Monitor and Evaluation of Community-Driven Development (CDD) Approach in the Project of Expanding Community Approach in Conflicted Situations (ECACS)

Abstract

The continuum of three southernmost provinces' unrest has extended the project of Expanding Community Approach in Conflicted Situations or ECACS) among those three provinces, using the Community-Driven Development (CDD) approach to strengthen reliability with all communities, also trust between those 43 selected communities and the local governments. Monitoring and evaluation of the project on 19 targeted villages following to the result framework found that reliability, satisfaction and internal trust within communities and among community members working with local government have increased as proposed goal and it showed better results in the second-round evaluation. For intermediate results (IR1) e.g. more participations in planning and budget setting processes of Tambon Administrative Offices (TAOs) and municipalities, the indicators which were (1) percentage of acknowledged residents on TAO's plans; (2) percentage of approved projects for merging with TAO's plans; and (3) the supporting of TAOs on planning and expanding sessions on approved projects, all met their criteria. For IR3 e.g. community projects will strengthen the welfare quality of social relationship for internal trust and collaboration within communities and among community members with local government, two indicators which were (1) better relationship within communities, and (2) better trustworthy among communities working together with local government, met their criteria and showed a better direction. All positive results were presented through religious factor, each individual's role in their community, participating frequency on the ECACS that showing the significant outputs on continuous projects granting.