June 2011 Blog Posts (10)

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Hekima Trust Group Foundation is and NGO set up to promote socio-economic development of local community in Makueni County in Kenya.

Our main objective is to promote access to quality education,healthcare,food security,water access and environmental conservation in Kikumbulyu Location Makueni county through linkages,empowerment and support.

It is in line with our education program'education is power' that set up a community resource center which currently has a… Continue

In 2002, the government of Zambia introduced education reforms to decentralize decision making and resource allocation.  However, community participation has remained weak and superficial. SNV Zambia engaged the Ministry of Education at all levels in order to strengthen the devolution process.  In Kaoma District, SNV supported strengthening of school governance and management through the use of School Self Evaluation (SSE).

 

Challenge

Although enrollment in basic…

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The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) is an initiative of the African Agriculture Development Programme of NEPAD, seeking to enhance school attendance and food security and to reduce hunger. The programme started in 2005 with ten schools in ten regions. In 2006, it covered 200 schools, benefiting 69,000 pupils in 138 districts. By December 2010, 1,698 schools and 700,202 pupils were covered in the 170 Districts

 

Challenge

During the first years of…

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In 2009 SNV supported three underserviced districts in Zambia’s Copperbelt Province to undertake a baseline survey for water and sanitation. District personnel were oriented in data collection and use of Information Management System (IMS). Districts developed evidence based water and sanitation plans. Implementation of the plans resulted in improved sanitation, drilling of 390 boreholes and rehabilitation of existing water points.

 

Challenge

Only 37% of Zambia’s…

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One of the overarching challenges generally encountered in the delivery of public goods is putting in place an effective and efficient public service system to serve as a key engine in the implementation of state policies and programs. The absence of an effective public service system is a recipe for state failure—a moment of inability of the executive to ensure optimal delivery of basic services to the people. State failure, hence bad governance, was identified as a fundamental cause to Sierra… Continue

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Both academic writers on development and MfDR practitioners, are agreeable that good leadership is a pre-requisite to achieve development results. Leaders define results by understanding the needs and problems of their clients. They must continually ask and answer the question of what their clients want before they decide how to meet the needs and address the problems. Without a results focus, calibration of leadership becomes extremely difficult and attainment of results a… Continue

 

During 2009-2010, the SNV-UNICEF WASH partnership supported 3 Copperbelt rural districts to improve their capabilities to effectively and efficiently engage local stakeholders to deliver on WASH development objectives. Development partners’ confidence in district water supply and sanitation (RWSS) analysis, planning and implementation capacities improved as evidenced by increased resource inflow for service delivery enhancement; initially transforming about 100,000…

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9,750 consumers gained access to sustainable water services in three pilot communities since the start of the Domestic Accountability Initiative in 2008. The initiative stimulates dialogue between local government and population. Citizens participate actively in water-services planning and track the related budgets. Six drinking water consumer organizations are functional, and local government officials organise regular information sessions with the…

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Imihigo was launched in April 2006. It is used to design a series of performance management contracts signed between the president of the republic and all 30 district mayors on behalf of their constituents (from a family to the district). It identifies a set of priorities and it presents a set of specific targets backed by measurable performance indicators.

 

Challenge

It was remarked that there were a number of challenges in the imihigo planning process that…

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Dear all,

 

            Greetings to all our members and other dignitaries.

 

  I talk about the process I adopted while doing the corporate budget exercise when I was handling budget  in STATE BANK OF HYDRABAD.

 

That was the begining when I talked of achievable budget at the same time challenging.

 

The process I adopted was :

Step 1

I collected the relevant data of all regions for last 10…

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