pep15 moving towards green economies and green jobs
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Moving towards Green Economies and Green Jobs
PEP Meeting
Malawi
3rd March 2010
Vijay ChaturvediDevelopment Alternatives
New Delhi, India
Key StakeholdersGovernments, the Private Sector, Academia
and Civil Society Organizations
promote
new knowledge and alternative institutional structures
that inspire change
in a methodical and non-confrontational manner
Green Growth
with escalating energy costs and
emphasis on environmental performance
Large Companies and the Public Sectorwill find it profitable or be compelled to
invest in
“Greening” their Corporations
… with very few new jobs and
inadequate service delivery to the poor
Inclusive Growththe people driven approach….
… is measured in livelihood security
Jobs and Basic Needs
Rejuvenating the Natural Resource
Base
� Watershed planning and management
� Wasteland rejuvenation
� Enhanced productivity from farmlands
Promoting Livelihood Enterprises
� Farm based enterprises
� Off farm enterprises and services
� Hierarchy of support systems
� Drinking water and sanitation
� Rural energy
� Rural roads
Upgrading Village
Infrastructure
� Health
� Education
� ICT
Building / Strengthening Institutional
Systems
� Formal and informal community institutional systems
� Linkages with district, state and national institutional mechanisms
� Seamless synergies to accelerate rural development
Poorest Areas Civil Society (PACS) Programme
supported by DFIDThe program Covered over 20,000 villages
in around 90 districts of 6 states through a network of 600 NGOs and 25,000 community based organizations.
Restoring the dignity of the Musahars in rural Bihar
Women of Piwadi in Jalna district of Maharashtra win battle against
alcoholism
The 1st step towards local self-governance in Jharkhand
Achievements and Impact
Economic: over one million livelihoods
Technology enterprises have marketed 100 million tiles; 100 million bricks; 50,000 houses and continue to grow.
Environment:
Over 48,000 environment conservation initiatives with a network of 1.25 million schools children.
Social:
Empowered over 1.3 million poor to claim their rights and entitlements through a network of 25,000 community based organizations.
2010…..
Taking it further with
TARAgram Yatra 2010
17th – 21st September
Towards Green Economies - scalable solutions for people and our planet
People working with Nature
through Green Jobs, Green Enterprisesin Green Economies
will secure the future of our planet