This document provides an overview and status update of the 1st Quarterly Progress Report for the Urban Resilience Project (URP) in Bangladesh. It summarizes the progress of various implementing agencies (IAs) such as DDM, DNCC, and RAJUK in completing agreed upon key actions under different components of the URP related to emergency response capacity building, vulnerability assessment, risk-sensitive land use planning, and improved construction practices. While some actions saw good progress, many faced delays due to lengthy approval processes. The report recommends greater coordination among IAs, accelerated decision making, and a discussion on optimizing the scope and direction of the URP at its mid-point.

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