E4303 v1

Vulnerable Community Development Framework
                  (DRAFT)




 Strengthening National Rural Transport Program
                  DOLIDAR
                MOFALD/GON




                   October 2013
Vulnerable Community Development Plan (VCDP): Vulnerable Community Development Plan (VCDP)
will be prepared for the betterment of vulnerable people (within Z0 population). The targeted beneficiaries
of VCDP include mainly the following groups of people.

     • Severely Project Affected Persons/ Families,
     • Marginalized groups such as indigenous community (janjati / adivasi), dalits, ethnic minorities
       and poorest people,
     • Single women/ women headed households, and
     • Landless, old aged and disabled people

The VCDP identifies the needs and priority of indigenous community and other vulnerable groups and
proposes need-based programs to uplift their socio-economic condition through appropriate training and
skill transfer. A brief outline of the Vulnerable Community Development Plan is presented in Annex 7.
The SMOs / SDCs discuss with VRCC / LRUC about the vulnerable groups identifies their problems,
needs and priorities and then prepare the detail plan of VCDP which will be included in SMP. The VCDP
preparation process involves; (i) identification of vulnerable groups / communities, (ii) consultation with
the group / community and identification of needs, and (iii) preparation of VCDP. Concerned members of
VRCC / LRUC will assist to SMO / SDC for the preparation of VCDP.

For identifying needy vulnerable individuals and indigenous groups, several round discussions and
consultations are required. At first, SMO/SDC has to consult LURC members for identifying the needy
people of subproject area for VCDP and organize a mass meeting with them for objective clarification
and need assessment. The SMO/SDC describes the objectives of VCDP, its type and nature and
obligation of the training. Thereafter, SMO/SDC in coordination with LRUC organizes a meeting again in
which they identify interested vulnerable/indigenous individuals for the viable training in the context who
are committed to implement/utilize the knowledge and skill learnt through VCDP in practice. In the same
meeting, they explore the options of training skill applicable in the locality, short listed the types of viable
training and number of really interested individuals for the training. The LRUC members collect a bond
letter from each individuals interested in the training for the application of the knowledge and skill learnt
from the training. VCDP is implemented through an NGO but SMO/SDC are responsible for regular
consultation to vulnerable/indigenous people during and after training for the implication of the training
knowledge/skill.