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JNNURM :Community participation fund
Posted on 06 Jun, 2009 02:56 AMForwarded to the Portal by: Deepa Gupta , IYCN One of the central features of JNNURM is community participation. Mandatory reform conditions such as Community Participation Law, to enable constitution of Area Sabhas within municipal wards and Public Disclosure Law are testimony to this fact. However, our experience shows community participation in various aspects of implementing JNNURM needs much greater attention than just the passage of laws for community participation. It is being increasingly realized that communities have little capacity to participate. Objective of the Fund: The primary objective of the fund is to catalyse community participation by supporting the building of community assets. In the long run, this should lead to increased community participation in the city's functioning thus enabling them to develop a sense of ownership on community assets and take on responsibilities for community-based exercises.
Changing geohydrological scenario in the hard rock terrain in India – A national seminar by the Geological Society of India
Posted on 04 Jun, 2009 03:20 PMThe national seminar on “Changing geohydrological scenario in the hard rock terrain in India”, was jointly organised by the Geological Society of India, Department of Mines and Geology, Central Ground Water Board, Karnataka Jal Biradari and Karnataka Institute of Cooperative Management.
Equity in watershed development in Hivre Bazar, western Maharashtra
Posted on 12 May, 2009 01:23 PMThis paper by Priya Sangameswaram in the Economic and Political Weekly deals with equity in watershed development in Hivre Bazar in Western Maharashtra.
Markets for watershed protection services and improved livelihoods in India: a policy brief by Winrock International India
Posted on 11 May, 2009 04:05 PMThe study is based on a scoping study on ‘Developing Markets for Watershed Protection Services and Improved Livelihoods in India,’ which Winrock International India (WII), New Delhi, undertook as part of a larger international study being carried out by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London.
WOTR wins Kyoto world water grand prize 2009
Posted on 29 Mar, 2009 04:12 PMAt the 5th World Water Forum, Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR), was awarded the coveted Kyoto World Water Grand Prize at a glittering closing ceremony to mark the closure of the Forum on World Water Day (March 22) at Istanbul, Turkey. The award was presented to Dr Marcella D'Souza, Executive Director of WOTR in recognition of the outstanding contribution made towards organising rural communities for watershed development and rain water harvesting in an inclusive, equitable, sustainable and gender sensitive manner.
Excerpt from CSE's latest film on the rich man's excreta and poor man's water
Posted on 15 Dec, 2007 07:35 AMTo quote : "CSE's latest film shows the relationship between rich man's shit and