MID TERM REVIEW MEETING RESA PROJECT MANAGEMENT 1

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

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

PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION 3

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

KEY ACTORS 5

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: • • • 6 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

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: • • • 7 Keep the RG members abreast with project activities Send event reports/newsletters/update regularly Seek advise on specific project issues at the territorial level

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

C-CIER AND PROJECT PARTNERS q Preparation of OSN, TOR and perception survey q 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 q Facilitated participation of Nodal persons (Nepal and West Bengal): Perception Survey in Rajasthan q Participated in RG meetings & Territorial meetings: get hands-on information from national stakeholders 9 Methodology note for conducting

CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED AND HOW THEY WERE TACKLED 10

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

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

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