Annual Progress Report- 2012
GoI UN Joint Programme on Convergence- Capacity Development for District Planning Project
Expected
Project
Outputs and
indicators
including
annual
targets
Output 1.1 Coordination
mechanisms
to foster
convergence
established.
Planned Activities
Organize
coordination
meetings for
convergence at
State level
Progress in the Quarter
Two National Project Steering Committee meetings held to discuss the progress on activities, chart
future course of action and suggest mid course corrections in 2012. Progress on activities under
UNJPC with challenges in all seven UNDAF states presented and discussed.
Programme Working Group Meeting was held on 14/02/2012 at Jaipur, Rajasthan during which
issues related to module developed by PRIA was discussed and draft AWP was approved in addition
to other decisions.
Third Working group meeting was held in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh on 27th January. It was decided
that four DHDRS in Madhya Pradesh will be based on DHDR Kohima and an external agency be
engaged to develop DHDR. An independent evaluation of decentralization will be done. PAHELI
report needs to be compared with other data and then used for dissemination.
Third State level steering committee meeting held on 24th Jan 2012 at Raipur, under the
chairmanship of Secretary, Finance, Government of Chhattisgarh which reviewed the physical and
financial progress of GOI-UN Joint Program on Convergence for the period Jan – Dec. 2011.
State Level Steering Committee Meeting Held on 21st February 2012 in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
Output 1.2.
State level
vision and
strategy for
institutionaliz
ation of
district
planning
process
formulated.
Provide support to
State and District
Nodal agency
(Office
equipments/statio
nary/utility
communication
and travel SPO
salary)
States supported
for finalization of
approach
paper/strategies
for the 12th Five
year plan
Regular administrative support has been provided to states and districts
Technical support provided for development of the Approach paper for 12th five Year Plan in
Chhattisgarh and Bihar.
States technically
At the national level, district planning guidelines from different UNDAF states have been collated,
supported for
analysed and areas of discussion with states concerned identified. Policy Consultations have been
developing/improvi
ng District Planning held and technical support provided for formulation, review and revision of district planning
guidelines in their
specific contexts:
• Based on inputs
from District
planning guidelines
(DPG)
consultations, the
existing guidelines
would be
amended.
• States would
formally adopt the
guidelines with
requisite orders
• The new DPG are
referred during DP
process
States
revisit/customize
existing guidelines
and facilitate their
institutional use
guidelines in States with the following results:


In Jharkhand, after consultations with key State officials, district planning guidelines have
been developed and shared with the State government for customisation, if necessary, and
subsequent adoption.
State level workshop on Rajasthan District Planning Guidelines, was held at Jaipur during 12 th
-13th September, 2012. Based on the recommendations of the DPG workshop, a revised set of
district planning guidelines will be drafted and shared with the State for processing and
approval.
In Bihar, government programmes, schemes and relevant Acts and Rules have been analysed to
identify and define people’s entitlements, and set them in a planning framework. Accordingly, the
Guidelines for Entitlement-Based District Planning, and the handbook of necessary tools and formats,
etc have been prepared and is under printing. Extensive consultations were conducted with all line
departments for taking their inputs on various entitlements. The handbook has been prepared at
four levels:
1. Panchyat
2. Panchyat Samiti (Block)
3. Municipal
4. District Planning Board
UNV placed at the State level played a key role in coordinating the meetings with various line
departments.
Output 1.3
Capacities of
Institutions
and Human
resources
(district and
local
functionaries,
elected
members of
all tiers of
PRIs and ULBs
etc.) in most
aspects of
planning,
monitoring
and
evaluation is
developed.
Establish National
Resource Cell for
district planning
(NRCDP)
• National
repository of
knowledge &
practices on DP
launched;
• Selected district
plans evaluated &
lessons/feedback
shared;
• Ways & means
for rationalising
planning software
suggested;
• Knowledge
networks on DP
developed;
• Tertiary technical
support provided
to state training
institutions
engaged in DP
capacity building.
The NRCDDP’s active knowledge portal and resource centre on decentralized planning is now online
at www.nrcddp.org. District plans of all seven demonstrations district evaluated and prototype of
GIS framework/tool for spatial planning developed. Action research study to identify key measures
for improving planning and implementation on the following themes have been completed:
1. Environmental Integration into the Planning Process, Sundargarh
2. Rural Urban plan Integration, Madhya Pradesh
3. Resource Envelope, Madhya Pradesh
Capacity building strategy on the training needs identified by States prepared and trainings are held
with partner State Training Institutes.
