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| RFP for Analyzing the National Budget 2014-2015 from the CHT perspective and identify potential pitfalls and advocate by providing inputs and recommendations into budget debate to turn the gaps into desired outcomes |
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| Procurement Process : | RFP - Request for proposal |
| Office : | CHTDF, UNDP - BANGLADESH |
| Deadline : | 16-Feb-15 | | Posted on : | 01-Feb-15 |
| Development Area : | OTHER  |
| Reference Number : | 20414 |
Documents :
RFP for Analysing Budget
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| Overview : In Bangladesh along with many other factors, weak budget system and faulty budget choices are exacerbating economic problems and hindering broad based national development. Although the national budget directly or indirectly affects the life of all its citizens, the citizens have no scope to participate in decisions affecting their lives. The executives formulate the budget proposal and submit to the legislature to review, amend, and adopt as law; however the Bangladeshi legislature has the weakest role in the budgetary process. Because of weak implementation, mismanagement, corruption and poor oversights, allocated funds don’t reach the target people; and the government frequently cuts the allocated budget for debt repayment, wages and benefits for the civil servants or adjusting other expenditures hamper the development activities.
Despite the growth in overall economy of the country at a rate of 5-6% for the last few decades, inequalities in terms of both income and access to services among the marginalized peoples in CHT has been increased. So discrimination, policy neglect, infrastructural weaknesses, poor enforcement of laws, organizational and managerial inefficiencies in the concerned ministry; inconsistencies in CHT legal governance framework; mismatches in rules and regulations in between the CHTIs and National and Local Government institutions are the major constraints for equal distribution of services like, health, education, and livelihood etc. for the vulnerable poor peoples in the CHT. Different analysis shows, during the fiscal year 2003 to 2010 periods; the overall allocations against the Annual Development Plan (ADP) have increased consistently but allocations for the CHT related ADP has been decreased. In the 2006-2007 budget periods BDT 1190 Million was allocated for the CHT followed by BDT 1050 Million in 2007-08 and only BDT 900 Million was allocated in 2009-10 fiscal year budgets. As a result Still three quarters of the population in the CHT live below the national poverty line; 50% of primary-enrolled children drop out in their first few years; and it is estimated that 40% of the CHTs’ workforce is either unemployed or underemployed and CHT remains one of the least developed regions with growing social and economic disparities, inequality and deprivation.
Many of the problems and challenges that Bangladesh faces are most directly addressed through the government’s budget process and it is the political instrument by which the government makes choices for meeting the people’s basic needs and services by not only allocating the required funds but also assuring that those funds are spent in an effective and accountable manner. CHTDF’s approach is to link the CSOs and the civic groups with the policy makers for advocating to improve accountability for the management of public money that will in turn help reflect CHT people’s demand in the national budget. In achieving the long term goal CHTDF has planned to initiate a process of significant scrutiny of the national budget and to facilitate debate at the national level based on budget analysis outcomes.
Objective:
The CHT Development Facility, in partnership with the Government of Bangladesh, engages with all stakeholders to promote sustainable development and peace for all peoples guided by the CHT Accord 1997. CHTDF supports CHT institutions to effectively manage and deliver services, and communities to take charge of their own development based on the principles of local participation and decentralized development. With a view to make the outcomes sustainable CHTDF will continue to assist communities to improve governance, reduce poverty and manage natural resources in the CHT.
The broader objective of this work is to ensure active involvement of CHT based CSOs, CHTI and the CHT citizens by developing their ability to participate actively in both budget formulation and in oversight of government income and expenditures for improving governance standards and improved economic and social outcomes.
And the specific objectives of the consultancy are:
•To analyze the national budget 2014-2015 to identify how it impacts directly or indirectly the marginalized peoples in CHT, identify the programs that are working or not working and detecting gaps in allocation and spending.
•To analyze the Annual Development Plan and examine the proportion of total government spending devoted to programs and projects that assist the poor CHT peoples living in remote CHT.
•Also to translate the budget information and present that in ways understandable to the key stakeholders in order to influence decisions for increasing allocations to the specific policies and programs related to the CHT as enshrined in the CHT Accord. |
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