Community Based Resource Management Project

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Community Based ResourceCommunity Based Resource

Management Project (CBRMP)Management Project (CBRMP)

...with a mission to combat

poverty

LGED


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Area of interventionArea of intervention

Nine upazilas of Sunamganj district

Year wise intervention:

Sunamganj Sadar: 2003

Dakhin Sunamganj: 2003Biswamvarpur: 2003

Jamalganj: 2004

Tahirpur: 2005

Derai: 2006

Sullah: 2007Dowarabazar: 2007

Dharmapasha: 2007


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Sunamganj maintains very closeSunamganj maintains very close

neighbourhood with Meghalaya. Indianeighbourhood with Meghalaya. India

This district consists of 11 upazilas and total area 3 670 sq.km. with 2 782 villages

Population: 1968 669; male 50.89%, female 49.11%; Muslim 83.62%, Hindu 15.95%, others 0.43% ethnic

groups (Manipuri, Khasia, Garo and Hajong).

Literacy : Average literacy 22.3%; male 27.5%, female 17.6%.

Main occupations: Agriculture 43.43%, fishing 3.34%, agricultural labourer 24.10%, wage labourer 5.58%,

commerce 7.44%, service 3.8%, others 12.31%.

Land use: Arable land 294021 hectares , fallow land 51 752 hectares ( ).

Beel area: 5 500 hectares, Number 1 063

This district consists of 11 upazilas and total area 3 670 sq.km. with 2 782 villages

Population: 1968 669; male 50.89%, female 49.11%; Muslim 83.62%, Hindu 15.95%, others 0.43% ethnic

groups (Manipuri, Khasia, Garo and Hajong).

Literacy : Average literacy 22.3%; male 27.5%, female 17.6%.

Main occupations: Agriculture 43.43%, fishing 3.34%, agricultural labourer 24.10%, wage labourer 5.58%,

commerce 7.44%, service 3.8%, others 12.31%.

Land use: Arable land 294021 hectares , fallow land 51 752 hectares ( ).

Beel area: 5 500 hectares, Number 1 063


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Target people of the projectTarget people of the project

90 000 - 135 000 farmer and fisher households

holding land below 2.5 acre


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Goal & objectives of the projectGoal & objectives of the project

Goal:

Poverty reduction

The main objectives:

increasing the assets and income of 90 000 - 135 000households by developing self-managing grass-rootsorganizations to improve beneficiary access to primaryresources, employment, self-employment and credit; and

supporting the development of available nationalinstitutions to replicate the project approach in other areasof Bangladesh.


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FundingFunding

IFA

D 3 094.60 10 688.09 3 302.89 17 085.58

GOB 873.27 1 602.14 48.68 2 524.09

Beneficiaries 108.43 291.53 37.00 436.96

Total 4 076.30 12 581.76 3 388.57 20 046.63US$:

(Lakh BDT)

First Phase Second Phase Third Phase Total Project


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Project periodProject period

January 2003 to June 2014 (around 12 years)

First phase: (5 years) 2002-03 to 2006-07 (

FY)

Second phase: (4 years) 2007-08 to 2010-11 (FY)

Third phase: (3 years) 2011-12 to 2013-14 (FY)


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The project entityThe project entity

Under:

Ministry of Local Government, Rural

Development and Co-operatives /Local

Government Division

Executed by:

Local

Government Engineering Department(LGED)


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SCBRMP has long-term partnership with:

Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB)

BangladeshAgriculture Research Institute (BARI),

Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI),

Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute(BLRI)

Department ofAgricultural Extension (DAE),

Department of Livestock Services (DLS),

Department ofFisheries (DoF), and

The WorldFish Center

The major project partnersThe major project partners


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Project implementation arrangementProject implementation arrangement

The project is governed by three committees:

One at secretariat level called Project Steering Committee headed bythe Secretary of Local Government Division;

Second one is at district level called the District Coordination

Committee headed by the Deputy Commissioner of Sunamganj, and

Another one is at each Upazila level called Upazila CoordinationCommittee headed by Upazial Nirbahi Officers (UNO).

All committees comprise members from concern ministries, divisions,departments and development agencies.

Besides, there are some inter-ministerial, District and Upazila committees todeal the activities of transferring water-bodies from Ministry of Land andMinistry of Youth and Sports.

