Confronting complex challenges without strategy amounts to wishful thinking and chaotic approach to solving problems. The third sector has emerged as worthy partner in progress for public and private sectors in sustainable development. This paper discusses strategy for state-third sector partnership for sustainable community development in Nigeria with a view to constructing a working model. The partnership theory provides grounds for a conceptual descriptive discourse for identification of the intermediary space between government and business where community based organizations can be deployed for sustainable community development. A functional community based organisation, Hadejia Ina Mafita Initiative, provides a working model for application of partnership principles and benefits in a mutual state-third sector relationship. The paper established a strategic gap responsible for hindering development from reaching the grassroots and strongly recommends the engagement of community based organisations by government as partners for sustainable community development in Nigeria. The paper is structured into sections including general introduction; conceptual clarification; strategy for state-third sector partnership; a case study of the Hadejia Ina Mafita Initiative; the way forward; and conclusion.
Making myanmar national land use policy and legal framework work by thyn zar ...ThynZOo
MAKING MYANMAR NATIONAL LAND USE POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK WORK: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION AND INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE FOR MYANMAR'S INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT
By
Thyn Zar Oo
Public Legal Aid Network (The PLAN)
legalaidnetwork.myanmar@gmail.com
Paper prepared for presentation at the
“2019 WORLD BANK CONFERENCE ON LAND AND POVERTY”
The World Bank - Washington DC, March 25-29, 2019
Copyright 2019 by author(s). All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies.
Abstract:
"There is no compensation for inaction and lack of policies", warned a panelist in "Leveraging Policies for Sustainable Development Goals", one of the seminars in 2018 Annual Meetings of the World Bank and IMF in Bali, urging governments' immediate actions to address global issues highlighting the only alternative be the devastating crises. In light of #AM2018Bali agendas, the paper explores the context of Myanmar's challenges and opportunities: how Myanmar could make its National Land Use Policy and Legal Framework work for all its populations, including the vulnerable and marginalized by fostering inclusion, equality, rule-of-law and ensuring leveled playing field for free and fair competition. By honestly looking deep into realities of the illicit unaccounted-for economies and their thriving financing models, could the country capture and incorporate correct data to formulate comprehensive policy and regulatory frameworks. Harnessing technology, innovation and investing in the future will help Myanmar achieve its full potential.
Key words: Land, Governance, Policy, Poverty, Trafficking, Refugees, Migration, Development, Innovation, Technology, Human Capital, Investment, Economy, Financing, Legal Framework, Legislation, Legislative Drafting
Making myanmar national land use policy and legal framework work by thyn zar ...ThynZOo
MAKING MYANMAR NATIONAL LAND USE POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK WORK: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION AND INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE FOR MYANMAR'S INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT
By
Thyn Zar Oo
Public Legal Aid Network (The PLAN)
legalaidnetwork.myanmar@gmail.com
Paper prepared for presentation at the
“2019 WORLD BANK CONFERENCE ON LAND AND POVERTY”
The World Bank - Washington DC, March 25-29, 2019
Copyright 2019 by author(s). All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies.
Abstract:
"There is no compensation for inaction and lack of policies", warned a panelist in "Leveraging Policies for Sustainable Development Goals", one of the seminars in 2018 Annual Meetings of the World Bank and IMF in Bali, urging governments' immediate actions to address global issues highlighting the only alternative be the devastating crises. In light of #AM2018Bali agendas, the paper explores the context of Myanmar's challenges and opportunities: how Myanmar could make its National Land Use Policy and Legal Framework work for all its populations, including the vulnerable and marginalized by fostering inclusion, equality, rule-of-law and ensuring leveled playing field for free and fair competition. By honestly looking deep into realities of the illicit unaccounted-for economies and their thriving financing models, could the country capture and incorporate correct data to formulate comprehensive policy and regulatory frameworks. Harnessing technology, innovation and investing in the future will help Myanmar achieve its full potential.
