The presentation of the 1st APR of URP

1. AUTHOR:
DATE:
URP M&E 1st Quarterly
Progress Report
Overview
URP M&E Team
6 August 2018

2. INTRODUCTION
 Background
 Structure of URP
 Purpose of 1st QPR
 Methodology
 Status of KAAs
 Challenges
 Opportunities
 Recommendations

3. Broader Context
 URP is consistent with Higher Level Objectives
 GoB’s 7th 5-year Plan & NSDS (Nat’l SD Strategy)
 WB’s Country Partnership Framework with GoB
 Objectives (PDO) of URP:
Strengthen GoB’s capacity to respond to emergency
events; and
Reduce vulnerability of future buildings to disasters in
Dhaka and Sylhet.

4. Structure of URP
 4 Components
 A: Reinforce Country’s EMR Capacity
 B: Vulnerability Ass’t & Risk-based LUC
 C: Improved Construction, Urban Planning and
Dev’t
 D: URP Coordination and M&E
 E: (contingency in case of disaster)

5. Purpose of 1st QPR
 Provide “feedback” to IAs on Progress in
last quarter (4th Q FY2018)
 Help M&E Team set up monitoring system
for KAAs
 Build communication rapport with IAs
 Identify Challenges & Opportunities
 Make tentative Recommendations

6. Method of Tracking KAAs
 M&E Team tracked progress made by each
IA on Key Agreed Actions (KAAs)
 Created individual KAA Tracking Forms for
each IA (plus 3 “common” KAAs)
 DDM: 4 KAAs
 DNCC: 22
 RAJUK: 20
 PCMU: 6
 Collected Info from IAs in July

7. Component A
 A-1: DDM to renovate ERCC & NDMRTI
 A-2: DNCC to renovate City Corp & FSCD
 A-3: DNCC to supply ECT equipment
 A-4: DNCC to supply SAR equipment
 A-5: DDM to provide TED assistance

8. DDM – A1 & A5
 A1: DDM renovate ERCC & NDMRTI
 Waiting for design approval from MoDMR
 Contract not signed yet
 A5: TED Assistance Program
 Waiting for NOL from WB
 Pending approval from MoDMR
 Verification by M&E Team pending

9. DNCC- A2, A3 & A4
 A2: Renovate City Corp & FSCD facilities
 Substantial progress made on most KAAs
 Constructed 19/20 warehouses
 A3: Supply ECT equipment
Delivery to FSCD expected by Nov.
 A4: Provide SAR equipment
 Substantial progress procuring equipment

10. Component B - RAJUK
 B1: Vulnerability Assessment (VA)
 NOL not received yet (S-4)
 Evaluation not done yet for Earthquake &
Seismic equipment (G-9).
 B2: Risk-Sensitive Land use Plan (RSLUP)
 WB decision pending (S-5)
 Re-tendering yet to start for Earthquake &
Seismic equipment for RSLUP (G-10)

11. Component C - RAJUK
 C1: Establish URU in RAJUK
 Most KAAs provide institutional “infrastructure”
 Mixed progress (only 2/8 KAAs completed)
 C2: e-permitting system for construction
 Contract not signed (S-7); expected by Aug18.
 C3: Professional Accreditation Program
 Re-RPF not done (S-8); expected in Sept18
 C4: Improve Building Code Enforcement
 CCGP approval not received (S-9); in August18

12. Component D - PCMU
 PCMU/URP
Coordination helpful in establishing
communication with IAs
 Insufficient KAA reporting
 M&E Team
 Shall continue monitoring progress of IAs
 Develop M&E Framework & Report
 Develop PMIS prototype by end of 2018 &
final PMIS & website by 3rd Q FY19

13. Challenges
 How to achieve greater implementation
efficiency & effectiveness?
 Turning Activities & Outputs into Outcomes
 Ensuring IA’s absorption of TA
 Complex & confusing WB requirements
 Lengthy & time-consuming staffing decisions
 Maintaining M&E’s Independence/Credibility
 Increase flow & ease of Info between IAs
 Reach consensus on URP Scope & Duration

14. Opportunities
 Greater “harmonization” of reporting forms
 Use “results chains” to links outputs to outcomes
 Improve IA’s Communication & Coordination
 Make better use of information from other DRM
projects like CDMP, BUERP, ECRRP, etc…
 Increase IA “absorptive capacity” (RAJUK)
 Changes to Scope or Duration of URP?

15. Recommendations
 “Harmonize” reporting formats to ease reporting
burden on IAs – M&E Team can help
 Shift IA focus away from Activities & Outputs to
focus on Outcomes & PDO – results chains
 Increase Capacity-building Assistance
 Increase Communication and Coordination
among URP IAs

16. Recommendations
continued
 Accelerate Staff Hiring & Approval
decisions –IA involvement in selection
 Make greater use of Info from other recent
DRM projects in Bangladesh
 Address fundamental question of the Best
Path Forward for URP at mid-point