NGO Programme Karnataka/Tamil Nadu (SDC-IC NGO Programme Karnataka/Tamil Nadu)

Key message: Sustainable natural resource management with special emphasis on the socially/economically marginalised (eg. women, dalits, tribals).

Description

The overall project goal is to assist resource poor rural households in managing natural resources to improve their livelihoods in a sustainable way. The main objective in this last phase is to consolidate the various activities pursued by the partner NGOs in such a way that these activities are completed smoothly, become self-sustaining, or can be continued satisfactorily with other funding. Activities are guided by four key principles: Innovation (development of diverse and location specific interventions, farmer-led technologies); Self-reliance (promotion of community-based, sustainable development); Strong people's institutions (formation and strengthening of community-based people's organisations); and Equity (addressing gender issues and the needs of the resource poor, landless and other socially disadvantaged groups in order to achieve and sustain equity in managing and sharing natural resources). NRM activities centre on the sustainable use and conservation of water on rain-fed lands, and the strengthening of the relevant people’s institutions. The project also places particular emphasis on documentation of experiences and lessons learned. Capacity building is a crosscutting theme in all these areas of intervention.

Fact sheet

Type: Trust fund project
Start: 1996 End: 2005 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 | Local governance | Self-help groups and CBOs | Seed and seedling marketing | Development, processing and trade of NTFP | Integrated crop management | Organic farming | Soil and water conservation | PRA | Participatory programme monitoring and evaluation | Rural livelihoods and poverty | OD / ID | Capacity building | Capitalization of experiences | Indigenous knowledge

Funding source: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Staff

Project responsible:

Responsible at Delegation/Representation: Lucy Maarse

Responsible at Head Office: Philippe Vaneberg

Advisors, programme officers: Jane Carter

Contact

Address:
Programme Support and Management Unit (PSMU),
#49, 3rd Cross, 10th Main, Indiranagar 2nd Stage,
Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
Pin - 560 038

Phone: ++91 80 252 15 744 / 252 03 861 Fax: ++91 80 252 14 944

E-Mail: icngoktn@blr.vsnl.net.in / psmu@vsnl.com

Website: www.ispwdk.org