Key words: Land, Governance, Policy, Poverty, Trafficking, Refugees, Migration, Development, Innovation, Technology, Human Capital, Investment, Economy, Financing, Legal Framework, Legislation, Legislative Drafting
With the help of this powerpoint presentation, at the Workshop on Governance Assessment Methods and Applications of Governance Data in Policy-Making (June 2009), Ken Mease argued that governance assessments can be 1) a reporting tool that can track and communicate progress towards goals and/or outcomes; 2) a policy tool that can guide evidence-based planning and action to address issues identified as important by citizens and in existing political commitments, and finally 3) a tool that can strengthen democracy by engaging stakeholders through informed discussions.
Explain the scope of public administration as a discipline
Explain the scope of public administration AS AN ACTIVITY
IDENTIFY AND DISCUSS THE VARIOUS AREAS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
“INTRODUCTION TO PEACE STRATEGIES FOR STAKEHOLDERS IN DELTA STATE, NIGERIA” by Nathaniel Msen Awuapila seeks to strengthen capacity for collaborative initiatives in conflict prevention and peacebuilding by stakeholders. Peace Strategies are designed and implemented with a view to realizing a state of harmonious co-existence characterized by the principled application of fairness, equity and justice. This presentation was originally prepared in May 2012 as educative and training content for community stakeholders in the south-south State of Delta in Nigeria. It was presented as part of intervention by IMPACT for Change and Development (IMPACT). The project was funded by the European Union (EU) for the purpose of building capacity for peacebuilding in Isoko and Ukwanyi LGAs of Delta State. Nathaniel Msen Awuapila is the Executive Facilitator/CEO of Civil Organisations Research Advocacy and Funding Initiatives Development (CORAFID) and a Fellow of Society for Peace Studies and Practice (SPSP).
Decentralization and Decentralized Cooperation in Cameroon: The Futile and Co...AJHSSR Journal
The Cameroon political economy was pressured by home and foreign realities to adopt a
constitution in 1996 that provided ample space for the blossoming of new ideas in governance like
decentralization and decentralized cooperation. Though the application of all the potent elements of this
constitution remained in abeyance, decentralization provided an escape valve for those who found the hyper
centralization suffocating. It was deal which sought to drift away from the Jacobin French system of power
sharing and control wherein all powers and decisions rest in the center and for the most part in the hands of one
man. Theoretically, decentralization was introduced as a ploy to take power closer to the people and ensure
popular participation in decision making thereby ensure prompt control and evaluation of locally orientated
projects. After functioning for some time, decentralization for the case of Cameroon gave birth to decentralized
cooperation. In fact decentralized cooperation is considered by some authors as the “daughter” of
decentralization. Decentralized cooperation that is in function in Cameroon since 2011 has seemingly not been
very effective. As appealing as this project appeared its implementation suffered from conflicting groups of
personal and collective interests all of them hinged to corruption and insincerity on the part of the governing.
Even with the introduction of the decentralized cooperation‟s in 2011 that could help enhance the project, there
were still contradiction that made the implementation to remain for the most part a dream project. From palpable
evidences drawn from primary and secondary sources, this paper attempt a portrait of how the initiatives that
were deployed in getting decentralization to work became conflicting and therefore futile. It sums up the
governmental/indigenous responsibilities to the failure of this project. From its narrative it opines that
decentralization as governance approach seemed to have been hired in Cameroon to serve international policy
design that addressing crucial home realities.
COMMUNITY MODELS AS TOOLS FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: FI...TANKO AHMED fwc
Nigeria may be described as having no specific, well formulated, clear regional development policy or framework; therefore, most of the country’s commitments towards regional development are products of other policies, which do not have bases for regional planning in all its ramifications. The country has over the years witnessed a number of constitutional developments and creation of more administrative units, both of which directly or indirectly affect its regional structure and development process. This paper discusses the need for community models, practical administrative system and structure to facilitate a sustainable national development process.
With the help of this powerpoint presentation, at the Workshop on Governance Assessment Methods and Applications of Governance Data in Policy-Making (June 2009), Ken Mease argued that governance assessments can be 1) a reporting tool that can track and communicate progress towards goals and/or outcomes; 2) a policy tool that can guide evidence-based planning and action to address issues identified as important by citizens and in existing political commitments, and finally 3) a tool that can strengthen democracy by engaging stakeholders through informed discussions.
