Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives has been
supporting and nurturing organisations, civil society and academic research institutes
with high potential for impacting poverty on the ground and at household level.
This has resulted in emergence of a range of partnerships with organisations that
have a fantastic track record on programme delivery, tasks and technical sector acumen, but are weak or non-existent in the institutional fundamentals, specific
community-based institutions.
It has been observed through exemplary work of some NGOs that building the perspective
and actions on CBO strengthening in the project/programme at grassroots will ensure
sustainability (post-project) and be the vehicle for empowering of the tribal groups
and community on access to markets, technology and credit/ livelihood finance.
CInI at present is working closely with more than 25 NGO partners in the central
tribal belt.
The key components that are being promoted at the field level through this partnership
is economic development with a
focus on, on-farm related development like agriculture,
horticulture, forest-based livelihoods, and allied economic activities like dairy,
and small ruminants promotions.
As these economic activities expand and aggregate it becomes increasingly important
to develop and strengthen the nature, design of the institution that will promote
these activities and ensure that they become an economically viable operation for
the tribal household.