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Educational Qualifications for Local Body Elections
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From Prakash Bacharwala, State Institute of Rural Development, Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration, Ahmedabad Seeks experiences on prescription of qualifications for contestants of local body elections and the impact of such provisions on their functioning and seat reservations Decentralization Community |
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Microfinance Services through Well Functioning Panchayats
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From Jaya Patel, World Food Programme, Tehri Garhwal Shares views on Grading of Panchayats, strategies to build their capacities, types of Microfinance services to be taken up & management of microfinance activities and funds Microfinance Community and Decentralization Community |
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Role of Civil Society in 11th Five Year Plan- Experiences; Examples
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From Lysa John, Wada Na Todo Abhiyan, New Delhi Seeks insights into areas, challenges and institutional mechanisms for civil society engagement with the 11th Five Year Plan Decentralization Community |
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Budget Making in Local Governments-Experiences; Advice
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From Paramita Majumdar, Ministry of Women and Child Development, New Delhi Seeks experiences of the budget making process in local bodies to identify points of introduction of gender budgeting Decentralization Community |
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Urban-Rural Linkages for Integrated Planning-Experiences; Referrals
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From Arndt Husar, UNDP, New Delhi Explores challenges of urban-rural linkages for development planning and experiences of meeting the same; seeks referrals of organizations having worked on the issue Decentralization Community |
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Water service delivery by panchayats-Experiences
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From Puneet Srivastava, GTZ, Shimla Seeks experiences of decentralized rural water service delivery by panchayats including the institutional and accountability mechanisms in the same Decentralization Community and Water Community |
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Inputs to the Task Force on Manual for District Planning-Experiences
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From Rajwant Sandhu, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, New Delhi Seeks suggestions on methodology for consolidation of the plans of gram panchayats, intermediate level panchayats, Zilla Parishads and Urban Local Bodies into District Plan Decentralization Community |
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Good Governance Plan for Local Governments- Examples; Advice
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From M. Retna Raj, KILA, Thrissur Seeks suggestions on components of good governance in context of local governments including relevant indicators, tools, practices for good governance plans in local bodies Decentralization Community |
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Participation of Children and Youth in Local Governance- Experiences; Advice
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From Abi Masefield, Plan International, New Delhi Seeks experiences and suggestions for engaging children and youth in bringing issues concerning them in the agenda of local governments Decentralization Community |
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Capacity Building of Panchayat Representatives and District Officials-Examples
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From Ritu Mathur and Arndt Husar, UNDP, New Delhi Explores examples and best practices of training modules and capacity building programmes for panchayat representatives and district officials Decentralization Community |
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