2004-05-23 - PartnersGF 

Re: Member viewpoint: India
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Moderators’ note: Dr. Trivedi’s posting from India has generated three responses:

1. Richard Stern, Costa Rica
2. Ronny Waikhom, India
3. Celina Castro, India


Richard Stern
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Has India begun to disburse any of its Global Fund money, from its contract which was signed several months ago?

Have any medications been purchased?

Bureaucrats or "development professional," the CCM needs to be run by competent individuals capable of getting the job done. But in most cases, government bureaucrats are from the elite classes and don't see any urgency to disburse funds for procurement of medications. If they are sick, they have plenty of money to buy their own medications, and those who are poor are simply not a priority for them. The Global Fund Board, which sets policies that impact on in-country CCM functioning, has yet to figure this out.

Richard Stern
Email: rastern@racsa.co.cr
San Jose, Costa Rica


Ronny Waikhom
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Dear Forum,

For countries like India having varied social, economical and geographical state and also which is multi-cultural, we need to have sub-CCMs for facilitating the whole process.

Now that we are onto 5th round and we have never had a chance to try and have access over this Global Fund. Although we did hear about it every now and then, the announcement for submission of proposals always comes at the nick of the hour.

There should be also more representations from the communities and NGOs side.

Ronny Waikhom,
Email: care_all@sancharnet.in
Chief Functionary, Care Foundation,
Imphal, Manipur, INDIA


Celina Castro
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I very much agree with Dr. Trivedi of India.

You know having a plain bureaucrat chairing a committee such the GFATM CCM is a nonsense because they are not well immersed into the issues out there in the filed. They just rely on the feedback of their subordinates and most importantly is that most of these bureaucrats are theoretical people

Celina Castro
palliativerp@yahoo.ca
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PartnersGF - 2004-05-23

Member viewpoint: India
Dr. S K Trivedi
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"THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CCM SHOULD BE A DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL RATHER THAN BEING A BUREAUCRAT"

Dear all

I am the Director of Indian Institute of Development Management. I am in the development sector since 1989.

I find that the Chairman of the CCM should be a development professional rather than being a bureaucrat. A bureaucrat always believes in procedural follow-up rather than using discretionary power which results into delays. Whereas the development interventions require quick decisions.

Secondly the bureaucrats think they are the only honest persons & NGOs are the corrupt & illiterate. On the other hand nowadays highly educated persons are there in the field. It has become a profession rather than being purely a philanthropic activity. Therefore in addition to transparency quick decision making should be the criteria for forming CCM.

Dr. S K Trivedi Ph D
Email: iidmbpl@sancharnet.in

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