A look at the Anti corruption movement in India, led by Anna Hazare, the related events and results and its implications on CSOs (Civil Society Organizations) and Policy Makers.
this presentation deals with the issue of political participation of women in India, need for political participation of women, steps taken by government and problems encountered by women
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this presentation deals with the issue of political participation of women in India, need for political participation of women, steps taken by government and problems encountered by women
The Indian Society for centuries suffered from so many social evils. The chief among them are – Caste System, Deplorable condition of women, illiteracy, Child Marriage, Idol Worship, The Sati System, Polygamy, The dowry System etc.
BR Ambhedkar’s Views on Panchayat Raj Institutions - Social Justice, Referenc...vijay kumar sarabu
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INTRODUCTION TO LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT, 74TH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, STRUCTURE OF URBAN LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT, FUNCTIONS, TYPES, PROBLEM AREAS OF LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT, CONCLUSION
BR Ambhedkar’s Views on Panchayat Raj Institutions - Social Justice, Referenc...vijay kumar sarabu
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar believed that the village represented regressive India, a source of oppression. He argued against Panchayats as he was apprehensive about the continuation of caste Hindus hegemony. Further he opined that villages in India were caste-ridden and had little prospects of success as institutions of self-government. His Hindu code bill was an idea to bring equality and justice in society through emancipation of women by extending equal property rights to women. He held that the emancipation of Dalits in India was possible only through the three-pronged approached of education, agitation and organization. He was viewed essentially as a egalitarian and a social reformer rather than a nationalist. With reference to 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts, we can remember his view that “The remedy lay in creating an egalitarian and truly democratic panchayat raj system in the country”. He also fought for providing reservation in Panchayats to involve all depressed classes in the rural governance. Regarding Decentralization (Self Government) Ambhedkar said - “Unless I am satisfied that every self-governing institution has provisions in it which give the depressed classes special representation in order to protect their rights, and until that is done, I am afraid it will not be possible for me to assent to the first part of the Bill.” Now, the time has come for revisiting (reviewing) the concern of Ambedkar School of Thought with relevance to the present day.
ANALYSIS OF URBAN LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT IN INDIA Gaurav Purohit
INTRODUCTION TO LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT, 74TH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, STRUCTURE OF URBAN LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT, FUNCTIONS, TYPES, PROBLEM AREAS OF LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT, CONCLUSION
Corruption Perception Index 2014 AnalysisChhavi Rahul
Transparency International (TI) publishes the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) since 1995, annually ranking countries "by their perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys."
The CPI generally defines corruption as "the misuse of public power for private benefit."
In this presentation we have analyzed the similarities amongst the lowest corrupt countries as well as highest corrupt countries.
Key Elements of an Effective Anti-Bribery Management System ImplementationPECB
As the Anti-Bribery is becoming the world's most challenges issues, it is very important for businesses to support their company with the best programs and enhanced protection. The webinar demonstrated that this is possible by implementing ISO 37001 standard, and by identifying the key elements of an effective ISO 37001 implementation.
Main points that have been covered are:
• Definition of ISO 37001
• Case Studies
• Culture, Training and Reinforcement program
Presenter:
Mr. Mohamad Khachab is PECB Partner & Trainer, with 30 years of professional experience in management consultancy, project management, teaching/training, IT Procurement, preparing proposals, information risk management, research, developing bidding documents, and business development activities.
Link of the recorded session published on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wKc-2aHDf5s
Learn how to adopt an anti-bribery policy to comply with the ISO 37001. Value added, bribery risk assessments, due diligence on business associates, anti-bribery and corruption training,reporting and investigation procedures, bribery & anti-corruption compliance
Digni is an umbrella organization that annually recieves 160 million NOK (Norwegian kroner) from Norad, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. The money is distributed to more than 100 development projects. Digni ensures that the money is well spent and that projects are performing well.