Support a
teaching/training
course on district
planning &
implementation for
researchers at the
centre for study of
law and
governance (CSLG)
at JNU, New Delhi
Support State
training institutions
for capacity
building of master
trainers,
representatives of
PRIs/ ULBs/ TSGs &
govt. officials
Support for a course on ‘District Planning and Implementation’ at Centre for Study of Law and
Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University for post graduate and research scholars was provided to
give them an opportunity to deepen their insight on current debates on district planning and local
governance and to engage them in local governance processes. Similar course for district officials
supported at CGSIRD, Chhattisgarh.

A Set of five modules for training of trainers on Integrated District Planning (IDP) has been
developed and disseminated. The IDP modules shared with States for completing the process of
customization (including translation into local language) and initiating training programmes
through the Administrative Training Institutes (ATI) and State Institute of Rural Developments
(SIRD). The modules are also being used in 3 months District Planning Certificate Course in
Chhattisgarh. IDP module being customised by State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD) in
Jharkhand.

Exposure visit for senior officers in Chhattisgarh was conducted in January 2012 at Kerala.
Officials from State Planning Commission, ATI, SIRD and DPSOs of Korba, Kanker and Surguja
participated in the visit to develop overall understanding of decentralized district planning
process of Kerala. Visits were organized at Kerala Institute of Local Governance (KILA), Adat
Gram Panchayat, Kodagera block panchayat, District Panchayat Kollam. Exposure visit also
conducted for state level officers in Uttar Pradesh in October 2012 to KILA. Exposure Village
conducted to Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh for district level officials of Udaipur including UNVs in
December 2012 to understand the participatory district planning process of Madhya Pradesh.

Draft capacity building strategy has been prepared by IIM Lucknow for Uttar Pradesh.
Consultations were held in all five convergence districts of Uttar Pradesh to understand from the
end users the capacity building efforts undertaken by the training institutes and their needs for
the future. All the major line departments ie health, education, agriculture, women and child
development, food and civil supplies etc officials participated in the discussions to share their
views towards capacity enhancement. Structured questionnaire used to collect data from district
officials.

Complete the study
on possibilities of
decentralised
planning in PESA
areas in
Chhattisgarh and
derive policy inputs
for use at other
levels
A study on vulnerability assessment and formulating strategies for Adaptive Planning in Hardoi
district in Uttar Pradesh is being undertaken by ‘Development Alternatives’. Guidance document
prepared on integration of the climate change concerns into planning exercise and trainings of
district/block level officials ongoing in Hardoi. UNVs have provided support during the survey on
vulnerability assessment and during the district level trainings.
Study commissioned in Chhattisgarh by State Planning Commission, Chhattisgarh to understand
possibilities and potentials of decentralized planning in the areas covered under the Panchayats
(Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act 1996. This study provides information and perspective for
inclusive planning in PESA areas. Study was undertaken by DJRC, Bhubaneswar.
Support
streamlining of
planning database
at District & State
(contextual use of
DHDR):
• Complete DHDRs
in districts with lack
of database (JH,
UP, BH)
• Technical support
for use of data in
stocktaking &
visioning
• Review /
feedback for
improving
database at the
district/state levels
Change
Management Pilots
are developed (in
one district each in
4 UNDAF states)
and proposed to
States for
implementation for
improving
effectiveness of
planning &
implementation
DHDR is being prepared in Sundargarh, Odisha and Pakur and West Singhbhum in Jharkhand. State
UNV in Jharkhand provided technical inputs to the DHDRs in Jharkhand.
DHDR is being used for stock taking and visioning exercise as envisaged in district planning process in
Udaipur, Rajasthan.
Technical support is being provided for the preparation of the DHDR for Kandhamal and Kalahandi
districts by UNJPC state teams in Odisha.
Training on Plan plus for officials of 5 convergence districts and state held in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
in April 2012. Resource persons and study material leveraged from NIC and it was hosted in the
Training division of State Planning Institute. UNVs participated in the workshop and facilitated the
participation of district officials in the workshop.
