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Community Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (CEEDS)

Community Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (CEEDS). The Grassroots' approach BY Dr Osita Ogbu ECONOMIC ADVISER TO THE PRESIDENT TO NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL. What is CEEDS ?. A new dawn in development planning Community Driven Development

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Community Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (CEEDS)

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  1. Community Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (CEEDS) The Grassroots' approach BY Dr Osita Ogbu ECONOMIC ADVISER TO THE PRESIDENT TO NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL

  2. What is CEEDS? • A new dawn in development planning • Community Driven Development • Community Poverty Reduction Project • It is about mobilizing communities to take control and manage resources • It is about accelerating infrastructural development

  3. What is CEEDS ?(Contd) • It is about economic empowerment • A new strategy for all inclusive growth and development -Demand driven -Bottom –up -Participatory • Giving voice to the voice less

  4. Objectives: • Improving the living conditions of poor • Making resources available to poor communities to meet and manage their identified priority needs • Enhancing communities productivity • Building local capacities for community driven development • increasing access of the poor to social and economic infrastructure

  5. Objectives (Contd) • Empowering the poor • Reducing incidence of poverty in our rural areas • Build on existing safety net • Engineering sustainable growth and development

  6. Why CEEDS? • No Community, No Local Govt • No State, No Federation • Poor Communities, Poor Local Govt, miserable State • Low productivity, more poverty, less sleep for the rich • Empowerment of Communities, better life for rural poor, enhance human capacity for development

  7. Why CEEDS? (Contd) • Tremendous success of pilot projects in 12 states -US$40 million managed by communities without interference -No case of abandoned projects throughout the 5years -Entrenchment of ownership -No act of vandalism or theft Great Community response rate beyond expectation

  8. Why CEEDS? (Contd) • -Cost effectiveness – over 30 to 40% cheaper than government regular contract prices • Even geographical spread of projects across all the Senatorial Districts and LGAs • Development of local executive capacity • Entrenchment of accountability, transparency and self reliance within communities

  9. Funding Arrangements: • Federal Government --------------40% • State Government -----------------20% • Local Government------------------5% • Communities-----------------------5%-10%(of fund requirement cash or kind) • Development Partners------------30% ( Grant, Credit etc.)

  10. Total Resource Projection2007-2010 • Three scenarios A B C • A-------------$496,005,550.11 ( at $13,205,076 per State plus FCT) • B-------------$248,002774.87 (at an average of $6,602,538.22 per State,plus FCT • C--------------$190,771,365.51 ( at average of $5,078,875.56)

  11. Beneficiary States • 36 States of the Federation • Federal Capital Territory • States that have indicated interest as at date -Akwa Ibom, Delta, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Gombe, Kaduna, Kogi, Kwara, Ondo, Taraba and Zamfara

  12. What is New • Contribution from community, LGAs, States, Federal Government and Donor Agencies • Recommended distribution: - Federal 40% - State 20% - LG 5% - Beneficiary Communities 5% - Donor Agencies 30%

  13. What is New (Contd) • Self reliance, less indebtedness, utilizing our own resources, doing it ourselves, taking responsibility and control at all levels, maximizing our benefits • Synergy among the three tiers of government • Commitment by the three-tiers of government

  14. Expected Output • About 20,000 micro-projects. Average 540 micro-projects per state • 774 Local Government Areas to benefit • Wide geographical spread • Enhanced access to basic infrastructure • Enhanced project executive management at community level • Significant reduction in poverty

  15. Expected Output (Contd) • Entrenchment of transparent, accountability • More resource inflow and utilization at grassroot • Improved health and literacy rate • Reduction in maternal mortality • Enhanced productivity • Gender equity

  16. End Slide • CDD WORKS, Let’s give it a chance - Watch poverty and run

  17. Dr. Osita OgbuEconomic Adviser to the President Chief Executive Officer,National Planning Commission, Abuja.18 May, 2006

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