Tuesday 7 August 2012

ELECTORATE DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR PAPUA NEW GUINEA

It is good to find in the media, reports from new politicians from recent elections in which they outline development plans for their electorate. Please click:

POSITIVE LIVING AND PROSPERITY

In the past, the politicians received DSIP funds for the development of their electorate.

For some, the funding was used corruptly to support their own clan and to ignore clans that either did not vote for the member or were traditional enemies.

For some, funds ended up in overseas bank accounts. Please click:

MAKE POLITICIANS ACCOUNT FOR DSIP FUNDS

There is a new approach by which new Members are setting out plans for development of infrastructure in their electorate regardless of the clans to benefit.

There needs to be cooperation between Members in building infrastructure that crosses electorate and provincial boundaries.

These will include roads, bridges, hospitals and schools. A hospital or school may service more than one electorate. Please click:

ACCOUNTABILITY IS THE KEY

It is shameful that there are provinces that have never seen a main road.

Nor have the citizens seen any basic infrastructure that other citizens in urban areas take for granted.

There should be a National Development Plan that sets out the basic framework for the nation.

Some projects will be completed by overseas donors and foreign companies.

That leaves much more to be carried out by professional politicians and supporters in the provinces looking at the electorates as a whole. Please click:

TIME FOR ACTION WITH DYSFUNCTIONAL

It would be useful for planning with a Papua New Guinea Government web site for a (1) National  Development Plan and (2) Electorate Development Plans.

Government could give guidelines on the website.

As a project is completed, it could be ticked off with the costing added.

Both plans could be continually updated.

Once established and accepted by the Government, the Electorate Development Plan and any continuing or upcoming projects could be handed over to an incoming Member.

Funding needs to be negotiated if there is residual costs.

In the training process, the first step is to prepare a needs analysis for training outcomes to be comprehensive, valid and reliable.

The same applies to a Member giving service to an electorate.

Governor elect Gary Juffa made this point in the media some days ago. He talked of establishing the needs of the people of Oro Province as the first step.

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