The Road Ahead
With changing scenario on Government’s strategies for development program implementation which is based on sustainability of these program and as a process capacitating /involving the grass root institutions/civil societies and having equity and transparency at all levels, ORMAS is being positioned to be working in partnership and as an apex body for knowledge creation, flow and adaptation for creating economic opportunities.
ORMAS has already imbibed a role of facilitator rather than implementer and work in partnerships with other institutions/agencies for sustainability of the initiatives which it started long back. While there has been change in ORMAS’s role, at the same time the role of all partners are being evolved. ORMAS keep on working more at a systemic level.
The Approach
ORMAS being a Knowledge Based Agency on its evidence on field level interventions, would like to take up the experiences on successful models on enterprises to a next level of intervention with partnership at state, districts and grass root levels.
A) State Level : Knowledge Accumulation/Creation:
Partnership at this level besides relevant Ministries and their agencies, would be with Research Organizations, Apex Training institutes, Academician (Universities, Academic institutes), Media (both print and electronics), Business Apex bodies (Chamber of Commerce, Traders association, Export bodies, etc.), Banks & Capital/Investment Agencies, Consumers Forum, etc.
Documentation of Best Practices
Research & Development
Innovation ( technology & best practices)
Institution Building/Strengthening
Knowledge portal
Linkages (market, finance, insurance, etc.)
Standardization & Certification, Packaging solutions
Resource Mobilization & Donor Relations
B) District Level : Knowledge Flow:
Partnership at this level would be with women affairs, agriculture, skill development and vocational training, district level training institutes Vocational training centres, Women Business Association, Traders Associations, NGOs/ INGOs, Wholesale Input suppliers, Banks, etc.
Strengthening District level partners/support agencies (R&D, Training Institutes, CoC, Traders associations, etc.) besides relevant Government departments
ToTs to Master trainers-to create a band of Service providers( BDSPs, Extension workers, NGO personnel, Lead farmers, Input Suppliers-cum-service providers)
Creation of transit linkages and feedback system from micro to macro level and vice-versa
Support establishment of market infrastructure /resource centres/training institutes/Vocational Training/prototypes
Innovation for developing Women Entrepreneurs
Market linkages through exhibitions & trade fairs in collaboration with CoC& Traders/Business association
Women Resource Centre (WRC)- collaboration with Ministry /Department of Women Affairs/ Women Markets/ Bazzar, etc.
C) Village Level : Knowledge in Practice/Utilization:
Partnership at this level would be with Value Chain based Associations, IPs (Implementing Partners), FPs (Facilitating Partners), MFIs, Banks, Private sectors, CBOs & Civil Societies, NGOs, Association of Service Providers, etc.
Partners /IPs (implementing partners Capacity Building
Support Implementing Partners’ plan - their program and budget & M&E system
Training to Community based service providers/extension workers
Piloting/demonstration on technologies and practices
Support link with MFIs/banks – models to be developed and practiced
Support Market linkages through Buyers-Sellers meet, Village Market fairs
Technology/Practice Innovation- Innovators support
Resource Mobilization & Donor Relations