Capacity Building and Training

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Capacity Building and Training

• Presentation in the National Colloquium on Urban
  Governance
• Gaurav Gupta, Special Commissioner, BMP
• IIM -Bangalore, 20.09.06

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Background

• India now an increasingly urban country
• Growth in coming 20 years primarily in the cities
  of India
• Karnataka would have 50 of its population in
  Urban areas by 2026
• 3.4 crores out of total of 6.8 crores
• Urban issues are becoming increasingly important

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Cities of India their Governance

• Cities are engine of economic growth
• Cities are having governance structures which
  were developed long time back
• Challenges of today require a relook
• Timely to deliberate on Urban Governance
• 74th CAA has give more powers and
  responsibilities as the third tier of Govt

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Capacity Building in the Cities

• Capacity Building to ensure that
• City Governments are equipped to handle modern
  day challenges
• Financial strengthening
• Administrative strengthening
• Local representatives can comprehensively
  understand key issues facing the City, their
  solutions
• and become more accountable to people
• The citizens are able to understand City
  functioning
• and effectively engage with the Civic bodies to
  get things done

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Administration system in cities

• Administrative structure in most cities
• Rooted in the old times
• Not able to respond to challenges of
• Increasing waste
• Increasing road traffic
• Increasing land prices, and tendency to encroach
• Demanding citizenry - RWAs, RTI Act
• Insufficient staff
• no increase in supervisory and managerial staff
• No exposure to best practices worldwide

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Financial Position

• Financially, the capacity of most of the urban
  local bodies is limited.
• Limited Taxation powers
• Within the existing taxation powers also, poor
  collection efficiency
• Poor budgeting system
• Poor Accounting systems
• Poor project monitoring systems
• All of these need to be addressed urgently

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Revamping Administration (1)

• Solutions
• Have a re-look at Administrative structure
• Revise Cadre Recruitment Rules
• Systems Managers, Environmental Engineers etc
• Take up Training and Capacity Building
• State Institute of Urban Governance
• Affiliate it at the apex to NIUA
• Develop and Inculcate Best Practices

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Capacity Building in ULBs

• Areas of Training
• Technical issues
• Management of Urban Environment
• Project Management skills
• Management of Urban Services
• Privatization, Pricing and Cost Recovery
• Municipal Finances Accounting
• Financing of Urban Infrastructure
• Reform of Property Tax systems
• People Management issues
• Leadership Negotiating skills
• Communication skills
• Complaint Management skills

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Revamping Administration (2)

• Solutions
• Encourage delivery of services through Citizen
  Service Centres, and the Net
• Take up Re-Engineering of processes
• Robust Budgeting Accounting System
• Be open to Disclosures - PROOF
• Decentralisation
• Induction of Senior Officers from the Adm
  services

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Public representatives (1)

• Effective democracy requires enlightened citizens
  and representatives
• Most Corporators take care of need of their
  constituencies,
• but require to understand the overall City
  requirements and possible solutions
• Local solutions not always help we require city
  level solutions
• Drainage Storm water drains
• Transportation and Traffic
• Solid Waste Treatment
• Reqd More vibrant public debates in Council on
  issues and implementation

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Public representatives (2)

• Solutions
• The reps Need to be accountable to the people
• Ward Committees, Sabhas etc
• These systems for public participation to be
  supported
• Training exposing them to the latest thinking
  and solutions worldwide necessary
• New Technologies
• Modern Practices

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Concerted Citizenry

• Citizens empowerment
• Create Public awareness about programs policies
• Frequent disclosures by ULBs
• Holding representatives and officers accountable
• Participation and vigilant citizenry
• Ensure Community Participation through
• Ward Committees, Sabhas
• Resident Welfare Associations

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To sum up,

• Review administrative structure of ULBs
• Regular training at all levels
• Training calender
• State Institute for Urban Governance
• Capacity building of local representatives
• Disclosures IEC for citizens
• Financial Strengthening
• More taxation powers resource augmentation
• Better management of finances

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• We look forward to finalization of
  recommendations of the Administrative Reforms
  Commission,
• Look forward for a greater focus on all urban
  issues
• Thank you