maria gaidar, washington dc, 09/13/2011
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Local Initiative Support Project. Maria Gaidar, Washington DC, 09/13/2011. Kirov region. Kirov region – one of the largest regions in Russia , located in the North East of the European part of the country Area - 74,564 square miles Population – 1 , 4 million - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Maria Gaidar, Washington DC, 09/13/2011
Kirov region
Kirov region – one of the largest regions in Russia, located in the North East of the European part of the country
Area - 74,564 square miles
Population – 1,4 million
Gross Regional Product - one of the lowest among Russian regions
There is no oil and mineral gas resources
Strategic partnership
March 2009 – the World Bank and the Kirov region signed a memorandum of strategic partnership for reconstruction and development through 2015
One of the main areas for possible cooperation was design and implementation of Local Initiative Support Project (LISP) for rural and urban settlements of Kirov region
Goals of LISP
Activate the dialogue between the population and authorities at all levels
Identify and address the issues chosen by people themselves in local meeting through democratic procedures
Improve performance and capacity of local municipal authorities
Improve efficiency and transparency in budget allocation Empower local communities Reduce dependency attitudes and create positive social
practice Create and maintain jobs
LISP in the Kirov region
Government grant
Settlement
Population
Business
The government of the Kirov region provides subsidies (no more than $50,000 per project) to local settlements to finance competitively selected small micro projects, initiated by the residents and co-financed by settlements, participants and businesses
The World Bank provides technical assistance in the design and implementation of the project (i.e. seminars for government officials, training for local municipal authorities, on-line tools and monitoring)
LISP
LISP Design
1• Participants of the project are rural and urban settlements
only
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• Settlement officials with community leaders organize meetings with people to define the most important problem and elect a group of activists that will prepare the application
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• The regional commission selects the best micro-projects based on predetermined criteria
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• Each settlement can apply for a maximum of 4 micro projects. One project can apply for $50k, the remaining 3 can apply for a maximum of $12k/project
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• The grants are provided from the regional budget upon co-financing by settlements, population and businesses
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• All micro projects must be completed within one year
2009 – Pilot year
A difficult start. Kirov government officials saw it as both a “dangerous” empowerment of rural communities and just another infrastructure sink hole Members of Kirov parliament did not believe that such small amounts of money could make any differenceThe heads of municipalities were afraid to compete and also doubtful that dividing any money could be achieved equitablyIn general, everyone was suspicious about the participation of the World Bank
2009 – Pilot yearAfter several meetings conducted with the team of the World Bank with government officials, local representatives, etc., a series of “listening tours” and meetings in rural settlements, to both learn local opinions and to create optimal program designs, took place
Kirov government supported the idea to start a pilot in six districts with 41 settlements in this area
20 million roubles (< $1million) was allocated for this purpose
Trainings for local officials and community leaders
The implementation started with training for local officials and community leaders about the goals and procedures of the project
This training was delivered by a team of the World Bank consultantsParticipation was very high. The training was attended by 40 of 41 settlements. The workshop was attended by 80 participants.
Meetings – Settlement Administration
53 meetings in settlements took place, with participation of the World Bank consultants, during January and February 2010
Meetings – Community Center
~ 40% of population of settlements were present in every meeting
Meetings in country schools
Meetings were conducted in cultural centers, medical centers, schools and even outdoors
Population meetings
Meetings lasted from one to three hours
Main street of settlement-29,2 Fahrenheit
Settlements participation
41 37 26
Had a chance to take part in LISP
Took part in competition
Won the competition
Competitive selection54 micro projects took part in the competition and 26 were selectedby the LISP Tender CommissionThe LISP Tender Commission consisted of 12 members and made decisions according to the criteria which was approved by Kirov’s region GovernmentThe heads of districts attended the meeting of the
Tender Commission and could provide clarifications with respect to projects
Types of micro projects
24
16
5 53
1
99
32 2
10
3
6
9
12
15
18
21
24
27
Water supply Roads Settlement improvement
Sport grounds Culture centers
Heating system
Entered micro projectsCompetition winners
Budget by participants
26 micro projects from 21 settlementsTotal micro projects value – 22,487,000 roubles ($750k)Government grants – 17,536,000 roubles($600k)Co-financing by settlements, population
and business – 4,951,000 roubles($150k)
78%
13%
5%4%
G overnmen P opulation S ettlement B us ines s
Public opinion
Source: Conducted in 2010 buy The World bank
Example - Water supply
afterbefore
Example - Water supplyafterbefore
Example - Country road
afterbefore
Example - Country road
afterbefore
Example - Settlement improvement
afterbefore
Example - Sports ground
afterbefore
Example - Sport center
afterbefore
Example - Community center
afterbefore
Example - Community centerafterbefore
Example - Heating system
afterbefore
LISP in 2011
Due to positive results of the pilots, the government of the Kirov region decided to continue and expand the projectLISP was expanded to the whole territory of the region (there are 389 settlements in 39 districts of Kirov region)$30 million was allocated by Kirov region government for 2011
2011 settlements participation
389 203 153Had a chance to take part in LISP
Took part in competition
Won the competition
Online management system
In 2011 the World bank developed a Management Information System to effectively select, implement and monitor projects
http://77.72.139.122/
2011 - Types of micro projects
40%
27%
8%
5%
4% 3%
6%
5%
2% Watter supply
Roads
Sport objects
Light
Settlement improvement
Playgrounds
Culture centers
Sidewalks
Others
Additional LISP effect
Overall activity increasedIn settlements that participated people started implementing projects without government grants
In Tuzha people collected money and made playgroundfor children
LISP effect
In some settlements people totally overhauled and cleaned their ponds
The population of another village planted apple orchard even though they were not selected
A project as a way to find and recruit people
Some examples:After a good implementation of LISP, some people were given a promotiona) The head of Yaransk Elena Chesnokova district became the head of the department of the social development of Kirov regionb) Resident of small village in Arbazh district Elena Titorenko became a consultant of the World BankLater, she was offered a job in administration of the district and became a head of section there
Overwhelming enthusiasm
The project became so popular that a board game was created based on the LISP concept