Sustainable Livelihoods Project-II

Intoduction

Opening ceremony

Ulaanbaatar

2008-05-15

Sustainable Livelihoods Project-II

Director A.Khashtsetseg

Projects main objective is to enhance livelihood security and sustainable in communities throughout Mongolia.

Components: 1. Pastoral Risk Management 2. Community Initiative 3.Micro Financial Development Fund 4.Capacity Building and Project Management

Project will be implemented in 21 aimags, 329 soum and nine duureg.

Sustainable Livelihoods ProjectObjective and Phases

Project description

Components: 1. Pastoral Risk Management

2. Community Initiatives

3. Micro Financial Development Fund

4. Capacity Building and Project Management

Project will be implemented in 21 aimags, 329 soum and nine duureg.

Pastoral Risk Management /PRM/

Objective:

Developing and carrying out an integrated strategy of risk management for pastoral livestock production in the Project Area, with emphasis on risk preparedness.

Targeted group:

Herder households /It requires a well-coordinated support from national and local governments, business enterprises and civil society institutions to help develop their capacity to prepare for and respond to current and future risk factors.

Risk forecasting and response planningLivestock Early Warning System /SLPI-Mercy Corps-

Tuv aimag/Aimag and inter-aimag hay and fodder storage

facilityPastureland management, possesion and use

Pasture mapping and pastureland management planning

PRM fundInvestment to aimag level Land office

Sub-components:

Demonstrating good practice in pastoral livelihood improvementPastureland management demonstration areaSupport the development of innovative, risk

averting and income diversifying activities through the provision of starter grants

Starter grant for applied, adaptive, research into feed production, processing and distributing.

Strengthening the institutional framework

for PRMNCCPMPastureland management division

Communities Initiative ( CI)

Objective; To empower local citizens to strengthen their

capacity to achieve sustainable livelihoods by establishing effective, inclusive and transparent community-driven mechanisms nationwide to facilitate community-based prioritization, selection, co-financing, and execution of communities’ highest priority investments in public facilities in rural areas.

Sub-components:

Community Initiative Fund;

Community Empowerment and Capacity building

Innovation for Improved Social Services

EducationHealth InfrastructureEnvironmental protection and other social services

Community mobilization Training and workshops Provision of PIM, manual, posters and pamphletsSupport community participationInformation dissemination and advocacy to HHs

Public and private sector facility improvement or support projects

CI component activities

1. To provide funding for the identification, preparation and implementation of community investments

2. To provide funding for capacity building and empowerment of communities under the CIF

3. To provide funding for improve the delivery of social services to vulnerable groups

Operating principles of SLP-II

Bag/khoroo citizens meeting

Develop project proposals

Disseminate project infromation

Soum/district, aimag/Ulaanbaatar SLPC/GO

Participatory monitoring and

evaluation

Community participation

Local contribution including citizens

contribution

BAG/KHOROO

Decentralization

AIMAG/UB

SOUM/DISTRICT

Finance project

Approve project

Endorse project

Procurement for project

Develop proposals

Procurement for project

Initiate proposals

Government policy and programs

International development project

and programs

Aimag/Ulaanbaatar development policy

Activities of government and non

government organizations

Community initiatives

Coherence

Soum/district development project

Transparence

Micro-financial Development Fund (MDF)

Objective:

Expand the outreach of financially and institutionally sustainable micro-finance services to the poor and vulnerable in rural Mongolia.

Sub- Components: 1. Micro finance Development Fund Wholesale loan Term Loan

2. Non-financial products Consumer financial education Financial sector innovations grant Capacity building services Research Technical assistance to Micro-finance

Institutions

Project management and capacity building

Objective: The Project management will include a robust monitoring and evaluation system to ensure compliance with all fiduciary and safeguard policies of the World Bank and GOM and dynamic training program for all the staff to maximize their potential

Project Management and Structure

Aimag/Ulaanbaatar Sustainable Livelihoods Project Councellor

Aimag/Ulaanbaatar Sustainable Livelihoods Project Units

Soum/Duureg SLP Councellor

Sustainable Livelihoods Projects Office

Aimag/Ulaanbaatar SLP Coordinator

Aimag/Ulaanbaatar SLP Accountant

Aimag/Ulaanbaatar SLP Driver

Soum/Duureg SLP coordinator

Pastoral Risk Management Working Group

Community Initiatives Working Group

Steering Committee for the Sustainable Livelihoods Project

Management Information System (MIS)

Monitoring and evaluation

SLP-II MIS allows to ease and the data collection and maintain timely analysis of feedback from the beneficiaries by participatory M and E procedures.

SLP-II MIS incorporates finance information free flow so that it allows monitor project implementation process along with the financial review.  Aimags and SLPO connected over internet or dail-up connection.

Project impact indicators

PRM

а. Percentage of herders and other stakeholders taking actions to mitigate pastoral risk reaches 80%

b. Herders and other stakeholders’ perception of improvement in pasture- land condition attributable to project interventions increases to 80%

CI c.60 percent of Beneficiaries (i.e. citizens) satisfied

with the mechanisms and outcomes of CIF Sub-projects.

MDF d.25 percent increase in the number of Sub-

borrowers at soum level and below measured from the baseline assessment conducted at start of project implementation.

e.25 percent increase in annual income of Sub-borrowers at soum level and below measured from the baseline assessment conducted at start of project implementation.

Project Finance

IDA 21,6 SDR

EC 10,0 EUR

PHRD 3,9 USDGoM 2,3

USDLocal Contribution 1,1

USD

Total amount 55,3USD

/2008.05/

Thank you.