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01: 03 November, 2009
01. E-course : Diploma in
Integrated Development (Dip. Int. Dev.)
SECTION B : SOLUTIONS TO THE
PROBLEMS.
Value : 06
points out of 18.
Work
foreseen: 186 hours out of 504.
The points are awarded only after
passing the consolidated exam for Section B : Solutions to the problems.
Third block : Solutions to the problems.
Value : 01 point our of 18.
Work foreseen: 36 hours out of
504.
[16.00 Hours] Section
1 : Anthropological analysis of the three levels of project structures.
(Value 0.5 point)
[16.00 Hours] Section 2 :
Division of responsibilities amongst the three levels of structures. (Value
0,5 point)
The point is awarded only
after passing the consolidated exam for Section B : Solutions to the problems.
[16.00 Hours] Section
2 : Division of des responsibilities amongst the three levels of
structures. (Value 0,5 point)
Division of responsibilities.
[14.00 Hours]
01. The chain of responsibilities.
02. Illustration of the
division of responsibilities.
06. Permanent cooperative for
the management of the project structures.
07. Cooperative for project
execution.
[02.00 Hours] Report on
Section 2 of Block 3.
Third block : Exam. [ 4 hours per attempt]
Division of
responsibilities. [14.00 Hours]
04. Well commissions. (At least 2 hours)
This
section refers only to the division of tasks. For the creation of the
structures see Section 2 : Social structures of Block 4 :The structures to be created.
For the
anthropological justification of the well commissions, see Section. 1 :
Anthropological analysis of Block 3 :Solutions to the
problems.
The intermediate administrative level of integrated development projects
is the well commission, which usually represents between 1500 and 2000 people,
or +/- 300-350 families. Each one usually serves 5-8 tank commissions.
Well commissions are responsible for a series of structures and services
which involve populations served by several tank commissions.
In principle they area extensions to the basic structures and services
managed by the tank commissions.
An active role of women at this level addresses problems relating to the
participation of women in development. Each tank commission chooses a
representative to the well commission serving it. As already explained in the
preceding section 03. Tank commissions
most of the members of the tank commissions should be women. Since the tank commissions
choose a representative to the well commission serving it, most of the members
of the well commission should be women.
All
of the activities of the well commissions are executed by the inhabitants they
serve.
Remember
that all public activities at well commission are monetised under the framework
of the local money system set up in an early phase of the integrated
development project in question. Everyone who works for the benefit of the
community is paid for his/her work.
Look
at the following slide:
Tasks of the well commissions.
Some of the tasks refer to the democratic participation of the
populations in the project.
Others relate to the property in physical structures.
Others are about the management of physical structures.
Others refer to the management of financial structures.
1. Research.
On one page,
list the various activities according to the four names groups. The activities listed are valid for all well
commissions. Other activities can be undertaken at the initiative of individual
commissions, some of the commissions, or most of them. Feel free to
add other activities relevant to your chosen area to the lists. For example,
the ownership of secondary schools, doctors’ residences, medical centres,
bicycle ambulances, sports structures. Think of property in and management of
cooperatives for the distribution of food products and cooperative buying
groups...... Think of the recycling of
waste which cannot be disposed of at tank commission level.
In principle, some tasks can be delegated to other
members of the populations served by a well commission. For example, the registration of local money
transactions, guardians for the PV structures,
cleaning of water systems and washing places.
2. Research.
On one page
explain the parallels between services provided at well commission level under
integrated development projects and services common in industrialised countries
, for example in the health, education, and environmental protection sectors.
Well commissions are intermediary structures acting as hinges between
the tank commissions
and the central committee.
3. Opinion.
Suppose your are president of a
well commission. On one page explain how
your commission would organise its relations with the central committee on the
one hand and the tank commissions it serves on the other.
The activities of a well commission are multiplied
by +/- 35-40 times according to the number of
well commissions active in each project area. Each well commission is autonomous. It develops and
manages its services as it prefers.
4. Opinion.
You are
president of a well commission. On one page describe the interaction between
your commission and the other well commissions in the project area to promote
an exchange of experiences.
Well commission members are chosen by the tank commission.
5. Opinion.
On one page explain how you think the
well commission members should render account to the tank commission who chose
them and to the populations served by that tank commission.
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