Explain the scope of public administration as a discipline
Explain the scope of public administration AS AN ACTIVITY
IDENTIFY AND DISCUSS THE VARIOUS AREAS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
“INTRODUCTION TO PEACE STRATEGIES FOR STAKEHOLDERS IN DELTA STATE, NIGERIA” by Nathaniel Msen Awuapila seeks to strengthen capacity for collaborative initiatives in conflict prevention and peacebuilding by stakeholders. Peace Strategies are designed and implemented with a view to realizing a state of harmonious co-existence characterized by the principled application of fairness, equity and justice. This presentation was originally prepared in May 2012 as educative and training content for community stakeholders in the south-south State of Delta in Nigeria. It was presented as part of intervention by IMPACT for Change and Development (IMPACT). The project was funded by the European Union (EU) for the purpose of building capacity for peacebuilding in Isoko and Ukwanyi LGAs of Delta State. Nathaniel Msen Awuapila is the Executive Facilitator/CEO of Civil Organisations Research Advocacy and Funding Initiatives Development (CORAFID) and a Fellow of Society for Peace Studies and Practice (SPSP).
Decentralization and Decentralized Cooperation in Cameroon: The Futile and Co...AJHSSR Journal
The Cameroon political economy was pressured by home and foreign realities to adopt a
constitution in 1996 that provided ample space for the blossoming of new ideas in governance like
decentralization and decentralized cooperation. Though the application of all the potent elements of this
constitution remained in abeyance, decentralization provided an escape valve for those who found the hyper
centralization suffocating. It was deal which sought to drift away from the Jacobin French system of power
sharing and control wherein all powers and decisions rest in the center and for the most part in the hands of one
man. Theoretically, decentralization was introduced as a ploy to take power closer to the people and ensure
popular participation in decision making thereby ensure prompt control and evaluation of locally orientated
projects. After functioning for some time, decentralization for the case of Cameroon gave birth to decentralized
cooperation. In fact decentralized cooperation is considered by some authors as the “daughter” of
decentralization. Decentralized cooperation that is in function in Cameroon since 2011 has seemingly not been
very effective. As appealing as this project appeared its implementation suffered from conflicting groups of
personal and collective interests all of them hinged to corruption and insincerity on the part of the governing.
Even with the introduction of the decentralized cooperation‟s in 2011 that could help enhance the project, there
were still contradiction that made the implementation to remain for the most part a dream project. From palpable
evidences drawn from primary and secondary sources, this paper attempt a portrait of how the initiatives that
were deployed in getting decentralization to work became conflicting and therefore futile. It sums up the
governmental/indigenous responsibilities to the failure of this project. From its narrative it opines that
decentralization as governance approach seemed to have been hired in Cameroon to serve international policy
design that addressing crucial home realities.
COMMUNITY MODELS AS TOOLS FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: FI...TANKO AHMED fwc
Nigeria may be described as having no specific, well formulated, clear regional development policy or framework; therefore, most of the country’s commitments towards regional development are products of other policies, which do not have bases for regional planning in all its ramifications. The country has over the years witnessed a number of constitutional developments and creation of more administrative units, both of which directly or indirectly affect its regional structure and development process. This paper discusses the need for community models, practical administrative system and structure to facilitate a sustainable national development process.
Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships in Development Sector: A Conceptual Framework Shipra Sharma
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Closed or Inclusive Process: How State Actors View the Contribution of Non-St...paperpublications3
Abstract: This article investigates state actors’ perceptions of the contribution of non-state actors in inclusive public policy process in Kenya. A quantitative survey methodology is employed in the study area of the City of Nairobi in 20 government ministries with one permanent secretary from each ministry answering the questionnaire on behalf of the ministry. A power analysis framework is used to understand the relationships of power between state actors and non-state actors and how they affect public policy process. The findings confirm that there has been significant improvement in inclusive public policy process in Kenya. A process which began as closed in the 60s, 70s and 80s supported by the existing governance framework, had the 90s as a turning point as a result of civic action and pressure from donor community that forced the government to embrace democratic process. Since then, there has been gradual and meaningful inclusion of non-state actors in public policy process supported by new governance framework articulated in the 2010 Constitution. However, there exists coercive power of the state actors as they continue to influence policy decisions and delivery using their authority to determine who they collaborate with and who is invited to participate in specific policy areas and issues.
