About the Good
Governance Program
Project Director:
Dr. Kulwant Singh, Associate Prof. of
Law, Jammu University - Curriculum
Vitae [PDF]
Introduction:
As a consequence of widespread government corruption and
mal-administration in Jammu & Kashmir, India, critical services such as
health care, sanitation services, police services, higher education,
civil service selection and postings and transportation infrastructure have deteriorated
in recent years. To help
improve the governance scenario in J&K, SCOPE will be conducting a
one-year program to promote Good Governance and to prevent corruption in
the State.[1]
The Good
Governance Program will have 4 interacting components:
| A. | The documentation, compilation, and dissemination of information and documents on corruption and mal-administration in J&K through an Internet-based clearinghouse hosted at www.scopeforchange.org | |
| B. | Collaboration with the local media by rewarding excellence in investigative journalism as well as through the circulation of leads that facilitate the media’s investigation of corruption and mal-administration. | |
| C. | The pursuit of Public Interest Litigation [PIL] against offending departments and agencies in the Jammu & Kashmir High Court and the Supreme Court of India on the basis of evidence collected through (A) and (B). | |
| D. | Maintaining a dialogue between the Media, the Public, NGOs and the Government about remedial action to correct corruption and mal-administration, as well as broader policy changes to prevent the same. In particular, SCOPE’s quarterly reports will be submitted to the Government of India’s CAG for further investigations, as well as the concerned officers in the Ministry of Finance, the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, DFID, USAID, CIDA, the US State Department, and other agencies with direct or long-term interests in Jammu & Kashmir. |
| About the Partnership for Transparency Fund: | |
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Partnership for Transparency Fund is an international non-governmental organization dedicated to helping civil society play an effective role in the design, implementation and monitoring of national anti-corruption programs. The basic premise for creating PTF is that the civil society has an important role to play in the development of anti-corruption and good governance programs, and it can play this role more effectively if it is independent, financially, from government or direct bilateral or multilateral funding. |
[1] Corruption is defined as a violation of law and policy performed for personal gain, while maladministration is defined as the failure to perform government services efficiently and effectively, often with roots in bureaucratic apathy and incompetence.
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SCOPE: Society for Consumer Protection and Environement |
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7 Panj Bakhtar Road, Jammu-Tawi Jammu & Kashmir, INDIA Phone 91-191-2548534 (India) |
Web:
www.scopeforchange.org E-mail: scope@scopeforchange.org Phone: 1-630-664-1149 (USA) |
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16 August, 2005