PARTNERSHIP FOR PLOCK

Aligning the European Union Social Inclusion Process and the Millennium Development Goals

Karolina Mzyk, UNDP Poland

April 27, 2004, Vilnius

OBJECTIVES

•Mobilise the local community around development planning

•Align the development plans of businesses, NGOs and public administration

•Build capacities of partners to participate in EU programmes and projects

PARTNERS

• The Municipality: – a historical city of 130,000 citizens– petrochemicals and textile industries

• The Private sector: – PKN ORLEN: petrochemical giant,

Płock’s largest employer and taxpayer– Levi Strauss: largest production plant in

CEE

• UNDP– Governance, environment, social

inclusion

Meetings with Local

Administration

Business consultations: from SMEs to

PKN Orlen

Meetings with 150 local citizens

to discuss recommendations

Over 50 organisations

consulted

PARTICIPATORY PROCESS

Local

Gov’t

Local Citizens

BusinessNGOs,

CSOs

Updated Sustainable

Development Strategy

FORUM FOR PLOCK

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUDIT

LOCAL PRIORITIES

Partners provide USD 25,000

UNDP Umbrella Project

implements SDA

High living standardHigh living standardss for Płock for Płock citizenscitizens

1. Strong non-governmental organizations

2. Access to housing and housing rehabilitation

3. A high level of public security

4. Accessible and efficient health care services

5. Support for cultural heritage

6. Support for cultural affairs and fine arts

7. An updated database for cultural and sports events

8. Extensive education regarding historical and cultural heritage

9. Restoration of Płock’s “Old Town”

10. Social assistance adequate to local needs

11. A Learning Centre for Outstanding Youth

12. Large number of people with higher education

13. Corporate support for equal opportunties in education

14. Life-long learning

15. Educational centres with high standards

21. High level of environmental awareness

22. Orderly water and sewage system management

23. Orderly garbage collection

24. Friendly green spaces

25. Appropriate use of public space

26. Fulfil quality norms as per clean air, noise pollution, and electromagnetic field effects

27. Sustainable urban planning

28. A high quality of urban construction

29. A high quality of public urban construction

30. High standards in communication infrastructure

16. Efficient local administration system and favourable laws for entrepreneurship

17. Płock as a centre for modern technology and investment

18. Effective mobilization of non-government funding

19. Efficient economic and investment-related information system

20. Attracting non-local investment

Community Development High Environmental Standards

Economic Development

Sustainable development

THE GRANT FUND

Forum for Płock

Grant Fund for Płock

34 NGO implementing

projects. Areas: improving

welfare, tackling unemployment,

culture, education.

Priorities Funding

PKN Orlen City of Płock

UNDP

Monitoring and Evaluation

USD 125,000 USD 150,000

Input Input

InputManages Fund

THE GRANT FUND – continuation

• Partners (PKN ORLEN, Levi Strauss, City of Płock) decided to enlarge Fund ( c/a 325,000 USD for 2004) based on the results of pilot

• Capacity building programme for NGO • New partnership project initiated

– Technological Park, education reform, UNITAR

• UNDP develops ‘exit strategy’– Set up an organization that will carry on

UNDP functions

PPP replication and scaling up

• Agreement with PKN ORLEN to replicate the Plock model in 8 cities in Poland

• Started in 3 cities – ( Ostrow Wlkp, Wloclawek, Walbrzych)

• Develop network of NGO, municipalities and businesses working on PPPs for SD at local level

• Promoting the idea of ‘local/regional profiles’

• Promoting public awarding for companies that ‘care’ for the region/local community

CORE COMPETENCIES OF UNDP

• Partnership broker– UNDP a trusted, impartial third-party

brings parties together, side-stepping political tensions, suspicions and pre-conceptions

• Development/public policy expertise (substantive partner)– UNDP recognized for participatory

community development, improving welfare.

• Flexibility and quick decision-making• Transparent, accountable and neutral

mechanisms Fund management

LESSONS LEARNED

• Partnerships are a tool, not an end• ...but can be very powerful for local

sustainable development • The importance of:

– Developing simple, open and common ‘language’ between partners

– Continues dialog to understand common goals & interests

– Open discussions on risks (and opportunities)

– financial commitments ( should be included in an agreement)

– PATIENCE !– institutionalising learning

LESSONS LEARNED (cont)

• PPPs take time to mature– Take small steps– Private partner wants to move fast– Public partner prefers to go cautiously – UNDP patience required!

• Major HR commitment - staff time and credibility

• Stick to common agenda– Do not over-reach to where goals do not

overlap

• Accountability– You never know if company 100% “clean” -

keep business-like distance to avoid UNDP being implicated in internal “scandal”.

THANK YOU

Back-up

Building PPPs – the Płock model

audit/diagnose review of

strategy implementing

Key activities

Using Agenda 21 guidelines

SWOT analysis

Assessing the level of implementing the existing strategy in terms of tasks achieved, benchmarking, funds spent

Redefined mission

New strategic goals based on aspirations and qualities of citizens, organizations

Building capacity of partners to work in partnership

Passed by the City Council in June 03

Partners: City of Plock, PKN ORLEN, Levi Strauss, UNDP

Objective of the Fund: to support NGO in projects which also realise the updated SD strategy

1 edition of grants undergoing: 33 NGO received grants, 9 months to implement the projects

Timeframe 4 months

End products

ReportManagment instrument which allows for greater participation in decision making

Plock Community Budget for SD

4 months Long term endevour

Communication

FUND FOR PŁOCK

• Instrument which finances implementation of the reviewed SD strategy

• Builds capacity of NGO as partner in public goods provision (social integration)

• Initial value: 1,3 mln PLN• UNDP role: to set up transparent and

stable mechanisms for functioning, exit planned for Feb 05.

• Combining capital to apply for EU funding

INNOVATION

• Enhancing accountability – process innovation

•Stakeholder engagement•Partnership with media

• Fund – community budget to tackle social exclusion and better welfare performance – product innovation

• Support for NGO to partner with municipality in delivering public services