CAPACITY BUILDING: WAY TO GOOD GOVERNANCE AT MUNICIPAL LEVEL

With the passage of the 74th Constitution Amendment Act 1992, there is increasingly more pressure on the ULBs to ensure better service delivery to the citizens. Good governance is one of the essential propositions for providing better service delivery to the citizens, as well as for sustainable development in both economic and social senses. Capacity building is a scope and an initiative to address the three essential aspects of good governance, viz. transparency, accountability and responsiv eness of the administration. Purpose of this article is to identify the methods of capacity building at municipal level. The essay is based on some direct observation of the methods suggested by various competent authorities for capacity building at ULBlevel. Considering the theoretical and the practical issues, we shall attempt to find out an ideal process for good governance at ULB level through Capacity Building. Capacity building is the development of knowledge, skills and attitudes in individualsand groups of people relevant in the design, development and maintenance of institutional and operational infrastructures and processes that are locally meaningful (Groot and Moolen, 2001). It is a long -term, continuing process, in which all stakeholders participate. Instead of just training, capacity building involves Human Resource Development, Organizational Development, Institutional and Legal Framework Development, Infrastructure Development and Financial Capacity Building. The concept of Capacity Building is the process of improving organizations. It should be carefully planned and implemented to benefit the organization, its employees and its stakeholders. The organization may be an entire company, public agency, non -profit organizations, volunteer group or a smaller part of a larger organization. This study confines itself in process of planning for Capacity Building at the ULB level.