Annexure IV

Meghalaya Urban Development Agency

Schemes

Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY)

COMMUNITY BASED STRUCTURES TO BE SET UP UNDER THE SJSRY

The community based organisations include Neighbourhood Groups (NHGs): Neighbourhood Committees (NHCs) and Community Development Society (CDS)

I. NEIGHBOURHOOD GROUP (NHG)

This is an informal association of women living in mohalla or basti or neighbourhood group pf manageable size (preferably to 10 to 40 to represent poor or slum families), geographic contiguity and homogeneity should be the basis to carve out the boundaries of the NHGs. At least one woman resident among them who is willing to serve as a volunteer should be elected as a Resident Community Volunteer (RCV) through community consensus or election or any other democratic process. These should be a change or rotation (if need be) of such volunteer at periodical intervals. The responsibilities of other RCVs include:

(i) to serve as channel of information and communication among the families in the cluster

(ii) to represent the views of the groups in the neighbourhood committees and community development societies and other forums:

(iii) to support planning, implementation and monitoring of activities at the neighbourhood level;

(iv) to foster and encourage participation in community improvement; and

(v) to motivate the community for being members of thrift and credit society; and

(vi) to motivate the community for being members of thrift and credit society; and to contribute to community development fund.

II. NEIGHBOURHOOD COMMITEES (NHCs)

A Neighbourhood Committee (NHC) is a more formal association of women from the above neighbourhood groups located in close proximity and as far as feasible within the same electoral ward. The Committee should consist all the RCVs from the neighbourhood groups as a executives (with voting right) of NHC from each family which falls under the jurisdiction of NHC concerned. There can also be provision for honorary membership without a voting right for Community Organiser (COs) representatives from other sectoral programme in the community like ICDS supervisor, school, ANM etc. the Convener/President of the NHC will be selected/elected by the executive members of the NHC. The convener will ensure that the meetings are convened on regular basis. The NHC would be responsible:

(i) to identify local problems and priorities;

(ii) to provide suggestions for groups involvement in meeting community needs and goals (mini-plans)

(iii) to support local action with partnership of responsible agencies including community contracts;

(iv) to provide feedback to agencies of programme effectiveness and out-reach especially for children and women;

(v) to develop community capacity through training in association with COs, NGOs and other sectoral departments;

(vi) to develop community based thrift and credit system as well as neighbourhood development fund;

(vii) to facilitate the recovery of loans from the beneficiaries in time; and

(viii) to assist/carry out community surveys in accordance with the guidelines.

The NHC may be registered under the Societies Registration Act, or other appropriate Acts if so desired. If registered, these NHC may also apply grants-in-aid under various schemes.

III. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY (CDS)

The CDS is a formal association of all the neighbourhood development committees at the town level based on common goals objectives. The CDS may consist of elected/selected representatives of NHCs as executive members (with voting right) as well as one female member from each family (without right voting) while falls under the jurisdiction of CDS; and other members with honorary membership (with no voting right) which may include community organisers representatives of NGOs, sectoral department, leading citizens, elected representatives of the area and other resources persons. The Community Development Society (CDS) would be registered under the Societies Registration Act or other appropriate Acts to provide access to grant-in-aid under various scheme and for a wider Financial and credit base. The CDS would be responsible;

(i) to represent needs of all the communities, especially women and children;

(ii) liaise and link-up with agencies and departments to promote action in the community towards fulfillment of their needs;

(iii) to identify specific training and arrange for their organisation;

(iv) to facilitate community surveys to be carried out to identify the genuine beneficiaries for economic and shelter benefits;

(v) to prepare community plans and proposals, mobilising resources from the community, town or other sectoral departments;

(vi) to extend help to Bank in coordination with UPE cell, for ensuring repayment of loans by the beneficiaries in time; and

(vii) to create small community assets in low income areas in consultation with town UPE Cell and Urban Local Body (ULB).