NNATI Organization For Development Education

UNNATI - Organisation for Development Education is a voluntary non-profit organization registered under the Societies Registration Act (1860) in 1990. It is our aim to promote social inclusion and democratic governance so that the vulnerable sections of society are empowered to effectively and decisively participate in mainstream development and decision making processes. STRATEGYIt is an issue based strategic educational support organization working in Western India with people's collectives NGOs elected representatives in local governance and the government. Collaborative research public education advocacy direct field level mobilisation and implementation with multiple stakeholders are the key instruments of our work. The interventions span from the grassroot level to policy level environment in ensuring basic rights of citizens. In this inspiration is drawn from the struggles of the vulnerable and strength from our partners. Presently all the activities are organised around the following programme centres. Presently all the activities are organised around the following programme centres: Social Inclusion and Empowerment Civic Leadership Governance and Social Accountability Social Determinants of Disaster Risk Reduction HISTORYUNNATI has completed 21 years of providing educational support in Gujarat and 12 years in Rajasthan. During 1990-95 UNNATI played the role of a capacity building support institution. The key thematic areas of support were participatory planning evaluation and organizational management.During 1995-2000 along with the above a shift was made to address a variety of emerging issues i.e. rising communalism drought management adverse impact of liberalization. Thus Unnati began to play a pro-active role in development education in addressing major macro issues focusing the activities on research documentation and advocacy. The Gujarat Chapter of Charka an organization that interfaces between developmental work and media for publicizing positive development initiatives in the mainstream regional newspapers was launched. UNNATI also became a member of Network of Collaborating regional Support Organisations (NCRSOs). NCRSO is an informal network of support organizations in India committed to promote participation and gender equity in social development. The network is being coordinated by PRIA New Delhi and it continued till 2000. After the 2001 Gujarat earthquake and 2002 communal riots UNNATI was involved in relief and rehabilitation. From 2001 to 2005 most of the energy was put on the rehabilitation work. Prior to this in 1999 with the help of three external evaluators a formal review was undertaken. The main purpose of this review was to identify strategic issues and recraft the strategy with a view to achieve greater focus and relevance in the coming years. Finally in 2006 an internal strategic reviewed was undertaken and three programme centres were developed.