Overall implementation is executed by Project Director, CBRMP, havingPMU office at Sunamganj and liaison office at Dhaka


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Project Management UnitProject Management Unit


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Upazila setUpazila set--upup


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Components of the projectComponents of the project

Five components of the project:

Labour-intensive infrastructure development Fisheries development

Agriculture and livestock production

Microcredit

Institutional support


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InfrastructureInfrastructure

Main features of the component:

Involving community in infrastructure implementationwork

Employing rural poor in construction and maintenance ofinfrastructure for increased income

constructing rural road to connect villages withmainframe road network

Installing tube-well for safe drinking water

Constructing Multipurpose Village Centre (MVC) to use for

flood shelter, training, meeting, social gathering and otheractivities required for socio-economic development of thecommunity

Installing water sealed ring latrine to promote hygienicenvironment for the community


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Performance of infrastructurePerformance of infrastructure

Items Indicators Project

target

Cumulative status as of June 2008

Target Achieved %

No. of poor

engaged/worked in

labour intensive

construction works

Total members 224370 122196 124737 102

Male 149580 81464 83158 102Female 74790 40732 41579 102

No. of Tube-wells

installed and tested

arsenic

Installed 3000 1382 1520 110Beneficiaries 450,000 207300 228000 110

Village road constructed Km 220 115 125 109No. 220 115 121 105

MVC constructed No. 53 25 25 100

Latrine installed No. 70000 38190 39059 102


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Few glimpsesFew glimpses


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Community made block-road : 1st time introduced to

expand village road network


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FisheriesFisheries

The main features of the component:

Arranging water-bodies ( beel and ponds) for the communities

Mobilizing fishers in beel user group and introducing communitybased fishers management

Identifying and demarking resource- bases by mapping, surveying

and installing pillars; Excavation/re-excavation of water-bodies and khals (canal) to

restore fish habitats

Establishing fish sanctuaries to regain diversity and increasefish production;

Giving training to women in raising nursery of swamp trees

for planting and restoring swap forestry in haorarea Promoting pond fish culture for raising income of indigent women

Extending assistance to local administration and department offisheries for enforcing Fish ConservationActs

Monitoring fish production, consumption, marketing and assessing itsimpact on peoples livelihoods.


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BeelBeel transfer and management processtransfer and management processMoY&S

CBRMP/LGED

-Mobilization

-Training

-Other technical assistance

-Users contact

-Training

-Other technical

assistances

BMC

Beel Users Group (BUG)

(CO Members + Other Village People)

Revenue

MLGRD

DC/UNO Requisition-Policysupport

- Othertechnical

assistances

Beel Transfer

MoUM

oL

DOF

DAE

DLS

Revenue


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Performance of fisheriesPerformance of fisheriesItems Indicators Project

target

Cumulative status as of 30 June 2008

Target Achieved %

Beel developed/ excavated No. 300 93 55 59Acres 4000 1235.00 972.85 79

Khal excavated/re-excavated No. 33 14 6 43Km. 33 8 13 163

BUG formed and the members

enrolled

BUG No. 300 165 98 59BUGmembers No. 9500 5280 2717 51

Women in BUG No. 2375 1326 287 22

Beel accessed by BUG No. 300 165 70 42Acres 4000 2195 1149.30 52

Ponds excavated/ re-excavated No. 150 75 50 67A

cres 37 23.98 17.80 74Indigentwomen 750 317 192 61

Promotional materials developed and

disseminated

Village 450 175 135 77

Conservation campaign undertaken No. 1200 218 245 112

Beel harvested No. 300 68 58 85


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BeelBeel FisheriesFisheries


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Agriculture and LivestockAgriculture and Livestock

The main features of the component: Undertaking Participatory RuralAppraisal (PRA) to

assess the needs of the farmers and identifyconstraints prior to implement any activities

Initiating participatory research in cooperationwith national research institutions to promoteimproved varieties and technologies for farmers

Arranging workshops, training, demonstrationand field-days to disseminate results of research tofarmers

Working in partnership with local linedepartments for arranging training anddeveloping appropriate extension/promotionalmaterials for farmers


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Performance of agriculture and livestockPerformance of agriculture and livestock

Items Unit Project target Cumulative status as of June 2008

Target Achieved %Research/trial

(Fieldcrop, Vegetable,Tubercrop,

Spices etc)

No. 128 65 59 91

Demonstrations

(Fieldcrop, Vegetable,Tubercrop,

Spices,Murta, Ikor,Poultry,Duckary ,

Livestockrearingetc)

