Strengthening Democracy
By practicing the principle of consultation, consensus, and cooperation, Baanhn Beli promotes internal democracy within its own structure and membership. Externally, whether working with village communities inside Tharparkar or working in the urbanized areas of Mirpurkhas and Karachi, through a variety of methods that include Constituency Relations Groups (CRGs), whether facilitating village women to obtain their National Identity Cards and become registered voters for the first time or serving as Election Observer in hotly-contested elections in Karachi, working with FAFEN or with others, Baanhn Beli helps give tangible, visible expression to the concept of democracy.
Supporting Transparency, Accountability and Electoral Processes in Pakistan- STAEP
Phase-1 2009-2013-Extended Phase January June 2014
STAEP programme is designed to contribute to the goal of ensuring more effective, transparent and accountable governance that addresses the critical challenges facing Pakistan today. The purpose of the programme is to ensure democratic processes in Pakistan are more open, inclusive, efficient and accountable to citizens. The programme has three outputs:
- Output -1 Citizens’ groups monitor performance of elected representatives and public institutions and raise demands which are increasingly met
- Output 2: Elections are better managed and more inclusive and peaceful, and political parties are better organised and more responsive to citizens.
- Output 3: Increased capacity of FAFEN organizations and associates to monitor
Increase women specially minority participation in electoral process representation on local elected bodies, Civic and voter education, election observation.
Citizens Assembly: Public forums for Immediate Local Government Elections and Public Debate on Sindh local Govt. Bill:
Performance Summary
Organization Name: Baanhn Beli
Reporting Period: August 2009-September 2013
Districts :- Tharparkar, Umerkot, Mirpurkhas , Karachi east, Malir, west
Description of activity |
Progress for year August 01, 2009 to September 30, 2013 |
Membership/ participation (Overall) |
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Male |
Female |
Transgender |
Total |
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Output 1: Citizens’ groups monitor performance of elected representatives and public institutions and raise demands which are increasingly met | |||||||
Indicator 1.1: Demands raised by citizens in advocacy and oversight meetings (CRGS) and direct engagement with elected and public officials | |||||||
CRG Related progress: | |||||||
No. of functional citizen groups (CRG) |
9 |
171 |
85 |
4 |
265 |
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Total CRG events: (public and private meetings) |
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No. of CRG public meetings |
1296 |
274 |
1022 |
– |
1296 |
||
Participation in public meetings |
1576 |
425 |
1141 |
– |
1576 |
||
No. of CRG private meetings |
( 1444) 203 CRG +1241youth & rep CSOs |
1202 |
242 |
– |
1444 |
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Participation in private meetings |
160 |
140 |
20 |
– |
160 |
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No of CRG monthly Meetings |
307 |
3506 |
1203 |
4 |
4709 |
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Community Meetings |
938 |
10582 |
9798 |
– |
20380 |
||
DGG activities | |||||||
Composition of DGG members |
5 |
3 |
2 |
– |
5 |
||
No. of DGG meetings |
26 |
3 |
2 |
– |
5 |
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Total No. of Right To Information (RTI) | |||||||
Total No. of RTI filed |
60 |
57 |
3 |
– |
60 |
||
Workshop about awareness of RTI |
17 |
198 |
140 |
– |
338 |
||
RTI successfully Meet |
60 |
45 |
15 |
– |
60 |
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Total Governance Monitoring (GM) visits | |||||||
Elected and Public Institutions Monitoring (2009-2010) |
25 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
||
Public institution Responsiveness Monitoring (2009-2010) |
40 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
||
CNIC Registration Check (2009-2010) |
25 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
||
Community Perception Gauge (2009-2010) |
16 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
||
Violation incidents monitoring Pever (2009-2010 |
14 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
||
– | No. of visit for Health institution monitor |
356 |
25 |
5 |
– |
35 |
|
No. of visits for Education institution monitor |
306 |
30 |
7 |
– |
37 |
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No. of visits for Retail price monitor |
357 |
10 |
– |
– |
10 |
||
No. of visits for district crime statistics monitor |
155 |
5 |
– |
– |
5 |
||
No. of visits for health scan monitor |
156 |
5 |
– |
– |
5 |
||
No. of visits police station monitor |
127 |
4 |
– |
– |
4 |
||
Workshop about awareness about Governess Monitoring |
14 |
169 |
72 |
– |
241 |
||
Total No. of demands raised (through CRG,DDG & GM) | |||||||
Description of activity |
Progress for year August 01, 2009 to September 30, 2013 |
Membership / participation (Overall) |
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Male |
Female |
Transgender |
Total |
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No. of demands raised – |
535 |
5275 |
3062 |
30 |
8367 |
||
No. of demands raised – Service delivery |
343 |
3673 |
1958 |
4 |
5635 |
||
No. of demands raised – Process delivery |
132 |
1557 |
1089 |
2 |
2672 |
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No. of demands raised – Information |
60 |
45 |
15 |
– |
60 |
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No. of advocacy briefs developed | |||||||
Indicator 1.2: Number of citizens’ identified constituency issues raised by elected representatives in the National and Provincial assemblies |
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Indicator 1.3: Number of public demands for better services and outputs met by elected and public institutions during their interactions with citizens |
