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ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24                                                                                                                                                                                  TRANSFORM RURAL INDIA



          Governance                                                                                                             Local Governance - Model

                                                                                                                                 Strengthening Institutional mechanism and capacities at National and State levels with active experimentation
                                                                                                                                 in Community Action Labs (CAL) to provide solutions around strengthening Local Governance



                                                                                                                                                            Issues and
                                                                                                                                       Context
                                                                                                                                                            Constraints
                                                                                                                                   Large number of        Lak of adequate                                   Facilitating developing architecture
                                                                                                                                   PRIs ~30 lakhs -       capacities of PRIs                                for Training and CB of PRIs at scale
                                                                                                                                   half of them are       to leverage present             Institutional     Improved perspective of PRI
                                                                                                                                   women leaders          framework                       Capacities        leadership at all levels
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Self-paced learning materials and
                                                                                                                                   PRIs having            Institutional                                     differential modules for WERs
                                                                                                                                   Constitutional         mechanisms to
                                                                                                                                   Mandate                support contextual    A
                                                                                                                                                          planning and                                      Process protocols for rolling-out
                                                                                                                                   Dedicated              tracking                                          comprehensive multisector village
                                                                                                                                   investments in                               P         Institutional     planning (GPDP-VPRP)
                                                                                                                                   XV-FC, MGNREGS,        Institutional                   Mechanism         Activating formal mechanism of
                                                                                                                                   SFC, SBM, OSR          capacities to         P                           tracking-implementation of
                                                                                                                                                          support the large                                 approved village plans
                                                                                                                                   Mandate to look        number of Rural
                                                                                                                                   after the              Local Bodies          R
                                                                                                                                   ‘Economic                                                                Process protocols for improved
                                                                                                                                   Development and        Lack of greater                   Vibrant         citizenship and governance in
                                                                                                                                   social Justice’        formal oversight by   O          Locality         community
                                                                                                                                                          PRIs and SHGs                   Compacts          Working partnership between
                                                                                                                                   Mandate to Deliver                                                       SHGs, PRIs and Local
                                                                                                                                   and oversight          Demystification of     A                           Administration
                                                                                                                                   basic services         PR Acts specifically
                                                                                                                                                          for PESA area         C
                                                                                                                                   Large level            Panchayats and                                    Developing grassroot level
                                                                                                                                   mobilization of        mutual                          Institutional     leadership specially promoting
                                                                                                                                   Women SHGs             learning-sharing      H      development and      women leadership
                                                                                                                                   Present initiatives    No differential               delivery capacity    Organizational capacities of RLBs
                                                                                                                                                                                            of RLG
                                                                                                                                                                                                            to plan, deliver and oversight
                                                                                                                                   of Gol and State       approach for
                                                                                                                                   govt around            women PRIs and                                    Protocols for effective
                                                                                                                                   multisectoral          those from social                                 convergence with govt programs
                                                                                                                                   planning and           groups                                            Capacities to generate own
                                                                                                                                   LSDGs                                                                    sources for self-reliance


                                                                                                                                 Results and Outcomes
          TRI's approach to governance is developing           mechanisms, and creating responsive public                        Localization of SDGs with saturation of Social Security Schemes and improved basic facilities and
          intuitional mechanisms and capacities at National    ecosystems while empowering communities to                        services with greater formal oversight from PRIs and SHGs
          and State level with active experimentation in       articulate their aspirations, enhancing the
          Community Action Labs (CAL) to provide               capacity of local institutions, and ensuring                      Year 2023-24 was a milestone year in our journey       Management Unit (SPMU) supported on the
          solutions around strengthening Rural Local           accountability in public service delivery. The                    of strengthening local governance as we joined         decentralised planning campaign while
          Governments. This includes at one hand               strategy rests on building locality compacts                      hands with national, State and local governments       developing range of CB materials for the States
          developing solutions for advancing the               where community institutions (CBOs) collaborate                   and provided technical support in order to create      and local governments around this.
          effectiveness of Local Self Governments as            with local governance bodies (PRIs) to address                    impacts around localisation of SDGs.                   Advancement in training design and facilitation
          vehicles for socio-economic transformation and       public and private goods and services, creating                                                                          of respective State training institutes (SIRDs)
          on the other hand developing institutional           an environment conducive to sustainable                           Key highlights of our works are as below               with relevant materials to create a cadre of
          mechanisms and capacities to support in              development and equitable growth. Focus for the                                                                          Master Trainers to provide CB support to local
          developing grassroot level leadership specifically    year has been institutionalising process protocols                •  Close association with Ministry of Panchayati       ERs – Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Assam
          the women leadership.  The major processes           for vibrant locality compacts and Capacity                          Raj, Government of India: Closely associated         have been covered.
          involve encouraging deep community                   Building of PRIs-representatives for localization                   with Ministry of Panchayati Raj with
          engagement, reinforcing local governance             of SDGs.                                                            establishment of Strategy and Programme





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