Capacities for Managing Development: North Rupununi Project Report

This report details a project aimed at establishing a community-based social enterprise to design, install, and sustain a communication and information infrastructure in North Rupununi. The report begins with an executive summary, followed by background information that analyzes key stakeholders using stakeholder analysis and mapping. A SWOT analysis is conducted to assess the project's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The project implementation strategy is then outlined, focusing on the log frame, which helps in planning activities and measuring project progress. The report also discusses the process of project formulation, including stakeholder identification and the application of analytical tools like SWOT and log frame. The project's impact is to promote community-owned solutions for economic, social, and cultural development. The outcome is an ICT social enterprise in Surama, with outputs including providing communication devices and training. Activities include surveys and observations to assess the effective use of communication technologies. The report concludes with a critical reflection on the project's benefits and potential for improvement.

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Table of Contents
Executive Summary.........................................................................................................................1
Background Information .................................................................................................................1
Project Implementation Strategy .....................................................................................................3
Process of Formulation of Project....................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
APPENDIX 1...................................................................................................................................8
APPENDIX 2...................................................................................................................................9
APPENDIX 3.................................................................................................................................10

Executive Summary
In success of project implementation, there were many people who contributes directly
and indirectly. In accordance with this context, the following report is based on establishing
design, install and sustain a communication and information infrastructure in North Rupununi.
The background information in this report aid in analysing key stakeholders associated with the
project. With the help of stakeholder analysis, the stakeholders is placed according to their
importance and influence. SWOT analysis is been made in the report to assess the strength,
weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the project. It is very important for in this context, as in
order to implement the project successfully, manager needs to know who are their stakeholder
and what will be the strengths and weaknesses of the project. Log frame helps in planning of
activities that will be employed in the particular project. The motive of the project is to establish
the communication and information infrastructure in North Rupununi. Log frame table shows the
proper planning of the project in the tabular form. The relationship of activities and rationale of
the log frame is been discussed in this report. Eventually, the critical reflection of what the
project is all about, the benefits of analytical tools, log frame and possibilities to improve the
project has been discussed in this report.
Background Information
The project is basically based on establishing community based social enterprise which
will design, install and sustain a communication and information infrastructure. In accordance
with this context, this part of the report will help in analysing the stakeholders of the project.
This will be done by using stakeholder analysis and mapping analytical tools. Stakeholders are
those entities who are directly or indirectly related with the project or organisation. They can
either be people, manager or government (Missonier and Loufrani-Fedida, 2014). Stakeholder
analysis is the process of ‘finding out’ about stakeholders which is carried out at the start of the
project cycle. There is a huge range of tools, graphical techniques and (increasingly) computer
software available for stakeholder analysis. Any given programme, project or development plan
is likely to have a number of important stakeholders. Effective planning is done with the
participation of these stakeholders. Stakeholders are the people who will benefit from the
development activity or whose interests may be affected by that activity. The stakeholder of the
following project are as follows:
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Table 1: Identification of Key Stakeholder
Stakeholders Interest in Activity Nature of Interest
(+ve or –ve)*
Government Greater participation of citizen +
Political Party of North
Rupununi
Political culture and civic behaviour +
Religious Groups Ethics and fairness +
Suppliers Providing quality materials +
Local People Opportunities to participate +
Private sector organisation Opportunities for influencing fairness +/–
Engineers Aid in installing the communication
and information technology systems
+
Service Providers Will help in providing effective
services.
+
Informal or opposition
political leaders
Threats to their power -
The above table shows the key stakeholder for the following project. The stakeholder are divided
into four groups which are described below:
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 Group 1: In group 1 stakeholder of high importance are placed. In group 1, local people,
suppliers and informal political leaders are placed. This is because the main project is for
the local residents of North Rupununi.
 Group 2: In group 2, the stakeholder whom to manage closely is placed (Yang, 2014). In
this coordinate engineers, service providers and religious groups are placed.
 Group 3: In group 3, stakeholder who require minimum efforts in monitoring has been
placed. In this group private sector organisations are placed. Group 4: In group 4 stakeholder of minimum importance and low influence are placed
(Kent and Zunker, 2015). In this group government, and local political parties are placed.
SWOT Analysis of Surama social enterprise project of establishing communication and
network systems at North Rupununi
SWOT analysis is very useful tool in analysing the internal environment of the organisation. It is
very important tool for providing the project strength, weakness, opportunities and threats
(Niederwieser and et.al., 2016). The SWOT analysis of the present project is shown in the
tabular form which can be seen in Appendix 2. The strengths of the project is using innovative
techniques and concepts. It has robust and effective bond with the communities of North
Rupununi. Another strength is utilisation of advance technologies and use of clear ethical
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standards. The weakness of the project is lack of exposure to policy makers, lack of competent
staff and difficult working condition in field. The possible opportunities for the project is the
potential to establish a self-supporting social enterprise to continue the initiative after the three
years of funding (Bohari, Hin and Fuad, 2017). Wide range of communications solutions and
stakeholders. Robust brand image and increasing interest in community solutions. The threats
from competition and political always creates a issue in the project.
Project Implementation Strategy
In this stage, the project will be implemented by the project manager and this section will
help in explaining the overall reason for the new project design based on the log frame. It helps
in analysing and identifying the relationship between impact, outcomes, output, activities and
assumptions in the new design and the progress of the project is measured. Log frame helps in
planning of activities that will be employed in the particular project. The motive of the project is
to establish the communication and information infrastructure in North Rupununi. In this
