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Governance Programme (Panchayati Raj)
The
73rd Constitutional (Amendment) Act fulfilled a long
felt need for promoting local imitative community ownership in
the field of development through a strong and functional Panchayat.
Democratic decentralisation was finally ushered in and right from
the elections through educating the voters, the prospective candidates
and other requisite interventions in pre, during and post-election
phases. The elections were viewed as a means to ensure a self-reliant,
self-dependent and prosperous life for the people at the grass
roots.
As earlier,
the elections to the PRIs was organised in a campaign mode, where,
at the State level, a workshop was organised to prepare strategy
for the campaign, Coordinator and Advisory committees were formed
to coordinate the campaign activities and helping with the legal
complexities that may be faced, the State Administration was sensitized
through meetings, the media was sensitized through exposure visits,
Radio spots were used for wider dissemination, and a Help Line
was started to provide technical support. IEC materials viz. poster,
pamphlets and CDs were also prepared.
At the
District level, District Coordination Committees ensured effective
campaigning, Networks ensured wide coverage and trained Citizen
Leaders and CBOs emerged as torchbearers of the campaign and a
Mahila Sammelan was tried to bring women to the forefront. Similar
activities were carried out at the Block level and at the Local
level, foot marches, cycle rallies, wall-writings, video shows,
street plays puppet shows etc. were also carried out as above.
Major
Achievements
Some
of the highlights of SSK's interventions are mentioned as under.
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PICs
are being effectively managed by the citizen leaders.
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Enhanced participation of
women in meetings of Gram Panchayats and Gram Sabhas.
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Elected representatives are
well aware about their roles, functions, duties, responsibilities
and the prevalent operational structure.
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Linkages established at the
State Government level.
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The activities were on a continuum
right from the Local level through Block and District to the
State level.
Concluded Programs...
- NREGA Camapign
(15 August – 30 August 2007)
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- Mobilizing Citizen
Leaders for Strengthening PRIs
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- Aamna-Samna Empowering
grassroot Democracy (01- 03 October 2007) With a
successful completion of third panchayates elections S.S.K entrusted
into the mid phase of the utter of the panchayates term, which
is crucial with regards to the sustainability of the promises,
manifestoes, and developmental programme undertaken with the
inception of the panchayates term.
full text
- Technical Assistance
to Integrate Local Self Governance in regular program
Supported by- Catholic
Relief Services, lucknow
The main aspect of this program is capacity building
of partner organisations of CRS, Lucknow with the guiding philosophy
of people centered development. This will ultimately result
in effective and efficient support being available to members
of Gram Sabha and Gram Panchayats at the local level.
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text
- Orientation Trainings
organised for the selected Panchayat leaders in Bihar
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The
second part of the book placed before you is the outpourings
of experiences that the organisations which gives the feel
of the real in the PACS programme enacted by them.
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