Keywords: Public policy, inclusive public policy process, state actors, contribution of non-state actors, perceptions, power relations, policy areas, non-governmental organisations.
Title: Closed or Inclusive Process: How State Actors View the Contribution of Non-State Actors in Public Policy in Kenya
Author: Tiberius Barasa, Frank Matanga, Murumba Wangamati
ISSN 2349-7831
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POLICY AND STRATEGY FOR PATRIOTISM, INSTITUTIONS, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF...TANKO AHMED fwc
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REMODELING THE POLICE AND POLICING IN NIGERIA: Challenges and Prospects for t...TANKO AHMED fwc
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Thumbnail picture is by MediaZona, you may read their report on anti-war arson attacks in Russia here: https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/13/burn-map
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Autonomous Action
http://Avtonom.org
Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
http://Avtonom.org/abc
Solidarity Zone
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Memorial
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OVD-Info
https://en.ovdinfo.org/antiwar-ovd-info-guide
RosUznik
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Uznik Online
http://uznikonline.tilda.ws/
Russian Reader
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ABC Irkutsk
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Send mail to prisoners from abroad:
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Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/libertarianlifecoach/episodes/Russian-anarchist-and-anti-war-movement-in-the-third-year-of-full-scale-war-e2k8ai4
Russian anarchist and anti-war movement in the third year of full-scale war
STRATEGY FOR STATE-THIRD SECTOR PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: A WORKING MODEL
1. STRATEGY FOR STATE-THIRD SECTOR PARTNERSHIP FOR
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA:
A WORKING MODEL
BY
TANKO AHMED fwc
Senior Fellow (Security & Strategic Studies)
National Institute for Policy & Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru – Jos
ta_mamuda@yahoo.com - 08037031744
3. ABSTRACT
• Confronting complex challenges without strategy
amounts to wishful thinking and chaotic
approach to solving problems.
• The third sector has emerged as worthy partner
in progress for public and private sectors in
sustainable development.
• This paper discusses strategy for state-third
sector partnership for sustainable community
development in Nigeria with a view to
constructing a working model.
4. KEY TERMS
Third Sector
Sustainable Development
Partnership
Community Based Organization
Hadejia Ina Mafita Initiative
Working Model
6. Background
The ‘third sector’ strategically occupies “… an
intermediary space between business and
government where private energy can be
deployed for public good ….”
- Jim Joseph (2017), President, Council on Foundations.
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/third-sector.html
7. An Emergent Force
• There has been a growing interest in
decentralizing developmental efforts as the third
sector strives to amplify strong and diverse voices
and influence programmes and policy decisions.
• The age of sustainable development is here, with
emphasis on effective partnership among the
various stakeholders and components of modern
society.
• The third sector is an emergent force driving
development beyond the reach or fringes of
public and private sector activities.
8. A Common Denominator
The Sustainable Development Goals bear
inclusiveness as common denominator to all 17
components indicating decentralization of
programmes to the grassroots/community level
(UNDP, 2015).
9. Literature
• Literature on inclusiveness and sustainable
community development take aim at
decentralization as reflected decades ago as
background to current moves for ‘state-third
sector’ partnership.
• Conyers (1986) describes decentralization as the
transfer of authority to plan, make decision and
manage functions from higher to lower level.
• In this wise, a systematic decentralization of
authority and responsibility to community level
would give certain powers and resources to
handle development challenges without undue
recourse to local or state authorities.
10. Theorem
• McQuaid (2000) explores some theoretical
and policy issues and establishes that the
promotion of development programmes
requires participation of community based
organisations.
• That there are overall advantages for a
partnership approach in which policies and
programmes are download upper-lower
fashion by government and uploaded
lower-upper injection by grassroots by
community based organisations.
11. Basic Proposition
• This basic proposition allows for discourse on
state-third sector mutual and beneficial
partnership in sustainable community
development.
• A working model is adapted, explained and
corresponded to the tenets of developing and
operating strategy for public (or state)-third
sector partnership.
12. Statement of the Problem
• The National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies
(NIPSS) had observed failure of successive
administrations in Nigeria to fully mobilize the
grassroots for sustainable national development (NIPSS,
2002:2).
