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Description |
Replicable models and mechanisms for civil society participation in government-sponsored poverty-related programs formulated and demonstrated. More specifically, the TA will help formulate, and build consensus behind, a comprehensive framework for mainstreaming civil society actors (e.g., NGOs, volunteers, and private contributors) into national poverty alleviation and pro-poor social development efforts. |
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Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy |
The TA directly supports the ADB's Country Partnership Strategy for the PRC (2008-2010) in particular, paragraph 104 and the poverty supplementary annex identify promotion of civil society-government partnerships in poverty reduction and other programs as a key ADB niche area?while building on prior and ongoing ADB TA. Under TA 4580-PRC: NGO-Government Partnerships in Village-level Poverty Alleviation, ADB is supporting the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development (LGOP) in exploring new ways to mainstream NGOs in the PRC?s flagship grassroots poverty program: in a pilot test, Jiangxi Province is pioneering the PRC?s first-ever systematic channeling of budgetary funds through competitively selected NGOs, which work with local governments to mobilize villager participation under LGOP?s village poverty alleviation and development planning (VPADP) program. Other ADB TA is supporting the Ministry of Civil Affairs (responsible for registering NGOs) to assess international models and develop policy recommendations for outsourcing public services to NGOs. The TA will build on these in (i) refining and pilot testing improved modalities for engaging NGOs within VPADP, including an enhanced focus on capacity building for villagers; and (ii) developing mechanisms to mobilize other civil society actors (i.e., volunteers and CSR actors) within national poverty alleviation efforts. |
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Impact |
The longer-term impact is reduced rural poverty, with NGOs and other civil society actors mainstreamed within more effective, responsive and well-targeted, and sustainable PA programs across the PRC. |
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