Transparency of community resource management: Create community resource management register. (AMVDR0001)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Action plan – Vanadzor, Armenia, 2021 – 2026
Inception Report Summary: Inception Report – Action plan – Vanadzor, Armenia, 2021 – 2026
Commitment Start: Dec 2021
Commitment End: Jul 2024
Institutions involved:
- Vanadzor Municipality
- Gyumri Municipality
Primary Policy Area:
Primary Sector:
OGP Value:
- Access to information
- Technology and Innovation for Transparency and Accountability
- Public Accountability
- Civic Participation
Inception Report Summary
Verifiable: Yes
Relevance to OGP Values: Yes
The commitment is a new regulation, policy, practice or requirement.
The commitment activities will result in a change of the rules, practices or policies that govern a policy area, public sector and/or relationship between citizens and is binding or institutionalized across government or specific institution(s).
Description
Commitment ID
AMVDR0001
Commitment Title
Transparency of community resource management: Create community resource management register.
Problem
Community resource management needs to be made more transparent and accountable.
In this regard, it is quite important to clarify and introduce competition procedures and mechanisms for community property resources. An existing or newly created electronic community resource inventory application/tool (defining what counts as a community resource) should be used to clarify procedures for each use (grants, assistance/aid, donations, sale, auction, rent, etc.). Often grants are provided from the municipal budget of a particular organization, assistance to citizens and other donations about which there is no reliable information. Developing a reporting and monitoring mechanism will help improve the effective management of community resources.
Status quo
All community resources process separately and in diverse formats and procedures. The unified information isn't available in official community channels.
Action
It is necessary to create a unified register/system of community resources for the communities of Gyumri and Vanadzor, where the community resources will be determined: movable and immovable property (including the community budget), determination of procedures, mechanisms and legal procedures to manage these resources. Particular attention is paid to assistance provided from the community budget, grants, donations, management of the public real estate and Cemetery management problems.
Mapping and addressing are possible here, the order has already been approved by the government. In particular, comprehensive information on land acquisition.
How will the commitment contribute to solving the public problem described above?
The registers will help the communities' residents to understand:
1. What and which resources do communities have?
2. What changes have been made to them?
3. What mechanisms are used to utilize these resources?
4. Data will be simplified for public scrutiny.
5. This regulation will improve the quality of public inquiries, will allow receiving more specific proposals from the public.
6. Increasing the level of trust and confidence of community officials and of their decisions.
Primary Policy Area
Asset Disclosure, Audits & Controls, Fiscal Openness, Open Contracting, Open Data, Right to Information, Social Accountability
Primary Sector
Aid, Cross-sectoral, Public Services (general)
What OGP value is this commitment relevant to?
| Access to information | The community resource management register will provide information on the community's all resources and mechanisms for utilization of the resources. |
| Technology and Innovation for Transparency and Accountability | Implementation of the commitment needs innovative solutions and new technologies. |
| Public Accountability | The community resource management register helps municipalities to raise the accountability of community Mayors' and Elders' decisions. |
| Civic Participation | This solution helps observers and communities residents to oversight the budget and provide civic monitoring. |