Creating a role for Civil Society
Organizations in Watershed Programs
“In
2001, the Government of Andhra Pradesh amended the guidelines surrounding their
state-wide watershed 1 management program. These modifications stipulated that,
rather than having outside organizations implement the program within villages,
it should be community based organizations (CBOs) that act as the implementing
agencies…”
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Book Keeping in Nizamabad District
“When APMAS was first
requested to provide its services in Nizamabad, it started by assisting in the
selection process, capacity building and training of the federation's staff.
Based on the high quality services APMAS provided in building the staff's
capacity and the positive impact of their intervention, IKP requested that
APMAS continue their support in the district in the areas of institution
building and microfinance…”
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Small Interventions Act as a Catalyst
for Big Change
“APMAS is a pioneer in
setting standards for Self Managed Financial Institutions (SMFIs) through the
Quality Assessment (QA) system it has developed, in collaboration with M-CRIL
from Delhi , called GRADES. To date, APMAS has completed over 200 assessments
across Andhra Pradesh as well as in other states…”
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Assessment driven Transformation
“After the quality assessment,
the promoter realized that it needed to invest heavily in institution building
to ensure the future sustainability of its federations. Therefore, the
organization enlisted APMAS support in capacity building, bookkeeping &
accounting training, financial management and self-assessment of SMFIs…”
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