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The Economic and Social Fund for Development (ESFD): Ten Years of Partnership with Local Authorities. Tunis, November 20, 2012. Outline. Part I: General Overview. Part II: ESFD Components and Mechanisms. Part III: Impact Assessment and Lessons Learnt. Part I: General Overview. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Economic and Social Fund for Development (ESFD):
Ten Years of Partnership with Local Authorities
Tunis, November 20, 2012
Outline
Part I: General Overview.
Part II: ESFD Components and Mechanisms.
Part III: Impact Assessment and Lessons Learnt.
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Part I:
General Overview
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Economic & Social Fund for DevelopmentCreation, Duration and Objective
The ESFD project is part of the Euro-Med Partnership between the EU and GOL.
The Fund started in 2002- linked to Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR).
The ESFD is supposed to become permanent and fully autonomous.
The ESFD has one aim: to reduce poverty in Lebanon.
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ESFD Resources
2002-2008
2002..
LBN/B7-4100/IB/99/0225
Main Stream
ϵ 31m
ϵ 15 m revolving
2008-2010
2008…
MED/2006/018-303
Post 2006- War Recovery
ϵ 5.7 m
ϵ 4.4 m revolving
2010-2012 UNDP Art Gold Lebanon
Guarantee Fund
$ 1.5 m
2009-2013 Europeaid/129374/D/SER/LB
Akkar Project
ϵ 2.5 m
Part II:
ESFD Components
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Economic & Social Fund for DevelopmentComponents
1. Job Creation Component: strengthens the individual by supporting micro/ Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
2. Community Development Component: strengthens the communities by planning & implementing development projects in the poorest areas.
The Job Creation component
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Job Creation ComponentMechanism and Purpose
Financing SMEs:
Access to credit for unbanked enterprises
Informal sector included
Financial inclusion
Business advisory services
Intermediaries: Commercial Banks
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The ESFD is Creating Jobs !
By end of September 2012:
6,882 financed projects
4495 new jobs created
2284 financed projects benefited from BDS
743 business start-ups
1108 female entrepreneurs
The Community Development component
The Community Development component
Objective
Ensuring improved access to basic services
and enhanced economic opportunities
through Partnering with Municipalities
providing Technical and Financial Assistance (Grants)
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Why Municipalities?
Municipal Councils are elected representative body of the community.
They have a comprehensive mandate and authority for decision-making and the management of local assets and resources
They are viable structures to institutionalize and sustain the projects The Municipal Law grants municipalities with tools for participatory
development:
Article 50 (partnership with civil society or private sector to establish or manage development projects)
Article 53 (establishment of specialized local committees from within or outside the Municipal Council to assist in planning and decision making)
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Implementation Cycle
Signature ofGrant Contract
Identification &Targeting of
Poverty Pockets
CommunitySelection of
Priority Projects
Implementation,Monitoring &Evaluation
Identification &Targeting of
Poverty Pockets
CommunitySelection of
Priority Projects
Implementation,Monitoring &Evaluation
Participatory LocalDevelopment
Planning
Participatory LocalDevelopment
Planning
CommunityMobilization & Ex-Ante Evaluation
Community-
Signature of
MOU
Mobilization & ExAnte Evaluation
Signature ofGrant Contract
Identification &Targeting of
Poverty Pockets
CommunitySelection of
Priority Projects
Implementation,Monitoring &Evaluation
Identification &Targeting of
Poverty Pockets
CommunitySelection of
Priority Projects
Implementation,Monitoring &Evaluation
Participatory LocalDevelopment
Planning
Participatory LocalDevelopment
Planning
CommunityMobilization & Ex-Ante Evaluation
Community-Mobilization & Ex
Ante Evaluation
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Targeting Poorest Communities
Strategy on Social Development in Lebanon, formulated
by ESFD, identified 80 poverty pockets in 2004.
Community Development Component (ESFD) target
communities living in these pockets.
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National Strategyfor Social Development
Poverty Map
The selection of partner communities is based on ESFD National Strategy for Social Development (NSSD).
The NSSD identifies 80 poverty pockets using objective “poverty” indicators
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Selection of poorest communities
P
roject’s life cycle
Targeting poorest
communities
Identifying and
Designing community
development projects
Elaborating a Local
Development Plan
Monitoring &
Evaluation
Implementing
community
development projects
Elaborating Socio-
economic Profile
Eligible communities are called to submit Request for Partnership (RFP)
Criteria included the existence of economic opportunities, cultural diversities, minimum of experience with project management…
An evaluation committee is set up to evaluate the applications
Selected communities sign Memorandum of Understanding with ESFD
Planning Phase (1)
Analysis and Diagnosis Phase:
Community mobilization: community leaders, women, youth, NGOs, etc...
Creation of dialogue structures- Local committees representing socio-economic characteristics of the community.
Information collection and analysis: local committees entrusted with gathering data related to their sectors (Village
Profiles).
Stakeholders analysis: analysis of needs, interests and potential.
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Problem and Objective Setting:
Presentation to the larger community.
Problem analysis- Logical Framework Approach: participatory workshop sessions for the identification of community problems and the mapping of a “Problem Tree” structured along cause-effects relationships
Objective setting “Problem Tree” inverted into “ Objective Tree” of the Local Development Plan. Cause-effects are transformed into Means-Ends relationships identifying actions/activities.
Identification of activities → Projects
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Planning Phase (2)
Implementation Phase
Grant Contracts with Local Authorities.
Implementation is Beneficiary’s responsibility.
ESFD Role: supports, monitors and audits.
Impact Assessment: re-measuring of indicators.
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The Community Development component
Achievements
30 local development plans
39 partnership agreements for a value of EUR 10 M
64 projects implemented from 2004 to 2011
About 350,000 beneficiary in 100 communities have been targeted
Type of Projects by Sector
Sanitation7%
Solid Waste7%
Agriculture and Irrigation
46%
Rehabilitation Roads &
Infratructure6%Health Sector
16%
Sports Facilities4%
Social Development &
Vacational Teaching
14%
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Part III:
Lessons Learned
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CD Program Impact Assessment 2011
EC Delegation mobilized external evaluator.
A sample of 18 ESFD projects were evaluated.
After 2 years: two thirds of the projects active and one
third inactive.
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Findings: Strengths
Municipalities empowered to seek funding.
Ownership around a collective vision built at local level.
Hands-on exposure to local authorities on improved standards
of transparency and accountability.
Beneficiaries turned into “development hubs”.
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Findings: Risks andLessons Learned
Tendency of participatory approach towards coming up with non feasible projects / competing with private
sector.
Design of sub-projects not immune to changes in Municipal leadership.
Design of projects’ sustainability to be given more emphasis.
Support of ESFD to communities should be extended beyond implementation to include at least one full
operational cycle.26
Final Evaluation of ESFD- April 2010
Shorten the CD Cycle.
Improve technical analysis of projects at the planning phase.
Reduce complexity in contracting mechanisms.
Improve impact monitoring.
Improve networking with other stakeholders.
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For further information check our website
www.esfd.cdr.gov.lb