• The Report reviewed community development
interventions programmes since 1972 and concluded
the failure in this regarded resulted from inadequate
planning and lack of coordination hinting on lack of
strategy for decentralization or functional relationship
the state and communities.
• That development programmes were planned and
executed without the input and participation of the
end users or recipient communities.
13. Points to Ponder
• The universal attention from the renewed global
development goals graduating from the
Millennium Development Goals (MDAs) to the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has
further renewed hope and opportunities for
state-third sector partnership.
• To proceed from this point, there is the need to
conceptualize and correlate some key terms;
propose and describe the strategy for state-third
sector partnership; determine and construct a
working model; and suggest the way forward.
15. Strategy
• Strategy is a carefully devised plan of
action to achieve a goal, or the art of
developing or carrying out such a plan.
• It involves the interaction of ends (goals
or objectives, means), resources, and
ways or strategic plan of action for
utilizing available means (Owens, 2016).
16. Strategic Planning
• Strategic planning is a way of defining strategy
or direction and making appropriate decision
on allocating resources and control
mechanisms for implementation (Mintzberg &
Quinn, 1996).
• Strategy, through strategic planning, is
executed the 3Cs of Collaboration, Cooperation
and Coordination among stakeholders.
• This paper discusses the strategy for state-third
sector partnership.
17. State
• State is a political entity under a system of government
often referred to as a country.
• Theories of state characteristically expose functional
responsibilities for the general well-being of the people
seen in the process of development (Flint & Taylor,
2007).
• A government is the administrative bureaucracy of a
State that controls the apparatus of governance known
as the ‘public sector’ which also relates with other
‘sectors’ like the ‘private sector’.
• Activities and functionalities not within the public and
the private sectors are considered as the ‘third sector’.
18. Third Sector
• Third Sector is a term referring to organizations
like voluntary and community groups not listed as
public or private sector.
• They are registered organizations such as
associations, self-help groups, community based
outfits, social enterprises, mutual and co-
operatives.
• They are generally called ‘Third Sector
Organisations’ or TSOs which are independent of
government, value driven and basically people-
oriented at the community or grassroots level.
19. Third Sector Uniqueness
• The unique immediate benefits of TSOs include
understanding of people’s needs, closeness to the
people, ability to deliver outcomes, innovation,
and performance.
• TSOs are the last Bus Stops for implementation of
policies, programmes and projects of both the
public and private sectors.
• They speak out for people and their needs to the
public sector and wider society (NOA, 2010)
20. Partnership
• Partnership is the relationship between two or more
entities that are involved in the same activity.
• A formal partnership is a legal relationship among
partners recognised by Law and based on agreement
to carry out ventures for mutual benefits and shared
responsibilities (Murray, 2010).
• It is involves acts and processes of affiliation,
collaboration, cooperation and coordination which are
also tenets to strategic planning or ‘strategic
relationship.
21. State-Third Sector Partnership
• Thus, a partnership between the State and
Third Sector is considered as a ‘strategic
relationship’ between government and third
sector.
• For example, a State-Third Sector partnership
is driven by acts of affiliation, collaboration,
cooperation and coordination as partners in
progress seen in strategy for ‘sustainable
community development’.
22. Sustainable Development
• The term sustainable development was coined
and used by the Brundtland Commission as
development process that meets the needs of
the present without compromising the ability
of future generations to meet their own needs
(UN, 1987; Smith & Rees, 1998).
• According to Hasna (2007), sustainability is a
process which tells of a development of all
aspects of human life affecting sustenance, a
word often used in too many situations today.
23. ‘Everything is Sustainable’
• There are phrases like sustainable development,
sustainable growth, sustainable economies,
sustainable societies, and sustainable agriculture,
etc.
• Temple (1992) concludes that ‘Everything is
sustainable’.
• Thus, sustainable development signifies the
optimization and impact of the development
process at grassroots or community level known
as ‘community level’ in a continuous manner.
24. What is a Community
• A community refers to a group of interacting
people, possibly living in close proximity
sharing some common values, with attributes
of social cohesion, within a shared
geographical location generally in social units
larger than household (OECD, 2009).
• There are numerous definitions generated by
Garcia, et el, (1999) to help establish a
working concepts.
