DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT FORUM

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L A C I P

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TRUCTURE

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DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT FORUM


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Published by Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund

Editors: Sana Zeeshan Shirazi and Zeeshan Azam

Design layout and Photography: Zeeshan Azam

2013

Content of this publication cannot be reproduced without due acknowledgement to PPAF.


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The program Livelihood Support & Promotion of Small Community

Infrastructure Project (LACIP) is Co-financed by the Federal

Republic of Germany through KfW. The total Project cost is

31.5 Million Euros and is being executed by Pakistan Poverty

Alleviation Fund (PPAF) from April 2012 to December 2015.

LACIP targets 60 Union Councils in 7 target Dis-

tricts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa i.e. Buner, Charsadda,

DI Khan, Swabi, Chitral, Haripur and Nowshera.

The main aim is to contribute to the improvement of

the general living conditions and quality of life of the

poor population in the selected Project Districts of

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; while focusing on the poorest popu-

lations which amount to approximately 600,000 people.

The Project is mandated to work in Institutional Develop-

ment as a foundation and create an integrated approach

towards development using the components of Small and

Medium Infrastructure, Livelihood Enhancement & Pro-

tection (LEP), Health & Education (H&E) and Disaster

Preparedness and Mitigation (DPM) in the 7 selectedDistricts. There are 4 funding phases for the Project

and a total of 22 Partner Organizations are working in

60 Union Councils. All interventions under the Project

are implemented in close coordination with the gov-

ernment line departments in the respective Districts.

Moreover, the work is carried out jointly with the Community

Organizations (COs), Village Organizations (VOs), and Local

Support Organizations (LSOs) at the Union Council level.

ABOUT


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WHAT IS THE DISTRICT

DEVELOPMENT FORUM?

01 Context and Background

The purpose of introducing District Development

Forum (DDF) is to create a sense of ownership

amongst the communities and to ensure sustainability

of all the small community projects undertaken by

the community organizations. The forum will provide

a District-wide coordination among all develop-

ment stakeholders and meetings will be held on a

quarterly basis and will be hosted at the District

Secretariat of their respective District. The stake-

holders of DDF comprise of the Local Government,

Line Departments and Civil Society Organizations

(CSOs) including Local Support Organizations (LSO)/

Partner Organizations (POs) of PPAF. The education

institutions will be offered partnerships in the

forum and representatives of these institutions

will be made a part of the DDF. Their involvement

in the DDF will assist in developing the trust of

the local communities in the DDF activities.

02Key features

The concept of DDF will be institutionalized in all

Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through an order of

the Provincial Government; hence, each succeeding

Deputy Commissioner will be the head of the forum.

The forum chaired by the Deputy Commissioner will

support and facilitate (at the District level) in the

implementation of development projects/initiatives

carried out by PPAFs partner organizations. If there

comes the Local Government System in place, the

head of District Government will chair the forum.

Quarterly meetings of the DDF will be held and

chaired by Deputy Commissioner of the concerned

District. Every meeting of DDF will have a secretary

from amongst the Partner Organizations (POs) on

rotation basis. The decisions taken in the meeting

will be followed up by the secretary of the forum.

PPAF (LACIP) will participate in every meeting

regarding the District Development Forum.

03Outputs and Outcomes

The establishment of District Development Forum will

enormously benefit community based organizations,

civil society organizations and the local Government

through enhanced ownership. The increased informa-

tion sharing and dissemination between stakehold-

ers of Government, private institutions and civil

society organizations will promote good governance

and facilitate integration with the line depart-

ments. The increased dissemination of information

with the other partners working in the same district

will develop synergies, There will be increased

insight in terms of overall District planning and

development and prioritization of the actual needs

of the communities. Coordination will increase

between Partner Organization working in the same

District. DDF will lay down a strong foundation for

voice the poor segment of society for direct com-

munication with the local Government.


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05Coordination at District level

The Forum will result in better coordi-nation, communication and facilitation atthe District level with all the concernedstakeholders.

03Conflict management

The Forum will create facilities and providetools for resolving conflict situationsbetween stakeholders or between organiza-tions and communities if the need arises.

01Transparency and Participation

The Forum will be ensure a platform forGovernment organizations, Non-Governmentorganizations, development based projectsand other bodies working in the Districtfor sharing of ideas, experiences, bestpractices, solutions, endeavors for effec-

tive utilization of their resources forthe improvement of the project Districts.

02Alliances with departments

The Forum will provide an opportunity for dif-ferent stakeholders to create strategic alli-ances with various departments related to theGovernment, local District departments, NGOs,PPAF Partner Organizations and Community basedorganizations, benefit from each others expe-

rience and knowledge and pool their minds andresources for effective service delivery.

04Strengthening public/private partnership

The Forum will assist in establishing a coordi-nation mechanism among the stakeholders at theDistrict level to strengthen the public/privatepartnership for the betterment of the District.

06Citizen and State relationship

The Forum will foster the citizen relation-ship with the state and strengthen ties fordialogue and facilitation. This will ensure aclosely knit relationship between the two.

FOUNDATIONS OF THE



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DISTRICT GOVERNMENT

COMMITMENT TO DISTRICT

DEVELOPMENT FORUM INITIATIVE

The Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Planning and Development(P&D) Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, all the Deputy Com-

missioners of the 7 Districts attended the workshop arrangedby LACIP in Peshawar on 16th September, 2013, and endorsedthe idea of the establishment of District Development Forum.

On behalf of the District Government, the Additional Chief Secre-tary Mr. Khalid Pervaiz ensured full support and corporation forthe initiative of in the respective Districts where LACIP opera-tions are being carried out by the partner organizations of PPAF.

The Deputy Commissioners extended their commit-

ment to resolve the issues of their Districts and steerthe resource allocation and development priorities ofthe Government towards the betterment of the people.


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Quarterly meetings of the DDF will be held and chaired by Deputy Commissioner of the

concerned District

Every meeting of DDF will have a secretary from amongst the Partner Organizations (POs) on

rotation basis

The decisions taken in the meetings will be followed up by the secretary of the forum

PPAF (LACIP) will participate in every meeting regarding the district development forum

The proposed District Development Forum will be headed by the respective Deputy Commissionerand the local line departments, civil society organizations as well as other donor projectswill form partners to the DDF. The concept of DDF will be institutionalized in all districtsin KPK through an order of the Provincial government. Hence each succeeding DC will automati-cally become the head of the forum. In case the deputy commission has prior commitments atthe time of the meeting, then he can nominate someone else to chair the meeting on his behalf.

WORKING MECHANISM OF



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