| Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty |
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Extended support to Society
for Elimination of Rural Poverty in its World Bank supported District
Poverty Initiatives Project (in AP) and AP Rural Poverty Reduction
Project (spread over 864 mandals and coastal fishermen villages - 80%
of rural Andhra Pradesh – with outreach of at least 31 lakh families)
((Feb’01-Jan’04) through Mr. G Muralidhar as its State Project Adviser
(Livelihoods) with responsibilities for managing the Livelihoods
Framework (for poor) and Rs 1,200 crore Community Investment Fund (CIF)
including the Environment Management Framework).
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Competency-based Selection Process
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Designing and Managing Traineeship for Young Development Professionals working with poor directly,
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Conceptualizing and managing the Learning Programs for Livelihood Associates and
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District Livelihood Resource Groups across the state
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Nurturing the development professionals required for the two projects and
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Extending strategic inputs and support for Project Management including
building Systems, Processes, Mechanisms and Organization.
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from the above core responsibilities, his lead involvement has been in
the following key strategic processes underway/completed: |
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Evolution of Cooperative Development Organisation(s) around the
livelihood activities – consumption, labour/services and commodities –
of the poor in Andhra Pradesh (established now)
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Business Financing Support from Financial Institutions for the perspective (business) plans of the poor,
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Co-nurturing the APLEAP (AP Livelihoods Enhancement Action Platform) processes
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Operational Manual, Project Implementation Plan and the draft Project
Appraisal Document relating to the Livelihoods of the Poor, Community
Investment Fund and Environment Management Framework for the AP Rural
Poverty Reduction Project including the studies related to it
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Responsibility for the Mid-term Review of the Project and post-MTR processes (Sep’03-Jan’04)
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Overseeing/leading Monitoring and Learning Function (Jun’03-Jan’04)
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| WEEM - IGK Project of UNIFEM-Kovel Foundation: |
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Process Support to WEEM-IGK Project of UNIFEM-Kovel Foundation.
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Support in building MACS of the NTFP collectors to move the women, up the value-chain.
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UNDP - Endogenous Tourism Project at Pochampally:
Associated
with the UNDP and Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, in their
Endogenous Tourism Project site at Pochampally, to extend software
support for enhancing the livelihoods of the poor.
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Gantlavelli Gram Panchayat, Mahabubnagar
Mentoring and hand-holding support to Gram Panchayat |
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