District Livelihoods Resource Centers (DLRC)
Similar arrangements are to be made at district level for building capacities of secondary stakeholders like WDT, PIA, MDT and other line department functionaries.
The structural and functional aspects and planning processes at district level are as follows.
1. Structural Aspects of DLRC:
i. The DLRC will be located in TTDC/ Mahila Pranganams/ KVK/ Any other training centers (NGO/ GO) located in/ nearer the district head quarters, having required space and other infrastructure faculties, for conducting residential training programs.
ii. Each DLRC would have a team of three to four persons. The composition of this team is mentioned below.
· One Course Director
· One Assistant Director
· One or Two Assistants
iii. The team would report to Project Director, DWMA.
iv. These members should have expertise in coordinating the functions of the DLRC (logistics; liasioning; reporting; data management related to capacity building functions and so on).
v. The orientation and training to the staff of DLRC on management of DLRC would be imparted at state level.
2. Functional Aspects:
i. The DLRC would primarily act like a learning center for secondary stakeholders. Providing capacity building inputs (conducting training programs and other knowledge inputs) to secondary stakeholder (WDTs; NGO Coordinators; PIA coordinators; MDTs) is the main responsibility of DLRC. District Level Pool of Resource Persons would take up this responsibility.
ii. This center would be repository knowledge and best practices and act like a Knowledge Center at district level. The DLRC would have the following facilities/ infrastructure/ Services.
· Library on NRM/ Watershed/ Social Mobilization/ Capacity Building
· Computer and internet facilities
· Resource material and modules
· Facilities for conducting training programs (hostel, conference, food and other)
iii. It is envisaged that the DLRC would be able to access the services of a large number of experts/ resource persons/ facilitators to support the capacity building activities in their center. This group of resource persons is called “Pool of Resource Persons”.
iv. The Pool of Resource Persons (PRP) covers various aspects of capacity building required for operationalizing the capacity building strategy.
· PRP members would be empanelled by a committee as indicated earlier (2.4)
v. Coordinate with DCBC/ PMU/ State Level Resource Organizations/ Consortium of Resource Organizations in developing the capacities of members of PRP.
vi. This center also acts like a nerve center for a variety of functions that strengthen watershed activities like documentation, repository of resource material, dissemination center.
vii. DLRC facilitates the development of district specific modules and material out of emerging needs.
viii. A Network of PIA partners involved in implementation of watershed projects will provide the framework for capacity building inputs to be provided by DLRC.
3. Action Plans for Capacity Building:
i. For every quarter, district based PIAs and networks of NGOs would develop an action plan for the project. Based on this project cycle, the capacity building needs of the secondary stakeholders would also be finalized by the respective PIA/ Networks of NGOs.
ii. Based on such capacity building action plans, the DLRC would develop its own training calendar and other inputs for capacity building of secondary stakeholders.