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01. E-course : Diploma in
Integrated Development (Dip. Int. Dev.)
SECTION B : SOLUTIONS TO THE
PROBLEMS.
Value: 06
points out of 18 .
Expected work
load: 186 hours out of 504.
The points
are finally awarded only on passing the consolidated exam for Section B :
Solutions to the Problems.
Fourth
block: The structures to be created.
Value : 03 points out of 18
Expected work load: 96 hours
out of 504
The points
are finally awarded only on passing the consolidated exam for Section B :
Solutions to the Problems.
Fourth
block: The structures to be created.
Section 2: Social structures. [16 hours]
13.00 hours : Social
structures.
03.00 hours :
Preparation report.
Section 2: Social structures. [16 hours]
Social structures:
analysis. [13.00 hours]
1. Health clubs. [
3.00 hours]
2. Tank commissions.
[2.50 hours]
3. Well commissions.
[2.50 hours]
4. Central committee.
[2.50 hours]
5. Three-tiered social
security structure. [2.50 hours]
03.00 hours :
Preparation report.
Social structures :
analysis. [13.00 hours]
3. Well commissions.
[ At least 2.50 hours]
The anthropological justification for the choice of the well commission as the second level of
social structure was discussed in section
02. Second level : groups
of clans with chief of the section on anthropological analysis of
the three levels of project structures of the third
block : solutions to the problems.
The tasks of the 04. Well commissions were covered in
Section 2 division of
responsibilities in
the third block: solutions to the problems.
This section refers to the creation of the well
commissions.
Each well commission is made up of one member nominated by each tank
commission in its territory. The number of members will therefore vary from one
well commission to another Normally the
number of representatives should be between 5 and 9. The well commission chooses, amongst other
things, the coordinators for the registration of local money system
transactions, and for the micro-credit activities carried out at
well-commission level. It chooses a representative to the central committee of
the project. It chooses a middle-level member for the management of the
Cooperative Local Development Fund, and, where applicable of the Health Fund
and the Education Fund. Since women are expected to be in a majority on the
various tank commission served, it is likely they will select women to
represent them on the well commissions. Women should therefore be very well
represented, and usually be in majority, on the well commissions as well.
The territory of each well
commission covers the tank commission areas it serves.
The commission is responsible
amongst other things for:
- The well of bore-hole itself.
- The back-up hand-pump system.
- The washing area.
- The enclosure for the photovoltaic arrays for the solar pumps. (The solar
pumps, their PV panels, supports and
accessories are the property of the tanks commissions they serve).
-A guard system for the protection of the
installations.
- A building for the
registration of local money system transactions,
- Where applicable, a
secondary school built under the project.
- Where
applicable, a medical centre and/or a doctor’s residence built under the project.
- Where
applicable, a bicycle ambulance service.
etc
An organisational workshop
using Clodomir Santos de Morais’s method will be held for the preparation of
the intermediary administrative services provided at well commission level.
Indicative participation:
Moraisian
system trainers.
Project coordinator.
General consultant.
1
Representative of the Finance Ministry.
1 Representative of the Ministry for Rural Development.
5 Observers (possible coordinators of future projects)
+/- 200 persons (mostly women) who will have indicated their interest in taking
responsibility as a well-commission members for the administrations of
intermediate level project structures.
Participants will be
invited on indication of the Tank Commissions, which will already be
operative. That means that all the tank
commissions in each well area must be operative before the well commission
serving them can be created.
Since most of the
tank commission members will be women, most of the persons nominated to
participate in the workshop are also likely to be women. However, the
participation on men in the workshop is also welcome.
The purpose of the
workshop is the training of at least one person (there is no limit to the
number of participants) for each tank commission served by the well
commissions. The delegate will explain to the
250 habitants (+/- 150-175 adults) in each tank commission area about
the tasks and responsibilities of the well commissions.
The tank commissions
elect the members of the well commissions. It is likely that the delegates who
participate in the workshop will be elected to the well commissions. One of the
elected well commission members will them be chosen as first chairperson of the
well commission. Workshop delegates may
of course decide not to be a candidate for the well commission. Furthermore, a
tank commission may choose not to nominate the workshop delegate to represent
it on the well commission. It is free to select any person living in the tank
commission area – whether a member of the tank commission itself or another
member of the local public considered suitable for the job.
The workshop should last about three weeks.
The workshops should produce the following structures :
a) The practical organisation of the workshop.
b) Definition of the social form of the well
commission.
- The well commissions’ statutes.
- Operating rules for the well commissions.
- Finance.
- Tasks.
c) Organisation :
-
Well commission meetings.
-
Use of the well areas.
d) Coordination of different groups of
activity.
-
Management of the local money system at well-commission level.
- Election of a representative to the central committee.
- Ownership of the structures.
-
Secondary schools built under the project.
- Medical structures.
- Second level waste recycling structures.
- Second-level micro-credit loans.
-
The creation at intermediate level of a social security structure for the
benefit of the poor, the sick, the handicapped and the aged.
e)
Communications.
-
Between the well commissions and the project coordinator (execution phase).
- Vertical : with the central committee and the tank commissions below
it..
-
Horizontal : with other well commissions.
f)
Individual initiative.
- Each well commission is independent of all the
others. In principle if can freely organise meetings with the tanks commissions
served and take all initiatives it may consider appropriate.
g) Economic aspects.
- Once the local money system has been organised, the
level of payment under the local money system of well commission members and
other persons responsible for intermediate level tasks can be decided.
Management of intermediate level activities by well
commissions nominated by the tank commissions served is a form of indirect
democracy. In general, about 1500-1750 people will be served by each well
commission.
1. Opinion.
What effects
will this first movement from direct representation at tank commission level to
indirect representation at well commission level have ? Which are the
advantages and the disadvantages inherent in the introduction of indirect
representation at this level ? Give your opinion on one page. Do not forget the role of women and education
in political and administrative procedures in general.
2. Opinion.
An optimally
functioning well commission will serve as an example for other well commissions
in the area. You are a member of a community served by a given well commission.
Taking the tasks of the well commission and the fact it can take its own
initiatives into account give a on-page outline of how you will evaluate the
success (or the possible failures) of your well commission and of the person
elected to represent your local tank
commission on it.
3. Opinion.
On the basis
of your personal experience in your chosen project area, do you see any
possibilities of conflict between one well commission and another ?
Which ? For which reasons ? How would you resolve them ? Give
your point of view o one page.
4. Opinion.
You are a woman. You would like to
represent your tank commission on the well commission to which your community
refers. You have to convince the members of your tank commission to nominate
you as their representative. Write a one-page plea containing the qualities you
think are necessary for the task.
The graph on the costs for the creation of the social structures
provides quarterly indications on the creation of social structures in
integrated development projects under the Model.
5. Research.
On one page make of description of the graph in so far as it
refers to the well commissions.
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