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No. of demands met by Elected Representatives |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
||
No. of demands met by Public Officials |
75 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
||
No. of demands met – Service delivery |
45 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
||
No. of demands met – Process delivery |
30 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
||
No. of demands met – Information |
60 |
45 |
15 |
– |
60 |
||
No. of RTI successfully met |
15 |
15 |
– |
– |
15 |
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Output 2: Elections are better managed and more inclusive and peaceful, and political parties are more responsive to citizens |
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Indicator 2.2: Total number of male and female CNIC registration supported by STAEP |
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No. of mobilization campaigns conducted to mobilize citizens for CNIC |
815 |
8114 |
12266 |
– |
20380 |
||
Total No. of CNIC registered |
8611 |
2153 |
6458 |
– |
8611 |
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Total number of vote register |
5000 |
1824 |
3388 |
– |
5212 |
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Indicator 2.3 : National level agreement on code of conduct between political parties and Number of constituency level agreements by contesting |
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No of display Centres observed during (voter list audit display period |
499 |
499- |
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Candidate Forum Organized |
8 |
900 |
81 |
– |
981 |
||
mobilized trained and accredited observers on the Election Day |
1148 |
1169 |
279 |
– |
1148 |
||
polling stations observed election 2013 |
422 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
||
No of seminar debate on need of Local Government; System /campaign on LGS |
3 |
87 |
35 |
– |
122 |
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No of debate on Sindh Local Government Bill 2013 |
9 |
308 |
50 |
– |
358 |
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Indicator 2.5: Number of female citizens voting in zero turn-out polling areas during By – and General Elections |
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Output 5: Increased capacity of FAFEN organizations and associates to monitor governance issues, manage systems and accounts, access new funding, and improve their credibility |
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No. of CRG trainings |
32 |
352 |
179 |
4 |
535 |
||
No. of DGG trainings |
4 |
3 |
2 |
– |
5 |
||
No. of trainings for STAEP staff |
7 |
15 |
10 |
– |
25 |
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No of review and planning meeting of STEAP Staff |
6 |
15 |
10 |
– |
25 |
Baanhn Beli- Summary of Achievements: January – June 2014
Field Staff Trainings
S NO |
Training planed for fled staff |
Training conducted |
Participation |
TOTALL dc and SMCs trained |
|
Male |
Female |
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1 |
3 |
3 |
9 |
4 |
13 |
District Governance groups (DGG) Formation
S NO |
DGG groups formation |
Achievement |
Participation |
Field staff DCs & |
|
Male |
Female |
||||
5 |
5 |
64 |
19 |
83 |
DGG training s target & Achievements
S NO |
Training planed for DGG |
Training conducted |
Participation |
All DGG members were participated |
|
Male |
Female |
||||
5 |
5 |
64 |
19 |
83 |
District Governance Advocacy Target & achievements
S.NO |
District |
Governance issues identified |
Achievements |
Governance demands to be raised |
Achievements |
Governance demands to be met |
Achievements |
Public advocacy & mobilization meeting |
1 |
Mirpurkhas |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
3 |
3 |
29 |
2 |
Umerkot |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
3 |
2 |
38 |
3 |
Tharparkar |
3 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
30 |
4 |
Karachi east |
26 |
19 |
13 |
13 |
3 |
2 |
15 |
5 |
Karachi Malir |
11 |
16 |
13 |
13 |
3 |
4 |
44 |
CNIC Registration Target and Achievement Target 788 Achievements – 810 January – June 2014
S.NO |
Districts |
Advocacy Meetings |
Achievements |
Target of Female CNIC |
Target of male CNIC |
Total target |
Achievement Female CNIC |
achievements CNIC male |
Total achievement |
1 |
Mirpurkhas |
6 |
2 |
135 |
90 |
225 |
115 |
105 |
220 |
2 |
Umerkot |
6 |
6 |
102 |
67 |
169 |
159 |
65 |
224 |
3 |
Tharparkar |
6 |
5 |
102 |
67 |
169 |
82 |
91 |
173 |
4 |
Karachi East |
Not Included in CNIC Districts |
|||||||
5 |
Karachi Malir |
6 |
11 |
135 |
90 |
225 |
121 |
72 |
193 |
24 |
24 |
474 |
314 |
788 |
477 |
333 |
810 |
Summary of Achievements: Social Mobilization January – June 2014
Social Mobilizations Component Summary (Details are given in Output-2)
Focus Group Discussion (FGD’s) to Identify Potential Candidates in Eight target Talukas/Constituencies
No of FGDs |
No. of FGD |
No of FGD’S Conducted |
Total |
Participation |
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Women |
Peasants |
Minority |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|||
80 |
79 |
27 |
79 |
800 |
343 |
1143 |
Candidates Mobilization Meetings
No of Community Mobilization |
No. of Social Mobilization |
Participation in candidates |
|||
Women |
Peasants |
Minority |
Total |
||
73 |
63 |
92 |
113 |
107 |
312 |
Minority Candidate Identified mobilized and Trained for upcoming Local Govt Election (women, peasant, minority)
No of Candidate Trainings Planed |
No. of Candidates Trainings |
Participation in candidate Trainings |
Total minority candidates |
|||
Women |
Peasants |
Minority |
General Seat |
|||
08 |
08 |
62 |
78 |
64 |
87 |
291 |
Advocacy & Social Mobilization
Meetings to conduct early LG
Election
No of Mobilization |
No. of Social Mobilization |
Participation in Mobilization Meeting |
Total |
|
Male |
Female |
|||
189 |
180 |
4039 |
985 |
5024 |
Conventions to support early Local Government Election campaign
No of Conventions/ |
No. of Conventions / |
Participation in Conventions/ Public Forms |
Total |
|
Male |
Female |
|||
05 |
05 |
381 |
156 |
537 |
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