Research to Policy: Final Research Workshop UWA REVENUE SHARING GUIDELINES

1. UWA REVENUE SHARING
GUIDELINES
By
Olivia Biira (CCW-BINP)

2. REVENUE SHARING GOAL
To ensure strong partnership between
protected areas management, local
communities and local governments for
sustainable management of wildlife
resources in and around protected areas.

3. OBJECTIVES OF RS PROGRAM
To establish good relations between the PAs and
their neighbouring communities
To demonstrate the economic value of PAs and
conservation to communities
To strengthen support and acceptance of
PAs/conservation from the local communities living
adjacent these areas.

4. WHO IS INVOLVED ?
•Community in Frontline LCI
-Project Management Committee (PMC)
-Community Procurement Committee
(CPC)
-Frontline LCI Chairperson
•Parish Development Committee (PDC)
-Parish Chief

5. WHO IS INVOLVED ?
•LLG- Sub county Chief
•LLG- Community Development Officer
•LLG -Council
•HLG -Community Development Officer
•HLG- District Planner
•HLG -Council
•CAO
•DEO
•DNRO
•CAM-UWA
•CCC-UWA

6. PRINCIPLES OF RS INSTITUTIONAL
DESIGN
•Decentralization of decision-making and action to
the lowest levels possible.
•Maximization of RS Fund efficiency,
effectiveness and impact

7. ROLES OF COMMUNITY IN FRONTLINE LCI
Identify community needs and priorities.
Identify potential projects for possible
funding under the RS program.
Select members of the Project Management
Committees & Community Procurement
Committees for the identified projects.

8. ROLES OF COMMUNITIES IN FRONTLINE LCI
Co-fund RS projects in cash, labor or kind
Agree on modalities of benefit sharing among
beneficiary households in Frontline Community
Agree on feedback mechanisms for RS projects
Monitor & evaluate RS projects
Submit monthly monitoring reports on RS
projects (PMC) to the Parish chief.

9. ROLES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
COMMITTEE (PMC)
Write RS project proposals
Submit RS project proposals to the LCI
Chairperson
Day to day implementation of RS projects
Participate in procurement planning with the CPC
 Award contracts to bidders selected by the CPC
Supervise suppliers/service providers and make
recommendations to the subcounty Chief for
payment

10. CON’T ROLES OF PROJECT
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (PMC)
Preparing quarterly reports for RS projects and
submit them to the Frontline LCI Chairperson during
the first week of the last month of the quarter

11. ROLES OF COMMUNITY PROCUREMENT
COMMITTEE (CPC)
Participate in procurement planning with the PMC
 Responsible for community procurement –
soliciting, receiving and evaluating bids or direct
contracting of single suppliers/service providers
Keep all procurement records including adverts,
names of bidders, evaluation criteria, respective
scores, and reasons for selecting some bidders and
rejecting others

12. ROLES OF SUB COUNTY CHIEF
Participate in selection of RS project proposals
for integration into LLG Development Plan
Submit quarterly narrative & financial reports on
RS projects to CAO
Effect payments to RS projects suppliers/service
providers on recommendation by PMCs
Monitor & evaluate RS scheme

13. ROLES OF CAO
Forward approved Frontline Community RS
projects to CAM for funds release
Submit quarterly narrative & financial reports
on RS projects to CAM
Monitor & evaluate RS program

14. ROLES OF CAM-UWA
Declare available RS Funds for Projections (IPFs)
& RS Projects Funding Criteria at the beginning of
LGs planning cycles
Participate in selection of RS projects proposals for
integration into LLG Development Plan
Release RS Funds upon approval of the proposals
by HLG Council
Monitor & evaluate RS scheme

15. CON’T ROLES OF CAM-UWA
Provide technical guidance on RS Program
implementation
Prepare and disseminate consolidated RS
M&E reports to all stakeholders

16. REVENUE SHARING FORMULA
Boundary Index = Length of protected area-LG
boundary divided by protected area perimeter;
and
Population Index = total population of affected
parishes in an affected LG divided by total
population of affected parishes in all the
affected LGs

17. REVENUE SHARING FUNDS FLOW
UWA will deposit RS funds to Districts General Collection
Fund Accounts
. 5% of the district RS share will be set aside for the S/C LG
and DLG supervision, monitoring and evaluation.
35% of the 5% will be retained by the district and 65% of the
5% will be sent to sub counties. 95% of the district share plus
65% of the 5% for monitoring will be sent to sub counties RS
accounts with Schedules specifying amounts allocated to
respective projects.
RS funds will be paid by subcounties’ accounting officers to
RS projects suppliers/service providers on recommendation
by respective PMCs

18. PROJECTS REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY
PMCs will report to Frontline LCIs Chairpersons with
respect to RS projects performance and accountability of
RS Funds.
Frontline LCIs Chairpersons will account to Parish
Chiefs who will then account to the sub county Chiefs.
 Sub county Chiefs will account to the CAOs and the
CAO will account to UWA CAMs.
 Reporting on RS projects performance and
accountability will be on a quarterly basis and will
comprise both narrative and financial reports.

19. RS PROJECTS SUPERVISION, MONITORING
& EVALUATION
RS projects supervision, monitoring & evaluation
will be a shared responsibility between communities
in Frontline LCIs, local governments and UWA.
Communities in Frontline LCIs and Chairpersons of
Frontline LCIs will oversee the work of PMCs with
respect to implementation of RS projects
Parish Chiefs and S/C CDOs will conduct regular
supervision visits to RS projects locations to ensure
that projects are implemented as planned utilizing
part of the funds allocated to subcounties for
supervision, monitoring and evaluation

20. CON’T RS PROJECTS SUPERVISION,
MONITORING & EVALUATION
PA staff-CAMs, CCWardens and CCRangers will
conduct regular supervision visits to RS projects
locations to ensure that projects are implemented
as planned
UWA HQs staff will conduct periodic visits to PAs,
adjacent local governments and communities to
monitor performance and evaluate impact of RS
projects.
Note: RS funds is a conditional grant

21. THANK YOU