the cluj initiative and what is behind it
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BBL, BRC, 28BBL, BRC, 28thth November, 2012 November, 2012
Adrian Raulea, Head of Department for Development, Municipality of ClujAdrian Raulea, Head of Department for Development, Municipality of ClujCristina Rat, Babes-Bolyai University, ClujCristina Rat, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj
Gabriella Tonk, Local Project Coordinator, UNDP RomaniaGabriella Tonk, Local Project Coordinator, UNDP Romania Marta Marczis, CTA, UNDP Marta Marczis, CTA, UNDP
The Cluj Initiative and what is behindThe Cluj Initiative and what is behind
Based on your own experience, have you ever Based on your own experience, have you ever wondered why certain local communities perform better wondered why certain local communities perform better than others and how this phenomenon affects territorial than others and how this phenomenon affects territorial disparities? disparities?
And how to change it?And how to change it?
Lost ‘Lost ‘power of place’power of place’ – – Increasing territorial Increasing territorial disparities disparities
““Complex problems” Complex problems”
Demography – Education – Remoteness – Employment, which problems Demography – Education – Remoteness – Employment, which problems interact and generate ‘vicious circles’ that reproduce and amplify the interact and generate ‘vicious circles’ that reproduce and amplify the phenomenon of area based poverty and exclusionphenomenon of area based poverty and exclusion
Unbalanced development policies Unbalanced development policies
Economic devaluation of the peripheral territories and lack of interest on Economic devaluation of the peripheral territories and lack of interest on “small scale” development in close relation to exclusion of poor and “small scale” development in close relation to exclusion of poor and vulnerable vulnerable
Lost Lost local capability to local capability to mobilizmobilizee endogenous endogenous socio-economic- socio-economic-environmental resources and/or absorb external resourcesenvironmental resources and/or absorb external resources
Regional (territorial) development bottlenecks Regional (territorial) development bottlenecks
Lacking Lacking participation, action, strategy and programme sustainability on local participation, action, strategy and programme sustainability on local
level; level; unified data/monitoring/organization system, network building, unified data/monitoring/organization system, network building,
knowledge products and poolsknowledge products and pools coordination in planning and implementation of programmes and coordination in planning and implementation of programmes and
projects and a gap between national and sub-national/local level projects and a gap between national and sub-national/local level managerial and operational capacity either to plan or to implement managerial and operational capacity either to plan or to implement
complex public policies on national and sub-national level; complex public policies on national and sub-national level; political/administrative weight necessary for coordinating the political/administrative weight necessary for coordinating the
different ministries and administration potentially involved in Roma different ministries and administration potentially involved in Roma inclusion policies inclusion policies
Sectoral, fragmented (instead of integrated funding and institutional Sectoral, fragmented (instead of integrated funding and institutional frames) and short-term, project oriented approach (instead of frames) and short-term, project oriented approach (instead of financing long term complex processes) financing long term complex processes)
lost self-confidence and trust in lost self-confidence and trust in future perspectivesfuture perspectives
low ambition, inactivity, depressionlow ambition, inactivity, depression lost “local knowledge” and “life-lost “local knowledge” and “life-
management” skills management” skills low qualifications and working skillslow qualifications and working skills aid dependency aid dependency growing feeling of exclusion and growing feeling of exclusion and
discriminationdiscrimination increasing health and family-increasing health and family-
problems (including problems with problems (including problems with drug and alcohol)drug and alcohol)
human capacity for local human capacity for local development is lacking, while development is lacking, while exclusion and discrimination is exclusion and discrimination is growing, which causes lack of growing, which causes lack of absorption confers serious social absorption confers serious social and economic problems and economic problems
infrastructural and institutional infrastructural and institutional coverage is weakcoverage is weak
lack of serviceslack of services limited information accesslimited information access exquisitely high unemploymentexquisitely high unemployment weak “voice”weak “voice” widespread practice of usury and widespread practice of usury and
increasing criminalityincreasing criminality
‘‘Territorial’ consequencesTerritorial’ consequencesConsequences for Consequences for individualsindividuals
… … and the victims: 1 million people, 10 % of the people live in disadvantaged and the victims: 1 million people, 10 % of the people live in disadvantaged areas in Hungary.areas in Hungary.
