SWISS CONSORTIUM I SRI LANKA Swiss Solidarity – SDC – Swiss Red Cross - HECKS CASH FOR REPAIR...

SWISS CONSORTIUM I SRI LANKASwiss Solidarity – SDC – Swiss Red Cross - HECKS

CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I 10’600 HOUSES

March 2008 / SRC / C. Ubertini

24 December 2004

12 affected districts

35’000 killed

500’000 displaced

120’000 houses damaged

300 public facilities damaged

600’000 existing IDP’s (conflict)

FACTS

SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss SolidaritySDCSwiss Red CrossHECKS

I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA

DAMAGES



RELOCATION

(DONOR DRIVEN)

2005 / 200 m

2006 / 50 m

2006: Change of policy

Relaxation of BZ to 50 m (owner driven)

Inside BZ > Relocation

Contractor build houses (donor driven)

Outside BZ > in situ

Beneficiary build houses (owner driven)

Buffer Zone (BZ)

Cash for Repair and Reconstruction Program

ca. 80’000 Houses

POLICY



Trincomalee

(SRC)

Matara

(HECKS)

A house for a house

Multi-conditional cash grant• USD 2’500 fully damaged• USD 1’000 partly damaged

Funded by WB, KFW, ADB, SDC

Swiss Support Structure

Trincomalee and Matara

Budget CHF 15 Mio

Topping-up• USD 2’500 by (I)NGO

Colombo

(SDC)

CONCEPT



Trincomalee

(SRC)

Matara

(HECKS)

2005 – 2007 (3 years)

10’629 homes rehabilitated

(7’288 Partly / 3’341 Fully)

= ca. 10% housing needs country wise

Colombo

(SDC)

Ca. 50’000 persons

USD 13.5 Mio (ca. CHF 19 Mio)

Project audited

GoSL: Consortium approach as “model” for housing project in SL

RESULTS



1st

Rs.50’000

Foundation

2nd

Rs.60’000

Walls

BASE GRANT (Rs.250’000)

Funded by People of CH

3rd

Rs.80’000

Roof

4th

Rs.60’000

Floor / plast.

5th

Rs.100’00

Toilet

TOPPING-UP

(min. Rs.250’000)

Funded and monitored by other (I)NGO.

In Trincomalee: funded by RC and monitored by SRC

6th

Rs.80’000

Joinery

7th

Rs.70’000

Completion

INSTALLMENTS



2005 – July 2006 Phase 1Full access

July 2006 – July 2007 Phase 2 + Top-upRestricted access

TRINCOMALEE - SITUATION



402Without top-up

Rs.250’000

2428Repaired h.

Rs.100’000

24%Tamils

69%Muslim

6%Sinhalese

1561New houses

Rs.500’000

Kinniya

Kuchchaveli

Town & Gravets

Muthur

Eachilampatu

4378 CfRR

(completed Dec-07)

2547 Donor Driven

(completed Oct-07 source: GA office)

TRINCOMALEE - FIGURES



GoSL / Ministry of Finance (Treasury)

People’s bank

RADA (Recon. and Development Authority)

VRC (Village Rehabilitation Committee)

NHDA (National Housing Dev. Authority)

UDA (Urban Dev. Authority)

DGC (Divisional Grievance Committee)

Swiss Support Structure

Local Authorities (GA, DS, GN)

Topping-up donor

PARTNERS



Policy, guidelinesdeadlines, etc

Local monitoring

Implementation

Fund transfers

Grievance

Assessment( NHDA, VRC, DS)

DS Signs

State bank

BeneficiaryBuilds

Verification( NHDA)

Random checks

Registration

Payment update

Randokm checks

GoSL

Swiss party

DA

TA

BA

SE

GoSL TreasurySwiss Refund

PROCEDURE (INITIAL)



Assessment(NHDA, VRC, DS)

Verification

DS Signs

State bank

BeneficiaryBank account

Verification

Base grantVouchers

Record of assessment

GoSL TreasurySwiss Refund

Top-upVouchers

Registration

Payment update

Database

DATABASE

Building

GoSL

Swiss party

PROCEDURE (FINAL)



DATABASE



DATABASE



MONITORING



Field report Database

! PICTURES !

MONITORING



Beneficiary

Field report Database Payment order

Bank ManagerProject Manager

MONITORING



Field report Database Payment order Ben.’s bank account

Database Management

Field verification

Assistance to beneficiary

Monitor base-grants and top-ups payments

Coordination with GoSL and partners

Support local partners with cash and kinds

Capacity building of NHDA

Identify small complementary projects

SWISS SUPPORT STRUCTURE



1 Project Manager (expat)

Field office with 22 local employees

10 field officers

3 Database officers

STRENGTHS

Motivation and identificationIn situ reconstructionCost efficiency SpeedQualityHelp local micro economyNot prone to corruption

WEAKNESSES

Changes of policyNever ending registration periodInequity Tsunami/war affectedNEHRP excluded by GoSLBase grant insufficientLack of top-ups in N.-E. (conflict)No decision power in local banksPartly = controversial category

SWOT



OPPORTUNITIES

Develop alternative model for future reconstruction projects(war affected)

THREATS

Control of the money flowControl of the field monitoringControl of the beneficiary list

VARIETY



COMMUNITY WORK



TECHNICAL SUPPORT



Fylers / factsheet Poster ReportageStories and pictures

signboards

VISIBILITY



Swiss Red Cross in Sri Lanka

Trincomalee office:74/6 Central RoadOrr's Hill, TrincomaleeTel: +94 26 222 59 58Fax: +94 26 222 59 [email protected]

Colombo office:22b Maitland CrescentColombo 7Tel: +94 11 267 71 87

CONTACT



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