Employment creation in municipal service delivery in Eastern Africa - Improving Living Conditions and Providing Jobs for the Poor, Programme Implentation Final Report. 21 January 2004 - 30 June 2006
This report provides a detailed implementation process, achievements and challenges faced by the programme and its continued justification, and hence demand for more resources.
The two year programme with an immediate objective of increased decent employment and improved living and working conditions for the urban poor has been carrying on and upscalling of the good work done by the previous project of "Solid waste Management in Dar es Salaam" 1998-2003. With funding of USD 1.4m from DFID, the programme has been implemented in the three countries in East Africa, Tanzania being the major beneficiary with piloting areas in Kenya and Uganda.
The programme direct beneficiaries have been; municipal/city authorities, SMEs, CBOs and Informal Economy operators. The immediate beneficiaries have been the low-income community members to whom service is provided and the collaborating training institutions.
The programme implementation approach has been through provision of technical support offered in three areas:
1. Capacity strengthening of municipal authorities and waste collectors, through awareness raising, training, network and organizational development 2. Technical advice on enabling systems for small enterprise based service delivery including pro-poor contracting, revenue collection and monitoring and evaluation. 3. Support to broad policy development on issues related to poverty reduction, service delivery and employment creation through advice and knowledge development and dissemination
By the end of the two years implementation period, the programme made good achievement in the core planned activities related to the capacity building and an initial step towards policy reform and formulation in supporting the PPP approach for municipal services provision. The promotion of PPP approach in service delivery with involvement of Informal Economy Operators was the major focus and strategy for the programme.
Generally, the programme is considered to be successful, creating ownership and more demand on the ground in spite of some challenges encountered during the implementation process.
The programme direct beneficiaries have been; municipal/city authorities, SMEs, CBOs and Informal Economy operators. The immediate beneficiaries have been the low-income community members to whom service is provided and the collaborating training institutions.
The programme implementation approach has been through provision of technical support offered in three areas:
1. Capacity strengthening of municipal authorities and waste collectors, through awareness raising, training, network and organizational development 2. Technical advice on enabling systems for small enterprise based service delivery including pro-poor contracting, revenue collection and monitoring and evaluation. 3. Support to broad policy development on issues related to poverty reduction, service delivery and employment creation through advice and knowledge development and dissemination
By the end of the two years implementation period, the programme made good achievement in the core planned activities related to the capacity building and an initial step towards policy reform and formulation in supporting the PPP approach for municipal services provision. The promotion of PPP approach in service delivery with involvement of Informal Economy Operators was the major focus and strategy for the programme.
Generally, the programme is considered to be successful, creating ownership and more demand on the ground in spite of some challenges encountered during the implementation process.