Ongoing Projects

DA has been designated by UNEP as a Sub-regional Focal Point for South Asia. Some of the projects on which DA is working with UNEP are: 

·       Preparing Sub-regional Sustainable Development Strategy (SSDS) for South Asia

·        Preparing South Asian Environment Outlook 2006.

Facilitating State of Environment Reporting in India for the Ministry of Environment and Forests -
 The primary goal of this project is to design and operationalise a participatory and scientifically rigorous system in India (at the state and district level) that enables informed policy formulation, decision-making and follow - up action. Development Alternatives as one of the NHI (National Host Institution) is building the capacity of the State Govts. to establish a firm reporting system in the States. The SoE reports of 8 states of India have been prepared.

Preparation of DPRs (Detailed Project Reports) for distributed power generation for 4 villages in UP, NTPC

In order to demonstrate sustainable models of decentralized rural electrification, DA conducted feasibility studies and prepared DPRs for renewable energy based electrification of 4 villages in Rihand region, Uttar Pradesh. The DA team conducted extensive household surveys, group meetings and Gram Sabhas to assess the demand for electricity, the willingness to pay for the electricity and the resources available in the villages to generate electricity locally.

Completed Projects

Process Monitoring Study for United Nation World Food Programme (WFP)

The team proposes to assist WFP to evolve a more efficient and practical system of monitoring commodity storage, handling and distribution, measuring improved food security of WFP beneficiaries and monitoring the use of generated funds with specific focus on community participation, asset creation for women and implementation through NGOs.

The method team adopted was that the staff involved in the project (Forest department and WFP Delhi) should extract problems from the situations in which they find themselves. The problems as well as the best established practices in and around the system were understood and analysed in the broader framework of the project.

State of Environment for United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP)

Preparation of South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) Sate of Environment (SoE) Report 1999-2000. The report aims to provide an assessment of the State of Environment in the sub region and possible warnings for potential future problems. The State of Environment will also contribute to the UNEP mandate to produce a Global State of Environment report in 2002 and the Earth Summit 2002.

The team will be contributing on some of the very important issues like Forestry, disaster, health and social policies.

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