| Commissioning Unit: | Bhutan |
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| Evaluation Plan: | 2008-2013 |
| Evaluation Type: | Project |
| Completion Date: | 06/2008 |
| Unit Responsible for providing Management Response: | Bhutan
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Key Action Update History
Management Response: [Added: 2010/06/07]
Ensure that the recommendations are taken onboard and incorporated to the upscaling of the decentralization and local governance programme to avoid similar constraints in the future
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development partners to advice government on the need to do proper study on the basic capacity needs for local governments for decentralized development planned, implementation and sustainability of programmes
[Added: 2010/06/07] [Last Updated: 2010/06/16] |
LDD, GNHC | 2010/07 | Completed | National Capacity Development Strategy being developed by national and international consultants hired by DLG and will be completed by July 2010 and presented to RGoB. |
Management Response: [Added: 2010/06/07]
Advice the IP on the need to outsource training and create a more demand driven rather supply driven logic to training of local governments
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suggested possibilities to outsource training to private and national training institutes
[Added: 2010/06/07] [Last Updated: 2010/06/16] |
LDD | 2010/06 | Completed | Two rounds of TOT provided to private and national training institute officials. A final selection of 8 trainers selected as qualified who trained the LG functionaries in the 20 districts in April- May 2010. |
Management Response: [Added: 2010/06/07]
Proposed during the formulation of the new programme (LGSP) to include it as an effective learning and sharing of best practices
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDD suggested to undertake it as an activity in the 2010 work plan
[Added: 2010/06/07] [Last Updated: 2010/06/16] |
LDD and DLG | 2010/06 | Completed | Five officials from the LDD and DLG central and district level visited Bangladesh and Nepal on a learning, exchange visit on local governance issues (capacity development, participatory processes, annual grants performance measures and minimum conditions) from May 16-26, 2010. |
Management Response: [Added: 2010/06/07]
Ensure the performance based funding advice is provided to new programme (LGSP)
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDD advised to look at performance based funding
[Added: 2010/06/07] [Last Updated: 2011/11/18] |
LDD | 2011/06 | Completed | Piloted under the Local Governance Support Programme (LGSP) 2008-2013 to improve performance on the public financial management for local development. |
Management Response: [Added: 2010/06/07]
Fiscal decentralization policy changes implemented in the LGSP institutionalization of capital annual grants to local governments requires that fund flow mechanisms to be reviewed and modified to enable effective delivery of public services
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDD and Ministry of Finance advised to align fund flow with regard to the institutionalization of the fiscal decentralization policy and programmes of the government
[Added: 2010/06/07] [Last Updated: 2010/06/16] |
LDD and MoF | 2010/06 | Completed | Discussions resulted into close consultation and coordination in the communication of the planning and budgets to LGs. |
Management Response: [Added: 2010/06/07]
Advice LDD to develop capacity at the national and local levels for the fiscal decentralization development activities
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDD to take lessons from the DSP and its evaluations for developing national capacities
[Added: 2010/06/07] [Last Updated: 2010/06/16] |
LDD and DLG | 2013/06 | Completed | Will be addressed in detail under the Capacity Development Strategy for local governments being developed. |