1. Rural Access Programme Development through access What’s new? Presentation for Induction Workshop Michael Green November 2013

2. Rural Access Programme Development through access Clear about What shall we do?  If you feel good about your membership in the team but are unclear about the task at hand the stress of conflicting direction may lead to conflicts.  The group will not progress until this third issue is resolved  Is RAP3 just more of RAP2?

3. Rural Access Programme Development through access General Approach

4. Rural Access Programme Development through access Strategic Objectives  DFID Operational Plan – tackling poverty  MOFALD Business Plan - governance  LRN Study and Action Plan (NRSAS) - Policy  GON Sector Wide Programme for LRN  GON interest in tackling western poverty

5. Rural Access Programme Development through access GON LRN SWAp  Harmonisation of donor and GON LRN activities.  Use a single, GON-led, policy with common approaches.  Governance and capacity building at local and central levels to allow more reliance on GON procedures.  Outsourcing to the private sector key to building capacity and technical harmonisation  Role of GON officials shifting from implementation to planning and overall management.  Five year DTMP and ARAMP used by all new LRN projects in all 75 districts.

6. Rural Access Programme Development through access DFID’s RAP3  RAP3 Implementation £31.5m –  Works with district and central GON and private sector (14 districts)  Employment for the poor maintaining, upgrading, constructing rural roads. (14 districts)  Savings, literacy, income training as in RAP2 (8 western districts)  Sustainable agricultural, small businesses, economic infrastructure (8 western districts)  Trail Bridge construction (8 western districts)  Rural Employment Guarantee Programme Support £3.6m –  GON Karnali Employment Program (KEP) in Mid and Far West regions.  TA in pilot districts and at the national level. (2 districts)  Results, Evaluation and Policy support, £1.35m –  third party continuous monitoring (8 districts)  inform the design of future donor and government programmes. 6

7. Rural Access Programme Development through access Logframe  Desired Programme Impact, Outcomes and Outputs.  Processes and Tasks to deliver outputs

8. Rural Access Programme Development through access Theory of Change RAP3 Implementation LogFrame designed in Inception Phase. Links to MEL and KEP due for completion by Dec 2013

9. Rural Access Programme Development through access Headline Results

10. Rural Access Programme Development through access Discovering How?  Once a team has a direction the focus of attention is on how to accomplish the tasks involved  If this issue is not resolved we shall depend on people who do not know how

11. Rural Access Programme Development through access Components

12. Rural Access Programme Development through access Costs, Km and Labour Days

13. Rural Access Programme Development through access Modality  LRN Maintenance through DDF  LRN Upgrading – Start direct  New Construction – Start direct  Income generation – Partners  Economic infrastructure – Linked to IG  Capacity Building – Annual Support Plans  Central GON, Districts DTOs and Private Sector 13

14. Rural Access Programme Development through access Building on RAP2  New geographical areas  New technical areas

15. Rural Access Programme Development through access Core and Pilot Districts

16. Rural Access Programme Development through access Building on RAP2 1.Labour-based targets poorest, lifts them directly out of poverty, 2.Quotas for women needed. 3.Savings groups, literacy, Income Generation give workers new economic opportunities 4.Include traders, agricultural suppliers for scale up and sustainably. 5.Government support for maintenance is there 6.Institutional development : government, private sector and community 7.Climate change and DRR easily integrated into RAP 8.Third party anti-corruption measures improve accountability 9.Need better GON and private sector anti-corruption measures.

17. Rural Access Programme Development through access GON’s LRN Policy  50,000 km of LRN built in last 15 years  55% not usable due to lack of maintenance  US$1 billion worth of lost investments.  LRN investment based on District Transport Master Plans (DTMP).  Identify minimum network to link VDC and District HQ- DRCN  New GON policy puts maintenance first; upgrade to all- weather; new last.  DTMPs for RAP3 districts completed in 2013 by the RTI Pilot.  ARAMP approved for piloting in RAP3 districts

18. Rural Access Programme Development through access Annual Management Cycle  Annual Support and Delivery Plans  Annual calendar linked to GON requirements

19. Rural Access Programme Development through access Annual Calendar

20. Rural Access Programme Development through access LRN Annual Calendar

21. Rural Access Programme Development through access Working with Government  Engagement Strategy  Partnership Agreements  Embedded in GON offices

22. Rural Access Programme Development through access Engagement Strategy Started in June 2013 under RAP2. Should take three months. Delayed by rains, festivals and election

23. Rural Access Programme Development through access Tripartite Agreements Formal written agreement between DDC, DoLIDAR, and the programme defining  the principles of cooperation,  terms and conditions for programme implementation,  the support to be provided,  roles and responsibilities and commitments made.  The documents prepared during the engagement process form annexes to the agreement. All in place at end of November

24. Rural Access Programme Development through access Embedded in GON Offices  The TA team is the main interface with district and central authorities,  Embedding TA staff in relevant GON offices, i.e. District Technical Offices and DoLIDAR, allows them to engage on a day to day and informal basis.  The GON office benefits from TA resources to improve the fulfilment of programme deliverables, as well as support for their wider responsibilities.  This results in more effective cooperation, more efficient implementation, confidence building, transfer of knowledge and a more positive work ethic.  Allows RAP to add to resources required for service delivery  SED Partners to have technical offices outside DTO working with private sector to maximise economic impact of DRCN

25. Rural Access Programme Development through access Working with Delivery Partners  Flexible collaborative arrangements  Local support and delivery organisations  Feeding into existing programmes

26. Rural Access Programme Development through access IG and EI Delivery Delivery Partner Technical Area Helvetas Dailekh, Kalikot, Jumla and Mugu: Income generation Support to RBGs Economic infrastructure Helvetas & DDC All 8 districts: Trail bridges Practical Action Doti, Achham, Bajura, Humla: Income generation, Support to RBGs Economic Infrastructure Practical Action All 8 districts: Gravity ropeways and Tuins WinrockAll 8 districts: Renewable energy ICT for livelihoods improvement

27. Rural Access Programme Development through access Trail Bridge Programme  Through DDCs and Helvetas/Trail Bridge Support Unit under existing DOLIDAR SWAp arrangements.  DDCs responsible for construction work implementation and NGO services  Helvetas/ TBSU responsible for material procurement, transport and TA to the DDCs and district NGOs.

28. Rural Access Programme Development through access Application of P4R  Programme for results mechanism applied to all aspects of the programme  Gradual introduction to GON/DFID partners

29. Rural Access Programme Development through access Overall and Annual Budgets

30. Rural Access Programme Development through access First Year Budget

31. Rural Access Programme Development through access District Allocation of RAP Budget

32. Rural Access Programme Development through access

33. Rural Access Programme Development through access Annual Budgets – GBP31.5m 33

34. Rural Access Programme Development through access Potential Extension  DFID currently examining case for extension of existing budget and duration of RAP3 to boost funding in years 2 - 6.

35. Rural Access Programme Development through access The End Michael Green January 2014