PRODPRODLessons from its birth and Lessons from its birth and

deathdeath

Presentation to IKS workshop : 30th March, 2012

By: J P Misra, ED SHRC Chhattisgarh

Sector Investment Programme About the PROD Lessons Suggestions

Outline of the presentationOutline of the presentation

1998-2003-2005-2007) Euro 200 million Euro 40 million additional for PERP (Health)

in Gujarat Reforms oriented MoU mechanism

Allocation pre-announced Commitment to an agreed reform agenda

with verifiable milestones Flexible use of money ‘earned’ from

milestones achievedDedicated TA Team

Multi-level engagement Facilitators, not monitors

The Sector Investment The Sector Investment ProgrammeProgramme

Early documentation by TA TeamSearch for reform ideas at work and their

documentation Sharing within team to ‘select’ what to share beyond the

team Sharing the ‘selected’ ideas with ‘partner’ Stakeholders

to convince them for adoption /adaptation 2000 : Decision to organize documentation

into a structured database Policy Reforms Options Database Early entries by the main TA Team 2003: Dedicated team for expanding the database-

PROD became a project than a tool ! 2006 :

130+ entries Further addition and future maintenance handed over

to CBHI

The idea of PRODThe idea of PROD

Documentation had to fit into a common structureConcise summary Location and contact details of implementerDuration / periodAdvantages / disadvantages Pre-requisites for implementation elsewhereFeasibility of replication and sustainability Documents and illustrationsDate of entry / last revision

Some criteria had to be laid down for screeningDoes it seek to remedy a recurring underlying

problem ? Is it sustainableCan it be replicated ? Is it broadly in line with national policy ? Does it comply with existing legislation ? Is the initiative still relevant in current circumstances ?

When it became a When it became a project…. project….

Standardisation meant losing scope for contextualization

Main TA team ceased to be involved on a day-to-day basis

Documentation delegated to relatively inexperienced persons who were not the ‘practitioners’ / facilitators of reforms

When it became a project…. When it became a project….

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PROD handed over to CBHI in 2006 with 130 entries [ was it the right choice ?]

No addition to entries although resources were set aside

PROD is no longer on-line

As a result ….As a result ….

Mistake # 1: Assumption that reforms would happen or good practices would get replicated if documentation were available; documentation is a tool to be used by facilitators of change

Mistake # 2: Assumption that documentation of reforms / good practices can be delegated to people exogenous to reforms /replication process

Lessons from KM Lessons from KM

Perspective Perspective

Pre-conditions for success of community Pre-conditions for success of community development initiatives in general : development initiatives in general :

Lessons contained in the 9Lessons contained in the 9thth Plan Plan DocumentDocument

Pre-conditions for success of any development programme.

Derived from nearly 2400 evaluations The pre-conditions [para 5.26 to 5.40, Volume-I]

◦ in all success stories, people’s participation has been a critical factor.

◦ this (people’s participation), however, can not come about automatically; involvement of facilitators / animators is needed to remove the constraints and inertia of the people.

◦ development of the disadvantaged groups is not possible with focus on a single activity; without addressing the problem of illiteracy, ill-health, poverty and the forward and backward linkages of their primary activities simultaneously, the people could not be motivated to participate in the development process.

Mitanin Programme in Chhattisgarh : How Mitanin Programme in Chhattisgarh : How well it reacted to the lessons ? well it reacted to the lessons ?

Started in 2002 as a hamlet based women health volunteer programme as a link between health system and the community.

Main emphasis on empowerment in terms of knowledge and skills; compensation left to the community served

27 point reduction in IMR during 2003-2004 versus 8 points on all-India

Documented evidence of social activism in many fields .....

Suggestions for your consideration.... Suggestions for your consideration....

Huge number of schemes, all aimed at poverty reduction but no visible change:◦Lack of alignment between personal and

organizational incentives – need to change the compensation package for managers of social sector programmes – bring in two-part payment that allows people to earn good, clean money

Focus more on ‘producing’ facilitators of change than IT based resources; effective use of the latter is predicated on the former....

Thank You For Your Thank You For Your Attention !Attention !