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Ideas for Governance sets out some thoughts for improving quality of life in the urban civic space. CEOs in government bodies might consider adapting and building on these ideas to deliver superior citizen services. The ideas and approaches stated here are meant for use as shareware by anyone. Categories    Citizen interface    City governance    City planning    Civic assets    Public Transport    Revenue augmentation    Traffic    Utilities    Waste management

Corporates can bring in skilled resources for city planning | May 10, 2004 | The Idea Corporates in a city set up a talent pool of skilled urban planners / technology specialists. This pool is available to civic agencies to help their planning activities In this category  Plan sanctions for construction  Digital base maps  Zoning compliance measures  Corporates can bring in skilled resources for city planning  Ensuring storm water drains work More Ideas  Citizen participation  MoUs  Road cutting protocol  Pay and use toilets  Property tax reforms The Rationale Cities need to invest in planning the city of tomorrow. They lack the skilled manpower resources and state of art know how to do so. Corporates can contribute financially into a central pool which recruits and places appropriate talent with civic bodies for specific tasks in a time bound manner. Corporates stand to gain since the quality of life for all including their employees improve. An Approach Corporates can set up a Trust for the City. They could contribute a fixed financial amount per month into this trust The Trust identifies the kinds of skill sets required for planning activities by civic bodies - eg. Urban planners, GIS specialists, etc. The Trust hires qualified resources at market level salaries. Select resources are attached to civic bodies under a clearly drawn up MoU - clarity on role and expectations necessary The resources will report to the respective civic bodies Regular evaluation of outcomes of these engagements required The Trust will have to plan for talent attrition and new talent recruitment and deployment Potential Partnerships Corporates and Civic agencies The Benefits The city gets quality skilled resources who normally would not apply for government jobs Emphasis on planning for the city as an important step to improve quality of life Public private partnership fo a different kind Email Discuss Print    Rate this idea   1   2   3   4   5

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