Major Efforts

1.Base-line Survey :Participatory base-line survey in 10 % of the proposed area to assess exclusion and particiaption of local communities as a benchmark.

2.Formation of Block Level Information Centres : Block Level Information Centres (BLICS) providing information on schemes and programmes their objectives, fund flows, targets, beneficiarie, etc. facilitating local level monitoring.

3.Training & Capacity Building For Youth Empowerment : Training of youth on Government schemes and programmes for village mobilisation, and emerge as change agents.

4.Linkages and Joint Programmes with Government Agencies : Community members will be facilitated to proactively participate in all Government and local Panchayati Raj institutions, and monitor the decisions, schemes and programmes.

5.Interface workshops with Government Organisations & Panchayati Raj Institutions : To facilitate sharing of information, ongoing monitoring of access and availability to beneficiaries, regularity of Govt functionaries, leakages, and exclusion and inclusion issues,

6.Development & Dissemination of IEC material : Information of different Government Programmes in local language, designed for easy readability and published and disseminated widely.

7.Street theatres and other traditional media : Traditional media, including puppetry, street theatre, and folk songs for better effective information flow, with special focus on women.

8.Documentation and dissemination of Best practices : Documentation of experiences and success stories for learning and upscaling

9.State & District level Consultations : To facilitate interactions between poeple, leaders, mainstream media, and Government for showcasing best practices, and sharing of learnings.

Institutional Framework :

The implementation of the project will be through key people centred institutions at different levels :

   1.Block Level Citizen’s Action Forum

   2.The District Right to Information Forum

   3.The State Right to Information Forum

Methodology :

The project will be taken up in a consortium approach, involving partners and associates with local identity, and local presence at the district level.