Outline of the Project

Project Name

Technical Cooperation in Strengthening Participatory Planning and Community Development Cycle for Good Local Governance (O&OD Project)

Country

Tanzania

Project Sites

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Term of Cooperation

October 18, 2009 to October 17, 2014

Implementation Organization

Prime Minister's Office Regional Administration and Local Government (PMO-RALG)

Background

Decentralization by Devolution (D by D) has been a challenge of the Government of Tanzania (GOT) over decades. The GOT has made significant efforts particularly since late 90's to empower the Local Government Authorities (LGAs) through promotion of fiscal decentralization, legal harmonization, and human resources autonomy. Local Government Reform Programme (LGRP: 2000-2008) was among such efforts to accelerate D by D. The second phase of the Programme currently in operation, called LGRP II (2008-2013), is a cornerstone of bolstering LGAs' capacities to be a strategic leader and coordinator of local socio-economic development who ensures accountable and transparent services to people for the betterment of their livelihood.

In line with the LGRP, the Opportunities and Obstacles to Development (O&OD) process was initiated in 2002 to facilitate community people to plan, implement, and own their community plans with the aim of shifting planning process from top-down to bottom-up. Since its initiation, GOT has rolled out the O&OD process in more than 90% of LGAs. The O&OD is presently embedded within the LGRP II framework and recognized as a core process to promote citizens' participation in local development and accountable and transparent local governance.

It is in this context that the PMO-RALG decided to commence a new project Strengthening Participatory Planning and Community Development Cycle For Good Local Governance in order to further develop potential of the O&OD. The project is supported by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) based on the official agreement concluded in July 2009 between PMO-RALG and JICA.

Objective

Overall Goal

Through verifying O&OD implementation model at identified regions, Opportunities and Obstacles to Development (O&OD) process is improved to function as an effective methodology towards eventual achievement of real local autonomy/ local good governance through participatory local social development process.

Project Purpose

Optimum Implementation Models for effective functioning of O&OD process at community/ward/district level are developed through a course of verification procedure.

Outputs

1. A functional training system is established for facilitators.
2. An optimum implementation model of O&OD at selected target villages to strengthen community ownership of their development process is elaborated in the course of verification procedure.
3. An optimum model for effective support of the target LGAs in promoting community initiatives is elaborated in the course of verification procedure.
4. Necessary conditions (capacity development, institutional setup, etc.) are developed towards the next replication stage of O&OD model.

Major Activities

Output 1:

• Train WFs and RTF members as facilitators on awareness creation, organization building, community planning, implementation & management, and M&E.
• Explore trainers/Training institutions as preparation for future facilitator training.
• Conduct training of trainers (TOT) for future facilitators training.
• Share work experience among WFs and RTF members.
• Review and feedback for improvement of training system.

Output 2:

• Support village people to manage their development process (awareness creation, organization building, implementation & management, and M&E).
• Train village people on community development process.
• Identify and start training of "Community Facilitators" among village people in the target villages.
• Review and prepare replication strategy on supporting development process at the village level.

Output 3:

• Support target LGAs to promote their supportiveness to community initiatives.
• Share community development process (awareness creation, organization building, community planning, implementation & management, and M&E) to the Council Management Team of the target LGAs.
• Review and prepare replication strategy on LGA's supportiveness to communities at the LGA.

Output 4:

• Identify important conditions for establishment of O&OD model in the target LGAs.
• Develop replication perspectives for O&OD and analyze the necessary conditions based on the perspectives.
• Initiate taking possible measures to fulfill necessary conditions for the future replication of O&OD model.
• Share the experiences of target LGAs and villages with other LGAs and villages.
• Prepare and share replication strategy for O&OD.

Inputs

Tanzanian side

(1) Counterpart personnel

• Prime Minister's Office, Regional Administration and Local Government (PMO-RALG)
• Regional Secretariats (RSs)
• Local Government Authorities (LGAs)
• Local Government Training Institute (LGTI)
• District Taskforce Members (DTF), Ward Facilitators (WFs)

(2) Office accommodation

(3) Budget allocation

Major Sources: Government of Tanzania (GOT), Local Government Reform Program II (LGRP II), Local Government Development Grant (LGDG)

Japanese side

(1) Experts

Major Fields;

• Development Planning/Participatory local social development
• Training system development
• Community Development
• Project Coordinator
• Others

(2) Budget to compliment GOT budget

(3) Equipment

• Vehicle
• Office equipment
• Other if necessary

(4) Training of counterpart personnel