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ORGANISATION UNDERSTANDING AGA KHAN RURAL SUPPORT PROGRAMME (INDIA) Presented by: Byomkesh Mishra Institute of Rural Management Anand

History 

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1983: Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, marked the Silver Jubilee of his Imamat with the announcement of a rural development programme for India during his visit to Gujarat 1984: Aga khan Rural Support Programme (India) was registered under the section 25 of Companies Act as a non-profit making company and started its activities in the state of Gujarat

Vision statement of Aga Khan AKRSP (I) can contribute in India to the creation of an enabling environment in which rural people can identify their needs and priorities and with professional support, organize themselves to improve the quality of their lives

Mission of AKRSP (I) AKRSP (I) exists to enable the empowerment of rural communities and groups, particularly the underprivileged and women, to take control over their lives and manage their environment to create a better and more equitable society

Basic Philosophy 

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Not a Funding Organisation but provide direct support to Village Institutions Rural Livelihood Enhancement- Better management of Natural Resources Development activity routed through Village InstitutionsEmpowering rural communities Poorest communities require the best quality inputsProfessionals of multiple disciplines Learning Process Approach Two pronged approach (Micro & Macro)- To create an Enabling Environment to improve livelihoods

Approaches for Rural Development Micro: Field Implementation and Community Development

Macro: Research, Training & Policy Advocacy

SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Values 

Equity 

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Participation/Team Work 

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Effectiveness and Efficiency in Performance

Excellence 

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Natural and Human Resources

Professionalism 

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Equal opportunities for Input

Environmental Concern 

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Equal opportunities for Access and Control

Quality, Precision, Efficiency, Growth

Sustainability 

People’s acquired ability

Organisation Structure BOARD OF DIRECTORS (Chairman) CENTRAL OFFICE (CEO) DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT TEAM Field support association

Policy advocacy

ORGANISATION SUPPORT TEAM Research & Monitoring

Services

Finance

Administration

HRD

SPEARHEAD TEAMS (Area Managers) Finance & Administration

Research & Monitoring

Programme Specialists

CLUSTER OFFICES (Cluster Managers) Programme Assistant

Community Organizers

VILLAGE COMMUNITIES

Functional & Logistics

Programme Areas 

Bharuch- Surat- Narmada : (Netrang )    

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Junagadh : (Gadu)    

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Rain fed Socially homogeneous tribal society Poorest blocks in state Good but under managed natural resource base Coastal Multi caste society Large number of commercial farmers Over exploitation of rich natural resources

Surendranagar : (Sayla)   

Drought prone Feudal, conflict-ridden, multi caste society Poor natural resource base

Contd… 

Kutch 

Training and Capacity Building Unit  

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Anjar 

Health and Education 

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Capacity building needs of small NGOs Drought Proofing Projects

Along with other AKDN agencies

Drought Proofing Projects

Madhya Pradesh  

Began operations in 2004 Dhar and Nimar districts

Sources of Funds Others Governme nt 13% 4% People 23% AKRSP (I) 10%

EC 50%

EC Funded Programs 

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Community Management of Natural Resources (CMNR): 1994-2001 Sustainable Community based Approaches for Livelihood Enhancement (SCALE): 20022011 

Field implementation (theme based approach) 

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SIP,RBM, GPAM, DWM, Drought Proofing, PIM, WDP, MED

Outreach (collaborative effort)   

DSC, ARAVALI, Research/Academic Institutions Policy Advocacy Research and Capacity Building

Organising Processes for Collective Awareness Development* Collective Consciousness

Collective Action

Collective Reflection

Mobilisation for Movement

Motivational components

Motivational needs Diversities within Organisation

Creativity

Sensitivity Impact

Diversities in Environment

Future Plans and Challenges    

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Field implementation and Outreach activities Intensive work in the new area More emphasis on class equity issue AKRSP(I) has a vision that over the period it will enhance the livelihoods of about 1,00,000 households in about 1000 villages It will also reduce its role in older village institutions so that without staff expansion , new villages and themes can be taken up Facilitative rather than interventionist approach (federal structure of VIs, promoting new local NGOs)

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