The Price of Rebuilding a War-Torn TownWritten by : Bojana Blagojevic

Comments: The Priceof Rebuilding a War-Torn Town

What Is Wrong and What Should Be Done?By : Eve Annecke

Phil MorganLyuba Palyvoda

From the book Global Public Management Case and Comments

Prepared By :SHAHRIL BUDIMAN

STISIPOL RAJA HAJI-TANJUNGPINANG

General OverviewIn the small town after inter-ethnics war, Maria’s Non-Governmental Organization works with her colleagues in few years. Maria has been the director of the organization and aims to recover and maintenance victims of civil war.

They have several goals to help the ethnics community during the war, it was to provide emergency medical aid a, food and another program was successfully is electricity and running the water for this community.

After the war, Maria NGO had another program to develop war-torn town and makes several social activity to rebuild community life in the post-war

Condition after warA major source of employment in the town, a

furniture factory, was completely destroyed during the war.

People become poverty and unemployment.Afraid to face condition in the future, The

feeling of “Helplessness”.Reconciliation of the refugees.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) indicated there was a large number of refugees and displaced ethnic minorities who wished to return to their homes in this town

Maria NGO ProgramsDuring the inter-etchnics war• Assisted the local people and shared their

struggle to survive in the midst of constant fighting, shelling, hunger, and despair

• Provide emergency medical aid and food• Another results, electricity and running

water

Post-War• Providing economic assistance (rebuild

furniture factory), create jobs• Promoting inter-ethnic reconciliation through

refugee returns

Problems

Acceptance of ethnic minority (the refugee) returning to their homes

Local politicians have done everything in their power to prevent ethnic minorities from returning to he town

Refusal from the mayor about reconciliation for allowing the ethnic minority refugees

Problem Solving & CommentsWhat Is Wrong and What Should Be Done? Eve Annecke

Maria needs to rapidly meet with other stakeholders, organizations,and more moderate politicians, keeping the project of rebuilding thefactory foremost in peoples’ mindsNo quick fix to her previously simplistic, rational, deal-making approach and that she needs his help to strategically attempt to slowly and painfully reintegrate the town through the rebuilding of the factoryThe point is for Maria to fine-tune her focus on the process andto trust this process. Through dialogue, creating space for peoples’ stories,and keeping focused on the possibility of rebuilding their town as a beaconof hope in war-torn times

Phil MorganThe main point divide in two-track strategy : Economic Assistance and Conflict Resolution

The NGO needs to be sure that the furniture factory represents a robust and enduring economic entityThat option will also require strategic assessment and should be linked with the region beyond the town itself (Marked Based)

Problem Solving & CommentsWhat Is Wrong and What Should Be Done?

Another source like “Bank” dedicated to very small loans to support both “sure-thing” and more entrepreneurial ventures (Micro Financing Institution)

The NGO will need to foster a broadcommunity consultative process relating to (Conflict Management)

5Problem Solving & CommentsWhat Is Wrong and What Should Be Done?

Lyuba Palyvoda

Maria’s NGO needs to establish a new priority list

Work directly with the community

Maria’s NGO lacks a clear strategy

Maria and her organizationto conduct organizational strategic

planning

Communication between Maria’s group and the local politicians and governmental officials was woefully inadequate

Community support and ownershipof the new organizational priorities are

developedCompromises

STRATEGY

AssesmentThe three advisors have a good

suggestion but probably to mix their comments will be good solution. Several idea necessary to considering for solved the reconciliation and economic assistance.

The keyword from advisors is Consensus. And Maria NGO must doing step by step and doing difference approach after they failed ensure the mayor

SolutionMaria NGO should take

reconciliation, communication with the community, another stakeholder, local politicians and apologize about her mistake to the mayor.

Evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses/Limitations, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) this about strategic planning for the Maria NGO in the future

Rational – Comprehensive Decision Making

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