LocaL SoLutionS to LocaL chaLLengeS For

LocaL DeveLopmentcommunity-Driven Local Development in Khyber pakhtunkhwa

Bringing the state and citizens togetherfor sustainable local development

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EUROPEAN UNIONGOVERNMENT OF

KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA

The European Union is providing financial assistance to support the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the implementation of the Community-Driven Local Development Policy.

cDLD coordination unit Local government, elections and rural Development Department

government of Khyber pakhtunkhwawww.cdldta.pk/index.php

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District shares are worked out on the following basis: Population 60% - Backwardness based on Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 20% - Lag in infrastructure 20%

15% of the budget is allocated for

Women specific projects

aSpectS anD characteriSticS oF cDLD grantS

Through the Policy's implementation, the relationship between the citizens and state is being redefined in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The CDLD Policy takes inspiration from the concept of empowering communities in the province to contribute to their own development. The Policy supports this local governance approach by bringing public service providers and recipients of these services together collectively to undertake a broad range of community infrastructure projects in the following major sectors:

SectorS eLigiBLe For FunDing unDer cDLD grantS

primaryheaLth care

BaSic eDucation acceSS roaDS

SociaL WeLFare cuLturaL SportS agricuLture DeveLopment

Farm management SoiL conServation SociaL ForeStry

puBLic inFraStructure

puBLic heaLth engineering

Women SpeciFic projectS

This publication has been produced by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Community-Driven Local Development (CDLD) Programme with the assistance of the European Union. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CDLD Programme and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union.

10% of the total project cost is shared by the community either in cash or kind

Minimum cost of a project is PKR 500,000 and maximum is PKR 2.5 million

Maximum period for the completion of a project does not exceed 18 months

For working out the shares of individual village and neighborhood councils in the target districts, two aspects are considered: population and

geographyAs per the agreed criteria for community projects under the CDLD Policy, all project proposals from the CBOs must relate to the identified sectors, and the applications must be within the maximum budget allocation of PKR 2.5 million

Two or more CBOs are also allowed to form a

consortium to submit an application

Operation and maintenance of the projects are the

responsibility of the cBos

Project justification

Beneficiary coverage

Cost effectiveness

Project management

Monitoring and reporting

Operation and maintenance

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community-Driven LocaL DeveLopment (cDLD) poLicy

The European Union (EU) supports the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (GoKP) to implement the Provincial Policy "Community-Driven Local Development (CDLD)" through financial resources in six districts of Malakand Division, including Chitral, Lower Dir, Malakand, Shangla, Swat, and Upper Dir. This innovative initiative of the GoKP seeks to introduce a bottom-up community-driven approach to build responsiveness and effectiveness of the State to restore citizen trust, stimulate employment and livelihood opportunities, and ensure the delivery of basic services.

Initiated in 2013 with EU financial assistance of 80 million Euros, the CDLD Policy is designed by the GoKP to implement its local governance reform agenda. The support areas under the CDLD Policy include technical assistance to the Local Government, Elections and Rural Development Department in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to foster the successful implementation of the CDLD Policy, and social mobilisation of the target communities.

european union Support For cDLD poLicy impLementation

CDLD Policy has its objectives rooted in the philosophy of mobilising and involving local communities directly as a catalyst of sustainable local development. Therefore, the policy makes a paradigm shift from a top-down focus to a more participatory bottom-up approach in pursuit of improving the quality and availability of frontline service delivery.

Technical assistance is being provided to the GoKP for the successful implementation of the CDLD Policy. The programme also works closely with the district authorities through its field offices in all the target districts. The CDLD Policy goal is to achieve sustainable improvement in the coverage and quality of frontline public service delivery through the active involvement of local communities. The Policy has been developed to achieve the following key objectives:

SuStainaBLe DeveLopment oBjectiveS oF the cDLD poLicy

y Put in place a fiscal and regulatory framework for CDLD where local communities are in charge of executing local development / service delivery initiatives.

y Build the capacity of the relevant public sector entities and functionaries at the district level to operationalise CDLD.

y Provide an enabling environment to community based organisations (CBOs) to access public funds earmarked for CDLD initiatives.

The collective action development model enshrined in the Policy is relatively rare in the history of Pakistan. This joint community-government cooperation approach will strengthen transparency and accountability of public sector funds and implementation of development projects by communities. The core feature of the CDLD Policy, which sets it apart from other governance frameworks, is the enhanced role of local communities in identifying their needs, developing project concepts, applying for public sector funding, and executing the projects collectively with the assistance of district administrations. The CDLD Policy is guided by certain principles which are integral to its collective action approach:

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