25. Some Working Concepts of Community
• A group of people sharing characteristics and
interests that live within a larger society, from which
those features distinguish it.
• The sense in which one belongs to a net of mutually
helpful relationships which one can trust in and
which do not result in permanent feelings of
loneliness that would cause one to act or to adopt a
life style that distinguish anxiety and a predisposition
to a more destructive subsequent anguish.
• A community can be conceived in three dimensions,
as a place where the physical environment is thought
of as natural or as artificial; as a group of people, like
a population, and; as a social system.
Garcia, et el, (1999)
26. Community Development
• Community development is as old as human
society and equally subjected to change and
reforms in the process of transformation from
one state to another.
• The United Nations Terminology Database
(UNTERM) defines community development
as “… a process where members came
together to take collective action and
generate solutions to common problems”
(UNTERM, 2017).
27. Potentials of Community Development
• Community development holds potentials for
synergy within by uniting people and activities
at local level, and beyond by associating in
partnership with larger entities of wider
society.
• The process is organized and run by
community based organisations (CBOs) for
purposes of development and delivery of
strategy or set of projects or operations.
28. Community Based Organization
• Community Based Organisations work at the
grassroots for improve of people and their
immediate environment.
• They are engaged in series of activities at the
community level aimed at bringing about
desired improvement in the general wellbeing
of individuals, groups, neighbourhood, and
wider society.
• A CBO is representative of community(s) and
provides services at local level of development
process.
29. CBOs as Partners-in-Progress
• They play important role in providing effective
services at the grassroots, making them
worthy partners-in-progress with other agency
involved in service delivery, particular the
State or Government.
• An example of a functional CBO is the Hadejia
Ina Mafita Initiative based in Hadejia, Jigawa
State, Nigeria.
31. Hadejia Ina Mafita Profile
• Hadejia Ina Mafita Initiative, literarily translates
into ‘Hadejia Which Way Out’, is a CBO based in
Hadejia, Jigawa State, Nigeria with Corporate
Affairs registration number serving the eight local
government areas of Hadejia Emirate.
• Its membership includes immediate residents of
Hadejia Emirate and its people living outside in
other parts of Nigeria and abroad.
• Its activities cover general service delivery and
serving as common voice of the people – a CBO
Working Model.
32. Working Model
• In conceptual sense, models are used to help
us know and understand the subject matter
they represent.
• The concepts or related concepts are formed
after a conceptualization process in the mind.
• They are necessary means employed in
thinking and solution of problems (Duan & Cruz,
2011).
• This paper explains working models in
progressive format of conceptual, scientific
and entity relationship models.
33. Entity Relationship Model
• It includes the various entities, their attributes and
relationships, plus the constraints governing the
conceptual integrity of the structural model
elements comprising that problem domain.
• It may also include a number of conceptual views,
where each view is pertinent to a particular subject
area of the domain or to a particular subset of the
domain model which is of interest to a stakeholder of
the domain model.
• Like entity-relationship models, domain models can
be used to model concepts or to model real world
objects and events, like ‘working models’ of
functional relationship seen as proposed strategy for
state-third section partnership in sustainable
development in Nigeria.
35. The Big Society Principles
• The universal penetrative principles of the ‘Big
Society’ earlier cited “… is an English political
discourse with different policy developments
now taking place within the devolved
administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland” (Alcock, 2012:1).
• An aspect of this situation is its ICT-enabled
conduct in which administrative costs are
drastically reduced to barest minimum as well as
the maximum penetration of grassroots.
• This tendency which is universal can be utilized in
strategy formulation and implementation of
state-third sector partnership in Nigeria.
36. A Case at Hand
• A case at hand is the Hadejia Ina Mafita Initiative
which was initially formed, established and still
run effectively from ICT-powered platforms of
mobile phones, Internet and the social media.
• The template for adaptation and application of
ICT platforms has already been discussed across
decades including demarcation, effective
planning and execution, and recognition of
spatial diversities.
37. The Partnership Strategy
• The strategy for State-Third Sector partnership for
sustainable community development in Nigeria will
primarily requires expansion and upgrading of ICT
infrastructure to enable the formation and running
of community based organisations.
