps of the project. See section 01.04 : Maps
of the Model for more details, Schematic hand-drawn maps are acceptable
provided they are to scale.
4. Drafting of project documents and
funding applications for presentation to donors and funding organisations.
5. Negotiations with funding parties.
Contrary
to what happens with traditional development projects, there is no budget
coverage for the first phase of the project. No feasibility studies are needed.
No consultants are needed . Using the Model the project NGO presents a
high-value project documentation to funding parties, thereby making a major
contribution to project execution.
1. Opinion.
On one page explain why, except where required by
the law of the host country where a
project is to be executed, are no feasibility studies foreseen ?
2. Opinion.
On one page explain why no payment is needed for the execution of the first phase
of the project.
During your work in section 1 of block 1 of the course on paragraph The industry of poverty, you made a list
of projects in your chosen area (or country) and the need for the participation
of expatriate specialists.
3. Research.
Take your list and next to each project
write in the amount (in
Euro) spent on feasibility studies and on the preparation of the project documentations. Who carried out these
activities ? What are your
conclusions ?
4. Research.
Some basic
information items under sections 01,02
and 03 of the Model are very important for integrated development projects.
Others are less important.
On one page
outline which are the most important elements and which are the less important ones.
5. Opinion.
In the
project documentations taken from your list prepared in the paragraph on the 10.
The ’industry of poverty as modified in the preceding exercise, explain on one page how much
attention was given to the less important information and how much to the most
important information. What are your conclusions ?
◄ Fourth block : Section 1. Justification of the order of sequence for the
creation of the structures.
◄ Fourth block : The structures to be created.
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