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1) The document describes Integrity Watch Afghanistan's Community Based Monitoring-Infrastructure program which empowers local communities to monitor infrastructure projects in their area to promote accountability. 2) The program trains local volunteers to monitor project quality, funding use, and community impact. They report issues to project overseers and advocate for resolutions. 3) Since 2007, over 2,200 volunteers have monitored around 1,160 projects across 10 Afghan provinces, filing complaints through provincial monitoring groups composed of government and aid organization representatives.

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1) The document describes Integrity Watch Afghanistan's Community Based Monitoring-Infrastructure program which empowers local communities to monitor infrastructure projects in their area to promote accountability. 2) The program trains local volunteers to monitor project quality, funding use, and community impact. They report issues to project overseers and advocate for resolutions. 3) Since 2007, over 2,200 volunteers have monitored around 1,160 projects across 10 Afghan provinces, filing complaints through provincial monitoring groups composed of government and aid organization representatives.

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CBM – Infrastructures
 iwa|December 29, 2014
Integrity Watch’s Community Based Monitoring-Infrastructure program promotes social accountability
through community mobilization and social audits. The program empowers communities to monitor
infrastructure projects that are implemented in their area. The aim of this program is to empower citizens in
holding authorities and aid entities accountable and to create active and responsible citizenship by decreasing
the gap between the state, aid actors and the civil society. Communities engaged in local monitoring become
more autonomous in solving their problems through continued dialogue as well as monitoring and reduce their
reliance on external actors or parallel structures.
The program started in 2007 with 10 communities in the Jabel Seraj district of Afghanistan’s Parwan province.
The program has expanded over the years due to its success in empowering citizens to take an active role in
promoting integrity and accountability.  Around 1160 infrastructure projects have been monitored by 2200
Integrity volunteers since 2007 in Balkh, Bamyan, Herat, Kabul, Kunduz, Kapisa, Nangarhar, Parwan, Panjshir
and Badakhshan provinces.
Integrity Watch Afghanistan work with communities to identify Integrity volunteers who volunteer to monitor
construction projects on behalf of their communities. The Integrity volunteers are trained and supported by
Integrity Watch Afghanistan provisioning of knowledge and carefully designed customized monitoring tools
who monitored a series of metrics and phenomenon related to integrity, which can illustrate the quality of
construction projects and their impact on the targeted communities. These estimations are based on the
adequacy, consistency and sustainability of the projects.
Integrity Volunteers are able to file complaints through the establishment of a Sectorial Monitoring group
(SMG) composed of line ministry representatives, Integrity volunteers, Provincial Councils members, media
and aid actors. The board triggers the accountability role of local institutions. Furthermore, regular monitoring
of ongoing projects helps to ensure that infrastructure projects are impacting the community positively.
The methodology used empowers citizens and increases aid effectiveness at local levels through Community
Based Monitoring-Infrastructure program by:

1. Selecting Communities
Similar to other Integrity Watch Afghanistan initiatives, the Community Based Monitoring of Infrastructure
(CBM-I) draws on community participation to establish the legitimacy of its objectives. “Community” for this
program is defined by Community Development Councils, civil society actors and legal service providers.
Once a community is chosen, Integrity Watch Afghanistan employees meet with the community to explain
monitoring and its benefits.
2. Electing Integrity volunteers
Each participating community is asked to select 1 Integrity volunteer and She/ He should preferably be literate,
of good reputation within the community and able to volunteer several hours each week to monitor
construction activities.

3. Training of Integrity volunteer


After their selection, all Integrity volunteers receive technical and social training from Integrity Watch
Afghanistan staff. Social training covers the basic concepts of corruption awareness, community mobilization,
and problem-solving. Technical training covers material quality ( Concrete, Cement, Sand, Steel, Gravel,
Stone, Bricks) building techniques, and how to test the quality of materials in simple but effective ways. The
training teaches the Integrity volunteer how to use provided monitoring tools, conduct surveys, follow
checklists and collect data.

4. Collecting Information
Integrity volunteer then collects all necessary project documents by requesting from government officials and
the contracted company. After collecting the project documents, Integrity volunteers conduct a baseline survey
of the community. They interview 50 respondents who are stakeholders for their project. The survey helps
introduce the monitoring program to the community & collects information on community knowledge and
participation in the project.

5. Conducting Mobile cinema show


Integrity watch Afghanistan holding mobile cinema show for every community once in a project to get
information about anti-corruption. This event conducted by Integrity Leaders and Integrity volunteers.

6. Monitoring the Construction Work


Integrity volunteer visits the project three (3) times a week, meet with the site engineer, and check the
construction progress and the quality of materials using the contract, bill of quantity, and infrastructure project
blueprints. If problems are revealed, the Integrity volunteer, with the integrity leader and provincial
Coordinator of Integrity Watch Afghanistan try to resolve the problems first then discuss the problems with the
contractor with the aim of convincing the contractor to resolve them.

7. Community Feedback Meeting


It’s an event that Integrity volunteers provide their activity feedback to their relevant community. This event
conducting once per month in a project by their Integrity volunteers.

8. Local Advocacy
Unresolved issues are presented by Integrity Watch Afghanistan to the Sectorial monitoring group (SMG).
This SMG board is established in each province by Integrity Watch Afghanistan staff. It is composed of
government officials from line ministries, the provincial governor’s office, Provincial Council members,
donors, contractors, and community representatives. After getting information from Integrity Watch
Afghanistan, SMG visits the project and ask the company/ contractors to resolve the problems.

9. National Advocacy
Issues that cannot be solved at the provincial level are taken to the national level by Integrity Watch’s
Advocacy and Communication department. These issues might include access to information at a national
level by advocating for legislation change. When there are specific project issues, Integrity Watch Afghanistan
works with the ministries & donors in Kabul to get a response to local concerns.
Click here to download Community Based Monitoring brochure in English
For more details about the program and to access the Community Based Monitoring-Infrastructure Toolkit,
please visit www.communitymonitoring.org
 
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