Dori integrated rural development (PVO, OPG) [PES - A1, F1]

EVALUATION, DONE BY SCF, IS BASED ON REVIEW OF PROJ DOCUMENTS, INTERVIEWS WITH PROJ GROUPS, OBSERVATION OF VILLAGE PROJS. PROJ IMPLEMENTATION HAS BEEN REAL BUT SLOW DUE TO LACK OF QUALIFIED IN-COUNTRY STAFF & FATALISTIC ATTITUDES OF VILLAGERS. VILLAGE OF BAFELE DID NOT PARTICIPATE DUE TO LACK OF HANDOUTS & WILL BE RECANVASSED IN 1979. MAJOR SCF PROBLEM HAS BEEN LACK OF STAFF. TRAINING, ESP OF FIELD COORDINATORS & THEREBY OF VILLAGERS, HAS BEEN SLOW AND MORE STAFF TRAINING IS NEEDED. ADMINISTRATIVE NETWORK FOR PROJ IMPLEMENTATION IS IN PLACE, WITH FIELD OFFICE & CENTRAL SUPPORTING OFFICE ESTABLISHED & STAFFED, AND EFFECTIVE CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE WITH NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT GROUPS. INSTITUTIONALIZATION, HOWEVER, HAS JUST BEGUN & EXPATRIATE STAFF WILL BE NEEDED UNTIL 1986. TRAINING OF VILLAGE LEADERS HAS ALSO BEEN SLOW. TWENTY ONE OF TARGETED 24 VILL COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN FORMED & HAVE INITIATED 28 OF 40 TARGETED SELF-HELP PROJS, BUT LOSS OF BASELINE DATA SURVEY MAKES ADEQUATE EVALUATION IMPOSSIBLE. SIX OF 8 TARGETED VILL COMMITTEES TO ENSURE INSTITUTIONALIZATION HAVE BEEN FORMED & 8 MORE ARE PLANNED, BUT THEIR ABILITY TO OPERATE AUTONOMOUSLY IS MINIMAL. GOVT OF UPPER VOLTA (GOUV) IS COMMITTED TO PROJ BUT LACKS ADEQUATE PLANNING CAPABILITY. COMMUNITY SUPPORT WORKERS HAVE NOT YET BEEN TRAINED. ON REGIONAL LEVEL, SCF/GOUV PLANNING SESSIONS HAVE BEEN HELD & SCF HAS PRODUCED 16 REGIONAL PROJ PLANS, BUT TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR GOUV PERSONNEL HAVE NOT TAKEN PALCE. IN FUTURE, INTER-VILLAGE COORDINATION WILL BE DONE BY MEETINGS BETWEEN VILLAGERS AND GOUV PERSONNEL. PROJ HAS TAUGHT NECESSITY OF ADEQUATE IN-COUNTRY STAFF FOR VILLAGE PROJECTS. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT PRESENT ACCOUNTANT BE REPLACED BY ONE WITH ADEQUATE ACCOUNTING & LANGUAGE SKILLS AND THAT NEW BASELINE SURVEY BE DONE. ATTACHED ARE 4 APPENDICES, MOSTLY IN FRENCH, ON PROJECT ACTIVITIES AND SUBPROJECTS.