Presentation on Local Government Ordinance 2001 December 06, 2004

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Presentation on Local Government Ordinance
2001December 06, 2004
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Preamble

• National Policy 7 point Agenda on October 17,
  2004
• Establishment of National Reconstruction Bureau
  November 18, 1999
• Strategic Objective Reconstruction of state
  institutions to establish genuine and sustainable
  democracy for durable good governance for an
  irreversible transfer of power to the people of
  Pakistan.
• 9 Field of focus for NRB
• Devolution of Power - Local Government Ordinance
  2001- August 14, 2001
• Empowerment Targets
• D1 Devolution of Political Power political
  leadership at three tiers
• D2 Decentralization of Administrative Authority
  shift from province to district
• D3 Deconcentration of Management Function
  separation of executive and magistracy,
  investigation and prosecution, group of offices
• D4 Diffusion of Power- Authority Nexus DCO,
  EDOs, DPO, Zila/ T/ UC Councils, Monitoring
  Committees, reconciliatory courts, DPSC
• D5 Distribution of Resources formula based
  fiscal distribution through FCs

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Local Government System
Political Structure
Administrative Structure
Monitoring Mechanism
Zila Council District Nazim
District Administration DCO - EDO DOs DPO/
DPSC/ Ombudsmen
Monitoring Committees
Tehsil / Town Municipal Admn. TMO - TIS, TOP,
TOF, TMR
Tehsil/ Town Council Tehsil/ Town Nazim
Monitoring Committees
Union Administration 3 Union Secretaries
Monitoring Committees
Union Council Union Nazim
Musalihat Anjuman
Village/ Neighborhood Chairman
Monitoring Committees
Monitoring Committees
Citizen Community Boards (CCBs)
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Citizen Community Board (CCB)

• In every local area, a group of non elected
  citizens, not less than 25, may through
  voluntary, proactive and self help initiatives,
  set up any number of CCBs, provided that grants
  are available subject to the provision of Section
  119 of the Ordinance. The purpose of
  establishment of a CCB include inter alia
• Energizing community for development in service
  delivery
• Development management of new or existing
  public facility
• Identification of municipal/ development need
• Mobilization of stakeholders for community
  involvement in improvement and maintenance of
  facilities, welfare of destitute, establishment
  of farming, marketing and consumer cooperatives
• Reinforcing the capacity of monitoring committee
  at the behest of the concerned council

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Rules of Business

• No minor person, of unsound mind, has applied to
  be adjudicated as an insolvent application is
  pending, undercharged solvent or defaulter under
  law cannot become a member of CCB.
• Shall be registered with registration authority
  and carry out its functions in accordance with
  the prescribed rules.
• Shall a general body of its members who shall
  elect a Chairman, Executive Committee and a
  Secretary of the Board with a two years terms
  extendable through selection for a similar term
  or terms by the general body.
• May raise funds through voluntary contributions,
  gifts, donations, grants, and endowments for its
  declared purposes without compromising the
  largest interest of the community.
• May also receive project-based cost sharing
  support from any local government in accordance
  with the provision of Ordinance.

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LG Ordinance 2001 Section 109

• Part (5) The development budget shall be
  prioritized in accordance with the bottom-up
  planning system as laid down in Section 119 of
  the Ordinance provided that
• not less than 25 of the development budget shall
  be set apart for utilization in accordance with
  the provisions of Section 119 and
• the amount referred to in clause (a) which
  remains unspent shall be credited under the same
  head in the following years budget in addition
  to the fresh allocation under the said clause for
  that year.

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LG Ordinance 2001 Section 119

• Bottom up planning and ownership incentive
  system
• The respective local government shall lay down
  and announce the classification of development
  schemes to be undertaken exclusively under the
  provision of this section.
• A local government may grant to the CCB within
  its local area, up to 80 of the budgeted amount
  of an approved development scheme, in the manner
  prescribed, provided that a scheme shall be
  deemed to be an approved scheme if
• i. the prescribed departmental procedures
  estimating the cost of the scheme has been
  followed
• ii. the estimating officer certifies that the
  scheme meets the requirement
• laid down by law
• iii. The CCB has deposited its share of the
  cost of the development
• scheme with the concerned local government
  and
• iv. The complete departmental estimates and the
  proof of deposit of the contribution of CCB
  are attached.

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LG Ordinance 2001 Section 119

• The grant referred in sub section (2) shall be
  spent from the reserved 25 of the annual
  development budget as provided in section 109
• (4) A cut off date for submission of all schemes
  proposed by CCBs shall be announced by the local
  government concerned before the presentation of
  its budget
• (5) The respective local government shall
  authorize an official to draw up a statement
  specifying the schemes submitted by the cut off
  date specified in sub section (4) by
  classification including the total amount of
  contribution for a particular classification of
  schemes
• (6) A second statement shall determine
  contribution for a particular classification of
  schemes as a ratio of total contribution for all
  schemes submitted with a particular local
  government for that year and the statement shall
  be used to determine amounts of allocations for a
  classification of schemes from the budget
  reserved for the purpose

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LG Ordinance 2001 Section 119

• A third statement shall be drawn up which shall
  identify the number of schemes submitted in a
  particular classification, beginning with the
  scheme containing the highest contribution by the
  CCB in a classification until all schemes in the
  classification are selected or the funds
  allocated for that particular classification in
  the amount determined in sub section (6) are
  exhausted.
• (8) The 25 funds of CCBs under section 109 shall
  be communicated to the authorized officer under
  sub section 5 to EDO (FP) for a District
  Government, a TO/ TnO for TMA/ TnMA or a Union
  Secretary in charge of finance for a Union
  Administration
• (9) This statement shall be approved by simple
  majority of the members of the respective council
  in a budget session.

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Assignment
There are 04 CCBs project proposals related to
vocational education submitted for LG funding as
per details given below. If the Council has a
CCBs annual budget of PKR 450,000, how many of
these projects can be funded out of the
allocation for vocational education assuming that
60 of total budget has been earmarked for this
sector ?