Capacity Building

Need for Capacity Building

KMIC team interacted with several councillors over the period of 2 years and documented their daily functioning. We found major gaps in terms of their knowledge of their roles and responsiblities after holding office.

Team KMIC decided to invest in systematic knowledge up gradation with proper training programs for municipal councillors for effective decentralized policy implementation. Continuous skills up gradation programs are required for municipal councillors to adequately respond to the needs and demands of their constituents.

Gaps in Current Capacity

Councillors expressed their struggle to understand the formal structures of the corporation, and the informal political and executive relationships that seems to govern the corporation because of Referring to the lack of training on institutional processes and policies.
Dense textbooks of the Acts and Rule Books
Dependence on the "seniors" from the political parties
- Most of the new- comers depend on their “seniors” to understand the procedures
- Some resigned to the fact that “the first term is only for understanding the structure”
Informality in functioning of the councillors
- Several different ways to raise financial resources depending on their social connections, position in the political party, seniority and membership in the special committees
Dependence on administrative officials
- Only few Councillors spoke largely of using their political and social networks to expedite grievance redressal
- Most of the councillors seem to rely on the administrative officials to address the grievances