• The government will use working models like the
Hadejia Ina Mafita Initiative to enlighten and
mobilize other communities to organize and conduct
development activities from grassroots and
community level.
• This strategy would not only actualize healthy and
strong relationship between government and the
governed, it will set the momentum for faster,
cheaper, easier and cost effective approach to overall
national development in Nigeria.
38. A CASE STUDY OF A CBO
‘THE HADEJIA INA MAFITA INITIATIVE’
AS CONSTRUCT OF WORKING MODEL
39. HIMI Administrative Structure
• The Hadejia Ina Mafita Initiative was founded in
December 2011 on the online platform of
Facebook social media.
• It was incorporated on the 7th December 2015
with Corporate Affairs Commission Registration
Number CAC/IT/No. 83064.
• The organisation covers the eight local
government areas of the Hadejia Emirate, Jigawa
State, Nigeria.
• It is physically organized into a headquarter office
with a Chairman, Secretary and EXCO members in
Hadejia city.
40. Vision, Mission and Core Values
• It has eight Coordinators in charge of the eight local
government targeting all accessible communities in the
Emirate.
• The CBO has its vision of creating a supportive,
sustainable and collaborative platform; and mission for
promotion of economic, social, cultural and
environmental progress.
• Its core values uphold integrity, sincerity, justice, peace,
transparency, solidarity and democracy.
• By these listed tenets, the organisation invests itself a
developmental partner unit relevant for local, national
and global ascendancy.
41. Active Membership
• With an active membership of 6,752 on Social
Media alone, it also has representative members
of all accessible communities in the area.
• Its membership spreads beyond geographical
location, age, gender, social status, profession,
and all walks of life at home and abroad.
• The organisation holds conferences called
‘Muhawarah’ on issues of concern as they occur,
with the aim of finding immediate solutions
overseen by a Strategic Committee.
42. HIMI Activities
• Issues treated include agriculture, security,
social services, local radio and television
stations, electricity supply, poverty reduction,
vocational training, refugee welfare,
recruitment and hordes of other projects and
programmes.
• In a nutshell, the Hadejia Ina Mafita Initiative
is a candidate for state-third sector
partnership and a working model in the realm
of strategy formulation and implementation in
matters at hand.
44. Enabling Policy Environment
• The ‘Big Society’ idea of penetrative development
driven by the Information Communication and
Telecommunication (ICT) revolution makes it easier
and more practical for enabling policy environment
for actualization of sustainable community
development.
• The universal attention from the renewed global
development goals graduating from the Millennium
Development Goals (MDAs) to the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) has further renewed
hope and opportunities for state-third sector
partnership.
45. The Way Forward
• A functional community based organisation,
Hadejia Ina Mafita Initiative, provides a
working model for application of partnership
principles and benefits in a mutual state-third
sector relationship.
• The way forward is for government to initiate
moves to incorporate the activities of
community based organisations into its wider
national development strategy formulation
and implementation.
47. Paper Summary
• This paper discusses strategy for state-third sector
partnership for sustainable community development in
Nigeria with a view to constructing a working model.
• The partnership theory provides grounds for a
conceptual descriptive discourse for identification of
the intermediary space between government and
business where community based organizations can be
deployed for sustainable community development.
• A functional community based organisation, Hadejia
Ina Mafita Initiative, provides a working model for
application of partnership principles and benefits in a
mutual state-third sector relationship.
48. Conclusion
• The paper established a strategic gap responsible
for hindering development from reaching the
grassroots and strongly recommends the
engagement of community based organisations
by government as partners for sustainable
community development in Nigeria.
• The paper concludes that for effective sustainable
development at community level, the existing
larger ‘entity’ of Nigeria needs to be re-defined
into a framework for provision, maintenance and
consolidation of service delivery by all tiers of
development agencies aiming at the grassroots,
hinting on systematic decentralization.
49. Recommendations
• The paper strongly recommends that government
should embark on building relevant infrastructure
for mobilizing and incorporating community
based organisations into its larger framework for
national development.
• The paper also calls on communities to take cue
from the Hadejia Ina Mafita Initiative to mobilize
and organise community development effort to
contribute as well as benefit from an integrated
system powered by technology platforms.
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