‘Change from within? An attempt to “transform” the untransformable’

Sara Wolcott, Future Health Systems and STEPS Centre Researcher

The Center of Excellence for Change in Chennai, India, is trying to change the Indian Bureaucracy – mostly focused on the water sector – using both a ‘change from within’ and a ‘change from without’ approach focused on enhancing human agency and tackling hierarchical structures. While it is far too early to label their approach as ‘successful’, their work is impacting relationships between public officials and villagers within the context of an Integrated Water Resource Management Programme.  This seminar, based on a short values-based evaluation and largely informal observations, highlights their processes and asks what lessons can be learned for other change-efforts especially within the public sector.

All welcome.