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NGOs as Local Development Partners: Locally-Led Projects

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This chapter investigates the features of direct NGO involvement at the local level. Compared with the projects handled by central government, the NGOs which directly connected with local government and local communities were generally more successful and more focused on addressing local development . By using local knowledge in policy processes, these projects have been able to network local partners and people consistent with identifying and prioritising the needs of local communities. The success of these projects highlights the way local government can establish an advantage if foreign assistance comes directly to local sources.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Thangarajah, “Local Governance in the Eastern Province,” 90.

  2. 2.

    ACDI-CIDA, “Tsunami Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Programme.”

  3. 3.

    Ministry of Local Government and Provincial Councils, Performance-2007 & Future Plans-2008, 18.

  4. 4.

    Ibid.

  5. 5.

    ACDI-CIDA, “Tsunami Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Programme.”

  6. 6.

    Ibid.

  7. 7.

    The CSF has been used mostly for road construction (see ibid.).

  8. 8.

    Ibid.

  9. 9.

    Respondent: Mr. Mohammad Nabavi, Opposition Leader (UNP), Matara Municipal Council.

  10. 10.

    Respondent: Mr Mohammad Nabavi, Opposition Leader (UNP), Matara Municipal Council.

  11. 11.

    The term WASSER means water in German.

  12. 12.

    Kalmunai experienced the highest death toll and property damage in Sri Lanka (Kalmunai Municipal Council, “Completed Projects.”).

  13. 13.

    Ibid.

  14. 14.

    Ibid.

  15. 15.

    WASSER—City of Munich, “The Project Partners.”

  16. 16.

    Kalmunai Municipal Council, “Completed Projects.”

  17. 17.

    Ibid.

  18. 18.

    Ibid.

  19. 19.

    Ibid.

  20. 20.

    Ibid.

  21. 21.

    Asia Foundation, “Policy Advocacy Handbook.”

  22. 22.

    The Asia Foundation’s local economic governance indexes analyses local business environments, measures the quality of local economic governance, assesses progress through a set of quantitative and qualitative indicators, and supports policy reforms (Asia Foundation, “Measuring Economic Governance.”).

  23. 23.

    Ibid.

  24. 24.

    Trincomalee Urban Council, Budget Summary—2011.

  25. 25.

    Asia Foundation, “Country Overview.”

  26. 26.

    Asia Foundation, Guide to Proposal Writing, 1.

  27. 27.

    Ibid., 5.

  28. 28.

    For example, the manual for writing a funding proposal is designed to empower persons to be successful in obtaining funding grants. The manual focuses on the relationships with funding agencies, organisations and persons in a collaborative and participatory approach at all levels of government. This manual assists in the preparation of strong and fundable proposals (ibid., 5, 7).

  29. 29.

    Ministry of Local Government and Provincial Councils, Performance—2007 & Future Plans—2008, 17.

  30. 30.

    Respondent: Mrs Nirosha Kumari Herath, Community Development Officer, Weligama Urban Council.

  31. 31.

    Some of the projects are construction of two public fairs, an urban council building, meeting halls for fishermen, a library, children’s parks, parking place for three wheelers, solid waste management, a compost yard development and the purchase of tractors.

  32. 32.

    Respondent: Mrs Nirosha Kumari Herath, Community Development Officer, Weligama Urban Council.

  33. 33.

    Respondent: Mr Nandasiri Ranathunga, Chairman (UPFA), Suriyawewa Pradeshiya Sabha.

  34. 34.

    Asia Foundation, “Local Governance Programmes.”

  35. 35.

    Respondent: Mr. Abul Kalam, Programme Manager, SuRG of USAID.

  36. 36.

    Ibid.

  37. 37.

    Ibid.

  38. 38.

    Ibid.

  39. 39.

    Ibid.

  40. 40.

    Respondent: Mr. Sisira Wijesundara, Team Leader, CARE International—Hambantota Office.

  41. 41.

    Ibid.

  42. 42.

    Ibid.

  43. 43.

    Ibid.

  44. 44.

    Ibid.

  45. 45.

    Ibid.

  46. 46.

    Ibid.

  47. 47.

    Transparency International, “Funds Received.”

  48. 48.

    Respondent: Ms. Nauli Wimalarathna, Consultant, Transparency International-Sri Lanka.

  49. 49.

    A Pradeshiya Sabha in Badulla district, Uva province. Uva province has three poorer PSs. Ridimaliyadda is the poorest.

  50. 50.

    Respondent: Ms. Nauli Wimalarathna, Consultant, Transparency International-Sri Lanka.

  51. 51.

    Ibid.

  52. 52.

    Ibid.

  53. 53.

    Ibid.

  54. 54.

    Ibid.

  55. 55.

    Ibid.

  56. 56.

    Respondent: Ms. Sriyanie Wijesundara, Contact Person, Governance and Anti-Corruption Programme, CPA.

  57. 57.

    Ibid.

  58. 58.

    ANSA helps to improve local government budgeting in South Asian countries.

  59. 59.

    A public gallery is an area in a representative institution that is set aside for the public.

  60. 60.

    Respondent: Ms Sriyanie Wijesundara, Contact Person, Governance and Anti-Corruption Programme, CPA.

  61. 61.

    Ibid.

  62. 62.

    Ibid.

  63. 63.

    Centre for Policy Alternatives, “On-going Projects.”

  64. 64.

    Social Scientists’ Association, “Recent Events.”

  65. 65.

    Ibid.

  66. 66.

    Ibid.

  67. 67.

    Ibid.

  68. 68.

    Ibid.

  69. 69.

    Ibid.

  70. 70.

    The SSA notes that as the temple in Sinhalese society is traditionally a centre for community activities, these lay people have provided a support base for the monks and nuns in the programme and have become change agents in the Dayaka Sabhas (patron societies) of the temples (ibid.).

  71. 71.

    Ibid.

  72. 72.

    VNG International, “LOGO South.”

  73. 73.

    Respondent: Mr. H.G.K. Jagath Kumara, PHI Officer, Matara Municipal Council.

  74. 74.

    Respondent: Mr. Dileepa De Silva, Technical Officer, Galle Municipal Council.

  75. 75.

    Information provided by the Galle municipal council.

  76. 76.

    Respondent: Mr. Methsiri De Silva, Mayor (UPFA), Galle Municipal Council.

  77. 77.

    Ibid.

  78. 78.

    Respondent: Mr. H.A. Sisira Rohana, Project Manager, Solid Waste Management Project, Hambantota Urban Council.

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Akurugoda, I.R. (2018). NGOs as Local Development Partners: Locally-Led Projects. In: NGO Politics in Sri Lanka. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58586-4_7

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