FRAME OF REFERENCE

AFPRO Field Unit VI,Secunderabad provides socio-technical services to grassroot level organisaitons engaged in alleviating poverty( from the social, economic and resource angle)of rural poor and promoting sustainable development.It also provides such services to Goverment agencies and International agencies/Donors engaged in projects of similar mission.The major approaches adopted are:

• By increasing/imparting technical knowledge/skills so that the poor can choose appropriate technology, for improving livelihood systems, ensuring gender justice.

• With due consideration for traditional wisdom and indigenous technical knowledge to reduce new dependencies.

• By capacity building of grass root level voluntary organisations and selfhelp group/community based organisation wherever relevant so as to enable them perform their socio-economic and technical tasks better.

• Through thematic & issue based network approach with a social concern on themes relevant to the operational area of Unit VI (drinking water, health & sanitation, NRM & CPR lands development, forestry, fisheries, watersheds, alternative energy resources, integrated pest management, biodiversity registers, etc.).

• In collaboration with central & state level resource agencies and also international agencies engaged in scientific, technical and social studies relevant to AFPRO's objectives.

• In association with other networks in voluntary sector - including those involved in advocacy role - by technical and information back-up.

• Through sustainable agriculture (non-chemical) in association with resource agencies.

• By mobilising resource for enabling Volags to carry out their tasks.

• Through collaborative services in cases of smaller agencies with specific focus on women programmes, innovative programmes, theme based programmes with/and integrated programmes.

• By ensuring the effective implementation of integrated programmes through Volags. and organised people's groups, in a participatory approach, with a focus towards women to bring down Gender inequalities.

• By developing model development programmes replicable by government or other support agencies.

• By making relevant information - programmes, schemes, rules/regulations technologies available, in simple demystified form to NGO partners.
• Through relevent grassrotlevel studies on development issues.

• Through evaluation/review of ongoing Development projects and appraising new initiatives/proposals.

• By orienting/capacitating policy makers and bureaucrats on grassroot level needs,expectations and perceptions.

WORK STRATEGY

AFPRO realises that to realise its vision, it has to be sensitive to the sufferings and needs of the people whose well being depends on their access to and availability of natural resources. AFPRO Field Unit had adopted its work strategy realising the importance of maintaining organic links with grassroot Volags and organised people's groups.

AFPRO Field Unit has good working linkages with Partner Voluntary Agencies in the region. Grass root level agencies normally look towards AFPRO for various land/water/animal/tree based socio-technical interventions. Smaller NGO's depend on AFPRO for preparation of projects to be funded by suitable donors. Medium sized organisations which are around ten year old look upon AFPRO for various training inputs for specialised/innovative skills. Larger organisations contact AFPRO for consultations in networks and capacity building.