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Institutionalising Panchayat Raj in Kerala: A Roadmap for Effective Governance

This project aims to empower local governments in Kerala through scientific, participatory, and time-bound planning, budgeting, implementing, and monitoring. It focuses on training key resource persons and institutionalizing training programs for sustained systemic changes. Key challenges such as political will, bureaucratic hurdles, and the need for accountable governance are addressed. The project also delves into the conceptual issues surrounding decentralization, governance, and public functioning styles.

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Institutionalising Panchayat Raj in Kerala: A Roadmap for Effective Governance

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  1. PANCHAYATIRAJ IN KERALA-TOWARDS INSTITUTIONALISATION JOY ELAMON Chief Programme Coordinator SDC-CapDecK

  2. 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

  3. PLAN APPRAISAL • TECHNICAL VIABILITY EXAMINED BY A GROUP • FORMATION OF VOLUNTARY TECHNICAL CORPS • EXPERT COMMITTEES • DISTRICT PLANNING COMMITTEE HYD

  4. TRAINING • PHASE WISE • CASCADING • KEY RESOURCE PERSONS • DISTRICT RESOURCE PERSONS • LOCAL RESOURCE PERSONS • SECTOR WISE TRAINING • HANDBOOKS • INSTITUTIONALISED TRAINING • PANCHAYAT TO PANCHAYAT TRAINING HYD

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. THE QUESTIONS • INSTITUTIONALISATION? • WHAT? • HOW? • INSTITUTIONS AND SYSTEMS ONLY? • A PROCESS, VALUES AND STYLE OF PUBLIC FUNCTIONING HYD

  9. CONCEPTUAL ISSUES PLANNING = DECENTRALISATION =PANCHAYATS= PANCHAYATIRAJ =LOCAL GOVERNANCE =ACCOUNTABILITY? • DEVELOPMENT VS. GOVERNANCE • OWNERSHIP • EMPOWERED DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY HYD

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

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