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PANCHAYATIRAJ IN KERALA- TOWARDS INSTITUTIONALISATION. JOY ELAMON Chief Programme Coordinator SDC-CapDecK. PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN. SCIENTIFIC, PARTICIPATORY AND TIME BOUND PLANNING, BUDGETING, IMPLEMENTING AND MONITORING
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PANCHAYATIRAJ IN KERALA-TOWARDS INSTITUTIONALISATION JOY ELAMON Chief Programme Coordinator SDC-CapDecK
PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN • SCIENTIFIC, PARTICIPATORY AND TIME BOUND PLANNING, BUDGETING, IMPLEMENTING AND MONITORING • OFFICIALS, RETIRED OFFICIALS, EXPERTS, VOLUNTEERS AND MASS OF PEOPLE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES • EMPOWER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS • PRESSURE FROM BELOW HYD
PLAN APPRAISAL • TECHNICAL VIABILITY EXAMINED BY A GROUP • FORMATION OF VOLUNTARY TECHNICAL CORPS • EXPERT COMMITTEES • DISTRICT PLANNING COMMITTEE HYD
TRAINING • PHASE WISE • CASCADING • KEY RESOURCE PERSONS • DISTRICT RESOURCE PERSONS • LOCAL RESOURCE PERSONS • SECTOR WISE TRAINING • HANDBOOKS • INSTITUTIONALISED TRAINING • PANCHAYAT TO PANCHAYAT TRAINING HYD
SYSTEMIC CHANGES • NOTIONAL FLOW REDUCED IN SCP/TSP • TRANSPARENCY IN PUBLIC WORKS • BENEFICIARY SELECTION SYSTEM • GRAMASABHAS FOR SOCIAL AUDIT • WOMEN COMPONENT PLAN • NHGs/SHGs/KUDUMBASREE • FINANCIAL PROCEDURES KNOWN HYD
ISSUES • CAPTURE VS. ABSENCE OF THE ELITE • PARTICIPATION VS. ATTENDANCE • VOLUNTEER FATIGUE • GOVT. CHANGES AT LOCAL AND STATE • VERTICAL AND PARALLEL PROGRAMS • PARALLEL BODIES • DONOR PROJECTS HYD
CHALLENGES FACED • POLITICAL WILL • BUREAUCRACY Vs. ELECTED REPS. • MISTRUST AND EGO • DUAL CONTROL • ABSENCE OF RULES • INFORMATION AND DATA GAP • VERTICAL, CSS, SSS, DONOR PROGRAMMES HYD
THE QUESTIONS • INSTITUTIONALISATION? • WHAT? • HOW? • INSTITUTIONS AND SYSTEMS ONLY? • A PROCESS, VALUES AND STYLE OF PUBLIC FUNCTIONING HYD
CONCEPTUAL ISSUES PLANNING = DECENTRALISATION =PANCHAYATS= PANCHAYATIRAJ =LOCAL GOVERNANCE =ACCOUNTABILITY? • DEVELOPMENT VS. GOVERNANCE • OWNERSHIP • EMPOWERED DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY HYD
TO CONSIDER • A PROJECT OR PROCESS? • BUREAUCRATIC OR DEMOCRATIC? • CLONES? • SOCIAL ENGINEERING PROCESS • STATE - CIVIL SOCIETY SYNERGY • VALUES AND PHILOSOPHY • ROLE OF THE STATE HYD
TO CONSIDER • LEGITIMACY OF LSGI VS. NGOs • ACCOUNTABILITY ONLY AT LSGI LEVEL? • UPWARD OR DOWNWARD–WHICH ON TOP • COMPLEX PROCEDURES– WHO BENEFITS • IN WHICH FORMAT DO WE WANT? • A CHAMPION FOR DECENTRALISATION HYD
TO COMPLETE • SYSTEMS TO BE IN PLACE • CAPACITY AT ALL LEVELS • INDICATORS • INCENTIVES AND DISINCENTIVES • MONITORING AT WHICH LEVEL BY WHOM • ROLE OF THE STATE HYD