My name is Rich Gottbreht from Global Insights and I am one of the entrants in the competition. Our work centers on helping anyone concerned about corruption learn about the subject through my book, our board game and its associated seminars, as well as low cost consulting. To find out more about us please visit our website www.globalinsights.biz. From the home page, you can link to information about us, our products and what people say about our products and services. From the details in the initiative we submitted you should also note that some of the proceeds from our sales will eventually go to a high integrity leadership development foundation. Also, if you are interested, down the road we will be looking for alliances and contacts in every country.
This case is somewhat analagous to our work in the Congo described under Michael Brown/Innovative Resources Management, albeit the scale of operations and the character of support for the inititatives are quite different.
In both cases the empahsis is on strengthening the capacity of local stakeholders to demand accountability within the limits what application of laws and acts allows. In both cases it is demonstrated that it is perverse when a law ostensibly protecting the rights of groups and individuals is systematically not respected, or when in this case, an "entitlement" is not even known by those who are entitled to benefit from it.
I would imagine if the entitlement is applicable to groups across India based on socioeconomic criteria, that the experience in this case study could serve as a model for scaling up (if in fact the groups are demonstrating that they are achieving a critical mass for advocacy as well as participation in civic life per the enabling terms of existing laws and acts).
It may be interesting to compare, at some point, if there a mutual lessons that could be learned across the two experiences which offer complementarities, as well as reinforcing the shared thread of citizens rights to demand transparency within the scope of the law.
Michael
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Hello,
My name is Rich Gottbreht from Global Insights and I am one of the entrants in the competition. Our work centers on helping anyone concerned about corruption learn about the subject through my book, our board game and its associated seminars, as well as low cost consulting. To find out more about us please visit our website www.globalinsights.biz. From the home page, you can link to information about us, our products and what people say about our products and services. From the details in the initiative we submitted you should also note that some of the proceeds from our sales will eventually go to a high integrity leadership development foundation. Also, if you are interested, down the road we will be looking for alliances and contacts in every country.
Thanks,
Rich Gottbreht
This case is somewhat analagous to our work in the Congo described under Michael Brown/Innovative Resources Management, albeit the scale of operations and the character of support for the inititatives are quite different.
In both cases the empahsis is on strengthening the capacity of local stakeholders to demand accountability within the limits what application of laws and acts allows. In both cases it is demonstrated that it is perverse when a law ostensibly protecting the rights of groups and individuals is systematically not respected, or when in this case, an "entitlement" is not even known by those who are entitled to benefit from it.
I would imagine if the entitlement is applicable to groups across India based on socioeconomic criteria, that the experience in this case study could serve as a model for scaling up (if in fact the groups are demonstrating that they are achieving a critical mass for advocacy as well as participation in civic life per the enabling terms of existing laws and acts).
It may be interesting to compare, at some point, if there a mutual lessons that could be learned across the two experiences which offer complementarities, as well as reinforcing the shared thread of citizens rights to demand transparency within the scope of the law.
Michael
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