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| Vision |
| PLANET KERALA believes that participation is basic to humanization, democratisation, development and the dynamism that reinforces human rights, social
justice and environmental sustainability. |
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| Mission |
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The Mission of PLANET KERALA is to enable and facilitate active participation of all the stakeholders, particularly the weaker among them and their institutions/organisations,
in the process of development and governance |
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| Aims and objectives |
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a) Capacity Building: To improve capacity of communities, grass-root level institutions, NGOs, Governments and other development actors to internalise and apply participatory
approaches |
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b) Supporting Participatory Development Initiatives: To support and collaborate with different stakeholders to promote
participatory development initiatives |
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c) Networking and Sharing: To network and share experiences and insights with local, national and international partners in development
and governance to mainstream participatory approaches |
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d) Process and Methodological Innovations: To develop Processes, Frameworks, Methods and Tools to address specific issues,
facilitate participation and action research |
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e) Research and Documentation: To facilitate and undertake participatory research for generating knowledge towards action and to
document and disseminate results and experiences |
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f) Advocacy: To undertake advocacy functions for influencing policies, processes and programmes to promote participation
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FOCUS AREAS: |
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PLANET KERALA has acquired capacities and experiences in the following focus areas: |
| • Participatory approaches for strengthening Local Governance |
| • Facilitating Gender Equity approach |
| • Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods through participatory processes |
| • Participatory Management of Natural Resources |
| • Participatory Appraisals/assessments and Micro Planning |
| • Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation by building up internal learning and management systems |
| • Participatory Evaluations and Impact Assessments by all the stakeholders |
| • Local Community initiated Environment Impact Assessments |
| • Facilitating Participatory Action Research and Participatory Technology Development (selected issues/themes) |
| • Facilitating Organizational/Institutional development processes |
| • Facilitating Participatory Action Research processes for Building on Results |
| • Process Monitoring, Evaluation and Documentation |
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