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01. E-course :
Diploma in Integrated Development (Dip. Int.Dev.)
Edition
01: 04 December, 2009
Study points
: 05 points out of 18
Minimum study
time : 125 hours out of 504
The study
points are awarded upon passing the consolidated exam for
Section C : The Model.
Seventh block:
Regional and national plans.
Study points : 01 point out of 18
Minimum study time: 24 hours out of
504
The study
points are awarded upon passing the consolidated exam for Section
C : The Model.
Seventh block: Regional and national plans.
Section 3: Plan proposal for the
integrated development of your district or region.
Minimum study time: 6 hours out of 504
02.00 Hours : The information needed.
03.00 Hours : Preparation of the plan.
01.00 Hour : Report
Section 3: Plan proposal for the
integrated development of your district or region.
The information needed. (At least 2 hours)
For structures at regional level see part 06. Sketch for regional plans of section 1 an anthropological analysis of the
third block the
solutions to the problems of the
course.
In regional
level extensions in section 1
of this seventh block: regional and national
plans the creation of regional local
economy systems was discussed.
In relations
amongst projects at regional level in section 2 of this seventh block: regional and national plans
cooperation amongst project systems was discussed.
This Sect. 3 is about setting up a
Regional Integrated development plan.
The Model makes the drafting of fully detailed national or regional integrated
development plans to meet nearly all of
the Millennium goals quick, easy, and cheap. How quickly the plans are
prepared depends on the number of people (usually students or active members of
grass-roots NGOs) and the number of individual projects (about 20 for each
million inhabitants) involved. The maximum period for plan preparation is about
three months, the minimum period one month.
Regional plans call for the preparation of project documentations under
the Model for each individual project area in the region with a population of
about 5.000 people.
Definition of the project areas.
To set up a proposal for a
regional (provincial, district ) plan just a few items of information are
needed.
To begin with, a good map of the region is needed.
The region will be divided into administrative zones such as provinces,
districts, departments, communes, councils. These zones have to marked on the
map if they are not already there.
Regional development plans are based, usually but not compulsorily, on existing local administrative
borders.
For each of the administrative zones , for each administrative level
(region, province, department, commune, council etc as required) the resident population must be determined. In the absence of recent
and precise demographic statistics intelligent estimates based on personal
knowledge can be made. However, make sure the populations are up to date and
give a fair indication of the reality on the ground.
Make a list. Next to each administrative unit, write its population.
On the basis of that information, keeping road access and geophysical
elements into account, divide the regional territory into areas with about
50.000 inhabitants. These are the future project areas.
For example :
A commune – council area
Several communes – councils in a department.
Several departments in a district.
A district.
Several districts in a province.
A province.
Be reasonable. Use your common sense. The population
of a project area is never critical.. A population of 55.000, or even 60.000
inhabitants is OK. A population of 48.000 is also OK. It is about making a
logical definition of the territory of each project area.
The regional population divided by +/- 50.000 will
give you the number of projects needed to make a «patchwork quilt » of local
economic systems for the region.
Suppose the population in the region is 2.500.000.
That means that +/- 50 projects will have to be executed to create
« patchwork quilt» for the region.
Personnel required.
The next step is to find someone originating in each
of the defined project area.. This person will be responsible for the
preparation of the project documentation for the area in question. The
candidates will often be students, especially female students ! However, representatives of NGOs active in
the different area and/or members of the civil society in general may also be
selected. Precedence should always be given to women rather than to men. This
is because the information for the drafting of the project documentations to be
collected refers in particular to
women’s activities. On the other hand, the participation of suitable men need
not be excluded.
The people in charge of the collection of information
on the individual project areas will tour around their own individual project
area for 4-5 weeks . In some cases, in the presence of personal and physical
danger it may be decided to assign two persons to each area instead of one.
Since the researchers come from the
project area and are personally known there, special safety measures
should not be needed very often.
Regional universities, if there are any, or high
schools, if there are any, are logical
institutions where personnel for the preparation of regional integrated development projects can
be found. These institutions in question may wish to become partners. They often have computer laboratories and
lecture rooms where the regional development plans can be physically drafted.
They may be able to supply qualified experts to carry out project monitoring
and finally appraisals and reports.
Formation of a
consortium – partnership.
A single promoter agency, eventually in partnership
with a University or High School, can execute the preparation of an integrated
plan proposal for the region.
However, the preferred solution is that of the
formation of and ad hoc ONG «ad hoc » with a limited duration, which
has the sole purpose of setting the Regional Plan proposal up. The
partner-members of this NGO would all be members of local Civil Society who are active in the Region. In principle,
the more the members of the partnership, the more representative the NGO in
question. The more the member-partners, the more contacts the NGO will have with international donors and with
Government bodies responsible for achieving the Millennium Goals, and for drinking water supply and sanitation,
rural development, the observation of women’s rights, universal education,
health, and so on.
Click to see the diagram
for setting up an ad hoc NGO to draft an integrated regional development plan.
Click here for an example of the statutes of an ad hoc NGO for the drafting of
a regional plan proposal.
Finance for the drafting of regional plan proposals.
It is up to the local promoter NGO (consortium) to find the finance
necessary to finance the drafting of a regional integrated development plan.
The members of the consortium working together should be able to obtain access
to the very modest funding required.
1. Research.
Without creating a consortium or reaching specific agreements with third parties, take
all necessary steps for the preparation of a
proposal for the integrated development of your region.
◄ Seventh block : Section 3: Plan proposal for the integrated
development of your district or region.
◄ Seventh
block : Regional and national plans.
◄ Main index for the
Diploma in Integrated Development (Dip. Int. Dev.)
"Money is not the key that opens the gates of the market but the
bolt that bars them."
Gesell, Silvio, The Natural Economic Order, revised English edition,
Peter Owen,
“Poverty is created scarcity”
Wahu Kaara, point 8 of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty, 58th
annual NGO Conference, United Nations,
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