2nd Annual Forum of the Water Community Bangalore, 23 - 25 July; contact for more information 3rd Annual Forum of the MCH Community Udaipur, Rajasthan; 17 & 18 March 2008 read more
Visioning Workshop of the Disaster Management Community New Delhi; 13-14 February 2008 read more
2nd Annual Forum of the Work & Employment Community Patna, Bihar; 20-22 February 2008 read more
Impact stories provided by members of Solution Exchange Communities illustrate how Solution Exchange has influenced policies and program implementation, improved the capacities of individuals and organizations, increased knowledge, and changed attitudes.
AIDS Community Impact Stories
Mandatory Testing for HIV
Efforts by the AIDS Community members helped the Governor of Goa reconsider his decision to amend the Public Health Act that requires pre-marital testing for HIV…
How to Introduce Sex Education in Schools The AIDS Community prepared a document on introducing sex education into CBSE affiliated schools, for submission by UNAIDS to the Parliamentary Committee…
Voicing Opinions on NACP-III Through the UNAIDS India website, AIDS Community’s e-consultations offered a platform to examine India’s National AIDS Control Policy…
Linking with the AIDS Competence Process An Action Group of the AIDS Community is reviewing the AIDS Competence Process in HIV programmes of Samraksha and Salvation Army....
Addressing Stigma and Discrimination The AIDS Community contributed to the drawing up of plans to implement a pilot project in the state of Gujarat to make it one of the least stigmatized states in India…
Training Local Authorities to Monitor Public Works Assistance was provided by the Decentralization Community to prepare a Technical Manual on Monitoring Public Works Construction, to support members of local government bodies…
Monitoring the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme The Decentralization Community was indispensable in assisting a state-wide network of voluntary organizations launch a project to prepare a Handbook on Social Audit of NREGS by Panchayats …
How the Media Can Strengthen and Promote Panchayati Raj The Decentralization Community mobilized a multi-sectoral group to develop a strategy for empowering PRIs using the media…
Governance Institutions and Accountability Consolidated Replies from the Decentralization Community provided valuable insights for the state level Social Watch organizations, to make the institutions of governance more accountable to people …
Discussion on Decentralization Community provides key inputs for national draft framework for developing the capacities for Panchayat staff and functionaries…
Tata Chemicals along with inputs from the members of the Disaster Management Community designed programs for disaster preparedness and training of local communities to respond to disaster…
Process Documentation of Disaster Risk Management Program
As part of the preparation process to document the UNDP-GoI Disaster Risk Management Programme, the Disaster Management Community provided inputs on how to capture learnings from the program.…
The Disaster Management Community refers participants for the UNTRS and National Disaster Management Authority national level workshop on social equity during disasters…
Providing Feedback on Draft Education Policy Education Community comments on the Karnataka government’s draft inclusive education policy and contributes points to a workshop on the issue …
Appropriate technology for millet processing in tribal areas in Tamil Nadu, made available through collaboration initiated at a Food and Nutrition Security Community workshop…
Through an intervention by members of the Food and Nutrition Security Community steps were taken to promote consumption of fruits and vegetables to reduce micronutrient deficiencies…
A multi-stakeholder consultation organized by the ARAVALI and SPWD in December 2007 helped establish an actionable approach on wasteland allocation for biofuels plantation based on Water and Food and Nutrition Security Community discussion…
An action group was formed to help improve implementation of the PNDT Act in Delhi following a multi-sectoral meeting organized by the Gender Community …
A gender advisor from the Department of Water Resources, Government of Madhya Pradesh was sent to attend the Gender Community's Regional Workshop in Hyderabad as an exposure visit on the issue of women’s access to water resources and for an orientation on gender mainstreaming…
Based on the recommendations of the ICTD Community, IL&FS is implementing 22 pilot projects in Jharkhand that synergize Common Service Centres (CSCs) and local post offices…
ICTD Community discussion leads to the creation of an exhaustive directory of mailing lists from South Asia thatwill serve as a platform for exchanging practical solutions…
UNESCO in collaboration with the ICTD Community and with support of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting commissioned the production of a Technical Manual for Community Radio operators…
Making the EU Digital Literacy Initiatives Report- India More Inclusive and Comprehensive
Inputs from the ICTD Community were incorporated into a country report on Digital Literacy in India that was prepared as a part of a global study of 32 countries initiated by the European Union…
Maternal and Child Health Community’s suggestions on timely institutional care and access to pregnant women formed a part of Family Welfare Ministry’s policy brief…
The Azad India Foundation works on education and health care services used inputs gathered from a discussion on Maternal and Child Health Community to implement two programs on maternal and child health…
Safe Sterilization Procedures to Get a Better Response
A Consolidated Reply prepared by the Maternal and Child Health Community was sent to a network of medical practitioners and has helped raise awareness among service providers on laparoscopic sterilization…
Community Consulted on State’s Draft Health Policy
The Maternal and Child Health Community provided a communicable platform for the Chhattisgarh government that was eliciting feedback on its Integrated Health and Population Policy…
Microfinance Community presents “Outstanding Use” award to member requesting inputs on national mapping exercise looking at microfinance delivery models…
Influencing Urban Water Usage Experiences and suggestions from Water Community members contributed to the design and implementation of the interventions formulated under the Water Demand Strategy.
Financing for Watershed Development Members of the Water Community discussions provided inputs to help in the design and development of additional finance mechanisms for integrated watersheds as an alternative to a subsidy approach
Wastelands for Biofuel Plantations A multi-stakeholder consultation organized by the ARAVALI and SPWD in December 2007 helped establish an actionable approach on wasteland allocation for biofuels plantation based on Water and Food and Nutrition Security Community discussion…
The Work and Employment Community collaborates with the Ministry of Rural Development to create an internal government network for district collectors working to implement the NREGA…
The Work and Employment Community solicited inputs from members on strategies to encourage industries to hire women in “non-traditional” jobs, the outcome were used by the Planning Commission Task Force on Skills Development……
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