Project Proposal

Community based Poverty Monitoring in Sri Lanka

Project Proposal

Community based Poverty Monitoring in Sri Lanka

The Social Policy Analysis Research Centre (SPARC),

Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Structure of PresentationStructure of Presentation

Background

Project objectives

Methodology

Planned project activities and implementation strategy

Main project partners

Main project outcomes

Project ObjectivesProject Objectives

Main ObjectiveThe Sri Lankan CBMS team would like to carry out its activities in Hikkaduwa and Hambanthota Local Council and Divisional Secretariat areas with the key partner organizations, namely, the Sri Lanka Institute of Local Governance (SLILG), Gama Nagma (village upliftment),Samurdhi(poverty alleviation) and Gemi DiriyaProgrammes that operate under the Ministry of Nation Building.

SampleSample

2300Total

1150HambanthotaHambanthota**

1150HikkaduwaGalle*

Sample households

DS/PS division District

65072-912526,414**

43510211518990,487*

GN divisions

No. of electorate

Urban Councils

MunicipalCouncils

No. of PS

No. of DS division

Population

• Household census using structured questionnaire

• Case studies of sub-sample households

• Focus groups interviews

• Key informants interviews

• Detailed mapping of sites using GIS techniques

• Community resource mapping based on interviews and field observations

• Secondary sources such as official records and published reports etc.

Methodology

Indicators for monitoring changes in the welfare status (output indicators)

Land, equipment, skills, savings•Assets

Access to roads, electricity, telephone, information, transport etc.

•Infrastructure and utilities

Participation in community organizations, participation in the political process

•Political participation

•Elementary enrolment•Secondary enrolment•Basic literacy

•Education and literacy

Households above/below poverty, employment/unemployment

•Income, livelihood, expenditure

Crime, armed encounters, violence•Security

Quality of housing•Shelter

Type of water source and toilets•Water and sanitation

Morbidity and nutrition status•Health and nutrition

Type and size of family; dependency

•Demography

MeasuresIndicators

Data Data

The data collected will be used to:

Improve poverty monitoring efforts through active dissemination strategies

Introduce principles and strategies of community based development planning and resource allocation

and

Initiate – together with the Sri Lankan Institute for Local Governance (SLILG) and other partner organizations– an advocacy and implementation program at the national and local level and to further institutionalize the Sri Lankan CBMS approach in the relevant agencies.

Planned Project Activities

Facilitation of meetings and training workshops with regional as well as national stakeholders to promote the utilization of CBMS for improving planning efforts in Sri Lanka

Strengthening the collaboration between SPARC and Sri Lanka Institute of Local Governance to incorporate CBMS in the annual training program of the latter targeting local council functionaries so that CBMS methodology and its applicability for sustainable and conflict-sensitive development planning can be disseminated to local councils in the PS/DS and districts of the countryDevelop handbook and training manuals on CBMS in Sri Lanka to be used by partner organizations including Local Councils.

Planned Project Activities (cont.)Planned Project Activities (cont.)

Continuation of CBMS activities in the selected locations would involve:

– Selection and training of community members

– Conduct of data collection by trained community members and relevant local officials

– Academic guidance to the community members of partner organizations and local officials

– Establish collaboration with relevant partner institutions as well as NGO’s operating in the area (such as Action Aid International) in order to further promote and institutionalize the utilization of the CBMS approach.

– Documentation and in-depth analysis of CBMS exercises in the selected locations.

Implementation StrategyImplementation Strategy

Local Level

SPARC will implement the CBMS project in close collaboration with local communities and relevant partner organisations. As mentioned earlier, these include local officials of the PS and DS.

National Level

During the current project phase, SPARC shall assist the relevant organisations to incorporate CBMS methodology in their regular programs at the local level in particular training of their local level officials and establish systems for collection, analysis and utilization of data at household level and country level. The Gama Neguma Programme comes under purview of the President and is a major channel of state funding for rural development. Institutionalization of CBMS in selected locations would pave the way for its replication in the other parts of the country.

Main Project PartnersMain Project Partners

The Sri Lankan Institute of Local Governance (SLILG)

Pradeshiya Sabha (Local Authority)

Divisional Secretariat (DS)

Ministry of Nation Building and its programmes(Gama Neguma-The Village Upliftment Programme, Poverty AllieviationProgramme- Samurdhi (Prosperity)

The most important purposes for which CBMS data can be used are as follows:The most important purposes for which CBMS data can be used are as follows:

Poverty analysis at household and community levelsMonitoring of poverty and welfare indicatorsBetter targeting of welfare benefitsIdentifying needs of communities and regionsFormulation of local development plansAdvocacyEvaluation of work, the impact of policies and development interventionsEquitable allocation of resources Identification of specific needs of vulnerable groups and communities

Potential Uses of CBMS Data in Sri Lanka

Potential Uses of CBMS Data in Sri Lanka

Census and Statistics Dept.

Provincial Councilor/Ministe

rs and Chief minister

MPMPPS representatives

SamurdhiAuthority

-SamurdhiManager

SamurdhiNiyamaka

-Provincial Education Director

Various Provincial Council Ministries

District secretarial

officers

Planning officersGrama Niladari

INGO’sProvincial Educational director health

Ed.officerMOHPHI

MinistriesINGO’s/NGO’sNGONGO’sCBO’s

GovernmentGA/DSDS/PSVillagers

NationalProvinceDistrictDivisionalLocal /Village

Main Project OutputsMain Project Outputs

Institutionalization of CBMS methodology in the relevant institutions so that it becomes a tool in the hands of local level planners and project implementers.Empowerment of local communities through training and participation so that they become active partners in their own development rather than passive recipients of hand outs.Partner organizations to be involved are expected to adopt CBMS methodology in their programmes in the selected field areas and elsewhere.Heightened awareness and knowledge regarding CBMS methodology among other stake-holders such as the Department of Census and Statistics, academics and researchers via seminars and training workshops that the researchers would organize during the course of the study.

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