Closure of the Rural Water Supply And Environmental Programme Bahar Dar 25 October 2011 Presentation of the RWSEP Rural Water Supply and Environmental Programme (RWSEP) empowering rural people through the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND Ato Zemene Tsehay, WRDB Ato Mefin Gebremedhin, BoFED 1
Closure of the Rural Water Supply And Environmental Programme Bahar Dar 25 October 2011 Presentation of the RWSEP MILESTONES OF RWSEP RWSEP started in 1994 • Community Development Fund (CDF) modality piloted in 2003 • CDF modality operational in all RWSEP wordedas in 2005 • Fund management was shifted to BoFED 2007 • CDF incorporated in WASH Implementation Framework in 2011 • CDF renamed to Community Managed Projects (CMP) and • nationwide scaling-up started 2011 to 2014 2
Closure of the Rural Water Supply And Environmental Programme Bahar Dar 25 October 2011 Presentation of the RWSEP THE WAY TO CDF SUCCESS Starting from Phase I, RWSEP introduced: A powerful capacity building emphasizing an empowered role of • community with strong equity concept and empowerment of women A multi-sector partnership between water health, education, women’s • affairs and finance sectors, Strong message delivery approach • however, RWSEP was still a conventional programme, with financial • contribution of the GoF managed by the TA consultant RWSEP continued like this through the two first phases, up to 2003 • 3
Closure of the Rural Water Supply And Environmental Programme Bahar Dar 25 October 2011 Presentation of the RWSEP At the end of Phase II (2002) Woredas had the skill and capacity to perform but the environment • for efficiency seemed to be missing Communities participated but had a secondary role in managing the • development Distribution of resources did not fully consider the varying capacity • among the woredas Procurement procedures were cumbersome and slowed down the • construction speed Procurement in bulk put the local suppliers at woredas in marginal • Woreda offices had resources to manage a limited number of • construction sites at the same time The superficial role of communities left their capacity under-utilized • 4
Closure of the Rural Water Supply And Environmental Programme Bahar Dar 25 October 2011 Presentation of the RWSEP The idea of CDF emerged from the need for: Efficient utilization of the Partners’ resources: Enabling an environment for optimizing woredas’ capacity Establishing a genuine role of the communities for sustaining the benefits of investments Building up the private sector’s role in construction, maintenance and spare part supply Creation of decentralized, material, goods and services supply chain, including spare parts supply 5
Closure of the Rural Water Supply And Environmental Programme Bahar Dar 25 October 2011 Presentation of the RWSEP Elements of solution through CDF Communities’ role was upgraded : Communities were made responsible for managing the entire construction • including the funds Capacity building of communities was extended to contract and financial • management processes of construction Woredas’ role was adjusted to the communities’ new role: A woreda-centred decision making structure (CDF Board) was put in place to • coordinate the development in each woreda The Boards approve projects and control communities use of funds • Woreda's role became one of a facilitator instead of an implementor • Fund channelling was changed: Investment funds were now further transferred through a micro-finance • institution (ACSI) to WASHCOS at communities No changes were made in channelling funds to government partners for • capacity building 6
Closure of the Rural Water Supply And Environmental Programme Bahar Dar 25 October 2011 Presentation of the RWSEP The final steps for institutionalizing the CDF was taken during Phase IV TA was integrated in the regional and zone structures: • Management of GoF fund contribution was shifted to the Regional • Bureau of Finance and Economic Development (BoFED) Scaling up in Amhara Region started by new financiers introducing CDF • (GoE and UNICEF) Nation-wide scaling up CDF was initiated leading to the inclusion of the • CDF modality into the GoE National WASH Programme Implementation Framework (WIF) 7
Closure of the Rural Water Supply And Environmental Programme Bahar Dar 25 October 2011 Presentation of the RWSEP Stages of the CDF Process 8
Closure of the Rural Water Supply And Environmental Programme Bahar Dar 25 October 2011 Presentation of the RWSEP Features of fund flow in CDF WASHCOs, elected by community members manage the investment funds Government uses a micro- financer institution to channel investment funds to WASHCOs Woredas control the fund use of WASHCOs Capacity building finds are channelled to woredas through BoFED’s line offices 9
Closure of the Rural Water Supply And Environmental Programme Bahar Dar 25 October 2011 Presentation of the RWSEP Financial Progress in Phase IV GoF financing to RWSEP Euro 9.75 million for capacity building and investments (86 %) Euro 1.57 million for Technical assistance (14 %) 3,240 water points have been constructed serving 770,000 people Average cost per empowered community Euro 3,490, or Euro 14.70 per community member GoE financing to RWSEP Euro 1.42 million for operational costs related to RWSEP Euro 485 per empowered community, or Euro 1.8 per community member Community contribution Euro 1.63 million (in kind), in average 23 % of investment costs GoF contribution to RWSEP has been Euro 30 million 10
Closure of the Rural Water Supply And Environmental Programme Bahar Dar 25 October 2011 Presentation of the RWSEP ACHIEVEMENTS: Overall Objective of RWSEP : The capacity of communities to initiate, manage and implement their priority projects with support from woredas in Amhara Region and other regions in Ethiopia As result from the capacity building of RWSEP, communities have a • proven capacity to manage the cycle for constructing and operating a water point Alongside, communities have become empowered to manage other • similar development initiatives and their operation and maintenance In practicing their capacity, communities’ need for technical support by • woreda offices is diminishing CDF is currently a national option for implementing WASH projects for • reaching the targets of the Universal Access Plan 11
Closure of the Rural Water Supply And Environmental Programme Bahar Dar 25 October 2011 Presentation of the RWSEP Number of water 7000 points constructed in RWSEP in 1994-2011: 6000 • Totally 6,524 water points 5000 constructed, out of which 4,515 by communities 4000 using CDF approach (= 3000 built after 2003) • 92.4 – 100 % of 6,524 2000 water points functional 1000 • Annual construction rate has increased from 20 WPs 0 in 1998 to 75 in 2009; 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 national average below 30 12
Closure of the Rural Water Supply And Environmental Programme Bahar Dar 25 October 2011 Presentation of the RWSEP Average construction 12000 costs in RWSEP: 10000 • Total cost of Phases divided by number of Water Points 8000 constructed • Total cost of one water point 6000 in Phase IV ~4,000 Euro, or 12.5 Euro/person (includes 4000 all inputs of GoF, GoE and community) 2000 • Investment costs 70%; capacity building 30 % of 0 total costs Phase I Phase II Phase III Phase IV 13
Closure of the Rural Water Supply And Environmental Programme Bahar Dar 25 October 2011 Presentation of the RWSEP Access coverage in 14 100% RWSEP woredas: 90% • Totally 6,524 water 80% points constructed, out 70% of which 4,515 by 60% communities using CDF approach (= after 2003) 50% • Coverage in 14 RWSEP 40% woredas varies between 30% 68.7 and 99.3 %; total 20% 1,32 million people 10% • 92.4 – 100 % of water 0% points functional Phase I Phase II Phase III Phase IV 14
Closure of the Rural Water Supply And Environmental Programme Bahar Dar 25 October 2011 Presentation of the RWSEP WASH Implementation Modalities in the National Wash Implementation Framework Woreda Managed Projects Community Managed Projects , former Community Development Fund (CDF) NGO Managed Projects Self Supply Projects 15
Closure of the Rural Water Supply And Environmental Programme Bahar Dar 25 October 2011 Presentation of the RWSEP CDF for WATER, SANITATION and HYGIENE: Full utilization of human resources Empowered communities Empowered women Healthy children Prosperous communities 16
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