Rightsbased Municipal Development Program, RMAP_2006

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Rights-based Municipal Development Program,
RMAP_2006

• Joint meeting of the Gender, Local Development
  and HR Communities of Practice, Armenia, June
  13-15, 2006
• Christian Hainzl Adela Pozder (UNDP BiH)

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Overview

• RMAP applying HRBA to local development
• RMAP tools
• New initiative Capacity Development for
  Inclusive Planning

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RMAP Evolution Achievements
2002-2004 Assessment HR monitoring

• 2004-present RB Assessment/ Planning
  Implementation
• 13 RB development plans prepared / 10 adopted
• Tailored RB planning methodology
• Participatory planning contributing to dialogue
  reconciliation
• Synergies / cooperation w/ other UNDP activities
  donors
• Planning ongoing in 4 implementation supported
  in 7 municipalities

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UNDP RMAP_2006RB municipal development programme

• Assists BiH municipalities in formulating
  implementing participatory dev. strategies
  service provider for inclusive RB municipal
  development
• Key components
• Assessment/planning (additional 10 RB municipal
  strategies)
• Implementation of priority projects
• Initiating/ strengthening policy dialogue on
  inclusive local development in BiH
• Capacity building in assessment, planning,
  project mgt

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Human rights-based approach to development

• Framework for the process of human development
  which makes use of HR norms (enshrined in
  international law national constitutions) and
  of HR principles (participation, accountability,
  equality non-discrimination) for the
  development of capacities for the realisation of
  HR

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Applying HRBA to local development planning

• Combining development HR analysis assessing
  municipal development sector deficiencies
• Application of HRBA in assessment planning
  process - specific attention to
• participation of the broadest range of local
  stakeholders
• accountability of local governments for
  development
• principle of non-discrimination and equal access
  to services
• Resulting in balanced development for all
  (Operationalising EU social inclusion agenda)

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RMAP HRBA local development planning

• Deepening of development with HR analysis
• Identification of poor vulnerable at early
  stage
• Integrated HR and dev. perspective reflected in
  assessment planning flow
• Multi-sectoral approach
• Capacity building awareness raising for local
  stakeholders
• Seed funding for priority projects

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What is in RMAP municipal strategy?

• Projects covering priorities of both the majority
  the most vulnerable
• Cost-free or low-cost interventions
• Cost-intensive projects

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Implementation component

• Adoption of RB strategies by Municipal Council
• Seed funds as implementation kick off
• co-funding by municipalities, MDT leads process
• from 30,000 to 50,000 USD
• 2-5 projects per municipality
• targeting both vulnerable groups broader
  population
• focus on rapid, highly visible, cost efficient
  sustainable interventions
• HR as additional selection criteria

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Overview of RMAP tools

• RB sector checklists
• Extensive HR checklists
• Sector background papers
• RB community profile (baseline study)
• Vulnerability assessment (vulnerability study)
• Implementation manual

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RB sector checklists (I)

• Integrating HR development approach
• Assessment and planning tool
• Quality control/ homogenizing
• Ensuring transferability
• Defining targets, indicators, methodology of data
  collection
• Targets HR norms principles as well as
  development goals principles phrased in the
  stage of their full realization
• Indicators measurable state which allows the
  assessment of whether or not associated targets
  are being met
• Integrating gender perspective (disaggregated
  data)

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RB sector checklists (II)

• Assessment
• Used for familiarization and data collection
• Orientation for initial data collection
• Basis for survey / vulnerability assessment
• Further data collection in sector analysis
  (comprehensiveness)
• Used in capacity and responsibility analysis
• Planning
• Used in defining goals and objectives

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Sector background papers

• Provide general information on legislation,
  organization and financing of a given sector
• sector-related legal responsibilities DH at
  different levels of authority
• relevant legislation
• implementation overview
• responsibilities of the municipality in a given
  sector
• Assessment Used for accountability analysis
• combined with RB checklists secondary data forms

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Participation as a principle and a tool
MDT Municipal Dev. Team

• RH (beneficiaries) entitled to participate
  (not only managerial best practice)
• Identifying the excluded and most
  disadvantaged
• Building their
• capacities to access information

FG vulnerable categories
UNDP/ RMAP

• PG (Partnership group) -representatives of
• municipal authorities
• private sector
• civil society

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Vulnerability assessment (FG)

• Deepening methodology for addressing poverty
  issues in pilot municipalities
• Further analysis of groups beneficiaries at the
  municipal level via FGs methodology
• 2 stage process
• FGs w/ MZs general pic/ definition/ severity/
  causes/ groups/ locations of poverty / exclusion
  patern
• FGs w/ most vulnerable groups identified
  sharpening of specific disadvantages

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How the tools were developed

• Background
• From concepts to operational tools
• Avoiding analytical deadlock
• Connectivity
• Involving a multi-disciplinary team
• Defining the value added
• Creating a learning spiral reality check

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Value added of using the tools

• Enabling a multi-sectoral approach
• Adding value in sectors of education, health
• Operational guidance to staff and municipal
  partners
• Translating HRBA into concrete terms
• Raising awareness on HR
• Identification inclusion of poor vulnerable
• Responding to capacity limitations
• Transferability of methodology and tools

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Enabling or hampering environment

• Strong corporate commitment
• Making clear what the value added is for local
  partners
• Capacities of staff and local partners
• Sensitivity of HR language
• Violation / non-fulfillment / non-realization

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Future initiative Capacity Development
Programme

• National CDP for a more enabling and socially
  inclusive local planning
• Response to lacking capacities to address
  exclusion/pattern of unequal local development
• Elements
• Designing / agreeing upon a unified planning
  methodology
• Building municipal absorption capacities related
  to basic policy, planning, project
  implementation skills
• Building / strengthening national and regional
  support structures for knowledge skills
  transfer related to planning project capacities
• Anchoring in the legal / institutional framework

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