Welcome to WASSAN
Delegates from Ethiopia
14 to 16 Mar 2013
Organization of Thoughts
About WASSAN Group of Institutions
Evolution of Policies in Watershed
Management in India
Role of WASSAN in Watershed Management
About WASSAN Group of Institutions
Watershed Support Services and Activities
Network (WASSAN)
WASSAN Foundation
Networks and Resource Centers
Vision
Entrench
through
participatory
network
processes
approach
strengthen
Natural
Management
practices
that
Resources
to
secure
livelihoods of deprived communities
in drought prone areas.
Participatory practices include
* Network
* Capacity Building * Advocacy
development
& Institutional
Started as a
network of
NGOs in AP
wanting to
make a
contribution
to the
watershed
development
in the state
1995
Network & an
advocacy forum
The path we travelled …..
Registered
as a Public
Trust
1999
Network based
Support
Organisation to
NGOs in AP
2003
Network based
Support
Organisation to
Networks of NGOs
+ CBOs + PRIs +
GoAP
2013
..
Network based
Support
Organisation to GoI,
Several State
Governments;
NABARD; Networks
and NGO Networks;
Institutions of
Communities;
Activists
Mainstreaming...
Policies
Creating necessary policies
and programs
Converting the experiences
Procedures into operational steps and
institutional mechanisms
Processes
Generating and documenting
field experiences and
innovations
WASSAN Institutional Domain
Node of Change
CORE
Node of HID
Node of
Knowledge
WASSAN Institutional Domain
11
10
12
9
Node of Change
1
8
7
CORE
Node of HID
6
2
Node of
Knowledge
3
5
4
Supported by..
• State and Central Governments; NABARD;
International Donors; Bilateral Projects; Academic
Institutions; Indian Donors
• NGO and Networks of NGOs
• CBOS and Networks of CBOs
Evolution of Watershed
Management Policies in India
Evolution of
Watershed
Management
Policies in India
Convergences of Programs and Funds
NRM Focused Programs
Employment / Security
RVP – 1960’s
FFW-
DPAP – 1971
NRLEP
DDP - 1975
EAS
NWDPRA- 1985-6
MoRD Guidelines’ 95
IWDP- 1989
MoRD Revised Guidelines’
2001, 2003, 2008 and 2012
CHANGING FOCUS in the Policies…
RVP : Control siltation
FFW : Relief in crisis
DPAP : Devt. of non-arable
and drainage lines
EAS : Employment
guarantee
DDP : Arresting expansion
of desertification
MoRD Guidelines :
IWDP : Arresting
expansion of desertification
•Organizing community
NWDPRA : enhancing
crop productivity
•Participatory NRM
•Focus on equity &
livelihoods of the poor
Hariyali – PRI
Common Guidelines : NRM,
Livelihoods, Productivity
Main Purposes
of WSD
Projects -
Conservation
Production
Sustainable
Resources,
Growth in
Income and
Equity
Institutional Arrangements
State Level Nodal Agency
District Watershed Development Unit
Project Implementing Agency
Watershed Development Team
Watershed Committee
User Groups
SHGs
Secretary
Time Frame –
1.5 Years – Preparatory Phase
3 Years – Works Phase
0.5 Years – Consolidation
Phasee
Budget: 12000 Rs/ Hect
for 5000 Hect - 6 Crores
for 7 Years
Institutions to help individuals and collectives
of individuals to realise their goals and
aspirations
Role of WASSAN in Watershed
Management
Role of WASSAN in Watershed Management
Resource Support Organization – Providing Professional and
advisory services to large scale watershed management projects
(capacity building; project evaluation and monitoring support;
research)
Project Implementing Agency – Implementing watershed
management projects in selected blocks
Networking and Lobbying Group: Policy Advocacy along with
like minded organizations for improving the policy and practice
of watershed management
Improving the Content of Program: Diversity and Comprehensive
approaches – rainfed agriculture and allied sectors; rights
perspectives, etc.
Policies and Practices in Watershed
Management in a lighter way …