Kudumbashree, Kerala

Proposal for
National Resource Organization-NRO Secretariat

Meeting of the NRLM Empowered Committee

6th December 2012
K B Valsalakumari
Executive Director, Kudumbashree

Kudumbashree

State Poverty Eradication Mission, Government

of Kerala

State Rural Livelihood Mission

National Resource Organization
Community network of 38 lakh women; 2.15
lakh Neighbourhood groups; 1072 Community
Development Societies (CDS)

Resource Organization

Building on experiences and achievements of

Kudumbashree

Convergence with PRI and strengthening CBO in

relation with local development

Micro Enterprise Development

Community based resource agencies

Social Development and strengthening women's

participation

NRO Support Domains

1. Convergence between PRI and CBO

Pilot projects on PRI-CBO convergence

Convergence for implementation of CSS

Role of PRI in formation of CBO

Coordination mechanisms
Convergence of development schemes
NREGS, RSBY, NBA, RKVY

Development of anti-poverty sub plans

Comprehensive planning methodologies

NRO Support Domains

2. Institution building processes

Strategic support for organizational bye-laws and

systems
Community training service providers
Enterprise development of accounting and audit
service providers
Rights based gender perspective for community
organizations and support mechanisms

Special projects for people/communities with

special needs (disabled, destitute, SC, ST)

NRO Support Domains

3. Community based Enterprise Support

Micro Enterprise Consultant (MEC) model

Producer collectives and consortia

Samagra model value-chain based enterprise

interventions

Marketing and Brand development

Homeshop community marketing models

NRO Support Domains

4. Social Development Programmes

Asraya model Destitute rehabilitation programme

Special schools for children with mental challenges

Community based palliative care

NRO Support Domains

5. Development of Women & Children

Gender self-learning programme

Balasabha

Art forms and cultural troupes for social mobilization

Mobilization to counter violence against women and

children (Nirbhaya, Jagrata Samiti models)
Legal education and support for women (KELSA
model)

Engendering Mission structures and community

network

Support provided
In each support domain:

Scoping studies and feasibility analysis

Strategy formulation

Support for community mobilization

Capacity building at various levels

Establishing M&E systems

Services of resource persons

NRO Implementation

Project components

Capacity building of community resource persons

and provision of expert support
Establishing M&E and learning systems, monitoring
and reporting

Research studies & resource materials

Programme Management Systems

Young Professionals programme

Capacity Building

NRO-CRP pool of 200 persons

MEC, KAASS, Training Group, Thematic RP

Orientation and training of selected NRO-CRP

Selection from among larger pool based on predetermined criteria

Language and soft-skill orientation

Provision for support of thematic experts

M&E systems

Methodology for enterprise performance

benchmarks and standards

MIS for ME development projects

Reporting systems

With client States

With MORD/NMMU

Studies & Resource Materials

Materials in different languages

Process documents and guidelines

Best practice and experience documentation

(Pusthaka Yatra)

Programme Management systems

Programme Committee

Coordination between Kudumbashree and NRO

Headed by ED Kudumbashree, Programme Officers
as members

Task Forces

Domain based programme development

NRO Programme Coordinators as convenor

Programme Management systems

State Resource Person Core Group

Core group from amongst NRO-CRP

Design of interventions, training modules,
monitoring support

Programme Management systems

NRO Secretariat personnel

Programme Manager as team leader

Domain specific Programme Coordinators

Enterprise sector
PRI Convergence
Social Development

MIS Expert

Knowledge Development Manager

Office Assistant

Young Professionals

YP Programme

Trained HR from premier institutions (IIM, IIT,

IRMA, TISS, select foreign universities)
30 persons for 3 years to work with NRO
domains

Internship and summer projects for students

Expected Outcomes

Context-specific interventions developed for

each 64client State
State capacities built to expand beyond pilots
PRI-CBO convergence models in 64 blocks in 6
States
MEC model in 24 intensive districts in 8 States

Enterprise approach to service provision in 24

districts in 8 States

Budget (in Rs. Lakh)

Particulars
Capacity Building

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

Total

20.00

54.00

58.40

62.03

194.43

8.60

41.40

2.40

1.80

54.20

Research Studies& Resource

Materials

21.00

30.00

20.00

20.00

91.00

Programme Management

63.20

115.94

120.65

97.98

397.76

0.00

148.00

161.80

135.24

445.04

112.80

389.34

363.25

317.04 1,182.43

Establishing M&E and

Learning Systems,
Monitoring& Reporting

YP Programme
Grand Total