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Means to reduce grccureme2t tine should also be sotght.
This might Involve placing the consultant in direct contact with
a procurement agent of the donores choice. By reducing the
3War of people invofvad ir; procursnerrt, the chances fur error,
as well as the t5mes f~volved, are reduced. In addition,
accountability for errors is xore clearly defined.
? , : warehousing
As with pxocurezient, warehause space and warehouse
procedures should be estabPis3ed prior ta initiation of project
activities, and should also ke a tas~ of the advance team.
Attempting ta establish a systex wben the project is already
under way, leads to confssion and loss,
If accountabilfty for supplies is placed with the
consultant, then caqlere zontrol aver those supplies must also
be given. It is virr;;ally ixpossiblt; to account fax a warehouse
af supplies and equipaent where only tzoken control is given.
The key factors izvolved In the Zack of optimum success by
the Planning Uni= were the lack o: qualified staff and the late
initiation. The objectives of planning, monitoring, and
evaluatioa, were ro track constrxction, and operation and
ztaintenance, 05 wells, a2d to nonitor the impacts of the wells
on village cozmunities. Morxa: feedback of information on a
day-to-day basis provided adequate nanitoring of construction,
and operation and aalntenancs activities. #onitsring the
lmpacts of the welis on village cozaunities, h~wever, was
handicrpged by a skorrzqe of qualieied staff.
13 retrospect, the ?ianning anit shouLd have been
established at the beginning of the praject rathex than towards
L ,3e end, All t ~ often, o the Ynit uas regard~d by WDA management
as a resource for use by the pr~ject, rather than far WDA as a
whale. As a resulz, %>e Institulional scpport
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provided did not
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reach the :eve: crIz:naL~y arriclp.zced.
Site seleztian, wkzh the exceg3rio~ of %he hydrogeologic
factsss, was carrie2 out by the BmD? and CRDP personnel.
Acceptance of Eke xeil sire by the viiLzge cozazuzity should be a
priority issue, and be izsured psior to mobilization of
equipment e ~ d perso~nel. Tke estab1Zshzi~nt of a colrtmunity
participation process