Changes in SDC Position / Policy CS '2008-2012; LGov strategy note 2009

1. Changes in SDC Position / Policy • CS '2008-2012; LGov strategy note 2009 • Pressures on "pure" local governance programs 2010 • New tools & guidelines: look for results and attribution 2010 • Human Rights program, coordination with foreign policy 4.1: Synoptic view of LGov trends • Policy Environment • GoB commitment LGov (manifesto, PRSP, 5Y plan, vision 2021) • Elections '08, UPZ Act & elections '09, UP Act '09, RTI Act, NHRC • No decentralization policy, resistance of Bureaucracy? • Service Delivery: foggy articulation UP-UPZ-lines ministries • UP election due since 2007 (2011!) • Priority: CC, IT & rural infrastructure before peoples voices • Change in ODA Environment • Increasing interest & growing investments in LGov (SDC, WB, UNDP, JICA, DANIDA, EU) • WB & UNDP programs lessons vs fine tuning phases II • New JCS and LCG structure DP looking for results, evidence, justification • Dynamic but contradictory policy environment: looks messy but is a normal (quite good) context for reform in South Asia • Power game UPZ level determinant of LGov reform & local Services delivery articulation • Networking & voice: Gov. advocacy forum, Citizen 4 good gov., HL, MAB/UPZ/UP associations, RTI! • Potential of DP coordination, alignment to what?

2. 35 Min MoEd ….. 13 total …… MoLGRD&C LGD MoEst MoLGRD&C LGSP (LGD) 4.2: ODA Mapping LGov MPs disct. funds Division District DC Upazila Upazila Parishad: Chairmen + 2 vice, Council with 9 UPs chairs UNO plus 300 GoB officials UP UP UP UP NGOs, Private Sector,… Service Delivery at people's doorstep… UP

3. USAID Democratic governance 20 mio MoEd ….. 13 total …… MoGRD&C LGD MoEst DANIDA Gov. Adv. Forum 5 mio MoGRD&C LGSP (LGD) 35 Min 4.2: ODA Mapping LGov MPs disct. funds Division SDC-WB NLTA 3 mio District DC Upazila Upazila Parishad: Chairmen + 2 vice, Council with 9 UPs chairs UNDP SDC EC UPZ 15 mio ADB (DFID, KFW, GTZ) Rural Infrastructure Development 120 mio UNO plus 300 GoB officials UP EC UNDP DANIDA UP/LIC 18 mio WSP… HL peanuts UP UP DANIDA HYSAWA fund 45 mio WB LGSP 111 mio UP NGOs, Private Sector,… Service Delivery at people's doorstep… SDC SHARIQUE 9 mio UP JICA PRDP II 4 mio

4. Outcome 1: Poor and poorest groups of citizen are empowered to negociate their interests and take their responabilities in accessing public services 4.3: LGov Outcomes snapshot • Poor peoples better organised: 2'200 CBOs (100'000 pop., 60%♀)engaging in LGov/public life and defend their interests • Gained access to services (perception): SHARIQUE +13% (various); DASCOH +26% Water; +18% Latrines; +45% safety nets • Participation in UP life: cumulative participation from 0 to 0.5mio people in 3 years in 200 UP planning, salish, dvlp. schemes, budgeting, tax, etc.) • Information on local public life: 6.2 mio (60%♀)have has access to LGov related information BUT: sustainability, addressing the extreme poor people

5. Outcome 2: The capacity of local government improves to deliver services in an inclusive, participative, accountable and transparent manner 4.3: LGov Outcomes snapshot • Inclusion of poor: cumulative 11'000 issues raised by poor treated in 100UPs; Average pro-poor activities increase of 39% in 162 UPs. • Participatory process: 150 UPs institutionalized three step planning (community, ward, Union) • Information disclosure: average 23% increase in UP regular information disclosure (boards, open meeting,…) in 150 UP • Mindset change: 209 mio BDT spent for poor and women related activities in 39 UPs from UP Funds. 135 mio BDT spent for local dev. activities from own UP revenue fund BUT: election ahead, quality of institutional training/coaching, potential of local tax collection, specialization of grass root project pays off

6. Outcome 3: Policy reform promoted which address pro-poor issues and creates favorable conditions for broad participation of different actors 4.3: LGov Outcomes snapshot • Peer to peers: 650,000 people pay for arsenic test and switch to safe water sources; 42 Unions ensured improved access to safe sanitation for an estimated 1.2 million people • Scaling up in projects: water/sanitation local open tendering practices in HYSAWA; Participatory planning and open budget in LGSP and NILG; • Insitutionalisation in GoB policy: Arsenic screening and arsenicosis patient management process in National Watsan Policy; RTI training modules for elected representatives used by Information Commission; Union Development Coordination Meeting (UDCM) in government circular. • BUT: potential for scaling up and institutionalisation of tools/practices not fully used;

7. National Government UNDP,… NHRC 4.4: Draft Conclusions Think Tank ASK SDC-WB NLTA 3 mio Division District DC Zila Parishad SDC, DIFD, DANIDA, SIDA TIB 3.5 mio Upazila Upazila Parishad UNDP SDC EC UPZ 15 mio SDC BARD RDA NILG 2.4mio MMC 2mio WSP… HL peanuts Women Leadership Network 3.6mio Innovation Booster UP Service Delivery at people's doorstep… UP SDC SHARIQUE 9 mio SDC SHARIQUE 9 mio UP SDC RUPANTAR 1.2 mio TAF, UP elections 0.680mio SDC DASCOH 3.5 mio SDC DASCOH 3.5 mio

8. 4.4: Draft Conclusions Local Governance Domain Proposed Adaptations to CS • LGov portfolio is two years old, but recognition clearly gained (LCG co-chair,…) • LGov portfolio objectives still highly relevant • More emphasis on political economy of LGov Portfolio Development • Experimentation; additional mandate/presence at grass root level for specific innovations and pilots • Think thank coordinating unit at National Level: engage with parliament, RTI Commission, … Open Issues • Look into new geographical areas (rural/urban, poverty map, diversification, … • Development/perspectives of LGov portfolio: "pure" or "sectoral"? Water as entry point still valid? Land management, education, health…. Prospects 2015 / 2020 • Establishment of Districts Councils, bottom up planning & budgeting, fiscal equalization/decentralization, ICT in LGov, communal//municipal associations,