Transparency and Accountability in Ggovernance in IndiaDr Lendy Spires
Civil society organisations (CSOs), consisting of non-state, non-political, citizen initiatives, often with a focus on the needs of specific groups among the poor (such as the Scheduled Castes), have been active in India for many years. One root for this activism can be traced to developments after the Emergency of 1974-75 when fundamental rights were suspended for a brief period. Civil society, in a spontaneous but un-coordinated reaction, stood up for the defence of fundamental rights against the Emergency and worked to overthrow the government that imposed the emergency in the elections that followed Introduction 1
A major issue that has engaged civil society attention is corruption. India ranks low on the Transparency International Index. Many believe that corruption is now deep rooted in Indian society and is the main obstacle to economic growth. There is talk of a ‘criminal-politician’ nexus; many elected representatives have been accused of serious crimes. Since then it has blossomed in many ways. 2 Over the last ten years, civil society organisations have demanded transparency—understood as timely access to reliable and relevant information—as a prerequisite to accountability in governance. Civil society has also begun to demand that its views be considered in the formulation of policies and programmes, in the implementation of programmes, and in social audit, especially of those programs meant for the poor.
Institutions to fight corruption—the Central Vigilance Commission, the Lok Ayuktas—have been set up. Civil society has made considerable gains in this area. For example, by taking recourse to the courts and winning its case, civil society has now made it mandatory for anyone standing for election to declare their assets and disclose if any criminal cases are pending against them. It is a big step forward, but there is still much to be done in the area of electoral reforms.
Protecting civic space in Kenya IHoughton SMuchai March 2014irunguh
This article captures the background and events of November 2013 in Kenya. A set of
thirteen amendments to the Public Benefits Organizations Act 2013 were unexpectedly brought to the
National Assembly. If they had passed, they would have fundamentally affected civic space, democracy
and development. It offers lessons and reflections on the state of governance and civil society in Kenya
and the challenges of protecting and advancing fundamental freedoms within a new constitutional
order.
In the failure of the formal accountability channels, social accountability is slowly becoming an effective response to governance deficit. Understanding good governance is a prerequisite to understand social accountability. Social Accountability is an approach towards enforcing & building accountability that relies on civic engagement in which citizens participate directly or indirectly in demanding accountability from service providers and public officials.
Accountability is no longer between the state only and citizens. Non state, national and transnational actors are now, heavily involved in all stages of the production of public goods.
The influence of corporate interests in the provision of public goods and services, as well as the entry of several unregulated providers poses a big threat to accountability and inclusion.
The strategies below represent the practical ways in which CSOs have applied the notion of social accountability to the context and issues of concern to their members, constituents and beneficiaries.
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Participatory Budgeting
Mobilisation and Networking
Social Audit, Monitoring and Evaluation
Information Communication Technology
Participatory Planning and Decision-making
Consultations and Stakeholder Participation
Accountability Reporting/Investigative Journalism
Participatory Procurement and Financial Management
Social Accountability is a journey.
The work of social accountability is not a sprint but marathon.
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Round Table Confrence to address the 'Shrinking Civic Space in Asia and the Pacific' Organised by UNDP Regional Hub, Bangkok
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b) Conversations aimed to build mutual understanding, holistic perspectives and interpersonal trust
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Building Capacities Of The Next Generation Of Community-Based Participatory Researchers
PRIA Conference Hall, PRIA, New Delhi
April 10, 2015
There is a need for mutual collaboration between city's elite RWAs and their neighboring informal settlements in urban planning. This Occasional Paper presents ideas based on a survey of 17 middle class RWAs undertaken by PRIA
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Presentation made at the Symposium on “Mainstreaming university-community research partnerships” at Indian Habitat Center on 9th April 2015, Organized by PRIA
Presentation made at the ‘Building Capacities Of The Next Generation Of Community-Based Participatory Researchers’ workshop at PRIA on 10th April 2015.
Presentation made at the ‘Building Capacities Of The Next Generation Of Community-Based Participatory Researchers’ workshop at PRIA on 10th April 2015.
