Lord Nat Wei, head of the British government of the "Big Society ", presented in Rome on February 24 last year, welfare reform based on an increasingly active civil society. A major project, which predominate on many unknowns." To see it done - Nat Wei says - it may take more of 60 years. "
More power to citizens by involving them in the administration of the country and the delivery of public services (including in important areas such as health, public transport, security and education) to take responsibility and enhance their sense of initiative. But also realize substantial savings for the state, creating, over time, a massive transfer of powers and duties to the community local and civil organizations. But for the benefit of citizens, ensure the British Government. Because people know their problems and solving them often know better than to take a central level.
It is around this that the Big Wheel Society, the major project to reform the Welfare of the Government of David Cameron.
To illustrate the principles, the Foundation has today called on Rome to talk about Lord Nat Wei, head of the British Government's program Big Society.
Chinese parents, 33 years, Lord Wei is the youngest member of the House of Lords of the British Parliament. "There are three conditions from which to understand the reasons for this reform," he says.
"The first is the lack of trust in institutions. Only 2 out of 5 British say they are satisfied from the services and public confidence in government is at its lowest rate since the Second World War. " In short, if the British do not trust the institutions, which are to take care of their "public" and through the enhancement of their skills, their initiative and their involvement with the territory, that service, that common good.
But there's more. "In England there are very strong social inequality and a large section of the population lives in conditions of hardship. Alcohol related hospital discharges increased by 5.7% since 2006 to 2009. " The Big Society, says the expert of the British government, will allow many people in need not only to be helped, but also to become leaders of a range of activities that will allow him to earn some money, build skills, of spacing 'marginalization in which they find themselves today.
Third assumption: the economic crisis, which imposes challenges and changes, also viewed as the industrial development has now moved east of the world, making it even more difficult the economic recovery in Western countries. What to do? If state funding is intended to diminish the response to the needs of citizens is in subsidiarity.
And so, the state stands aside and local communities will be collected in voluntary associations or cooperatives to manage a variety of public services which now deals with the state. It will do so through funds provided by the "Big Bank Society" (the idea that the government will be partly funded through the dormant accounts of which no one claimed ownership for 15 years) or through funds created by the citizens themselves.
This will allow the civil community can be master of its own destiny, to meet the specific needs of their local context, to preserve their history and imagine their future. But will also allow the State to obtain significant savings. "Our estimates point to savings ranging from 8 to 15%, depending on the type of service. Resources that the government can then invest in new efforts and activities for the benefit of the Big Society.
Principles certainly innovative. Maybe too much, so much so that the reform proposed by Cameron, to read many reports in the British press does not seem to convince the British of all, according to which the Big Society is a beautiful mask behind which they hide heavy cuts. The fear is that people will find themselves with fewer services and lower quality than they can rely on today. To maintain a degree of pessimism is the vagueness which accuses the government of Cameron, the tools that should enable us to achieve this "perfect" society.
Lord Wei, in some cases we are talking about very important services, such as healthcare. The Government will have a regulatory role and monitoring service quality that the "public companies" fail to deliver and to ensure that there are critical areas abandoned because people do not want to invest their own forces?
I believe that the great challenge of the Big Society is just that the state's role and how it is performed this role in terms of ensuring equality in services provided to citizens. But the Big Society is an ongoing project, that change every day to respond to items that arise. It is a project that we want to achieve with the public. Mindful that it made it may take even 60 years. "
We have a very broad canvas on which we are operating, particularly in the poor, to free up resources, which are limited in areas where there is greatest need. In England there are areas that need more solidarity and areas that need less. I believe that giving the company a leading role in the areas of weakness will increase the quality of services offered. Especially in those services where the government can not or will not act. The Big
Society clearly has to deal with the objectives of the Government and those of citizens. But there is a community that can act without the support of the Government.
What criteria Society Big Bank funds will be allocated to projects submitted by the citizens?
The Big Bank Society will manage only money to invest in the social sector, but will not be in direct contact with citizens or with charities. The Big Bank Society will act through the small local banks, which then allocate funds to various projects in order to respond to local needs.
What are the next steps?
There are three areas in particular, on which we are already concentrating. One is to update and reform the civil service and improving the legal framework and legislation on social enterprise, and the identification of financial instruments, such as tax breaks and a new investment policy by the banks.
The path is long and difficult, but quoting Margaret Mead, "Never doubt that a small group of people aware and conscious can change the world. It is always the only way to do this. "
LC (from Daily Health )
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