The CITIIS maturation phase aims to introduce and strengthen global best practices
of project design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, community engagement
and environmental and social safeguards across all projects through, a comprehensive
24-step maturation framework. Beginning with a roadmap the phase is divided across
four sections;
- project structuring,
- stakeholder engagement,
- capacity enhancement and
- mainstreaming of CITIIS values.
A necessary deliverable within this matrix
is the Project Logical Framework (PLF) through the Logical Framework Approach (LFA).
The goal of the PLF is to use the principles of LFA and build a shared understanding
of the approach within each project and to develop both indicators for project progress
and means of verifying them for monitoring. Each project framework will finally
include its long-term goal and the outcomes, outputs and activities required to
reach the goal.
The maturation framework was developed by the PMU in consultation
with Espelia, a Paris based consultancy for management of public services and AFD.
The team together created a template for the maturation roadmap and report. At the
project and program level a project reporting tool and monitoring guide were created.
Over the course of nine months the many steps of the framework work in tandem with
one another leading ultimately to implementation of projects after assessing and
mitigating their risks.
The final deliverable of the framework is a maturation report.
To arrive at this report, the projects use tools like results-based monitoring and
promotes the development of ‘pilot projects,’ that may fail. This process aims at
creating a culture of sustained transformation by allowing trial and error to gauge
what works in the project context. Each project also develops a communication and
outreach plan after mapping their stakeholders, staff the SPVs with environment
and social and public engagement officers who, assess the E&S impacts and mitigation
measures that need to be adopted. To facilitate this process, the experts work with
their cities to help them arrive at the most conducive plan while, also getting
assistance from the CITIIS Program Management Unit (PMU) across all stages.
Amaravati has completed the Maturation phase by submitting all the deliverables required.
The Special APEX Committee meeting held on 31st March, 2021 accorded a conditional
validation of the maturation phase of the CITIIs project by ASSCCL. The maturation
is deemed to be completed but the SPV can issue tenders only after the compliance
documents of audited statement and the transfer of own source funds is provided
to the Apex committee.
