Training Day 5
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Setting Stakeholder Engagement Objectives and Plans to Ensure Successful Implementation of CDAC Projects and Find Suitable Ways and Means to Mitigate Project Implementation Gaps and Challenges.
The training session sought to support Likoni CDAC to develop a blue print to guide its approach to stakeholders’ engagement to help build synergies for increased community development impact. This should help maximize collaborative opportunities with County Government of Mombasa as well as support the realization of the Mombasa Community Integrated Development Plan and open doors for further engagements with Likoni CDF, National Government Affirmative Action Fund, other development partners and the private sector.
Likoni CDAC stakeholder engagement objectives identified include:
1. Community Projects Co creation and Co ownership
2. Community Projects Co Investment
3. Community Projects Outcomes and Impact Optimization
4. Community Projects Sustainability
Stakeholder Engagement Plan
1. Create wider awareness of CDAC activities
2. Wider involvement of interest groups during key processes and activities to achieve co creation and co ownership
3. Partnership invitations and roundtable engagements to achieve co investment goal or secure complimentary development additions to maximize outputs and impact.
4. Regular feedback reports
For purposes of stakeholder engagements the followings tools were discussed:
Power and Interest Grid – It involves plotting power on the vertical axis, and the level of interest is on the horizontal axis.
There can be four possibilities:
High power, high interest:
High power, low interest:
Low power, high interest:
Low power, low interest:
The position held by stakeholders determines the management strategy.
High Power/ High Interest (Fully Engage)
The stakeholders you place on this quadrant are the key players. While you will have to spend the most effort on engaging with them, you should keep them informed at all times.
High Power/ Low Interest (Keep Satisfied)
Make enough effort to keep these stakeholders satisfied. But refrain from going overboard with your communication efforts lest you make them bored
Low Power/ Low Interest (Minimum Effort)
Monitor these stakeholders and their interest in the project and provide them with adequate information without overloading them.
Low Power/ High Interest (Keep Informed)
Provide adequate information on the project to these people and ensure that they don’t have any issues with the project.
Stakeholder SWOT Analysis – Introduced as another useful strategy to determine the importance or significance of stakeholders. SWOT stands for Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats.
Using the VIREC stakeholder engagement tools, participants used the Power – Interest Grid and the SWOT strategy to identify potential stakeholders for each of the prioritized Likoni CDAC projects.
It was observed that the stakeholder engagement analysis would be useful for the CDAC even as they prepare to send invitations for the official launch of the Likoni CDAC office.
Some of the key stakeholders identified include:
Community / Intended beneficiaries – Need for consultations from the beginning to agree on priority projects. Adequate early community project co-creation engagements build a sense of ownership. CDAC projects are implemented on land donated by beneficiary communities, hence the importance for adequate involvement from conceptualization to avoid creating a crisis occasioned by community reluctance to provide land. Communities play a major role in providing security to projects once adequately involved, otherwise projects may end up neglected or vandalized once initiated without adequate community involvement and consent.
Government – Depending on the development sector of the project, both national and county government comes in as a key stakeholders. Number one stakeholder is the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining being the custodian of the CDAC Mining Agreements and also playing a monitoring role. With so many projects on education, ministry of education and county department of education comes out a strong stakeholder. The projects on water, environment and livelihood also require strong participation by various government institutions both at the national and county level. Support from government is on broad spectrum ranging from technical assistance, strategic in kind support as well as joint implementation to achieve common goals and plans.
Private Sector – These are mostly suppliers of materials and service providers. CDACs must be committed to engaging reputable suppliers and service providers to deliver quality works. The private sector engagement philosophy must be aligned to the local content agenda to bring additional community benefits. Negotiations with contractors should include deliberate plans for skills transfer. Understanding CSR programs offered by private sector companies can help cut the costs with proactive engagements.
Non state actors NGOs / CSOs – different NGOs support different socio economic development campaigns. NGOs play a major role in public participation processes as well as project monitoring. NGOs also have resources aligned to different development courses and can be potential partners to build project synergies.
VIREC
LIKONI COMMUNITY PROJECTS STAKEHOLDER MAPPING
Project: Construction of Two Classrooms – Mrima Primary School
Key Community Members:
Government Institutions:
Private Sector Companies:
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VIREC
LIKONI COMMUNITY PROJECTS STAKEHOLDER MAPPING
Project: Construction of Administration Block – Longo Primary School
Key Community Members:
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VIREC
LIKONI COMMUNITY PROJECTS STAKEHOLDER MAPPING
Project: Construction of Two Classrooms – Vyemani Primary School
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VIREC
LIKONI COMMUNITY PROJECTS STAKEHOLDER MAPPING
Project: Construction of Three Classrooms – Maji Safi Primary School
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VIREC
LIKONI COMMUNITY PROJECTS STAKEHOLDER MAPPING
Project: Construction of Modern Kitchen and Dining Hall with Customized Access Ramp for PWDs – Mtongwe Pry School.
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LIKONI COMMUNITY PROJECTS STAKEHOLDER MAPPING
Project: Perimeter Wall – Peleleza Pry School
Key Community Members:
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LIKONI COMMUNITY PROJECTS STAKEHOLDER MAPPING
Project: Water Well Deepening and Installation of Water Distribution Accessories – Mtaa wa Pwani Kibuyuni Bofu
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LIKONI COMMUNITY PROJECTS STAKEHOLDER MAPPING
Project: Water Well Deepening and Installation of Water Distribution Accessories Integrated with commercial water vending opportunities for economic empowerment of youth and women– Likoni Stadium, Likoni Pry School, Kindunguni Dispensary and Masjid Khadija Community
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LIKONI COMMUNITY PROJECTS STAKEHOLDER MAPPING
Project: Waste Recycling Facilities in each of the 5 Wards
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LIKONI COMMUNITY PROJECTS STAKEHOLDER MAPPING
Project: Women and Youth Economic Fund and Blue Economy Initiatives
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