The Component finances demand-driven community-based socio-economic projects managed directly by communities through the Community Managed Projects (CMPs) and safety net operations managed by Local Assemblies(LAs) through the Local Authority Managed Projects (LAMPs).

Goal

The CDP component aims at improving community access and accessibility to socio-economic services in urban and rural areas (CMPs), and raising incomes for poor households through cash transfers (LAMPs).

Objectives

• Increase the stock of the rural and peri-urban socio-economic assets for service provision;
• Increase access to basic socio-economic services in both urban and rural areas on a sustainable basis;
• Transfer cash incomes to individuals in targeted poor and vulnerable households in the urban, peri-urban and rural areas through labor-intensive public works; and
• Enhance participatory development management capacities at community and district levels.

Guiding Principles

The CDP is guided by the following principles:

• Active participation of the beneficiaries at the community level in the pre- to post sub-project cycle stages
• The sub-projects supported are within the community service packages and adhere to sector norms and standards
• Equitable participation of women and men in project management
• Participation of women, men and the youth throughout all project cycle processes to the exclusion of child labour
• Community contribution for CMPs of at least 20% of the total sub-project cost, except for capital intensive sub-projects such as water, where the contribution will be at least 10%
• Self targeting under LAMPs through payment of a wage rate 20% below the market, and linked to a defined task
• Utilization, under LAMPs, of appropriate labour based technologies that are gender sensitive
• The unskilled labour proportion of LAMPs is at least 40% of the total project cost

Activities

For CMPs, the sub-projects supported fall under health, education, and water and sanitation and must be included under the community service package for that sector.