Barriers and bottlenecks in district planning were assessed during 2010-11 in all 7 states and
prospects for changes in key personnel’s attitude, behaviour as well as in the capacity building and
planning processes ascertained. Based on the findings, Change Management models were developed
and piloted in the States of Odisha, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh during 2011-12.
In Sundargarh, Orissa, DPMU including UNVs supported CITRAN in following activities under Change
Management Initiatives




Formation of TSG
Orientation of TSG members
Formation of Standing Committee
Orientation of GP and Block level PRI members
UNVs in Sundargarh, Odisha facilitated three workshops on change management initiative on where
more than 80 officials from Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal husbandry, Fishery and Soil
Conservation department. Capacities of Change Champions from four departments (Agriculture,
Horticulture, Soil conservation, Fishery and Veterinary) have been developed to resolve the
livelihood related issues of tribal communities, overcoming departmental constraints and barriers
and challenges through convergence approach in five selected Gram Panchayats.
UNVs in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh have facilitated the Change Management process by acting as
resource persons during community mobilization and plan preparation exercises.
Output 1.4 :
Integrated
and inclusive
district plans
prepared.
Facilitate gender
sub plan (GSP)
preparation in 7
districts:
• Developing
manual /training
resource material
on GSP
• GSPs prepared
as per the PC
norms &
guidelines
• Integration of
GSP into district
plans reflecting
key GSP priorities
As a first step towards preparation of gender sub plans, district level workshops to orient and
sensitize district officers to enhance their capacities on preparation of gender sub plans in the districts
were conducted in 2011. As a result, Gender Sub Plan for the year 2012-13 has been prepared in
Korba, Chhattisgarh; Nalanda, Bihar; Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh; Sundargarh; Orissa. It is being
prepared for year 2012-13 in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh; Udaipur, Rajasthan. For the year 2013-14 gender
sub plan is being prepared in Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh.
As a second step towards, taking forward this effort to the grass roots level, gender sub plan are being
prepared in 3 villages of select blocks in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh.
This is being done by building capacities of women in plan and decision making process in select
villages. The effort is also made to involve gram sabhas, village panchayats, local NGOs, Self-help
Groups in the planning process where communities meet and identify the key problems and needs.
Workshops at the village level have been held in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar
Pradesh where initial plan discussions were held which will be later crystallized into village, block and
district plans. This is being done through guiding the discussions with active support from UNVs to
enable the communities to elicit the women related issues within the framework of development
plan. Around 70-80 village women were trained in each of the village level workshops. After the
village level workshops, block level workshops have been held in select block of Rajasthan, Madhya
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh. Block level officers have been trained on preparation of
gender sensitive block plan.
UNVs have contributed immensely in facilitation of the workshops at community, block and district
level. They are active agents in the supporting the communities in helping them identify the needs
and acting as links between communities and government officials. UNVs in Udaipur and Rajgarh
have actively supported the local communities in preparation of gender sub plans in three villages .
Facilitate local
development
planning through
community
institutions and
Gram Sabhas in 4
Blocks in the 4
focus districts of
UNDAF States
Continuous technical support is being provided by UNVs in local development planning processes.
They have played a key role in community mobilization across demonstration district to ensure
community mobilization and inclusion of women and other marginalized groups in planning process.
BH:
In Nalanda, technical support was provided by district level team including UNVs in the development
of model panchayats. To strengthen decentralized planning 20 Panchyats have been selected in
Nalanda by district administration to demonstrate decentralized planning for next district plan. A
booklet has been developed in Nalanda which includes minimum provisions that should be available
to citizens under all schemes. UNVs are conducting regular community mobilization activities in
Nahub Panchayat by conducting transact walk, focus group discussions and meetings with
communities regarding participatory planning.
UNV in Nalanda, Bihar is playing a key role in developing monitoring mechanism for government
schemes and programmes as part of model panchayat. He is playing a leading role in preparation of
various formats for tracking the progress on schemes. Preparation of report card of Nalanda district
on development indicators for the last five years is ongoing by UN Volunteer.
MP:
In Rajgarh, support provided to local communities and district/block level officials by UNVs in the
development of village micro plan in Jhanjharpur and Hirankheda village. UNVs in Rajgarh,Madhya
Pradesh conducted focus group discussions with local communities in select villages for preparation
of Village micro plans. They are instrumental in developing linkages with related line departments
like Rural Development, ICDS, Agriculture, Social Welfare, Tribal Welfare etc. They regularly
participate in District Planning Committee meetings, district officials weekly coordination meeting.