Presentation made at the ‘Building Capacities Of The Next Generation Of Community-Based Participatory Researchers’ workshop at PRIA on 10th April 2015.
Presentation made at the ‘Building Capacities Of The Next Generation Of Community-Based Participatory Researchers’ workshop at PRIA on 10th April 2015.
Presentation made at the Symposium on “Mainstreaming university-community research partnerships” at Indian Habitat Center on 9th April 2015, Organized by PRIA.
Presentation made at the Symposium on “Mainstreaming university-community research partnerships” at Indian Habitat Center on 9th April 2015, Organized by PRIA.
Presentation made at the Symposium on “Mainstreaming university-community research partnerships” at Indian Habitat Center on 9th April 2015, Organized by PRIA.
Presentation made at the Symposium on “Mainstreaming University-Community Research Partnerships” at Indian Habitat Center on 9th Apri 2015, Organized by PRIA.
Presentation made at the Symposium on “Mainstreaming University-Community Research Partnerships” at Indian Habitat Center on 9th Apri 2015, Organized by PRIA.
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http://www.pria.org/decentralised_drinking_water.htm
Author: Dr Alok Pandey, Deputy Director, PRIA
To know more about the project visit
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2. Corruption in India
• Corruption exists among the
public officials with incredible
impunity affecting the dignity
and rights, leading to lack of
transparency and
accountability
• Sporadic activisms by civil
society ineffective
• Media activism on recent
corruption stories was an
impetus
3. Anti-Corruption Movement
• In such a backdrop, the Anti-Corruption Movement was
launched in April 2011 headed by Kisan Baburao Hazare,
popularly known as Anna Hazare
• Hazare, a known crusader against corruption, started
'indefinite fast' at a historical monument in New Delhi along with
his associates, popularly known as 'Team Annna'
4. Objectives of the Movement
• Two basic demands of the movement include:
- Demand for a strong ‘Anti Corruption Law’
- Demand for involving civil society in drafting of this law by
forming a joint drafting committee
• On the face of popular support finally, one of the senior
Ministers announced on behalf of the government invited 'Team
Anna' to join the joint drafting committee
• During the darfting of the bill, serious differences emerged,
raising questions about the intent of the government
5. Events and Results
• Along side Anna's movement, one of the spiritual leaders named
Swami Ramdev with 60,000 thousand followers against black
money which was immediately crashed by the government
received condemnation widely
• Seeing Government’s unwillingness to introduce the Bill, Anna
announced another hunger strike
• Police arrested Anna
• This time, the movement spread like a wild fire in thousands of
villages and towns
• On the 27th of August the bill was introduced in the Parliament
but could not be passed in the entire session
7. Events and Results
• Before December 2011 session of the Parliament, Anna again
sat on a day-long fast
• Political leaders even from some of the opposition parties
started questioning Anna's intentions and suggested that
Parliament should have the last word on the content of the
bill and not the civil society
• Since April 2011, 19 months have passed, the government
still could not pass the bill as law. New corruption stories are
again hitting the newspaper headlines; meanwhile, some of
the members of Team Anna hinted at forming political
parties; the story continues; people are watching, debating,
but still waiting to see a corruption free India
8. Implications for Practitioners
• Anna's movement has created huge debate in the public
domain and set the public mood in right direction, prompting
the CSOs involved in the policy influencing processes to reflect
and revisit their strategies
• Anna's movement sought and mobilised resources and support
from the ordinary citizens, therefore, maintained the autonomy
to a large extent
• For the first time in contemporary history, the middle class en
masse has outshined the intermediary CSOs by staking claims in
governance reforms; this is a significant departure and CSOs
now need to figure out how do they position themselves vis-a-
vis this large middle class both in urban and rural areas
9. Implications for Policy Makers
• The policy and law making
processes, so far, have been
insulated from any kind of
public debate
• This movement have shown
that people are eager to
participate in the policy
debate and policy makers
must listen to them before
making the policy