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PROD Lessons from its birth and death

PROD Lessons from its birth and death. Presentation to IKS workshop : 30 th March, 2012 By: J P Misra , ED SHRC Chhattisgarh. Outline of the presentation. Sector Investment Programme About the PROD Lessons Suggestions. The Sector Investment Programme. 1998-2003-2005-2007)

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PROD Lessons from its birth and death

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  1. PRODLessons from its birth and death Presentation to IKS workshop : 30th March, 2012 By: J P Misra, ED SHRC Chhattisgarh

  2. Outline of the presentation • Sector Investment Programme • About the PROD • Lessons • Suggestions

  3. The Sector Investment Programme • 1998-2003-2005-2007) • Euro 200 million • Euro 40 million additional for PERP (Health) in Gujarat • Reforms oriented • MoU mechanism • Allocation pre-announced • Commitment to an agreed reform agenda with verifiable milestones • Flexible use of money ‘earned’ from milestones achieved • Dedicated TA Team • Multi-level engagement • Facilitators, not monitors

  4. The idea of PROD • Early documentation by TA Team • Search for reform ideas at work and their documentation • Sharing within team to ‘select’ what to share beyond the team • Sharing the ‘selected’ ideas with ‘partner’ Stakeholders to convince them for adoption /adaptation • 2000 : Decision to organize documentation into a structured database • Policy Reforms Options Database • Early entries by the main TA Team • 2003: Dedicated team for expanding the database- PROD became a project than a tool ! • 2006 : • 130+ entries • Further addition and future maintenance handed over to CBHI

  5. When it became a project…. • Documentation had to fit into a common structure • Concise summary • Location and contact details of implementer • Duration / period • Advantages / disadvantages • Pre-requisites for implementation elsewhere • Feasibility of replication and sustainability • Documents and illustrations • Date of entry / last revision • Some criteria had to be laid down for screening • Does it seek to remedy a recurring underlying problem ? • Is it sustainable • Can it be replicated ? • Is it broadly in line with national policy ? • Does it comply with existing legislation ? • Is the initiative still relevant in current circumstances ?

  6. When it became a project…. (2) • Standardisation meant losing scope for contextualization • Main TA team ceased to be involved on a day-to-day basis • Documentation delegated to relatively inexperienced persons who were not the ‘practitioners’ / facilitators of reforms

  7. As a result …. • PROD handed over to CBHI in 2006 with 130 entries [ was it the right choice ?] • No addition to entries although resources were set aside • PROD is no longer on-line

  8. Lessons from KM Perspective • Mistake # 1: Assumption that reforms would happen or good practices would get replicated if documentation were available; documentation is a tool to be used by facilitators of change • Mistake # 2: Assumption that documentation of reforms / good practices can be delegated to people exogenous to reforms /replication process

  9. Pre-conditions for success of community development initiatives in general : Lessons contained in the 9th Plan Document • Pre-conditions for success of any development programme. • Derived from nearly 2400 evaluations • The pre-conditions [para 5.26 to 5.40, Volume-I] • in all success stories, people’s participation has been a critical factor. • this (people’s participation), however, can not come about automatically; involvement of facilitators / animators is needed to remove the constraints and inertia of the people. • development of the disadvantaged groups is not possible with focus on a single activity; without addressing the problem of illiteracy, ill-health, poverty and the forward and backward linkages of their primary activities simultaneously, the people could not be motivated to participate in the development process.

  10. Mitanin Programme in Chhattisgarh : How well it reacted to the lessons ? • Started in 2002 as a hamlet based women health volunteer programme as a link between health system and the community. • Main emphasis on empowerment in terms of knowledge and skills; compensation left to the community served • 27 point reduction in IMR during 2003-2004 versus 8 points on all-India • Documented evidence of social activism in many fields .....

  11. Suggestions for your consideration.... • Huge number of schemes, all aimed at poverty reduction but no visible change: • Lack of alignment between personal and organizational incentives – need to change the compensation package for managers of social sector programmes – bring in two-part payment that allows people to earn good, clean money • Focus more on ‘producing’ facilitators of change than IT based resources; effective use of the latter is predicated on the former....

  12. Thank You For Your Attention !

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