Strategy
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The
Ministry of Local Development has reconstituted existing steering
committees to form a joint project steering committee for
all development partners’ rural transport projects,
in an integrated sector-wide approach. DOLIDAR has established
a project coordination unit (PCU) in Kathmandu, headed by
a project coordinator to coordinate all project activities.
The PCU will be responsible for guiding and monitoring district
development committees (DDCs) as they implement project components.
At the district level, project implementation will be the
responsibility of the district project office (DPO) within
the district technical office of each DDC. |
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A
local engineering consultant to cover technical issues, and a local
non-government organisation (NGO) engaged for social mobilisation
and support for rural infrastructure building groups, will support
the DPO. A working-level implementation coordination committee will
be established to guide the PCU.
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Overall
Goal
The project goal is to reduce rural poverty in 18 very poor remote
hill and mountain districts affected by the conflict. The purpose
is to achieve sustainable increased access to economic and social
services, and enhanced social and financial capital for people in
the project area, particularly poor and disadvantaged groups.
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| Objectives
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Increased awareness and participation in the planning, implementation,
and maintenance of rural infrastructure, and in other development
activities by local communities, including the poor and disadvantaged
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New and rehabilitated physical infrastructure provided for community
economic and social activities (supplementary investments)
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Capacity for planning, implementing, and maintaining rural infrastructure
increased at district, village, and national levels
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New and upgraded rural transport infrastructure provided using
the labour-based, environmentally sound, participatory (LEP)
construction approach
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