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Changing the social dialogue through education: the experiment of Italian students in the Liceo Scientifico Statale E. Majorana
No full textIn this research paper we will explore the conceptualization that young minds have of Italian past and its connection to modern issues of racism and immigration, analysed through the lens of education. By exploring the Italian context, a particular emphasis will be placed on how it is understood, taught and remembered by the people, and its role in shaping collective memory and identity. To do so, a “before and after” knowledge intervention will set the ground to understand the change in the quality of the discourse. It will touch upon some of the most engrained Italian myths and discourses, to later explore its instrumentalization in today’s far-right agenda. The importance of the topic is to be found in the fact that social understanding, beliefs and perceptions can be changed, provided in-depth information. The main findings of the study show a significant change in the quality of the social dialogues among the students, towards a more critical and humane view the presented topics
The role of non-governmental organizations in Taiwan’s Diplomatic Relationships with Africa
No full textThis research seeks to find out the possibilities for Taiwan to maintain and build the relationships
within the African continent through non-governmental organizations (NGO).
The constraints on Taiwan’s space in the international community makes Taiwan's diplomacy
restricted in the international system, and diplomacy with African countries cannot last for
long without intervention. Therefore, NGOs with low political implications play an important
role in Taiwan's diplomacy. The research has two main objectives. First, to understand
the role of NGOs in reinforcing the Taiwan’s diplomacy. Second, to explore the contribution
provided by Taiwanese NGOs
The role and potential of distribution water vendors on water service delivery to the urban poor: The case of Dar es salaam, Tanzania
No full textThis study concerns with the synthesis of Water Vendors who operate in the informal margin to distribute water to the urban poor. It focuses in Dar es Salaam which is the major city in Tanzania. The role and limitation of water vendors were thoroughly discussed. Also the analysis was done on how water vendors can be incorporated in the formal margin.
Data collection techniques involved are desk study, informal interview of two workers from the Ministry of Water and Irrigation. The literature review was done on various concepts with regard to Water Vendors, Informal entrepreneurs and Urban Poor.
The study found that, most of the urban poor are not accessing utility water and are forced to rely on water vendors where they have to pay high prices. Sometimes water provided by water vendors is not safe for their health. However, water vendors are indispensable in the lives of the urban poor and other town dwellers since they fill the gap left by the utility in water distribution. Despite their crucial role, they are ignored and discouraged by the government.
Policy option of utility and water vendors’ partnership was analysed. Stakeholders’ analysis was done to identify the power and influence of various stakeholders in the water sector in Dar es salaam, Tanzania; different aspects which might influence the partnership were addressed; the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the policy proposal were identified.
Finally, the challenges, recommendations and conclusion were given on how to enhance the activities of water vendors by incorporating them into the larger scheme of formal margin. By including the water vendors into the formal margin, apart from increasing water coverage and reduce investment cost, will ensure the population served are provided with safe water
Promoting Public-Private Partnerships: A Review of The Indonesian Infrastructure Guarantee Fund
Get PDFFollowing the Asian Crisis in 1997-1998, the quantity and quality of infrastructures
in Indonesia is deteriorating. Furthermore, there is a relatively big gap in the budget
allocated and budget needed in the infrastructure development. Therefore, the government
decided to use the Public Private Partnership (PPP) as an alternative for infrastructure
financing.
However, there are challenges in the implementation of PPP. It needs certain
requirements to ensure that there is a strong foundation on the ground for PPP to
grow. This becomes the basic reason for the government to initiate the reform strategies,
including regulatory and institutional reform. Moreover, as part of the reform,
the government also established the Indonesian Infrastructure Guarantee Fund
(IIGF) in order to make the infrastructure project more attractive to the investor.
The research paper examines the impact of the reform strategies taken by the
government by looking at the performance of IIGF, whether it can fulfill its mandate
to attract private sector be involved in the infrastructure development
Performance Audit in Supreme Audit Institution of Indonesia: A Capacity Building Analysis in the Implementation of the Audit
Get PDFThe paper critically analyse the capacity building process that aims to enable
better performance audit in BPK, the Supreme Audit Institution of Indonesia.
The paper will provide different concept in auditing. It highlights the difference
between performance audit and two other types of auditing namely, financial
audit and compliance audit. To better understand performance audit in
BPK, this paper will analyse constraints and challenges encountered by BPK.
In addition to describing policies made by the management in BPK, the
paper also recommends ideal capacities needed for SAI to further develop performance
audit. This consists of management involvement, external relation,
and institutional issues. The paper also reveals how US-GAO and ANAO play
a crucial part in influencing the implementation of performance audit in BPK.