The community mobilization program called “Parivartan” was undertaken during 2012. The program
included the components of generating awareness and mobilizing Gramsabha. The programme was
carried out in two selected villages in Rajgarh Block, the activites organized were IEC activities like
street plays, film shows on three major issues Participation in Gramsabha, Government
schemes/programs and gender inclusion in village planning. A detail baseline survey and training of
selected volunteers to involve in village development was also organized.
IEC activities were organized in two demonstration villages by UNVs in Rajgarh. The themes of
Decentralized Planning, Gramsabha Rules and Regulations and Gender Issues under Gramsabha
empowerment Program were covered. Village Information Centre has been initiated with the support
of Madhya Parishad Jan Abhiyan Parishad in demonstrated village Hirankheda in Rajgarh Block.
UNVs in Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh provided coordination support for the training programme for
Women PRI members with focus on Decentralized District Planning & Gender Sub-Plan. Three day
workshop was conducted in October 2012.
UP:
Participatory village micro plans prepared in two villages each of Sandila and Ahirori blocks in Hardoi
with support from UNVs. UNVs played an active role in conducting mahila gram sabhas, focus group
discussions to generate local demands of the excluded and marginalised communities.
OR:
UNVs are playing a leading role in community awareness and community mobilization process on
decentralized and convergent planning in selected Gram Panchayats in Sundargarh, Odisha. To
generate awareness about various scheme and formulation of annual action plans for those scheme
and strengthen peoples participation in Palli/Grama Sabha, a new initiative, ‘Gram Sabha
Sashaktikaran Karjyakrama’ has been launched in October 2012. UNV team in Sundargarh has
mobilized communities to participate in the Programme by leading a signature campaign and
initiation of mass oaths and conducting awareness drives for women Self Help Groups.
CH:
In Korba, support was provided in organizing livelihood Health & Nutrition and education
subcommittee meetings for preparation of District Plan 12-13. Team also facilitated the preparation
of 15 years plan under integrated watershed management programme (IWMP) and finalized the
strategy to collect the data from identified line departments. In Korba, community mobilization
activities were held by UNVs in select villages of Basakhara, Sardih (known for Korva Tribes) Village
Kerahariya , Budbud, Nanpulali, Saridh and Kolga. Discussions were held with CBO members,
panchayat members, Anganwadi Workers and SHGs to participate in Gram Sabhas and in planning
process. Sensitization and awareness meetings were held in village Champa to motivate women to
raise their demands in Gram Sabha Issues related to decentralize planning are discussed during
monthly meetings of gram panchayats.
JH:
In order to replicate the development concept of model village convergence in Jhargaon, in 38 other
villages in Gumla district in Jharkhand, Village Level Convergence meetings are regularly being held in
order to orient the members of Gram Sabha about the programmes and schemes of the concerned
departments. Village resource mapping ongoing in all the blocks in Gumla, engaging the Block
Development Officers and the Project officers from DRDA.
Ensure
development of
district plans and
provide
technical/handson support as
necessary in 7
focus districts
including the
following:
• Address issues
identified in MTE,
DP evaluations by
the NRCDP and
the Change
Management
initiative;
• Scope
developed for
outcomesoriented
programming;
• Inclusive
planning adopted
and GSP priorities
and those of
excluded
communities (SC,
ST and ultra poor)
addressed.
Technical support provided by District UNJPC team members in district plan preparation in all
convergence districts in seven UNDAF states. UNJPC Teams are actively involved in collecting data,
analysis of data and acting as resource persons in the capacity building workshops.
Consultation workshop to review District Annual Comprehensive plan, Five year Perceptive and BRGF
Plan held in Sundargarh, Orissa with active support from UNJPC team including UNVs. Discussions
with the Collector, PD-DRDA, two SPs of Ganjam was conducted by the DPMU, Ganjam for
identification of the pockets (villages) in which the IAP funds is required to be spent. Comprehensive
District Plan for prepared by the TSI with the help of DPMU, Mayurbhanj and submitted to the Govt.
