subject: The Case For Increased Civic Awareness & Improved Communication-Education And Advocacy [print this page] The Case For Increased Civic Awareness & Improved Communication-Education And Advocacy
Since Tanzania got independence more than four decades ago, poverty, ignorance and disease have remained outstanding thorns in the back of any government in power. Till nowadays, these therefore-referred to as arc enemies can be seen, read and experienced on several faces. At the same time, as a member of the international community, Tanzania has committed itself to achieving internationally accepted standards connected to those very problems, like the Millennium Development Goals. This is why the govt came up with the National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty, trading below the Kiswahili acronym of MKUKUTA. The implementation of such programmes revolves on the axis of tackling growth, income and non-income poverty and guaranteeing good governance and accountability. This is often what downloads everything to the local government level of action. This is why the Native Government Reform Programme is such a important tool. The four areas because of be addressed, below the programme, involve creating fundamental changes within the manner powers and resources are allotted inside government. No where in the planet have such proposals been implemented without encountering problems. The decentralization by devolution process inside the environs of the native government in Tanzania may be a huge undertaking. On prime of that, it requires the participation of a wide selection of stakeholders at national, regional and local levels. It cannot leave anybody behind. Even the input of 'those that would lose their stake (stake-losers?) in the method is required. As of now, there's a robust platform for native government reform in Tanzania. On it are central government and line ministry representatives, the regional administration itself and its Association of Local Authorities of Tanzania (ALAT), the civil society, educational institutions e.t.c. As a result of of the weak financial muscle of the country, the so-referred to as development partners and donors have reserved seats. They have to fully not only understand but additionally appreciate the programme if they're to explain it to their taxpayers at home before embarking on supporting it. At the tip of the day, whether or not this programme is to succeed or not will depend on the performance at the ground level. And that is the crux of the matter. The extent to which this programme can succeed or fail will rely on the amount of knowledge accessible to all or any the stakeholders, not a few selected ones. Each suggests that of carrying info across should be exploited. That is, seminars, conferences, print media, electronic media and even drama thus as to achieve the subsequent: To increase people's awareness on the reform thus that it will get wider understanding and, thus, support. To identify areas of success in one space and publicize them as a method of gap up eyes of alternative performers in other areas. To spot aspects those haven't been totally understood by stakeholders and mount their popularization programmes through numerous media. To pick positive and negative experiences from different countries that have tried to reform their local government system to help keep the Tanzania exercise on track. To observe the democratization processes and disseminate data on it as one of the main instruments for attaining smart governance and accountability at the amount of councils. So there has to be increased civic awareness, improved communication, education and advocacy on the proposed native government system. A comprehensive media strategy should be place in place and vigorously implemented. The entire country should be covered. No district ought to feel having been left out of the process. Experiences from one district must solely be an eye fixed opener for others. They are not things of copying like a blotting paper. The districts are speculated to figure out their reform programmes drawing on their own circumstances.