Lastly, the paper will also discuss the underlying conceptual framework of performance
audit capacity building and its potential unintended consequences
Risk and policy in Indonesian toll road development: from the perception of public and private sector : Study case of Pandaan – Malang & Manado - Bitung
No full textGovernment of Indonesia targeted to build 1.000 km of toll road for the next five years (2015-2019), however there is a distinctive gap in Indonesian toll road investment. Nonetheless, toll road development is closely related to risk, after the 1998 crisis common perspective that Indonesia is identified as a high-risk country. Therefore, investor is reluctant to invest in Indonesia. The purpose of
this study is to define impact of policy reform (Government Guarantee) on the risk of toll road investment in Indonesia from the perspective of the public and private sector. As an exploratory research, this study relies on secondary research literature and data such as feasibility study, law & regulations and monitoring data in toll road sector. This study also uses the interview to obtain perspective from the two stakeholders. In additions, by using two study cases, it compares the mechanism, implementation, and limitation of government guarantee scheme in two different regions. The findings indicate that the policy is not effective
in reducing the risk in toll road development rather more like a procedural step to the received financing. The lessons learned are valuable for determining appropriate government guarantees for future PPP projects
Old Wine in New Bottle: An Investigation of the Actual Use of Performance Contracting in the Philippine Public Sector
Get PDFThis research explores the potential of performance contracting as a management
tool in the context of a developing country by examining its actual use in
one of the executive departments in the Philippines. Using the managerialism
beliefs and performance contracting literature, I deduced the benefits as well as
issues and challenges of applying this tool in the public sector. As a management
tool, performance contracting enables the specification of responsibilities
of employees for more accountability and the measurability of performance for
monitoring and evaluation purposes. Yet, in order to fully maximize its potential,
supervisors and supervisees need to develop a partnership culture, which
promotes innovation and support rather than hierarchy and control. This shift
entails that the organization should pay more attention to processes of performance
contracting, develop a functional incentive scheme, promote high
level of trust, and cultivate a compliance culture to formal rules of the game
An Assessment of Community Participation in Water Supply and Sanitation Services: The Case of Yombo Dovya and Barabara ya Mwinyi, Water Community Projects, Temeke, Tanzania
Get PDFThe study linked participatory approach and sustainability of water services which was focused in rural areas. Two villages in Temeke district were used as a case study. The methodologies applied to enhance people’s participation were thoroughly discussed. Also examined were the extent to which people participated in the initial project planning, capacity building, and strategies to achieve sustainability. Data collection techniques included; interviews, questionnaire, reference books and physical observations. The literature review was undertaken to see how participation leads to sustainability of water projects. The study found that participation approach leads to water project sustainability only when elements of project sustainability were considered at the early stages. Such elements included operational and maintenance costs, willingness of people to contribute and demands driven. Also capacity building was found to be significant, which included training of community water attendants, and formation of local community based committees or water user groups to carry over the project activities. Immediate areas in which to intervene were recommended, and these included concert efforts to be initiated during the project planning stage, training of WC members, sensitisation seminar on completed projects to enable the communities to carry out the operation and maintenance of water systems, and to make use of trained water attendants, WC members and observe the need to involve communities in all stages of project development. Finally, a conclusion and recommendations were given so as to improve rural water supply and sanitation services
Challenges of public private partnership in supporting governance and development in Sierra Leone: Wellington-Masiaka Toll Road Project
No full textSierra Leone faces serious infrastructure deficits, which have dampened economic growth in recent years and seems undoubtedly to slow it down in years to come. Responding to these, the government has sought to find alternative ways to finance infrastructure with PPPs becoming an interesting mechanism to address these challenges. This study analyses the challenges of PPPs in supporting Sierra Leone’s governance and development so far. Results show that the PPPs' challenges in the country in this respect include China’s in-volvement in the country’s PPPs, access to finances, market forces, and legal-institutional architecture, corruption, and private sector insecurities. In addition, the research findings reveal legislative authority, and accountability and transparency as the major obstacles faced by PPPs when dealing with the Sierra Leone government and Chinese firm CRSG. Conse-quently, the study findings highlight that through upgrading policies to boost local private sector PPP actors and strengthen institution to combat corruption are key measures to counter the exploitive nature of Chinese state-owned construction companies. Further, employing and enhancing effective engagements to foster transparency in PPP’s overall process are vital measures to increase and uphold public trust and interests in delivering public services. Finally, mobilizing private sector finances and private sector involvement in championing for overall PPP project processes are crucial PPP interventions to comple-ment the government’s better solutions to public service delivery. The research concludes that putting all these facts into con-sideration, PPPs will have great potentials as a tool for long-term development of Sierra Leone’s infrastructure
Euthanasia as a case of judicial entrepreneurship in India? Analysing the role of the Supreme Court in the policy process of euthanasia
No full textEuthanasia is a non-political issue in India. It does not receive adequate political attention necessary to arrive at policy solutions. This paper – the first of its kind – explores the role of the Supreme Court of India in euthanasia’s policy making process. Why the Supreme Court of India? In 2011, it established passive euthanasia as a temporary law in India. This 2011 judgement in the Aruna Shanbaug case is the first and the only instance that brought euthanasia some public attention. This judgement therefore is the empirical focus of this paper.
The paper employs two techniques of discourse analysis to study the Court’s system of argumentation. The two methods, Text Analysis using Gasper’s Analysis Table and Frame Analysis – are complemented by other discourse techniques of metaphor analysis and lexical analysis. The results of this paper are three-fold: 1) The Court dismissed the petitioner’s request for euthanasia on weak grounds, thereby setting no precedent for the ‘historic’ procedure it put in place. In other words, it left the decision open for the Parliament to decide. Hence, the judgment cannot be considered judicial overreach. 2) It defines euthanasia in a way that is reflective of broader societal themes. It combines this with its accepted authoritative and protective stance to find an intermediate position to balance the possible opposition to its role in the process and what it (perhaps) perceives to be an optimal solution. 3) It softens up the policy community (including the public) to the idea of passive euthanasia in India leading it towards a Parliamentarian legislation. It achieves this by shaping prevalent principles, provisions and worldviews through a remarkable use of its legal instruments. This paper refers to this unconventional role of the SC as ‘judicial entrepreneur-ship’ which is also the first scholarly contribution towards research on euthanasia as a policy issue in India
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