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J.M.
Balamorugan is a Indian
Government Official taking a 4-5 year service with Civil Society.
and is the CEO of Isha
Foundation.
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Coherence for Development and Role
of Spirituality
Collaborations between Civil Society,
Government and Private Sector
Instead of using the word collaboration I would
use the word inclusive, where we are trying to
include everyone. It is an inclusive development
of an inclusive society. Whether it is private
factory, or a private sector corporation, or a
government undertaking, or a government
organization, or a local body, all these
institutions are serving the core purpose of
achieving human well-being. And when you look at
human well-being, it is essential that they
collaborate and create synergies between each
other.
The Government is very good in policy formulation,
in planning, in providing finance, but after all,
whatever policy you formulate sitting in your head
quarters, ultimately it has unfold, blossom in the
field, on the ground. Therefore it is useful for
the government to collaborate with civil societies
who are working at grassroots, with the people, so
that what the government cannot do it can be done
by the civil society. Civil society by their
nature is flexible, small and they can work with
the people at more close quarters. Ultimately just
by framing policies things will not happen.
Corporate, private sectors, also cannot see
themselves as different and excluded from this
process, because they also have to serve the
society, ultimately. That is why you see now more
and more corporate giving social service much
beyond their business operations. So unless all
these three agencies collaborate with each other
the human well-being will not be comprehensibly
addressed.
Instead of using the word collaboration I would use the word
inclusive, where we are trying to include everyone. It is an inclusive
development of an inclusive society. Whether it is private factory, or
a private sector corporation, or a government undertaking, or a
government organization, or a local body, all these institutions are
serving the core purpose of achieving human well-being. And when you
look at human well-being, it is essential that they collaborate and
create synergies between each other.
The Government is very good in policy formulation, in planning, in
providing finance, but after all, whatever policy you formulate
sitting in your head quarters, ultimately it has unfold, blossom in
the field, on the ground. Therefore it is useful for the government to
collaborate with civil societies who are working at grassroots, with
the people, so that what the government cannot do it can be done by
the civil society. Civil society by their nature is flexible, small
and they can work with the people at more close quarters. Ultimately
just by framing policies things will not happen. Corporate, private
sectors, also cannot see themselves as different and excluded from
this process, because they also have to serve the society, ultimately.
That is why you see now more and more corporate giving social service
much beyond their business operations. So unless all these three
agencies collaborate with each other the human well-being will not be
comprehensibly addressed.
Because I thought that it time to give back to society and get a
reality check of what we are doing as government offices. After some
time in the government one realizes that you are out of touch with the
reality and it is necessary to go back to the root and learn a lot of
things and unlearn a lot of things. When you are in touch with people
you are actually able to see their conditions and realities and your
policy formulation gets much more realistic. This is one of the reason
I have chose to work in the civil society and also to bring in my
experience as a government official in the implementations of the
programs of the civil society. An other important reason to work for
civil society is to fill-in this gap of what we cannot achieve in the
government can be achieved in the civil society. And when a government
official is coming in the civil society, that gap is filled. |
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see full interview:
:http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL19CD1F8E78885101
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