Refugees or European citizens?Refugees or European citizens?
‘‘Area’ Area’
‘‘Partnership’Partnership’and and
‘‘Strategy’Strategy’
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The “holy trinity” of theThe “holy trinity” of theCommunity-led Local DevelopmentCommunity-led Local Development
‘‘Legal empowerment’ Legal empowerment’ suggests that the communities living suggests that the communities living
out of mainstream create the necessary services and our out of mainstream create the necessary services and our job is to legalize them and make them effectivejob is to legalize them and make them effective
Ensure that we have a Ensure that we have a person/company person/company running utilities running utilities
People, families or small People, families or small communities could communities could become their own become their own supplier via use of supplier via use of renewable and micro renewable and micro grids grids
KEYS to inclusive local developmentKEYS to inclusive local developmentTarget group must Target group must be the actor of local be the actor of local developmentdevelopment
Area-based approachArea-based approach Both top-down and bottom-up Both top-down and bottom-up
in characterin character Three-partite PartnershipThree-partite Partnership Management and FinancingManagement and Financing Integrated and Multi-sectoralIntegrated and Multi-sectoral
approach – Linkage betweenapproach – Linkage between
actionsactions InnovationInnovation National and trans-nationalNational and trans-national
Cooperation and NetworkingCooperation and Networking
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Community levelCommunity level
intervention forintervention for
InclusiveInclusive
DevelopmentDevelopment
Capacity is development!Capacity is development!
Local animationLocal animation - External coaching to mobilize local resources and bring - External coaching to mobilize local resources and bring innovation innovation
Global -grantGlobal -grant - ‘Learning by doing’ to develop local skills and partnerships - ‘Learning by doing’ to develop local skills and partnerships through ‘action’through ‘action’
Social organization Social organization – From self-help to social and economic integration– From self-help to social and economic integration Local Inclusion Centre Local Inclusion Centre - Creating focal point for localizing development . - Creating focal point for localizing development .
Serving as information, training, CD, monitoring and evaluation hub for the Serving as information, training, CD, monitoring and evaluation hub for the pilots, opened for others toopilots, opened for others too
Built and functioning Built and functioning development networkdevelopment network and and communication channelscommunication channels of of the pilotsthe pilots opened for others too opened for others too
Increase the absorption area basedIncrease the absorption area based – Generating, financing and – Generating, financing and implementing flagship projects and creating future action plan implementing flagship projects and creating future action plan
Provide model Provide model to other regions and programmes to other regions and programmes Across borders Across borders over political and professional border linesover political and professional border lines
Local mobilization Local mobilization
Community coaching Community coaching for for launching social innovationlaunching social innovation
Strategy is not the first and it is Strategy is not the first and it is not a papernot a paper
Participatory actionsParticipatory actions
Mapped and re-organized (local) resources Mapped and re-organized (local) resources (assessment)(assessment)
Partnerships and projects will bornPartnerships and projects will born
Strategy – it is a processStrategy – it is a process
Multi-level networking and Multi-level networking and
Local development and inclusion centreLocal development and inclusion centre
Might it starts with seeing Might it starts with seeing dentist, or playing footballdentist, or playing football
Capacity development to alleviate Capacity development to alleviate area-based povertyarea-based poverty
Use ‘prototypes’Use ‘prototypes’
CserehatCserehat
Cluj, CakovecCluj, Cakovec
Pecs, Galati, Pecs, Galati, Braila, Braila, Bucharest, ….Bucharest, ….
It is our choice It is our choice to see inside to see inside
or outsideor outsideIIII
