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Demand for Good Governance

Lecture 9. Demand for Good Governance. Demand for Good Governance (DfGG). What is “DFGG” – Defining what we are trying to do

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Demand for Good Governance

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  1. Lecture 9 Demand for Good Governance

  2. Demand for Good Governance (DfGG) • What is “DFGG” – Defining what we are trying to do • ‘DFGG’ refers to the extent and ability of citizens, civil society organizations, and other non-state actors to hold the state accountable and to make it responsive to their needs. And in return, this DFGG enhances the capacity of the state to become transparent, accountable, and participatory in order to respond to these demands.

  3. Four Core Elements of DfGG

  4. Promotion of Demand • – The ability of citizens, civil society, and other non-state actors to demand • better governance depends on their access to information, and the degree to which they can act effectively on this information. DFGG depends on (a) disclosure of information - the level of transparency of the government (regarding budgets, expenditures, programs, etc.), (b) demystification of information - strengthening the level of awareness and understanding of citizens (on laws, rights, budgets, policies, etc.), and (c) dissemination of information– spreading information (related to governance issues, processes, finances, laws, etc) to the ordinary public. In promoting demand, the • 3Ds should be followed by a C (collective action) – mobilizing broader action and advocacy around this information. Accordingly, initiatives such as freedom of information, awareness campaigns, rights education, and media programs that ‘promote’ demand.

  5. Mediation of Demand • – While mobilizing demand through advocacy and information dissemination are important, these pressures only become ‘effective’ through mediation and institutionalized feedback to the state. • Strengthening DFGG involves (a) creation and strengthening of avenues for feedback of citizens and civil society to public officials, (b) encouraging consultation of these actors in decision making and public actions of executive agencies, as well as (c) formal and informal mechanisms for dispute resolution through initiatives such as interface meetings between citizens and public officials, grievance redress mechanisms, and ombudsman’s offices.

  6. Response to Demand • – After mediation comes response, without which demand alone would remain powerless and non-credible. Institutionalizing DFGG involves developing programs and initiatives within the executive that respond to demand either through (a) innovations in service delivery, (b) response based performance incentives, or (c) participatory action planning.

  7. Monitoring to Inform Demand • – The last element of increasing DFGG is the process of monitoring and oversight of the public sector by non-executive actors such as the parliament, the media, and civil society. This could take the form of (a) participatory monitoring (using citizen feedback surveys of government performance, social audits, media investigations, etc.), (b) independent budget and policy analysis, and (c) formal oversight mechanisms (parliamentary committees, vigilance commissions, etc.). These generate key information for the executive, civil society, and ordinary citizens that feeds back into the process of promoting DFGG – thus completing the cycle.

  8. DfGG’s principles and practicalconsiderations • The focus would be on building institutional capacity, • Both state and non-state institution would be supported, • Focus would be on existing institutions, • Build on promising governance innovations, • Engage with committed leaderships, • Target all four elements of DFGG to have maximum effect.

  9. Institution Building for State Institutions: • (1) Ministry of National Assembly-Senate Relations and Inspection (MONASRI) • (2) The Arbitration Council • (3) Radio National of Kampuchea (RNK) • (4) Ministry of Interior’s One Stop Window Services (OSWS) and District Ombudsman’s Office • (5) A National Assembly (Parliamentary) Committee The mandate and activities of each institution (or program within it) should cover at least one element of strengthening DFGG, viz. promotion, mediation, response, or monitoring;

  10. Support for Non-State Institutions: • (e.g. NGOs, private media, professional associations, local community groups)

  11. A simple chain of the expected effects of the DFGG

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