Institutionalisierte Partizipation in PRSFolgeprozessen

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Institutionalisation of Participation in PRSP
processes Presentation for the 2nd Meeting
of the ECA PRSP-Learning Group in Brussels, 18-19
November 2002 Dr Walter Eberlei Institute
for Development and Peace (INEF) Gerhard-Mercator-
University Duisburg / Germany November 2002
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Participation in the PRS cycle
Analysis
participation
Revision (PRSP II)
Strategy (PRSP I)
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participation

• Implementation
• MTEF / Budget
• Sectoral policies
• Macro-economics
• Sub-national politics

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Monitoring
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Institutionalised participation
Institutionalised Participation can be defined as
a rights-based, structurally integrated, and
legitimised process through which capable
stakeholders shape and share control over
development initiatives. (black Brinkerhoff /
Goldsmith 2001 4)
Participation can be defined as a process through
which stakeholders shape and share control over
development initiatives. (Brinkerhoff / Goldsmith
2001 4)
Institutionalised participation reflects an open
and learning society which develops its own
potentials.
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Standards for PRS participation
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PRS processes - critical views

• Participation plays a crucial role in PRS
  processes, but ad hoc participation dominates.
• Most participatory processes organised as
  consultations, little collaboration joint
  responsibility is very rare.
• Civil society broadly involved but with
  limited impact.
• Govts CSOs invited - but little response, little
  legitimation.
• Parliaments legitimised for joint
  decision-making, but only marginally
  involved so far.
• Despite growing ownership IFIs are still
  dominating.

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Participation Asssessment

• PRSP countries with
• strongly institutionalised participation
• moderate participation
• weak participation
• or countries with I-PRSP only
• Basis
• 28 indicators for the four participation
  standards rights, structures, legitimacy,
  capacity

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Good practises few examples
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Conclusions

• To strengthen institutionalised participation
• Formulate standards for participation.
• Rights. Structures. Legitimacy. Capacity.
• Organise systematic learning processes.
• Promote participatory governance
• ...in all political processes, e.g. PRS cycle
  MTEF and budget process sub-national politics /
  decentralisation intra-governmental
  decision-making.
• Support parliaments and societal actors.
• Higher priority for parliaments.
• Networking between parliament and CSOs.
• Promotion of civil society.

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Participation Asssessment

• PRSP countries with
• strongly institutionalised participation BF, UG
  
• moderate participation ET, GM, MR, MW, MZ, TZ,
  ZM
• weak participation GN, RW, NE
• Basis
• 28 indicators for the four participation
  standards rights, structures, legitimacy,
  capacity

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Participation in the PRS cycle
Analysis
participation
Revision (PRSP II)
Strategy (PRSP I)
???
participation

• Implementation
• MTEF / Budget
• Sectoral policies
• Macro-economics
• Sub-national politics

???
???
Monitoring