INSTITUTIONAL AND IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS

Institutional Arrangements

Government of Kerala has overall responsibility for implementing the state project and the national component with the GOI's RGNDWM. The main implementing agencies are:

Implementation Arrangements

Planning Phase

Schedule
A detailed Project Implementation Schedule has been developed for a six-year project implementation period from Jan. 2001 to December 2006. The Project will be implemented in 80 Grama Panchayaths (GPs) in 5 successive but overlapping batches consisting of 5, 15, 20, 25 and 15 GPs respectively. Each Batch will follow a 27 month scheme cycle consisting of four distinct phases -

The main activities and outputs of each phase are as summarised below:

1. Pre-Planning Phase: The main activities during this phase are GP selection, Pre-qualification of Support Organisations and signing of a Planning Phase Tripartite Agreement between the KRWSA, GP and SO.
   

2. Planning Phase: The main outputs during this phase will be orientation & capacity building of GPs and SOs, BG registration, formation of Beneficiary committees, resource mapping and pre- feasibility studies. These will be done in the first four months of this phase. Subsequent activities are technology selection, preparation of engineering designs and community empowerment plans and finally a GP level Implementation Phase Proposal. The GP, BG and BC capacity building, sanitation & hygiene promotion and women's development programs are held as parallel activities during the planning phase. The planning phase concludes with the signing of the Implementation Phase Quadrilateral Agreement (IPQA) between the KRWSA, GP, BG and the SO. There is one IPQA per BG. A separate Implementation Phase Tripartite agreement (IPTA) is signed between the KRWSA, GP and the SO for managing SO contracts.
   

3. Implementation Phase: The main activities during this phase deal with the actual implementation. They are procurement of materials, construction of schemes as per agreed plans and procedures and management of project funds.
   

4. Post-Implementation Phase: During this phase, the GPs will provide advisory support to the communities in efficient operation and maintenance of services, on baling and collection of water tariff and book- keeping. The signing of the ICRs in public gathering by KRWSA, GP and BCs mark the formal exit of KRWSA from a project GP. Sustainability monitoring and Impact assessments will be conducted by the KRWSA to assess the project outcome.