Presentation for the fourth BOD Meeting

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Citizens Participation and Community
Empowerment in Pakistan Pakistan India Symposium
on Local Governance Devolution Trust for
Community Empowerment (DTCE) Lahore, July 03,
2007
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Participation/ Empowerment Mechanisms

• 1. Citizens Community Board (CCBs)
• In every local area, a group of non-elected
  citizens may, for energizing the community for
  development and improvement in service delivery,
  set up a CCB.
• 2. Village and Neighborhood Councils (VNCs)
• Tehsil / Town Council may determine and declare
  by a notification a Village Council in a village
  or Neighborhood Council in a town, as the case
  may be, and numbers of members to be elected for
  such councils.
• 3. Devolution Trust for Community Empowerment
  (DTCE)
• A non-Government organization to
  institutionalize community empowerment elements
  of the Local Government Ordinance across 6127
  unions in Pakistan.

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Legal Provisions to Safeguard CCB Funds

• Mandatory allocation of minimum 25 of
  development budget exclusively for CCB projects
• Non-lapsable nature of CCB funds
• Mandatory use of funds exclusively for CCB
  projects
• Sectoral classification for CCBs projects before
  the annual budget
• Comprehensive system of check and balance

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DTCE

• Mission Create an enabling environment for
  citizen participation and community empowerment
  in all Unions of Pakistan by 2009.
• Vision Empowered communities of proactive
  citizens engaged in self-development with the
  support of, and working together with, local
  government and the rest of civil society.

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DTCE Outreach
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DTCE Community Empowerment Model
Awareness
CCB Mobilization
Responsiveness
Voice
Village Neighborhood Councils
Monitoring Committees
Social capital Building
Police Community Relations
Community Empowerment
CCB Networks
Accouintability
Organisation
Public Private Partnership
Local Gov. Associations
Local Citizens Info. Networks
Press Club and Bar associations
Participation
Transparancy
Representation
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CCBs Progression in Pakistan
No. of CCBs
March 2003
March 2004
Dec. 2004
June 2005
March 2007
Time Period
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Provincial Distribution of CCBs
increase in CCBs Formation
Punjab
NWFP
Sindh
Balochistan
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CCBs Formation in DTCE Partner Districts
March 2004 March 2007
increase in CCBs Formation
37 Districts with DTCE Intervention
73 Districts without DTCE Intervention
110 Districts of Pakistan
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Local Government Budget Execution In Pakistan
District
LG Funds in Million RS.
Tehsil
Union
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Budget Execution in DTCE Partner Districts
LG Funds in Million RS.
Funds available in Partner districts
Funds utilized in partner districts
Unutilized funds
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Budget Execution in DTCE Partner Districts
Punjab 34
LG Funds in Million RS.
NWFP 68
Sindh 48
Balochistan26
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CCB Networks
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CCB Networks
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VNCs
16
VNCs
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Challenges

• 41 deduction from CCB projects (Contractor's
  profit 10, overhead cost 10, Income ax 6,
  sales tax 15)
• Simplification of CCB registration and project
  approval processes
• Non-availability of funds at union level
• Non-availability of CCB Funds in Balochistan
• Announcement of Exclusive Classifications at
  three tiers
• Participation of females in NWFP and Balochistan
• Large size of CCB projects
• Increased demand from communities for DTCE
  intervention
• Resource constraints

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Way Forward

• Promulgation of Revised CCB Rules
• Increased development funds to Union Councils
• Allocation and safeguard of 25 CCB budget
• Activation of Monitoring/ Accounts Committees
• Public access to local government Information
  (Section 137 of PLGO)
• Regular auditing of CCB Funds
• Increased local governments participation in PFC
  Awards
• Implementation of Chapter 9 of PLGO pertaining to
  VNCs
• Strengthening of Local Government Commission
• Appointment of district ombudsmen
• Coordination amongst devolution support programs
• Increased support of the provincial governments

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Thanks Web site www.dtce.org.pk