Ngan Son district Project

Target Groups

Direct beneficiaries

• 3,080 people (1,600 women/1,480 men) in 18 villages, mainly ethnic Tay, Nung and Dao, benefit from awareness raising on self-management and small-scale development projects.
• 120 key community members, including at least 60 (50%) women, are trained on the application of the community management approach.
• 180 FIG members receive training and coaching on market-oriented production for income generation purposes.
• Approximately 25 people (15 men/10 women), including Women’s Union leaders at district/commune level and communal Government officials, benefit from community management approach via trainings and dialogues with communities.

Indirect beneficiaries

• Approximately 6,200 residents (3,200 women/3,000 men) of the three communes benefit from the small-scale development projects (both small infrastructures and sustainable agriculture models) and awareness raising measures on self-help, gender equality, and community participation strategies.

 

Project Goal:

Sustainable village development is improved in Bac Kan province by realizing the community management approach.

 

Project Objective:

Self-management capacity of local community is improved addressing development challenges.

 

Indicators of the objective:

1. By the end of the project, 65 small-scale development projects are successfully self-managed by communities directly concerned (self-managed in terms of planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating; a project is considered successfully managed when its objective is achieved).
2. By the end of the project, agricultural models run by Farmers’ interest groups (FIGs) applying CM generate a 15% increased average income for 150 FIG member households.
3. By the end of the 2nd project year, 8 FIGs develop into cooperative groups certified by the State.

 

Project Activities

1. 40 community meetings to introduce the project's objectives and activities; establish Community-based Groups (CBGs) and elect 120 community key members; creating community profiles and selecting community priorities.
2. 15 training courses for key community members on Community Management; Motivation skills; Small-scale project design; Financial management; Gender and development projects.
3. 54 village thematic meetings on relevant laws and policies (such as land law and gender equality law).
4. 36 dialogues between local authorities and villagers to discuss solutions for local problems.
5. 18 meetings to establish 18 FIGs with 180 members.
6. 15 training courses for the FIGs on group management and household economic management; production of bio-fertilizer and herbal insecticide; technical knowledge and skills on common interested agricultural products.
7. Conducted 06 training courses for 03 management members of each group of FIGs on Business Planning and Bookkeeping, and Sale promotion (including advertisement and negotiation).
8. 01 market research and 01 workshop to share research results.
9. 01 baseline data survey.
10. 02 study tours at successful businesses.
11. 09 approval meetings for community small-grant proposals.
12. Implementation of sub-projects (sub-projects) by CBGs, FIGs with a contribution counterpart of at least 25%.
13. Participated in 02 agricultural exhibitions to promote products of FIGs.
14. 06 workshops to share experiences in sub-project implementation process.
15. Other activities: Establishment and periodical meeting of the Project Management Board, monitoring, auditing every 6 months, mid-term review, final external evaluation...

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