context, the partially completed log frame for the particular project is described in the Appendix
3.
Impact: Promotion of community-owned solutions by the indigenous population of North
Rupununi in pursuance of their economic, social and cultural development. The project will aid
in developing integrated communication and information technological systems in the area.
Thus, the local communities will able to communicate easily and efficiently (Delfino, 2016). It
will further impact positively on the local environment as it allows the people to enjoy the
communication technologies effectively and efficiently.
Outcome: In the second stage of log frame table, the outcome of project will be described. It is
crucial step where the assessor will analyse the potential costumes for the project. Identifies its
possible indicators and its means of verification. An information and communications
technology (ICT) social enterprise is up and running in the indigenous community of Surama.
The indicators will be percentage of people using communication technologies. For activity 2,
the indicator will be Means of verification will be comparison of people using communication
technologies to those who are not using it.
Output: In this part of log frame table, the output of the project will be described. It is divided
into two activities which are listed below
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Output 1: 100 people living in North Rupununi will be provided with the communication and
information technological devices so that they can make communication. It will be analyse how
many people were able to understand the devices. Means of verification can be observing and
surveying the reviews of local people of North Rupununi.
Output 2: 100 people of age between 18-30 will be provided with the communication and
information technological devices in order to identify whether they can use the devices or not
(Steinfort, 2017). It will be analyse how many people of age between 18 to 35 were able to
understand the devices. Means of verification can be observing and surveying the reviews of
local people of North Rupunni.
Activities: In this part of log frame, the activities will be described. As there are two activities
that will be conducted in order to assess the information about the effectiveness of implementing
the communication and information technologies in North Rupununi.
Output 1 Activities
Activity 1: Running surveys where 100 people above 30 years provided with the communication
technologies in order asses whether they can utilise the particular technologies or not. This will
help in analysing the effectiveness in the quality of implementation of project and will be helpful
for the project manager to asses the relevant and required information.
Activity 2: Conducing observations in order to analyse how many people were able to use the
communication and information technology. This will aid in providing precise results that will
helps in the implementation of the project.
Output 2 Activities:
Activity 1: Running survey and camps where 100 people of age between 18-30 will be provided
with the communication and technological devices in order asses whether they can utilise the
particular technologies or not (Fforde, 2017). This will help in analysing the effectiveness in the
quality of implementation of project and will be helpful for the project manager to asses the
relevant and required information.
Activity 2: Conducing observations in order to analyse how many people were able to use the
communication and information technology. This will aid in providing precise results that will
helps in the implementation of the project.
This new project will help in establishing the new communication and information technologies
in North Rupununi. With the helps of innovative technologies, the communities will be able to
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make effective and efficient communication with each other. Overall rationale of implenting this
project is to improve and establishing new desgin of communication and information
technologies within the area (Buttigieg, Gauci and Dey, 2016).
Process of Formulation of Project
At the end of the project, I can say that the project will help the local communities and
people to enjoy communicating with each other with the help of effective communication and
information technological devices. In order to analyse the effectiveness of the project I have
formulated and identified the key stakeholder who were directly or indirectly associated with the
project. Any given programme, project or development plan is likely to have a number of
important stakeholders. Effective planning is done with the participation of these stakeholders.
Stakeholders are the people who will benefit from the development activity or whose interests
may be affected by that activity. Therefore, a simple stakeholder analysis is generally
recommended for all planning processes. A stakeholder analysis can help identify: Potential
risks, conflicts and constraints that could affect the programmes, projects or activities being
planned. Opportunities and partnerships that could be explored and developed Vulnerable or
marginalized groups that are normally left out of planning processes. Various stakeholder
analysis tools can be used to identify stakeholders and determine the type of involvement that
they should have at different stages of the process (planning, implementation, monitoring,
reporting, evaluation, etc.). These range from basic consultations and focus group discussions for
simple programmes and projects to more elaborate workshops for large or complex programmes.
The planning or management team should use their judgement to determine what is most
appropriate, bearing in mind that the main objective is to properly identify key stakeholders who
may have a strong interest in or ability to influence what is being planned. I have used the
stakeholder mapping tool in order to place the stakeholder according to their influence and
importance. With the helps of SWOT analysis, I was able to identify the potential strength and
weaknesses, possible opportunities and threats which were related with the project. The motive
of the project was to developing a new phase of the project in North Rupununi; specifically to set
up a community-based social enterprise which will design, install and sustain a communication
and information infrastructure. SWOT analysis helps me in describing the areas of growth and
opportunities and also helps in explaining the areas where threats can impact on the project. With
the helps of log frame table I was able to discuss the plan including the aim and goals of the
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project. The impact, outcomes, output activities, and activities were discussed briefly. The
indicators, means of verification and assumptions has been analysed with the help of log frame.
Thus, this progress can be improved by monitoring and observing the use of communication and
information technological devices and infrastructure that will be provided to the local people of
North Rupununi.
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APPENDIX 1
Stakeholder Mapping/Analysis
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APPENDIX 2
SWOT Analysis Matrix
Strengths Weaknesses
Techniques and concepts are innovative Lack of exposure to policy makers
Strong, long-lasting bonds with communities.
Better and advance use of technologies Lack of competent staff
Strong reputation. Difficult working conditions in the field.
Clear ethical stance.
Adaptive, flexible, networked approach, ideal
for working in complex situations.
Opportunities Threats
Potential to establish a self-supporting social
enterprise to continue the initiative after the
three years of funding.
Competition from other
institutions/organizations for funding.
Expand funding opportunities to include a
wider range of stakeholders.
Political/social unrest within fieldwork
countries.
Strengthen brand through high profile
website, publications, public engagements,
etc.
High staff turnover.
Increasing interest in community-led
solutions as governments become bankrupt
and are no longer able to provide services.
Increased levels of funding for climate change
mitigation and adaptation.
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