No. 7956 3348 2985 89

Villageadvance farmers No. 1432 1312 1312 100

Vaccinationcampaign Vaccine campaign No. 883 326 306 94

Livestock /poultry

vaccinated No.- - 91205 -


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Introducing new high productiveIntroducing new high productive

varietiesvarieties


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MicrocreditMicrocredit

The main features of the component:

Community organization (CO

) enrolling 20 to 30members each (men and women separately)

Provision of savings by members

Credit from CO savings fund

Credit from project credit line through BKB Training on group and financial management

Training on occupational skill development


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Fromgroup fundand project credit line/BKB inboth cases loanisdisbursedat 15% interest

Interest distribution: ( Project fund)

GOB: 1.50%

BKB: 2.00%Project sustainability fund: 6.50%

CO forcreatinggroup fund: 2.00%

CO president: 0.75%

CO manager: 1.25%

Baddebt adjustment fund: 1.00%

---------------15.00%

Bankrecovers 10% interest at declinerate, but communitychargesit at flat rate

Interest of project credit


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Interest distribution: (Group Fund)

CO group fund: 7.95%

CO President: 1.95%

CO Manager : 3.15%

Project sustainability fund: 1.95%

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15.00%

Interest chargedat flat rate

Interest of group fundInterest of group fund


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Performance of microcredit (1)Performance of microcredit (1)

Items Indicators Project target Cumulative status as of 30 June 2008

Target Achieved %

Upazila coverage No. 9 9 9 100

Union coverage No. 53 53 53 100

Village coverage No. 1500 724 742 102

Community

Organizations (COs)formed and

members enrolled

CO No. 3000 1448 1804 125

male CO No. 1200 673 622 92Female CO No. 1800 775 1182 153

Members No. 90000 43440 51719 119

Male enrolled No. 37421 20202 18312 91

Female enrolled No. 52579 23238 33407 144

Savings mobilized by

CO members

Total members No. 90000 47023 47677 101

Male No. 37421 18950 16794 89

Female No. 52579 28073 30883 110

Total savings in LTk. 2120.00 385.64 468.75 122

Savings by male in LTk. 848.00 176.45 190.57 108

Savings by female in LTk. 1272.00 209.19 278.17 133


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Performance of microcredit (2)Performance of microcredit (2)

Items Indicators Project target Cumulative status as of 30 June 2008

Target Achieved %

Loans provided to

COmembers from

CO Savings Funds

Total amount in LTk. 1060.00 352.73 442.36 125

To male in LTk. 450.00 206.15 185.62 90

To female in LTk. 610.00 146.58 256.74 175

Recovery % 100 100 - 97

Total members No. 15000 4926 7352 149

Male No. 7000 2112 3199 151

Female No. 8000 2814 4153 148

COs provided

credit from Project

Credit Line through

BKB

Total amount in LTk. 5700.00 2101.15 1827.44 87

To male in LTk. 2280.00 947.72 609.80 64

To female in LTk. 3420.00 1153.43 1217.64 106

Recovery % 100 100 - 97

Total members No. 52000 29162 20588 71

Male No. 20800 13521 7351 54

Female No.

31200 15641 13237 85


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Increasedproductionand income

CO/BUG

CO/BUG

CO/BUG

Increased

representationin localgovernments

Increased

capacity foradvocatingand lobbingfor socialandeconomic

justice

Increasedparticipation in

decision makingprocessirrespective ofgender

Adoption ofbetter

technologies

Outcomes

Establishedpeoplesinstitution

SCBRMP

Partnership with:

DOF DAE DLS BKB LocalGovernmentInstitutions

ResearchInstitutions WF CIRDAPBARD

Differentsupport

servicesforcapacitybuilding

It is all about Capacity Building of the people


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The future challenges and strategic focus of theThe future challenges and strategic focus of the

projectproject

Expanding areas/sectors of investment to utilize creditprioritizing gender perspectives

Addressing the slack period with alternativelivelihoods in a bulk form

Increasing productivity and production in agricultureand livestock targeting to increase food security

Timely graduating community organizing

Introducing intermediary institution between BKB andthe community for smooth and sustained credit

operation Transferring water-bodies to fisher community in time

and establishing their management on those

Fish habitat restoration

Addressing the arsenic problem in drinking water


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Project aspirationProject aspiration

With increasinggrowth ofsocial, financial

and humancapacities, the peoplearenowconfident to change their lot. If this trendcontinues, the project is hopeful to achieve

theultimategoal of the project


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Thank you

Thank you

CBRMP highly appreciates if any organization

or individual share their views and knowledgein its development process of the people of

Sunamganj

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Community Based Resource Management Project