Environment Systems Branch (ESB)

     The 9th Annual CLEAN- India Meet was held on the 2nd Dec at Shri Satya Sai International Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.The theme of this year’s CLEAN-India meet was Community Action. Sixteen of the CLEAN-India centres including Delhi presented and shared their initiatives and successes in community action for environment conservation. Shrimati Maneka Gandhi (M.P.) was the chief guest. Representatives from European Commission, Government of NCT of Delhi were also present on the occasion.

      The Government of Japan, in co operation with the Secretariat of Basel Convention and National Institute of Environmental
      Studies, Japan organised the Asia-Pacific Inception Workshop on Environmentally Sound Management of Electronic and
      Electrical  Wastes in Tokyo from November 21-25, 2005.  Her Excellency Yuriko Koike, Minister of Environment, Government
      of Japan, in her opening remarks, emphasised the need for effective co-soperation amongst stakeholders to cope with the
      growing e- waste problem in the Asia-Pacific region. Development Alternatives was invited to participate in the workshop, as a
      representative of the NGO sector from India. Dr. K Vijayalakshmi, Senior Programme s Director presented a multistakeholder
      partnership approach, elaborating the role that NGOs can play in response to the global threat of e-waste, which was highly
      appreciated by the participants

Institutions Systems Branch (ISB)

 The Organisational Development Self Assessment (ODSA) training programme was organized at Sahabhaghi Siskhan Kendra, Lucknow from 1-5th December 2005 for a few selected ROs from PACS State. The programme facilitated by Mind Mentor and coordinated jointly by Catalyst Management Services-Bangalore, Constructive Catalyst-Maharashtra and Global Ideas- Lucknow for the PACS programme helped the participating ROs gain practical experience in Organisational Self Assessment thereby enhancing their knowledge on operationalizing process of the OD self assessment.

    ◘  PST meeting took place in all sixs PACS operated states. Draft state specific Capacity Building strategy has been developed and submitted to Management Consultant for approval.

     ◘  A draft proposal from Murray Culshaw Consulting (MCC) was received by MC for consideration to undertake the Governance Workshop in MP&CG. MCC would be appointed to undertake the same training programme for CSOs in Maharashtra and Bihar after successful and satisfactory completion in MP&CG.

     ◘   At TARAgram, the Training System Group (TSG) of Development Alternatives conducted four training programmes for the CSO partners on Micro-planning (Batch I), Fund Raising (Batch I), Moderation Hindi (Batch I) and Gender & Development during December 2005. In January 2006, six training programmes have been planned to be organized at TARAgram viz; Project Management Tools (Batch II), Organizational Development, PRA (Batch II), Financial Management, Human Resource Development and Social Audit.   

TARAhaat

      
 ◘  Under the Microsoft Unlimited Potential Programme, the number of girl students reached 834 .
 ◘  TARA Akshar, the literacy programme, has been rolled out in Bundelkhand region of Central India. About 72 women students are enrolled under the programme, which is currently functional in six villages .