BCDP BRSP

European Union Delegation in Pakistan has been supporting BRSP since 2008. The first project on Improving Maternal and Child Health was implemented from 2008 - 2011 in which 16 District Head Quarter Hospital and BHus of Government of Balochistan in Mastung, Loralai and Pishin District. After completion of these project EU funded Post Flood Water and Sanitation rehabilitation of infrastructure damaged by flood of 2010 in district Zhob and Jaffarabad. This project completed in November 2013.
From December 1, 2013 EU continued its support to BRSP through a 36-month's programme titled Balochistan Community development Programme.

Overall objective: The overall Objective of BCDP is "to support the Government of Pakistan in reducing the negative impact of economic deprivation, poverty and social inequality, and to turn this into opportunities to build and empower resilient communities that participate actively in development activities"
Specific objective: To empower local communities through social mobilization and capacity development, and by reconstruction/rehabilitation of small-scale community physical infrastructure, for enhanced social cohesion and improved social services

Balochistan Community Development Programmes is designed to bridge gap between state institutions, community and civil society at large. The recently elected Local Governments and communities will work closely, following participatory development approaches to implement the project in 40 target UCs in four districts of Balochistan. BRSP will play role of catalyst and provide technical backstopping and capacity building of communities and LAs.

The proposed action is a poverty targeted, multi-sector area-based bottom-up community-driven local development intervention as a large-scale effort that will reach some 41,719 rural households (274,011 individuals comprising of 161,666 children, 57,542 women and 54,802 men) also including minority groups, and the poorest and the most vulnerable through a participative and inclusive development approach.

BCDP specifically aims at empowering local communities through social mobilization and capacity development for enhanced social cohesion and improved social services delivery through engagement with government counterparts and strengthening the capacity of local authorities to engage with the communities in a proactive manner to promote inclusive, transparent and accountable development practices. The action will strengthen local resilience by strengthening capacities at the grassroots level to plan and manage development. It will also help build local ownership of development actions and partnerships with government through jointly managed social infrastructure projects. The action places high emphasis on the priority target group by focusing on vulnerable groups (such as women) and on remote, marginalised and vulnerable communities and regions.

More than 2,857 COs, 593 VOs and 40 LSOs will be formed and/or revitalised inclusive community organisations that provide a lasting support system for local development and a platform for advocacy and management of community resources.

At a technical level 666 infrastructure construction/rehabilitation projects be implemented by Communities and LAs to address needs prioritised by communities; the process takes into account DRR principles and community and government commit to joint maintenance plans. 700 community representatives have improved technical skills. Government will have increased capacity in community based planning, disaster risk reduction principles and participating in planning meeting with community representatives at various levels.

At a policy level – This action aims to influence the practice and behaviour of local government in inclusion of community in development planning. While this will not directly lead to change in written policy, it is hoped that as a result of behaviour change best practice will eventually be codified as a minimum standard.