BRACE Implementing Partners

Europen Union

The European Union is a unique economic and political union between 28 European countries that together cover much of the continent. The EU was created in the aftermath of the Second World War. The first steps were to foster economic cooperation: the idea being that countries that trade with one another become economically interdependent and so more likely to avoid conflict. The result was the European Economic Community (EEC), created in 1958, and initially increasing economic cooperation between six countries: Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Since then, a huge single market has been created and continues to develop towards its full potential.

Introduction

What began as a purely economic union has evolved into an organization spanning policy areas, from climate, environment and health to external relations and security, justice and migration. A name change from the European Economic Community (EEC) to the European Union (EU) in 1993 reflected this.

The EU is based on the rule of law: everything it does is founded on treaties, voluntarily and democratically agreed by its member countries. The EU is also governed by the principle of representative

democracy and has delivered more than half a century of peace, stability and prosperity, helped raise living standards and launched a single European currency: the euro. One of the EU’s main goals is to promote human rights both internally and around the world. Human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights: these are the core values of the EU. In 2012, the EU was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for advancing the causes of peace, reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe.

BRACE Programme Target Districts

The BRACE Programme targets 300,000 households in 211 Union Councils.

The households will be reached through 16,531 Community Organizations (CO), 2,685 Village Organizations (VO), 211 Local Support Organizations (LSO) at Union Council level, and 27 LSO Networks at Tehsil level, and 09 LSOs at district level.

Drawing on 33,062 CO activists/office bearers, 5,370 VO members and 422 LSO office bearers, with 323 Activists workshops/ Manager Conferences planned for 12,920 office bearers of COs/VOs/LSOs.

THE BRACE PROGRAMME AND COVID-19

The novel coronavirus has had a profound public health impact in the developed world and is poised to have an equally if not more devastating effect on developing nations. As travel bans, lockdowns, and stalled trade take an increasing toll, economic spillover effects—and associated social instability—threaten to compound the crisis, especially in some of the world’s more vulnerable and fragile states. The advent of COVID-19 presents developing countries with daunting challenges—all interconnected—from economic, financial, and fiscal shocks to supply chain, agriculture, and food system disruption, to educational paralysis, challenges in the water and sanitation sector, and so on. Because many countries in the developing world lack the social safety nets necessary to underpin physical distancing regimes and protect vulnerable people in times of acute distress, the governments, policy makers, donors, private sector actors, and civil society groups in these countries will have to rally as never before.

Since the outbreak, the EU-funded Balochistan Rural Development and Community Empowerment (BRACE) Programme implementing partners, the RSPN, BRSP, NRSP, and DAI/Human Dynamics, have acted in a responsible manner and adjusted available resources to support the COVID-19 mitigation measures of the Government of Balochistan. The Technical Assistance (TA) staff followed the prescribed COVID-19 Health Protocols and observed Social Distancing, when interacting with their counterparts.

The BRACE RSPs, and the TA Project implemented by DAI Human Dynamics, developed COVID-19 Emergency Plans to support and strengthen the capacity, in the 9 BRACE District, of the District Administrations, to coordinate and implement their COVID-19 response and recovery measures, which range from:

Supervision and reporting of quarantine centers and isolation wards.
Awareness campaigns for precautionary measures to control the spread of the corona virus.
Compilation of data of the PM EECP, Relief activities, supplies and disbursements related to the Pandemic.
Correspondence of District Health Management Committees (DHMCs) and its decisions/follow-up.
Preparation and submission of daily District Situation Reports (DSRs) for Deputy Commissioners (DCs)/Provincial Government.
Performing Control Room duties such as maintenance of daily record of dairies of COVID 19 cases.
Preparation of Situation Analysis Reports (SARs) and its submission to DC’s offices.
Facilitating district administrations in procurement of goods/supplies at district level.
Coordinating with the visiting emergency humanitarian assistance teams from Federal/Provincial Governments.
Facilitate in arranging meetings of the Health Counterparts such as INGOs and NGOs, etc. working in districts.
Coordinating with RSPs/PPHI/LG involved in disinfection spray campaigns at population hub areas

Europen Union

Introduction

BRACE Programme Target Districts

Implementing Partners

THE BRACE PROGRAMME AND COVID-19

COVID-19 Support Activities by TA (Assistant) District Coordinators

District Duki

District Zhob

District Kech

District Washuk

District Khuzdar

District Pishin

District Killaabdullah

District Loralai

District Jhal Magsi