Strengthening Democracy

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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

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Increase women specially minority participation in electoral process representation on local elected bodies, Civic and voter education, election observation.

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Citizens Assembly: Public forums for Immediate Local Government Elections and Public Debate on Sindh local Govt. Bill:

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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)
Description of activity		Progress for year August 01, 2009 to September 30, 2013	Male	Female	Transgender		Total
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
	Total CRG events: (public and private meetings)
	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
	Participation in private meetings	160	140	20	–	160
	No of CRG monthly Meetings	307	3506	1203	4	4709
	Community Meetings	938	10582	9798	–	20380
	DGG activities
	Composition of DGG members	5	3	2	–	5
	No. of DGG meetings	26	3	2	–	5
	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
	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
	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)
Description of activity		Progress for year August 01, 2009 to September 30, 2013	Male	Female	Transgender	Total
	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
	No. of demands raised – Information	60	45	15	–	60
	No. of advocacy briefs developed
Indicator 1.2: Number of citizens’ identified constituency issues raised by elected representatives in the National and Provincial assemblies
Indicator 1.3: Number of public demands for better services and outputs met by elected and public institutions during their interactions with citizens
	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
Output 2: Elections are better managed and more inclusive and peaceful, and political parties are more responsive to citizens
Indicator 2.2: Total number of male and female CNIC registration supported by STAEP
	No. of mobilization campaigns conducted to mobilize citizens for CNIC	815	8114	12266	–	20380
	Total No. of CNIC registered	8611	2153	6458	–	8611
	Total number of vote register	5000	1824	3388	–	5212
Indicator 2.3 : National level agreement on code of conduct between political parties and Number of constituency level agreements by contesting candidates on observing Code of Conduct
	No of display Centres observed during (voter list audit display period	499	499-
	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
	No of debate on Sindh Local Government Bill 2013	9	308	50	–	358
Indicator 2.5: Number of female citizens voting in zero turn-out polling areas during By – and General Elections

Output 5: Increased capacity of FAFEN organizations and associates to monitor governance issues, manage systems and accounts, access new funding, and improve their credibility
	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
	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
1	3	3	9	4	13

District Governance groups (DGG) Formation

S NO	DGG groups formation and functional Target	Achievement	Participation		Field staff DCs & SMCs were trained
			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 with NADRA Target	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 east Already rich in CNIC
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 Activities Planed	No. of FGD Conducted & reported	No of FGD’S Conducted with marginalized groups			Total	Participation
		Women	Peasants 30	Minority 22		Male	Female	Total
80	79	27	Peasants 30	Minority 22	79	800	343	1143

Candidates Mobilization Meetings

No of Community Mobilization Meetings Planed	No. of Social Mobilization meetings Conducted and reported on FOPT	Participation in candidates Mobilization Meetings
		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 Conducted and reported	Participation in candidate Trainings				Total minority candidates Identified mobilized & trained
		Women	Peasants	Minority	General Seat
08	08	62	78	64	87	291

Advocacy & Social Mobilization
Meetings to conduct early LG
Election

No of Mobilization Meetings Plan on FOPT	No. of Social Mobilization meetings Conducted and reported on FOPT	Participation in Mobilization Meeting		Total
		Male	Female
189	180	4039	985	5024

Conventions to support early Local Government Election campaign

No of Conventions/ Public forums Planed on FOPT	No. of Conventions / Public Forums Conducted and reported	Participation in Conventions/ Public Forms		Total
		Male	Female
05	05	381	156	537

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