The programme envisaged that a cadre of enlightened/strengthened visionary leadership with strong intermediation skills and strong networks of locally rooted institutions at the grass roots level, which are democratically governed and managed with collective leadership will emerge through planned interventions. It was hoped that this cadre of enlightened leaderships and their networks would facilitate meaningful interface between citizens groups and various governance institutions to articulate their demands and access their rights and entitlements.
Objectives:
The programme envisaged that a cadre of enlightened/strengthened visionary leadership with strong intermediation skills and strong networks of locally rooted institutions at the grass roots level, which are democratically governed and managed with collective leadership will emerge through planned interventions. It was hoped that this cadre of enlightened leaderships and their networks would facilitate meaningful interface between citizens groups and various governance institutions to articulate their demands and access their rights and entitlements.
Geographical Spread:
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India, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa an d Thailand
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PRIA would work with SDI, SPARC and ACHR, (IPA would be the partner of Rockefeller and would focus upon CORC, Pamoja Trust and Jamii Bora in Africa)
Key areas/components:
-Preparing profiles of citizen collectives
-Training for citizen collectives and citizen leaders
-Regular meetings and ongoing support
-Organising exposure visits
-Citizen centred interface workshop/meeting
-Awareness building through folk media
-Facilitating networks of citizen collectives
Key outputs:
-Citizens' Profile
-Citizen action at local levels contributed in effective delivery of development programme
Year/Period:
2002-2006
Client:
The Ford Foundation, India
Cost of the project:
