URBAN GOVERNANCE PROGRAMME FOR
 
     
 
SENIOR IAS OFFICERS
 
     
 
(13 – 17 December, 2004)
 
     
 
Venue: ASCI, Bella Vista, Hyderabad
 
     
 
PROGRAM AGENDA
 
     
 

Day 1: 13th December 2004 (Monday)

 
     
 
MODULE 1: DECENTRALIZATION
 
     
     
 

Time

Topic

Speaker

Inaugural Session

0900 - 0915

Welcome

 

Dr. Sudarsanam Padam

Dean of Studies, ASCI

0915 – 0945

Program Overview and Key Expectations

 

Prof V. Srinivas Chary

Senior Faculty and Area Chairman, ASCI

0945 – 1000

Administrative Arrangements at ASCI

Mr. Shanmugham

Senior Administrative Officer, ASCI

1000 - 1030

Trends in Indian Urbanization

Dr Narender

Faculty, ASCI

1030 - 1045

Tea/Coffee

 

1045 – 1145

Trends in Indian Urbanization (contd.)

Dr Narender

Faculty, ASCI

1145 – 1245

A Framework for Effective Urban Governance and Service Delivery

Prof V. Srinivas Chary

1245 – 1400

Lunch

 

1400 – 1545

Strategic Approaches for Effective Urban Governance: Towards Managing Urban Knowledge

Ms Karuna Gopal

CEO, The Confluence Consulting

1545 – 1600

Tea/coffee

 

 
     
     
 
Day 2: 14th December 2004 {Tuesday}
MODULE 2: CREATING CREDITWORTHY CITIES
 
     
 

Time

Topic

Speaker

0900 – 0915

Creating Creditworthy Cities: Prologue

Prof V. Srinivas Chary

0915 - 1015

Credit rating of Cities: Methods and Experiences

Mr. A Ramaswamy

Business Development Manager, CRISIL

1015 - 1030

Tea/Coffee

 

1030 - 1130

Public Private Partnerships for Resource Mobilization

Dr. Anand Chiplunkar

Vice President, ILFS

1130 - 1300

Conventional and Non-Conventional Approaches to Resource Mobilization in Urban Local Bodies

Dr P.K. Mohanty, I.A.S.

Executive Director, CGG

1300 – 1400

Lunch

 

1400 – 1530

Competitiveness of Indian Cities

Mr Sabyasachi Satyaprasad

Research Director, neoIT

1530 – 1545

Tea/Coffee

 

1545 – 1600

Group Photograph

 

1600 – 1730

City Development Strategy as a Tool for Creating Creditworthy Cities: Philippines Experience

Ms Mary Jane Ortega

Mayor, City of San Fernando, Philippines

 
     
     
 
Day 3: 15th December 2004 {Wednesday}
MODULE 3: ENHANCING MUNICIPAL SERVICE DELIVERY
 
     
 

Time

Topic

Speaker

0900 – 0930

Enhancing Municipal Service Delivery: Prologue

Prof V. Srinivas Chary

0930 - 1030

Need for Continuous Water Supply for All

Mr David Foster

Senior Urban Development Officer, USAID

1030 – 1045

Tea/Coffee

 

1045 – 1200

Experiences in Implementing Public – Private Sector Participatory Project – The Alandur Underground Sewerage Project

Mr. Sai Bharati,

Chairperson, Alandur Municipality

1200 – 1315

Participatory Planning and Budgeting: Bangalore Experience

Mr Ramesh Ramanathan,

Co – Founder, JANAAGRAHA

1315 – 1400

Lunch

 

1400 – 1530

Integrated and Effective Solid Waste Management: AP Experience

Shri. Tishya Chatterjee I.A.S.

Principal Secretary (Environment) Government of AP (GoAP)

1530 – 1545

Tea/Coffee

 

1545 – 1645

Scaling Up Urban Sanitation for the Poor: The Pune Experience

Dr A Jockin

President, NSDF

1645 – 1730

Participants Experience Sharing

 

1800

Visit to Golconda – Sound and Light Show

 

 
     
     
 
Day 4: 16th December 2004 {Thursday}
MODULE 4: URBAN POVERTY REDUCTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY
 
     
 

Time

Topic

Speaker

0900 – 0930

 Urban Poverty Reduction and Accountability: Prologue

Prof V. Srinivas Chary

0930 - 1030

Slum Upgrading: Approaches and Experiences

Ms Banashree Banerjee

Consultant

1030 - 1045

Tea/Coffee

 

1045 – 1315

Innovative Approaches to Service Delivery and Poverty Reduction: The APUSP Experience

 

Dr. D Ravindra Prasad

Ex Advisor, Capacity Building

Andhra Pradesh Urban Service for the Poor (APUSP)

1315 – 1400

Lunch

 

1400 - 1530

Good Asset Management for Accountability and Transparency

 Mr. K C Leong

Honorary President, EAROPH, Malaysia

1530 – 1545

Tea/Coffee

 

1545 - 1730

Visits to HMWS&SB Metro Customer Care, Single Window Cell, e-seva and Yousufguda Park

 

1930

Farewell Dinner

 

 
     
     
 
Day 5: 17th December 2004 {Friday}
MODULE 5: STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP 
 
     
 

Time

Topic

Speaker

0900 – 1030

Strategic Leadership – Forward

Ms. Karuna Gopal

1030 - 1045

Tea/Coffee

 

1045 - 1145

City Development Strategy: Hyderabad

Dr A Narender

1145 - 1300

Approaches for Strategic Leadership in Urban Service Delivery

Shri M N Vidya Shankar

Commissioner, Bangalore Development authority

1300 – 1400

Lunch

 

1400 – 1500

Experience Sharing and Feedback

 

1500 - 1530

Closing Ceremony

 

1530 - 1545

Tea/Coffee and close