IAP plan is being implemented in Mayurbhanj. In Mayurbhanj, situation analysis done and identified
key focus areas that need to be strengthened under the programme. Facilitation is being provided to
block and other executing agencies as to how to raise proposals etc. Regular updation of data on 10
specified sectors in the official portal; Collection of need based proposals for IAP by initiating
discussions with the block and sub-block level stakeholders.
Format for the preparation of district Plans for the year 2013-14 based on Entitlement based district
planning done in all 8348 panchayats, 538 block and 38 districts in Bihar. The coordination support
was provided by UNV and other members of the UNJPC team.
District plan of Rajgarh and Korba has been completed and approved. Gender Sub Plan is part of the
district plans of Nalanda, Korba and Rajgarh.
Technical support was provided for making the Decentralized district planning website user friendly of
SPC by state UNJPC team in Madhya Pradesh. Technical support is being provided in making annual
and five year plans in MP. Support was provided for finalizing chapters for state plan documents for
2012-13 in MP.
Strengthen media
advocacy through
capacity building
of media persons
(trainings,
exposure visits,
etc.) for
generating
demands for DP:
• Public discourse
on decentralised
planning is fuelled
through
intensified media
coverage at
State/national
levels;
• Regular
engagement of
media on key
issues of DP
Produce
knowledge
products (Case
studies, enewsletters,
reports, etc) on
DP.
Process to strengthen media advocacy for integrated, inclusive and gender sensitive district planning
through capacity building of media persons (trainings, exposure visits, etc.) has been completed in all
seven UNDAF States. Workshops for grassroots reporters/ journalists held in all seven demonstration
districts for establishing long terms engagements with the media for promoting transparency and
accountability in district planning and implementation. Respective State and District level UNVs
participated in these workshops. Training modules on role of media to strengthen the decentralized
planning prepared.
Audio Video documentation of Madhya Pradesh decentralization process and Change Management
process in Orissa completed for knowledge and information sharing amongst different stakeholders.
UNVs in Madhya Pradesh and Odisha provided facilitation and coordination support in the process.
Compendium of good practices developed on the following aspects of interventions relating to
capacity development in district planning:
i.
Use of village index card (VIC) and urban index card (UIC) for local planning in Chhattisgarh;
ii.
Gender Sub-Plan: The Intervention and Process in Udaipur, Rajasthan;
iii.
A Model of Convergent functioning in Jharkhand: The Case of Jhargaon;
iv.
Changing from Below: A Case from Sundargarh, Odisha;
v.
PAHELI: A Case Study;
vi.
Decentralisation process in Madhya Pradesh;
GoI-UNDP Project
Management &
assurance cost
JP Outcome 2. District resources are increased through enhanced local resource mobilization, allocated more efficiently, and used more
effectively
Output 2.1
Budget analysis
With support from KPMG, tracking of budget and fund flow conducted in Convergence districts in
Capacity of
completed and used 2012. Focusing on a three-year period (2008-11), the study examined critical issues in main four
elected
for policy
phases of District Budgeting: a) Formulation; b) Enactment; c) Implementation; and d) Accountability.
representati influencing
Analysis of budget in terms of expenditure and gaps, human resource deployment (vacancies and
ves to
tenures) in key departments has been conducted in all 7 states for the 08-09 and 09-10. District and
understand
Gram Panchayat resource envelope exhaustively studied in 35 convergence district in 2012
districts
budget is
improved.
Promote fiscal
devolution and local
resource
mobilisation in
selected Panchayats
To promote fiscal devolution and local resource mobilization, a block level workshop held in Udaipur,
Rajasthan in July 2012. Scope and actual extent of fiscal devolution mapped out and action plan
developed for enabling PRIs in generating own resources. The focus of the workshop was on
developing capacities of district level officials on :
 Functioning of the new untied funds scheme;
& Municipalities in 3  The devolution of functionaries of five departments: Health, Elementary Education, Social Justice,
demonstration
Women and Child Development and Agriculture
districts
UNVs in Udaipur provided coordination support for the smooth facilitation of the workshop. UNVs are
(Chhattisgarh;
also providing technical support to the local communities for preparation of village plans based on
Odisha &
resources generated by villages themselves.
