Annex 2: Draft Logical Framework Matrix of CLS (9 August 2012) PROJECT NAME DFID COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAMME (2012-2017) 1.0 IMPACT Indicator Baseline Improved access to justice and legal rights/ entitlements for the poor and vulnerable in Bangladesh that potentially improves their quality of life Perception of women and other socially disadvantaged groups in CLS target areas that justice services are providing equitable solutions to their legal disputes and claims Baseline Perception Survey 10% over the by Feb 2015 (midterm) 20% over the (end term) Baseline Survey of the ed CLS communities and two perception studies in Feb. 2015 and June 2017 Political will to promote and remove barriers to access to justice 2.0 OUTCOME 2.1 Indicator Baseline Greater legal empowerment (i.e., more disadvantaged Bangladeshis are able to use law and rights to gain greater control over their lives) including : A. Increased Access to Effective Community Legal Services B. Effective Advocacy that leads to citizen participation on justice issues and increased influence on formal justice system. C. Research-evidence generated that demonstrates the Number of women and other socially disadvantaged groups that lodge formal complaints or seek legal redress in various institutions 2.2 Indicator Baseline Number and quality of substantial legal, regulatory, policy and institutional reforms by grantees and partner populations considered or passed by government (national and local levels) or beneficial legislation/ PIL decisions being Zero 500 600 700 800 3,400 Economic and Political interests provide space for the Monitoring reports from the grantees to include petitions in court, village courts, arbitration councils, mediation cases with Shalish, UP chairs or members and others legal empowerment of the poor 0 10 15 20 20 100 Number of reforms to be secured from monitoring reports of grantees; quality of reforms considered, passed or implemented to be gathered from the narrative reports of grantees and summarized in annual reports to DFID.
effectiveness and impact of Legal Empowerment on people's lives D. Increased capability of grant partners to deliver CLS, advocacy and research and to undertake lesson learning/knowledge sharing and coordination & cooperation within the justice sector. implemented 2.3 Indicator Baseline Number of beneficiaries and amount of socioeconomic benefits that have accrued due to CLS project activities 0 100,000 people/.5m 100,000 people/.5m M & E data as well as research studies. 100,000 people/ 1M 100,000peop le/ 1M INPUTS ( ) DFID ( ) Govt ( ) Other ( ) Total ( ) DFID DFID 17 Million 17M 100% 500,000 people/ 3M Risk Rating 3.0 OUTPUT 1 3.1 Indicator Baseline Output 1: Grant partners increase access to effective community legal services for the poorest and most disadvantaged/ marginalized groups including: A. Increased coverage and provision of community legal services by grant partners B. Increased access and utilisation of community legal services provided by grant partners C. Increased effectiveness of community legal % of geographical areas (UP and/or upazila) covered by different types of community legal services TBD 3.2 Indicator Baseline Number and percentage of people with access to justice services provided by grant partners in target areas (disaggregated by gender, ethnicity, age and 5% over 5% over 5% over maintain 15% over Baseline survey to indicate the presence of CLS NGOs and geographical expansion plan to determine the trajectory of CLS work; monitoring reports Zero 2M 2M 2M 2M 10M Monitoring reports of grant partners Assumption Commitment of NGOs to collaborate with and develop more coherent strategies for up scaling Regulatory framework for NGOs in justice sector conducive for delivery of
services (i.e. users satisfaction with CLS services) location). IMPACT WEIGHTING 3.3 Indicator Baseline 50% Number of cases referred by CLS grant partners and their clients/ community based organisations to the formal legal system, ADR and other dispute resolution mechanisms Zero 100 200 300 300 1,000 M&E reports INPUTS ( ) DFID ( ) Govt ( ) Other ( ) Total ( ) DFID DFID 8.5Million 8.5 Million 100% service Risk Rating 4.0 OUTPUT 2 4.1 Indicator Baseline Output 2: Increased Advocacy by grant partners to promote citizen participation and influence on formal justice system including A. Increased engagement with justice sector on behalf of the poorest and most disadvantaged B. Increased responsiveness of formal justice system to the needs of the Number and quality of substantial legal, regulatory, policy and institutional reforms proposed by grantees and partner community based organisations to the national and local government levels 4.2 Indicator Baseline Number and quality of public interest litigation Zero Five Five Five Five 25 Responsiveness of the formal justice system to policy changes Assumption: zero zero 2 2 2 2 10
poorest/most disadvantaged C. Increased accountability of formal justice system to Bangladeshi citizens D. Increased empowerment of poorest/most disadvantaged to understanding of legal rights/entitlements cases in court pursued by grant partners 4.3 Indicator Baseline Number of media reportage (tri-media, online media) on the proposed advocacy proposals of grant partners Monitoring reports, and qualitative assessment scorecard zero 12 12 12 12 60 IMPACT WEIGHTING 4.4 Indicator Baseline Number of joint programs zero 10 10 10 10 50 (meetings, consultations, workshops, seminars, 30% campaigns and legal initiatives) organized by Assumption: zero CLS grant partners with the media and government INPUTS ( ) DFID ( ) Govt ( ) Other ( ) Total ( ) DFID DFID 5.1 Million 5.1 M 100% RISK RATING 5.0 OUTPUT 3 5.1 Indicator Baseline Output 3: Evidence-Based- Research in support of CLS including A. Evidence of the wider impact of CLS on economic, social, governance and justice Number of research & evaluation reports documenting the economic, social, governance and justice benefits of CLS work zero 3 3 3 3 15 Ability of the NGOs to do evidence based research for policy influence
benefits for peoples lives B Grant partners generate critical evidence on policy issues and practices in support of evidence-based-advocacy IMPACT WEIGHTING 5.2 Indicator Baseline Number of policy options zero 5 5 5 5 25 advocated to the government as a result of 15% the generation and dissemination of evidence based research on policy issues and practices in CLS INPUTS ( ) DFID ( ) Govt ( ) Other ( ) Total ( ) DFID DFID 2.55 M 2.55 M 100% RISK RATING Low 6.0 OUTPUT 4 6.1 Indicator Baseline Output 4. Increase the capability of grant partners to deliver effective CLS, advocacy, research and to promote lesson learning, knowledge management and coordination within the justice sector Number of joint initiatives (policy documents, knowledge sharing, peerlearning events) that lead to improved lesson learning and knowledge sharing 6.2 Indicator Baseline Ratings of participants in peer learning and other capability building zero 3 5 8 4 20 Ability of the NGOs to collaborate around capacity building and lesson learning zero Satisfactory Satisfactory Satisfactory Satisfactory Satisfact ory
sessions is consistently satisfactory IMPACT WEIGHTING 6.3 Indicator Baseline 15% Number of publications shared between CLS organisations through the knowledge library Rating sheets of the peer learning and other capacity building sessions zero 50 50 50 50 250 Report from the Research component lead and researcher RISK RATING INPUTS ( ) DFID ( ) Govt ( ) Other ( ) Total ( ) DFID DFID 2.55 M 2.55M 100%