1 MID TERM REVIEW MEETING RESA PROJECT PROJECT MANAGEMENT 1 ST APRIL 2009 UDAI S. MEHTA, CUTS INTERNATIONAL

2  Project management and communication  Key actors  Challenges encountered PRESENTATION OUTLINE

3 PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION

4 UNNAYAN SHAMANNAY Bangladesh CUTS CART Rajasthan CUTS CRC West Bengal SAWTEE Nepal CUTS C-CIER Project advisory committee (PAC) Reference groups (RG): Overall advice on the project Coordination of project activities Guidance at the territorial level Execution at territorial level PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION Local CSOs and other stakeholders Support at Grassroots Level UNNAYAN SHAMANNAY Bangladesh CUTS CART Rajasthan CUTS CRC West Bengal SAWTEE Nepal CUTS C-CIER Project advisory committee (PAC) Reference groups (RG): Overall advice on the project Execution at territorial level Local CSOs and other stakeholders Support at Grassroots Level Guidance at the territorial level UNNAYAN SHAMANNAY Bangladesh CUTS CART Rajasthan CUTS CRC West Bengal SAWTEE Nepal CUTS C-CIER Project advisory committee (PAC) Reference groups (RG): Overall advice on the project Execution at territorial level Local CSOs and other stakeholders Support at Grassroots Level Coordination of project activities Guidance at the territorial level UNNAYAN SHAMANNAY Bangladesh CUTS CART Rajasthan CUTS CRC West Bengal SAWTEE Nepal CUTS C-CIER Project advisory committee (PAC) Reference groups (RG): Overall advice on the project Execution at territorial level Local CSOs and other stakeholders Support at Grassroots Level

5 KEY ACTORS

6 PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE Comprising persons from various fields including former/present regulators, policy makers, practioners, CSOs, development partners, etc Responsibilities Advice at the regional level Comment on few of the key project outcomes/outputs Act as Ambassadors of the project CUTS is expected to: Keep the PAC members abreast with project activities Send event reports/newsletters/update regularly Seek advise on specific project issues at the regional /national level

7 REFERENCE GROUP (RG) Comprising persons from various fields including former/present regulators, policy makers, practioners, CSOs, development partners, etc Responsibilities Advice at the territorial level Comment on the project outcomes/outputs Review the progress from time to time Participated as resource persons during TT Partners are expected to: Keep the RG members abreast with project activities Send event reports/newsletters/update regularly Seek advise on specific project issues at the territorial level

8 CUTS C-CIER CUTS Centre for Competition, Investment & Economic Regulation (CCIER)  Implementing institution  Involvement of key project staff Project Coordinator  Project Management Financial management: co-ordination with partners and donor Institutional management: Web page, reports, e-newsletter, etc  Liaising with media

9 C-CIER AND PROJECT PARTNERS  Preparation of OSN, TOR and Methodology note for conducting perception survey  Draft outline and providing feedback on key outputs TBP, TTM, event reports, etc Prepared draft questionnaires for conducting perception survey Analysed data and shared findings with partners  Facilitated participation of Nodal persons (Nepal and West Bengal): Perception Survey in Rajasthan  Participated in RG meetings & Territorial meetings: get hands-on information from national stakeholders

10 CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED AND HOW THEY WERE TACKLED

11 CHALLENGES  Communication gaps or non-communication between the project team & country partners Telephone service was used intensively with frequent visits to project countries  Confusion between inter-related terminologies Examples were provided to clear the confusion Confusions were clarified during the interactions between the project team and partners  Information not easily available Baseline consumer survey helped in generating first-hand information

12 CHALLENGES  Analytical capability of partners Project team guided drafting of various key documents Documents received positive comments from NRG/PAC members  Delay in implementation of project Two months delay in signing of the contract Taking suitable action to overcome the delay

13 Thank You