ISPWD-K (Indo - Swiss Participative Watershed Development Project - Karnataka)

Key message: Supporting local people & their institutions to manage watersheds sustainably, particularly empowering the socially marginalised.

Description

ISPWDK began as a bilateral project in 1995 in collaboration with the Government of Karnataka and NGOs in 5 districts of north Karnataka. Now in its second phase, the project operates in three districts with the same NGO partners. The overall goal is to reduce poverty and to enhance the choices & opportunities of the people in the project areas, through the restoration, improved management and sustainable use of natural resources to address rural livelihoods. The project aims to contribute to policy dialogue in watershed development in India through the use of innovative approaches and techniques, and appropriate documentation. The project is process oriented, people centered and equity focused, with emphasis on the rural poor, landless, small & marginal farmers, women and their institutions. The main activities of the project revolve around capacity building, watershed rehabilitation, agriculture production, livelihoods promotion, community support, planning, monitoring and documentation. The institutions at village level are Village Development Societies (VDSs), Watershed Management Committees (WMCs), SHGs etc. The partner NGOs, coordinated through SDC/IC's Programme Support & Management Unit, facilitate and support activities at watershed & programme level respectively.

Fact sheet

Type: Trust fund project
Start: 2000 End: 2006 Status: Closed

Region: South Asia

Country: India

Working domain: Natural Resource Management | Rural Economy | Local Governance and Civil Society

Key topic: Gender oriented entrepreneurship | Saving and credit schemes development | Financial institution building | Organisational development | Self-help groups and CBOs | Integrated crop management | Soil and water conservation | Watershed management | Rehabilitation of degraded land | Farm forestry | PRA | Participatory programme monitoring and evaluation | Gender analysis | Gender awareness building | Rural livelihood systems | Food security | Rural livelihoods and poverty | Capacity building | Capitalization of experiences

Funding source: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Staff

Project responsible: J. Jangal

Responsible at Delegation/Representation: Rupa Mukerji

Responsible at Head Office: Philippe Vaneberg

Contact

Address:
PSMU, No. 3445, 2nd Floor, 4th Cross, 10th Main road, Indiranagar 2nd Stage, Bangalore, Karnataka State, India
PIN: 560 038

Phone: ++91-80-25214944, 25215744 Fax: ++91-80-25214944, 25215744

E-Mail: psmu@vsnl.com

Website: www.ispwdk.org