Every six weeks representatives from the CAC joined a smaller representative group from the Facilitation Team in a meeting with representatives of government, in a forum called "the Overview Committee". In practice, government plays a very small role in local development, although the CAC has managed to get government support that led to roads being built and land being set aside for a community centre. The Tripartite Partnership for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (TriPARRD) in the Philippines The Philippines offers an example of development collaboration known as the TriPARRD approach. When the Agrarian Reform Program did not gain much ground by mid-1989, an NGO, PhilDHRRA (The Philippines Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas) started consulting NGOs and POs on strategies to accelerate agrarian reform. The consultations and debates led to the idea that NGOs and POs, themselves, should actually facilitate land transfers and support service delivery in co-ordination with government. This approach brought together government, NGOs and People's Organisations (POs). POs in the Philippines consist of producer co-operatives, landless farmers, homeless people, and so on. The structure of the partnerships was crucial to its success. At the village level there was a field Implementation team (FIT) which consisted of a local government official tasked with facilitating land transfers, a Community Organiser and a local PO leader. The provincial and regional level structure included NGO leaders, provincial Agrarian Reform Programme officials, and officials from affected government departments. This cut red tape in decision-making and tended to co-ordinate strategies and policies. Provincial PO leaders were obviously active participants at this level, as well. The partnerships forced government officials to be more accountable for their performance; and NGOs and POs became more aware of the limitations and potentials of the government bureaucracy.
Every six weeks representatives from the CAC joined a smaller representative group from the Facilitation Team in a meeting with representatives of government, in a forum called "the Overview Committee". In practice, government plays a very small role in local development, although the CAC has managed to get government support that led to roads being built and land being set aside for a community centre. The Tripartite Partnership for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (TriPARRD) in the Philippines The Philippines offers an example of development collaboration known as the TriPARRD approach. When the Agrarian Reform Program did not gain much ground by mid-1989, an NGO, PhilDHRRA (The Philippines Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas) started consulting NGOs and POs on strategies to accelerate agrarian reform. The consultations and debates led to the idea that NGOs and POs, themselves, should actually facilitate land transfers and support service delivery in co-ordination with government. This approach brought together government, NGOs and People's Organisations (POs). POs in the Philippines consist of producer co-operatives, landless farmers, homeless people, and so on. The structure of the partnerships was crucial to its success. At the village level there was a field Implementation team (FIT) which consisted of a local government official tasked with facilitating land transfers, a Community Organiser and a local PO leader. The provincial and regional level structure included NGO leaders, provincial Agrarian Reform Programme officials, and officials from affected government departments. This cut red tape in decision-making and tended to co-ordinate strategies and policies. Provincial PO leaders were obviously active participants at this level, as well. The partnerships forced government officials to be more accountable for their performance; and NGOs and POs became more aware of the limitations and potentials of the government bureaucracy.
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