Rajasthan):
• Analyse scope and
actual extent of
fiscal devolution and
bring out concrete
policy practice
issues;
• Evolve a plans of
action and actively
support the
PRIs/ULBs in
implementing them;
• Bring out advocacy
issues for State &
national level
policy/planning
interventions
JP Outcome 3: Service delivery under government programmes improved at local level
Output 3.1
Bottlenecks
/ constrains
in service
delivery
identified
and issues
HR (tenure &
vacancies) analysis
completed through a
technical agency (Ma
Foi) and findings
used for policy
With support from Randstad, Human Resource (HR) analysis and capacities building of District
Facilitators in progress in all convergence districts. UNJPC team collected and analyzed HR
deployment across different flagship programmes and key departments and identified areas of
convergence amongst them. District Reports have been shared at shared with the State Planning
Commissions and line departments at State level working group meetings and fine-tuned based on
flagged for
necessary
action
influencing
their feedback & recommendations.
Flagship programme
analyses (NRHM &
TSC) completed and
used for policy
influencing at State
and national levels
Analysis and Assessment of various flagship schemes (ARWSP, ICDS, MDM, NREGS, NRHM, SSA, TSC &
BRGF) undertaken by district UNJPC teams to improve the service delivery from 2009-2012 in all
convergence districts.
With support from Randstad, analysis of National Flagships Programmes (NRHM and TSC) for
bottlenecks in their implementation for the year 2009-10 and 2010-11 undertaken in all convergence
districts. District Reports have been shared with the State Planning Commissions and line
departments at State level working group meetings and fine-tuned based on their feedback &
recommendations.
ATI partnerships
-----(item 1.3.3 above)
will study MDG
bottlenecks & inform
capacity building &
policy:
• Partnerships with
ATIs or other State
training institutions
would analyse issues
in district plans and
their implementation
(affecting better
service delivery and
attainment of MDGs)
and use it is DP
capacity building;
• An MDG focus in
district planning
would also be
adopted.
JP Outcome 4 - Use of Information is Improved in the Management of Government Schemes at all Levels
Output 4.1 Facilitate community PAHELI, a community monitoring tool developed by PRATHAM successfully piloted in seven
Participato monitoring system
convergence districts in UNDAF States to monitor sectoral schemes and local progress towards
ry
(PAHELI, Social
achieving the development goals. In each district 60 villages were surveyed covering 20 randomly
programme audits, Community
selected households in each village (with primary respondents being women) to generate their
monitoring report card) in 3
perceptions on issues related to Health, Education and Livelihoods that can be used as a crossmechanism districts for
established increased awareness validation of state and district level secondary data on human development and thus inform state and
at district
on service deliveries district government for corrective measures in policy and implementation. The report cards
and sub
and accountability
generated out of this process were shared at district and state level workshops to help stakeholders
district
and service providers to identify gaps in service delivery and in the prioritization of needs for
level with
• The PAHELI
strengthening bottom up planning. UNVs facilitated the collection of data process in demonstration
partnership exercise in the 7
districts and provided coordination support during the dissemination workshops in the districts. UNVs
between
districts will be
are also working with the district governments on integrating and mainstreaming issues identified in
governmen completed;
PAHELI survey with stock taking and visioning exercise during district planning process.
t
• PAHELI
departmen tools/techniques will
ts and
be mainstreamed in Launch of the National PAHELI report was held as part of the Conference on decentralization in
December 2012 to share PAHELI tools and methodology with wider audience for its up scaling and
community programme
replication. All UN Volunteers were present in the workshop.
/ civil
monitoring systems
society
in 3 selected districts
organizatio and scale-up to other District Verification squad team formed to monitor the development programmes of governments in
ns
districts would be
supported;
• Periodic
community
involvement in
programme
monitoring &
implementation in
the above 3 district
initiated.
Sundargarh, Orissa. The team will monitor all the development work in the district, each member of
the team will randomly visit at least 10 institutions in a month and report to the District Collector.
Rapid Monitoring System is being implemented in Kandhamal to collect information on vital village
service delivery. 39 member team has been made and on each day any two member team conduct
surprise visit to any panchayat and verify the service delivery on health, ICDS, sanitation, education,
PDS, MGMREGS and function of panchayat.
UNVs facilitated household level entitlement survey for strengthening community monitoring in three
Gram Panchayats (Sumura,Julumbahal,Jharpalam) of Hemgir block in Sundargarh, Odisha. The process
was undertaken with the support of line departments and grass root volunteers who played a key role
in garnering information on different schemes.
