Bangladesh: Sustainable Management of Community Development for Chittagong Hill Tracts
The transaction technical assistance (TRTA) will address challenges in the operation and maintenance (O&M) of community infrastructure and public assets built through two ADB assisted projects in CHT (CHTRDP -I, and CHTRDP-II), and increase the capacity of village level institutes, headed by IPs of CHT, in planning for local development and service delivery.
The TRTA will (i) enhance capacity of 300 Parha Development Committees (PDCs) on managing and sustaining community assets/infrastructure; (ii) train 900 PDC leaders on leadership, organizational and financial management, and 500 PDC members on participatory planning, and monitoring towards strengthened governance and rural development; (iii) create a pool of skilled technicians from the unemployed youths to do the repair and maintenance of irrigation equipment and tube-wells; and (iv) strengthen linkages of PDCs with Union Parishads.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Haque, Mohammed Sayeedul
South Asia Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
Bangladesh -
Sector
- Agriculture, natural resources and rural development
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| Project Name | Sustainable Management of Community Development for Chittagong Hill Tracts | ||||
| Project Number | 42248-023 | ||||
| Country / Economy | Bangladesh |
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Partnerships |
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| Sector / Subsector | Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Agricultural production - Irrigation - Land-based natural resources management - Rural water supply services |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Gender equity | ||||
| Description | The transaction technical assistance (TRTA) will address challenges in the operation and maintenance (O&M) of community infrastructure and public assets built through two ADB assisted projects in CHT (CHTRDP -I, and CHTRDP-II), and increase the capacity of village level institutes, headed by IPs of CHT, in planning for local development and service delivery. The TRTA will (i) enhance capacity of 300 Parha Development Committees (PDCs) on managing and sustaining community assets/infrastructure; (ii) train 900 PDC leaders on leadership, organizational and financial management, and 500 PDC members on participatory planning, and monitoring towards strengthened governance and rural development; (iii) create a pool of skilled technicians from the unemployed youths to do the repair and maintenance of irrigation equipment and tube-wells; and (iv) strengthen linkages of PDCs with Union Parishads. |
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| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The ongoing loan, L2763 BAN (SF): Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project (CHTRDP II) supports strengthening of rural infrastructure and water resources management in 600 villages, known as Para, in the Indigenous Peoples areas of Chittagong Hill Tracts. The previous project completed in 2010 (L1771 BAN SF: CHRTDP-I) also implemented 2,040 small-scale infrastructure sub-projects comprising water supply, irrigation equipment, village-roads, etc. in 111 unions of CHT. The projects' interventions are susceptible to less efficiency and further deterioration due to lack of O&M capacity of the local bodies, known as Parha Development Committee (PDC), lack of technicians at village level, inadequate maintenance fund, and weak access to the local government institutes (Union Parishads). This transaction TA will address the sustainability related challenges of the rural infrastructure and equipment, and help to develop and enhance the O&M capacity and awareness on planning of local development and service delivery of PDCs, especially those benefitted by CHTRDP- I and CHTRDP-II. The TA will be delivered through UNDP, who has strong network in CHT at the para level and had been playing leading role for development assistance in the CHT since 2003. | ||||
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| Geographical Location | Parbattya Chattagram District |
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| During Project Design | Several layers of consultation done with UNDP, PMO, Social Mobilization NGOs under 2nd Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project (CHTRDP II), and several IP village leaders in all three hill districts throughout the years 2017 and 2018, and also during loan review mission of CHTRDP II in September 2017 |
| During Project Implementation | A contract between ADB and UNDP was signed on 23 October 2018 for implementing the TA 9472. The original completion date was 30 June 2019. Based on the request of UNDP dated 25 June 2019, ADB agreed to extend the completion period up to 30 June 2020. Further, on request of UNDP dated 30 April 2020, ADB agreed to extend the completion period up to 31 December 2020 due to the present pandemic situation. The contracts between 3 Capacity Development NGOs (1 NGO for each Hilly district) have been extended up to 30 November 2020. " Selection of 300 PDCs under CHTRDP I & II have been completed. " Formation/ reformation of 300 O&M groups with 50% female participation (UNDP contracted with NGOs for formation of 126 O&M Groups, 300 O&M groups list will be available by Sep 2020) 55% completed. " Development of at least 12 nos. R&M manuals by the capacity development NGO has been completed. " Training on leadership, organizational and financial management of 900 leaders have been completed " Selection of 125 unemployed youths of the locality for training on R&M of community assets and Training on R&M of community assets of the selected unemployed youths of the locality have been completed. Procuring the toolboxes to the unemployed youths of the locality also completed. " Creation of asset user fund in 300 targeted communities are under progress. " Training for 600 PDC leaders on negotiation skills to mobilize resources and services from local government (union and upazila) on progress. Develop and implementation of 300 joint-plans for operation and maintenance of public infrastructures on progress. Overall Physical Progress is 73%, and Financial Progress is 55% as of August 2020. |
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| Consulting Services | The TA will engage: (i) 3 NGOs for 3 hill districts for capacity building of PDCs and linking them with local government departments; (ii) one NGO for creating youth employment and developing entrepreneurs to repair community assets; and (iii) one monitoring and supervision consultant (national, 3 person-months). The key staff under the NGO services will be: project coordinator (national, 48 person-months), community mobiliser (national, 36 person-months), community infrastructure repairing engineer (national, 36 person-months), monitoring officer (national, 36 person-months), and training coordinator/engineer (national, 12 person-months). |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Haque, Mohammed Sayeedul |
| Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Bangladesh Resident Mission |
| Executing Agencies |
Asian Development Bank 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550, Philippines Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Banglad Building No. 4 (6th floor) Dhaka-1000 Bangladesh |
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| Concept Clearance | - |
| Fact Finding | - |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 15 Dec 2017 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 30 Sep 2020 |
TA 9472-BAN
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 15 Dec 2017 | 22 Apr 2018 | 22 Apr 2018 | 30 Jun 2019 | 31 Dec 2020 | 10 Feb 2021 |
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 500,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 482,525.88 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাল্পম জনসমাজ উন্নয়ন কার্বক্রল্পমর টেকসই র্যর্স্থাপনা : প্রকল্প তথ্যপত্র | Translated PDS | Mar 2018 |
| Sustainable Management of Community Development for Chittagong Hill Tracts: Technical Assistance Report | Technical Assistance Reports | Dec 2017 |
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Tenders
| Tender Title | Type | Status | Posting Date | Deadline |
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| Sustainable Management of Community Development for Chittagong Hill Tracts | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 26 Mar 2019 | 01 Apr 2019 |
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