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Indo-German Watershed Devp. Program
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The Indo-German Watershed Development Programme is an integrated environmental regeneration programme implemented in the State of Maharashtra, by Village Self-Help Groups, accompanied and mobilised by NGOs. It is a bilaterally assisted programme which was initiated in 1989 by Fr. Hermann Bacher, S.J., the moving spirit behind the Programme. The Programme was operationalised in December 1992.
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The Programme consists of two Phases: |
Capacity Building Phase (Phase I)
This phase is funded by the German Agency for Technical Cooperation - the GTZ and administered by WOTR and is meant for NGOs who would like to undertake watershed projects, but who do not, at present, have the necessary skills and capabilities. It enables NGOs to qualify for inclusion in Phase II.
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Full Implementation Phase (Phase II)
This is the main programme funded by the German Development Bank - the KfW and administered by NABARD and is meant for NGOs who have sufficient experience and demonstrated capabilities in the area of watershed development. |
WOTR is the link between VSHGs and NGOs desirous of undertaking watershed activities and the Programme which accepts only "qualified" VSHGs and NGOs. WOTR thus acts as a coordinating and support institution of the Capacity Building Programme of the
IGWDP.
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