UNVs conducted focus group discussions in five villages Belmunda, Sikajore ,Tileikani, Halma,
Banujore of Tileikani Gram Panchayat and collected information related to village administrative
system, socioeconomic condition , position of development work , village level issue to develop a
community monitoring system in Sundargarh, Odisha.
Output 4.2
Manageme
nt
informatio
n systems
improved
and data
disseminat
ed
Refresher trainings
for State and district
level planners and
statistical officers on
use of data for
planning and
monitoring in
Odisha, Rajasthan
and Bihar
Refresher trainings have been conducted in Rajasthan and in Bihar trainings have been completed in
2011.
Refresher trainings
for State and district
level planners and
statistical officers on
use of data for
planning and
monitoring in
Madhya Pradesh &
Chhattisgarh
Result based
management
approach inculcated
in planning,
monitoring and
implementation in
pilot districts
The refresher training programme conducted in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Three batches of
refresher training programmes have been accomplished. In addition to the refresher training, a
mentoring group was set by the State Planning Commission to undertake field visits and providing
hands-on-support. For the purpose of piloting, Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh has been chosen.
Result Based Management interventions taken up in all seven UNDAF states to sensitize the district
officials of the convergence districts to basic principles of Results Based Management and its
application in the annual district planning process. Training of Trainers (ToT) held in July 2012 to
develop capacities, knowledge and skills of results based planning and programme management for
providing resource support for training of relevant practitioners / stakeholders in respective States on
RBM. All UNVs participated in these workshops.
Three day workshop on 'Result Based Management' was organized in August 2012 for all Gram
Panchayats of Kotra block in Udaipur. UNVs in Udaipur, Rajasthan are engaging communities and
working with district level officials for preparation of outcome oriented plans in three select villages.
Bi-annual review &
learning meet for
project staff (UNVsSPO-DS0-DFs) and
Govt officials
Learning meet of CDDP staff members including UNVs was held on 5- 6 July to reflect on the findings
and recommendations of the Mid-Term evaluation (MTE) report and preparing a Road Map for
optimizing tangible physical and financial results through the remaining period of the Programme.
Discussion was held on identifying intervention strategies and programme components for the next
programme cycle. Selected development professionals and experts were invited to guide UNVs on
implementation challenges on ground.
A ‘National Conference on Decentralized Planning’ was held at New Delhi during 6 -7 December 2012.
Dr. Mihir Shah, Member, Planning Commission and Ms. Lise Grande, United Nations Resident
Representative presided over the workshop. The objective of the workshop was to identify lessons
and key experiences on the ground emerging from decentralized planning practices during the 11 th
Five Year Plan Period. Programme Staff including UNVs and external experts deliberated on
decentralization planning and lessons that need to be carried forward over the two day workshop.
Placing UNVs in pilot
districts ( 3 UNVs per
state =21) - cost of
VLA
Travel &
Communication
support for UNVs
Technical support
through State &
District level
Facilitators in 35
districts in 7 GoIUNJPC States,
through a contract
with SPC
Completing MidTerm Evaluation
(MTE) of the GoIUNJPC
3 UNVs were placed in all demonstration districts (one at the block level and two at the district level)
except Nalanda, Bihar and Gumla, Jharkhand. One UNV was placed with higher responsibilities as
State Coordinator in Patna, Bihar and Gumla, Jharkhand each.
All UNVs were provided Travel and Communications allowance amounting to Rs. 9,000 per month.
Two UNVs placed at State level were provided an extra allowance of Rs. 5000/- per month.
District Facilitators are placed in all convergence districts for providing support to district on district
planning.
Mid Term Evaluation of the GoI-UNJPC conducted in order to identify programmatic interventions
that have worked, explore needs for mid course corrections for the programme and generate leanings
for further improvement. The select agency, Intercooperation Social Development India (ICSD),
Hyderabad for conducting Mid-Term Evaluation generated substantive learning’s and
recommendations for programme partners to undertake mid-course correction and provided
suggestions for next programme cycle and recommended documentation of important and good
practices for dissemination and potential replication amongst others. UNVs along with other Project
staff in select districts were interviewed by the MTE team.