Deliverables : By When And How Will It Be Used ?

Project Parameters  TIME FRAME: July 2007-June 2010  DONORS: Oxfam Novib, Netherland; Royal Norwegian Embassy  BUDGET: 3,22,80,269 INR  LOCATION: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh

OUTPUT  S: Specific; Research paper  M: Measurable; QQTC  A: Accepted; annotated agenda peer reviewed  R: Realistic; taking forward an advocacy point  T: Time-bound; relevant to target beneficiaries.

Objective of the GRANITE 2  1 st year : to find out the involvement of state government in the formation and implementation of NFTP  2 nd year : How NTFP is impacting the livelihoods of the poor in the specific product category?  3 rd year : the product categories change, the emphasis would be to advocate a pro poor, pro development policy in 2009

ACTIVITIES  RESEARCH: To produce advocacy material  ADVOCACY: Organising meetings, using media  NETWORKING: Making advocacy and research more inclusive

RESEARCH  WHY: To prepare inputs for advocacy and networking.  How: Institutional Analysis Consultation with stakeholders  DELIVERABLE: 1 st Draft Research Paper Product category to be finalized  BY WHEN: 31 st December.  USE: The research shall be taken for discussion at the economic, political and social front for deliberations

ADVOCACY  WHY: Seek changes at grassroots, state, national and international level to ensure economic literacy.  HOW: Outreach Meetings: 3 per state in a year. targeting 150 people  WHEN: By 31 ST JAN  USE: Final draft paper to be taken for advocacy at state and national level. 225 parliamentarians targeted for advocacy each year. Specific advocacy to be conducted in 2008: CUTS- CITEE

NETWORKING  WHY: Connecting the targeted beneficiaries of the project with state and national level policy makers.  HOW: State level meeting: 1 in each state in a year A national level meeting  WHEN: 31 ST MARCH  USE: Draft paper to be placed in the informal policy forum for fine tuning Civil society statement to be prepared.

Deliverable on the part of CUTS- CITEE  A report on why nation wide consultations are required while formulating this policy?  A national conference Use: to prepare a civil society statement  Networking: dissemination of information through e-distribution of research results.

Standalone Papers  31 st August, 2007: How to better engage with politicians and policy makers?  31 st December, 2007: Advocacy and networking strategy.

Deliverables according to the objectives 1. Strengthening GRANITE network by 2010:  A critique on the process of preparation and implementation of NFTP by December 2007  Identification of two specific products for 2 nd and 3 rd year research.

2. Mobilization of 3600 beneficiaries:  How: outreach meetings; inputs from outreach meetings incorporated in draft paper  Database on relevant beneficiaries time to time.  newsletters to be produced quarterly in each state.  8 advocacy documents each year  Advocacy documents to be submitted to state officials and shared with media and others.

Deliverable on the part of NCU 3. Gathering the evidence of CSO engagement in policy formulation:  NCU would document the strategies and tools for advocacy and networking.

4. Mobilization of 1350 representatives:  Advocacy strategies in consultation with the state partners prepared by September  By June 2008, 9 advocacy meetings held

5. Educating people by 2010 on issues of political economy of economic governance in India in context of NFTP:  E-newsletters distributed by NCU nationally and internationally  Stocktaking report to be disseminated to at least 5000 persons per year worldwide.

The Ultimate Goal  By 2010: people must be made aware on issues relating to political eco. Of economic governance in India in context to NFTP- on poor  Employment generation aspects of NFTP policy: FPI  Making the next NFTP more inclusive

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