MOVE is implementing the Citizens’ Charter Afghanistan Project (CCAP) contracted by the NSP  in Nimroz and Badghis provinces.

Project Goal

Citizens’ Charter Afghanistan Project will seek to address key limitations of line agency efforts, NSP to date, and respond to financial constraints to national development investments. First, it brings together the rural and urban community level work under one umbrella. Second, consolidating service delivery under the Citizens’ Charter brings many advantages to Afghanistan’s development planning. This transition means that there will be increased emphasis on linking CDCs with local government institutions and ministries following a systems-based rather than project-based approach. To provide improved services, the Citizens’ Charter will set a threshold of core infrastructure and services that the government will provide to all accessible communities over the next ten years.

Project Objectives

To improve the delivery of core infrastructure and social services to participating communities through strengthened Community Development Councils (CDCs). These services are part of a minimum service standards package that the Government is committed to delivering to the citizens of Afghanistan. As such, the Citizens’ Charter is a promise of the partnership between the state and communities. It is a foundation stone for realizing the Government’s development vision. The program is a whole-of-government effort to end fragmentation, brings people together to collectively address their development needs and contribute towards unity. The Charter is a commitment to provide every village and urban communities in Afghanistan with basic services, based on community prioritization.                       

Infrastructure

Rural infrastructure communities will have at least one of the following services (depending on the gap analysis, community prioritization and accessibility):

1)            Basic electricity, Basic road access

2)            Small-scale irrigation infrastructure

PROJECT INPUT AND ACTIVITIES

Key staff replacement and social organizer recruitment based on vacant position and ratio of the program especially in remote and insecure areas.

Based on good coordination and relationship with Taliban and communities successfully formation and election of cluster CDC at Jawand and Maqar districts as per the operation manual of the program.

Providing practical and theory training to CDCs such as procurement, CDP, Environmental and Social Safeguards and accountant, which builds the capacity of the community.

Grain Bank formation on CDC level which is a very important component of the program which they supporting regularly poor, IDPs and vulnerable Groups on the community level.

Contract renewal of; rental house, vehicles, and replacement of Nimroz provincial office according to the plan.

Winterization of provincial and districts sub-office is done on time and good condition as per instruction.

As per contract milestone the target which is fixed was very high to achieve as per field security condition for the third and fourth instalment we can only request the mentioned instalment in October which only paid Nimroz amount by end of December and still wait for Badghis invoice and the finance department tried to finance CCNPP from other projects for a long time.

As result, all the project expenses; “Staff Salaries, offices rent, vehicles rent, etc.” Nimroz paid and cleared up to December 31, 2018, except three months’ staff salaries of Badghis province.

Supervision

Supporting the team in Badghis and Nimroz provinces, focusing on speeding up the formation of cluster CDCs Jawand and in Chaharborjak districts and formation of sub-committee of CDC/CCDC in both provinces and addressing challenges such as; “access to scattered and remote communities, work in inaccessible or insecure areas, negotiations with local leaders and groups, revising the forms as per CCNPP/MRRD new changes, and instruction”.

Close cooperation and active coordination are ongoing with Provincial Management Unite (PMU), RRD staff and relevant deportment of sectoral Ministries.

Monitoring

Many villages in the Badghis and Nimroz province received positive information and feedback on the benefits of the CCNPP from current and past members. In addition, the program facilitates according to the CCNPP operation manual in a very remote area of Jawand, Maqar and Charborjack districts but, still the CDCs as per security and culture issues have problems with participation of female in the program; formation of the grain bank at CDCs have good impact but fewer people participated for the fact, most of the people of Badghis and Nimroz is not in good economic condition. In general, employees’ performance is evaluated good and action plan quality improvement developed and implemented according to the targeted plan of 2018.

Coordination meetings at central, provincial and district level including; CCNPP meetings, FPRG meeting and PDC meetings, MOVE staff were actively participated during year 2018.