Indian Institute of Education & Care

Source of funding : European Union

 

Implementing partners : Indian Institute of Education & Care (IIEC) & Practical Action, Srilanka

 

Area of Operation : 22 slums in 09 Wards of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC)

District – Khordha

State – Odisha

 

Status of Project - Ongoing(since 2009)

 

Means of execution : Community Based Approach

 

Objective : To reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of the poor and marginalized men, women, children and children/persons with disability in urban slums of Bhubaneswar.

 

Specific Objectives-

• To have participation of poor and vulnerable men and women in consultative and decision-making process.

• To develop, practise and disseminate innovative systems on community governance in infrastructure and service delivery.

• To build the capacities of local governance systems.

 

Beneficiaries : 25000 slum dwellers.

 

Project intervention :

1. Safe Drinking Wate

2. Sanitation 

3. Solid Waste Management

 

Achievements :

•       Formation and strengthening of Slum Development Committee (SDC), Cluster Steering Committee (CSC), Project Area Apex Committee (PAAC), Community Infrastructure Management Committee (CIMC)

•       Capacity of slum dwellers built up through various training programmes with an inclusive approach on SJSRY, RTI, Leadership, Communication, Lobby & Advocacy, Networking, Gender sensitivity etc.  

•       Collaboration with BMC, Government Departments and International agencies

•       Media widely sensitized on community governance  across the whole  state through Workshop & Exposure visit to the field area

•       Production of a model documentary film on Community Governance in Infrastructure Services 

•       Urban NGO consortium formalized with IIEC initiative

•       Construction of model infrastructure based on Safe Drinking Water, Solid Waste Management & Sanitation with full community   participation and ¼th community contribution  ( both labour & money) & managed with sustainable mechanism

•       Inclusion of IIEC in preparation of City Sanitation Plan and Director, IIEC is the only NGO member in the City sanitation Committee

•       Inclusion of Model Community Infrastructure in the agenda of local self government day occasion by handing over to community in presence of Hon’ble Ministers & Members of Legislative Assembly (MLA) as well as  Members of Parliament (MP) with convergence approach by the involvement of nodal departments.

•       Disbursement of fund from MLA LAD for Model Community Infrastructure 

•       Dissemination of Community Governance theme to slums outside project area through health awareness and camps programme

•       Release of a book on RTI in presence of Chief Information Commissioner,  Odisha on the platform .

•       Establishment of RTI kiosk at Ward level

•       Submission of memorandum on effective implementation of RTI to the Chief Information Commissioner; Chief Secretary, GoO, Mayor, BMC, BBSR.  

•       Preparation of Manual & Guideline on Community Governance in regional language (Odia)

•       Publication of a booklet on community governance and a compendium of different govt. schemes on social security & women development.

•       Dissemination of governance approach to different parts of the State through meetings, interaction & workshops

•       Media Campaigning through sponsorship programmes  in different channels, On Screen debate on the issue of Urban Governance  

•       Influencing corporate houses, donor agencies through process oriented approach of community governance

• Influencing people’s representatives through meetings, interaction & field exposure