Submission on Municipal Systems Bill
Isandla Institute
10 May 2000
Starting Points
Fundamental Issues
IDP-related issues
Participation considerations
Illustration:
Forms of participation in service delivery
FORM |
CHARACTERISTICS |
OBJECTIVES |
Manipulation |
The participation of the comm is included for exploitative reasons |
Free labour; cost recovery; political gain; meeting funding obligations |
Information participation |
Municipalities only impart information or communities only provide information |
Services in place and in use; minimising comm resistance; cost recovery |
Consultation participation |
Participatory service delivery approach but often characterised by ltd capacity building and little institutionalisation |
Services in place and in use; minimising comm resistance; cost recovery; ownership; sustainability; efficiency; targeting of vulnerable groups |
Co-operation participation |
Stronger form of comm decision-making, promoted by LA after CB and policy change |
Comm CB; ownership; sustainability; efficiency; targeting of vulnerable groups; cost-sharing; possible obj to empower the community |
Mobilisation participation |
Communities in control of decision-making process and municipalities enter into initiatives explicitly prioritised by communities |
Comm empowerment; community partially manages services delivery; cost recovery; democratisation |
Performance Management concerns
Municipal Services
Other concerns…