:: Communications

:: Objectives
  • Build capacities so that information is shared among all the project stakeholders

  • To enable all the stakeholders to take informed decisions suitably based on the feedback from the community.

:: Strategy for Communication
  • Use of Exposure Visits – to various successful institutions, interventions and best practices etc., particularly for the community

  • Developing cultural teams for communication – At least 9 – 10 communication campaigns will be done at the village level building the capacities and sensitizing the stakeholders. One cultural team will be identified for each cluster from within the community. These cultural teams will be mostly traditional artists who will be trained on the project.

  • Development of Community Reporting system - The project will develop a mechanism of community reporting system. The project will develop Community Service Providers like community reporter at the village level. They will coordinate the communication process at the Panchayat level and document the project activities.

  • Use of traditional media – The project will use various traditional media (particularly cultural folk traces and art forms) for communicating the messages about the project.

  • State Level Development Communication Resource Agency (SLDCRA) – The Agency will assist the Project in developing the communication strategy. The SLDCRA will be used to train TOTs (at least 10 per district) who will in turn train the cultural teams on the project and the communication strategy to be adopted.

  • Mechanism for continuous identification of needs – the project will develop mechanisms like dovetailing with the process monitoring, internal project reports and conducting periodical studies to identify the needs.

  • Mechanism for learning based on feedback and information exchanges – the project will develop cross learning exercises, exposure visits, prepare documents and disseminate so that a feedback and information exchange system is established.

  • Use of Information Technology – Project will develop a portal on livelihood related information and activities. It will also meet both internal and external IT needs.