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IDP - towards realizing duplication
I believe that if governments whole heartedly embrace the concept and practice of IDP, duplication of efforts can be effectively eliminated. In a hypothetical situation the likely duplicated efforts to provide services to a community between the ministries of Health and Water & Sanitation could be avoided if the integrated development planning is employed as both a philosophy and approach to national planning.
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Permalink Reply by Goaba Mosienyane on -
This has actually manifested during the national planning in Botswana, where IDP was employed. Not only were areas of duplicatons revealed, but there was recognition of the potential for synergies across programmes when these were subjected to multiple stakeholder viewpoints, through thematic working groups. What was interesting was the acknowledgement of the role that mindset played in determining an approach to planning. Goaba
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Permalink Reply by Pindai M Sithole on -
It is great to learn that Botswana is undergoing planning processes in which areas of duplications are being discovered - towards an integrated approach in planning. I am particularly interested to see if the Govt of Botswana will actually action on these discoveries of duplication in service delivery. Goaba, please keep us updated.
Best regards,
Pindai
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Permalink Reply by Arunaselam Rasappan on -
Dear Pindai,
You are right about what IDP can do for development management and the potential benefits. I wish to add that the IDP brings much much more than reducing duplication. It is the only system that I know of that requires and ensures full vertical and horizontal integration in development planning and managment and also brings to bear the budgeting system to ensure this conditionality. Even more so, it also integrates the other critical component of personnel performance and support systems such as M&E and MIS etc.
I am familiar with the Botswana government's dramatic changeover to the IRBM system and the immediate benefits that they are seeing and experiencing. Goaba from Botswana has given us an indication of this but perhaps she can share with us more details of the other positive (and down side as well) of the government's major reform initiative with the country's 10th national development plan
You may also want to review the latest resolutions of the Accra HLF that was recently concluded.
Regards.
Aru Rasappan
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