ACCESS is a not-for-profit company whose overall aim is to incubate new institutions to enable their self-sufficiency and self-sustainability. To this end, it offers specialised technical assistance under two verticals: microfinance and livelihoods.
The 2011 theme of the competition is centered on the "Collectives in the Agri-allied Sector". For purposes of the competition, agri allied sector comprises the dairy, poultry, goatary, sheep rearing, piggery, fisheries, sericulture and bee keeping etc sectors.
The aim of the 2011 case study competition is to seek contributions on emerging collective initiatives across the agri allied sector. The case study should cover any combination of the following themes/ issues.
- Conditions within which the collective action was initiated
- Factors that contributed to the success of the collective action
- Role of external agency, if any. Nature of facilitation/ intervention/support
- Key theme of collective action
- Organisational arrangement for the collective action
- Type and nature of external linkages
- Parameters of success and results thereon
- Critical challenges for continued success of the collective action
The competition welcomes entries from Indian as well as foreign nationals, applicants may be management professionals, practitioners, teachers, researchers, or students, case entries may have more than one author, but the submission will be considered as one only, each applicant(s) may submit one case only, employees of ACCESS and IRMA and their relatives are not eligible to participate in this competition.
Last date to send registration form with abstract of the case study (maximum 400 words): 15th June, 2011
Announcement of shortlisted abstracts: 30th June, 2011
Submission of final case studies: 31st August, 2011
Click here for registration form and more details
Contact details:
Aarti Dayal,
Livelihoods India Secretariat,
Access Development Services,
28, Hauz Khas Village,
New Delhi - 110 016
Tel: (011)-26510915
email: livelihoodsindia@accessdev.org
Website: http://accessdev.org
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