THE overall budget implementation of constituency projects and disbursements as of October this year stands at 74.7 percent.

This is according to the summary of the Democratic Coalition for Change Government (DCCG) policy achievements to date.

The Ministry of Rural Development has identified anomalies in constituency funding filters and systematic monitoring.

The ministry’s plan to develop a policy paper on a Rural Economic Development Centre, Cabinet approved the policy and implementation commences last year and is still ongoing.

Seven Constituency Development Centres are in their development stages.

This includes, East Choiseul, Gizo, Kolobangara, West New Georgia, Small Malaita, East Central Guadalcanal and Ngella.

According to the summary, the rest are still in their scoping stages and the delay by constituencies to submit work plans and identified sites is what has been identified as the cause of the delay of CDC implementation.

The summary states that the Ministry’s attempt to liaise with Constituency officers to develop Constituency Profiles and Plans in the first quarter of 2015, all 50 constituencies have developed their profiles and plans.

“The 50 constituencies’ access funding in accordance to their Constituency Development Plans,” the summary states.

The Ministry’s consultation with key cluster ministries towards development of an integrated rural development implementation framework is still ongoing and an international consultation is what is stated to be next on the agenda.

According to the summary provided to Island Sun by the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC), the government’s support to constituency development under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) is 80.3 percent.

The Republic of China (ROC) Taiwan’s support to constituency development is 57.4 percent.

“Two more payments are to be done and that is the third and fourth at a total of $40 million,” the summary states.

This, according to the summary is anticipated this month.

The Ministry of Rural Development has commenced a review of constituency development plans and profiles in June this year as it is important to align Constituency Development profiles and Plans with the ministry’s log frame and the National Development Strategy (NDS).

The summary report also states that the Ministry’s monitoring and evaluation on funded projects started around September last year for Government support to constituency funds and is an ongoing process.

“Officers compile analytical reports constituency performances in terms of the use of Constituency Fund.

“This is important to get the overview of the impact of the fund within the constituencies on Rural Economic Development Policy,” the summary adds.

It further states that the M & E for ROC CDF Components only commenced this year as in the past; it has never been monitored by the Ministry of Rural Development.