Good Practice
Enhancing Rural Access - Rural roads rehabilitation and maintenance (RDP IV) - Final Evaluation
Good Practice Description
Two of the three expected results from ERA were related to building the capacity of small road contractors to implement rural road rehabilitation and maintenance activities and also the capacity of the organisations to provide this training. The good practice implemented by ERA has been to develop and implement an integrated road rehabilitation and maintenance implementation, supervision and management training package including use of coaching / mentoring. The benefits of integrating the training processes have been demonstrated by ERA and provide a cost-effective approach to improving contractor performance and improving road contract outcomes. ERA linked and coordinated its activities with key stakeholders and other relevant initiatives in the sector to ensure synergies and development of harmonized systems. Class Room Training carried out in Dili and successful companies participated in trial contract following the class training. Successful contractors bid for works under the ERA project. The implementation of trial contracts as a means of combining training and capacity building of contractors with the actual construction of the works found to be the most effective way in contractor development.
Two of the three expected results from ERA were related to building the capacity of small road contractors to implement rural road rehabilitation and maintenance activities and also the capacity of the organisations to provide this training.ERA has demonstrated good practice by developing the capacity of established appropriate training providers to deliver project funded and ongoing training services. Technical (with some contract oriented business management) training resource developed at the long established Don Bosco Foundation training centre on the edge of Dili. Business management skill development resources have been developed and improved at the government agency, IADE, in Dili. With training costs recovered from a user-pays process, these facilities can continue to deliver the rural road focused training material and coaching support services developed with ERA. ERA also supported and assisted these training institutions in their accreditation and compliance with national competency standards. ERA linked and coordinated its activities with key stakeholders and other relevant initiatives in the sector to ensure synergies and development of harmonized systems.
Two of the three expected results from ERA were related to building the capacity of small road contractors to implement rural road rehabilitation and maintenance activities. In addition to the formal training / capacity building activities, ERA has demonstrated the use of two significantly different road rehabilitation and construction initiatives from regional countries. These were: (i) Geo-engineering of a large unstable gully across a rural road (Builecun-Leahita Road near Balibo); (ii) Constructing a three cell poured concrete box culvert near Falubosa). This was built to improve trafficability across a steep stream crossing and to improve the safety of school children who regularly use the crossing. In both cases, specialist roads engineers from south Asia were recruited to assess the situations and design and construct cost-effective solutions.
Two of the three expected results from ERA were related to building the capacity of small road contractors to implement rural road rehabilitation and maintenance activities and also the capacity of the organisations to provide this training. The good practice implemented by ERA has been to develop and implement an integrated road rehabilitation and maintenance implementation, supervision and management training package including use of coaching / mentoring. The benefits of integrating the training processes have been demonstrated by ERA and provide a cost-effective approach to improving contractor performance and improving road contract outcomes. ERA linked and coordinated its activities with key stakeholders and other relevant initiatives in the sector to ensure synergies and development of harmonized systems. Class Room Training carried out in Dili and successful companies participated in trial contract following the class training. Successful contractors bid for works under the ERA project. The implementation of trial contracts as a means of combining training and capacity building of contractors with the actual construction of the works found to be the most effective way in contractor development.
Two of the three expected results from ERA were related to building the capacity of small road contractors to implement rural road rehabilitation and maintenance activities and also the capacity of the organisations to provide this training.ERA has demonstrated good practice by developing the capacity of established appropriate training providers to deliver project funded and ongoing training services. Technical (with some contract oriented business management) training resource developed at the long established Don Bosco Foundation training centre on the edge of Dili. Business management skill development resources have been developed and improved at the government agency, IADE, in Dili. With training costs recovered from a user-pays process, these facilities can continue to deliver the rural road focused training material and coaching support services developed with ERA. ERA also supported and assisted these training institutions in their accreditation and compliance with national competency standards. ERA linked and coordinated its activities with key stakeholders and other relevant initiatives in the sector to ensure synergies and development of harmonized systems.
Two of the three expected results from ERA were related to building the capacity of small road contractors to implement rural road rehabilitation and maintenance activities. In addition to the formal training / capacity building activities, ERA has demonstrated the use of two significantly different road rehabilitation and construction initiatives from regional countries. These were: (i) Geo-engineering of a large unstable gully across a rural road (Builecun-Leahita Road near Balibo); (ii) Constructing a three cell poured concrete box culvert near Falubosa). This was built to improve trafficability across a steep stream crossing and to improve the safety of school children who regularly use the crossing. In both cases, specialist roads engineers from south Asia were recruited to assess the situations and design and construct cost-effective solutions.