THARDEEP RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

(TRDP)

TWO DAYS ORIENTATION WORKSHOP ON

LOCAL SUPPORT ORGANIZATION

SEPTEMBER 14-15 , 2006 AT MITHI, DISTRICT THARPARKAR

IN COLLABORATION
WITH
RURAL SUPPORT PROGRAMME NETWORK (RSPN)

THARDEEP RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Near Dargah Hussain Shah Siran, Mithi - 69230
District Tharparkar Sindh Pakistan
Ph: 0232-261462, Fax: 0232-261379
E-mail: info@thardeep.org

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 Local Support Organization

Introduction:-

TRDP organized LSO orientation workshop for Management & HRD staff
this was an attempt to develop conceptual clarity about LSO, its need,
importance and roles in social mobilization for poverty reduction & assess
the staff Understanding on the institutional dynamics( keeping LSO in
mind), and share the organizational capacity assessment tools & on the
results of these finding how to develop a capacity development plan for
LSO. during the workshop Mr. Mohammed Ali Azizi oriented the staff
about basic concepts of LSO, Organizational Development &
Organizational Assessment. He shared that Local Support Organization
(LSO) is a flexible institutional structure at U.C level which strengthens the
PDC/VDO at village level thus implementing the vision of RSP it plays the
vital role in bridging between service providing agencies and community.
The concept of local Development Organization is different from Non-
Government Organization (NGO). LSO works with MPDc and WPDs at
village level and LDO has its own objectives therefore, it is not necessary
for LDO to work with MPDs and WPDs.

He shared the core objectives of LSO

To sustain the VDOs at village level through intra linkages as they

can get access to service providing agencies.
Ensure the continuity of RSP work and Development objectives.
To organize people at village and UC level through PDC/VDO.
To ensure the equality for all at village level.

Why LSO: - if we look in our rapid growing & increasing number of Men &
Women Para Development Committees which some times causes the less
interaction between RSPs professional staff and PDCs/VDOs, also it has
become impossible for RSP staff to attend monthly meetings of PDC/VDO
due to limited resources, consequently, staff maintains liaison only with
active PDCs as well as all benefits go to these PDCs. So any RSP can’t
induct staff and like to prepare active group among them which has a full
access to service providers. So there is a need to strengthen PDC/VDOs
for smooth receiving mechanism & increased networking.

Concept of LSO consists on three phases:-

1) Para Development Committees:-PDCs consists on 15-20 House Holds

(including Men, Women and Mix) PDCs has some activities to perform

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such as Micro-Credit, CPI Schemes, Vocational and Managerial Trainings
and Networking. In some areas PDCs are carrying out NRM, Joint
Purchasing and infrastructure at village level.

2) Village Development Organization (VDO):- For the formation of VDO at

least two members can be elected (not president or Manager). They
should be the members of umberal organization at village level called
VDO. The formation of Village Development Organization is the first step
for Local Support Organization, the Resources Person emphasized where
50% house holds are organized the VDO will actively participate in
development initiatives. RSP should encourage the villages to form VDOs.
Durng the discussion it was deeply discussed RSP may form separate LSO
for men and women where it seems neccassory however mix LSO was
strongly recommended for joint struggles. Resource person emphasized
the RSP staff to ensure the participation of women and poor House Holds.

3) Local Support Organization: - LSO is a structure which is at UC level.

Three members from each PDC/VDO will be representing their village in
LSO General Body and 40% participation of women should be ensured (in
case of Mix LSO). The process of formation of LSO should be started when
50% House Holds in the shape of PDC/VDO are organized. The LSO will
mainly be a catalyst body and implement development activities through
PDCs and VDOs. As such, PDCs and VDOs will be the implementing arms
of the LSO depending on the type and nature of the proposed activities.
Discussing about the functions of LSO Mr. Mohammed Ali shared that:-

Strengthen member PDCs and VDOs through capacity building

programmes on need basis.

Identify opportunities and make area specific development

plans and implement them in collaboration w ith m em b er
organisations.

Form development partnership with local government at UC

level.

Establish development linkages with government, NGOs and

private sector agencies for accessing services and resourc es to
its member organisations as well as for its ow n op era tions a nd
programmes.

Mobilise human, financial, and other resources for its member

organisations.

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Ta ke w hole sa le c red it from RSP a nd other fina nc ia l institutions a nd
reta il it to its m em b er VDOs a nd COs on a m utua lly a g reed servic e
charge.

Keep p ro p er rec ord of its c red it op era tions a nd d o tim ely a nd

a c c ura te rep orting to its m em b er org a nisa tions, the Sup p ort
Organisation and other stakeholders.

Reg ula r m onitoring of p rog ra m m es a nd p rojec ts of its m em b er

VDOs and COs.

Represent its member organisations on various forums, networks and

associations.

Represent its member organisations on various forums, networks and

associations.
Pla n, im p lem ent a nd m a na g e union c ounc il level or intra VDO
projects and programmes

Tim ely a nd a c c ura te p rog ress rep orting of p rog ra m m es a nd

projects to member organisations, donors and other stakeholders.

Genera te a nd m a na g e fund s for its op era tiona l c ost throug h

various sources

Structure of LSO

LSO

VSO

PDC

H.H H.H
H.H

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There is no fixed mode of the formation of LSO, So it should be formed
keeping the Local Conditions in mind after the formation of LSO its
management structure should be:-
G.Body

BOD

Professional Staff

General Body will elect the BOD for implementing the work while GB will
be apex authority for making decisions and approving Audit Reports and
professional staff can be hired it depends on the nature of activities &
projects. LSO can establish office at any suitable place within the UC
catchments area. The Process of the Formation of LSO: - RSPs. MER, HO
will devise guidelines about the formation of LSO with complete principles,
code of conduct, purposes and circulate them among Region Offices. It
is necessary for the Officers of District and Region Office to understand the
concept of LSO. A detailed discussion was held during the workshop on
organizational development & capacity assessment.
Organisation Development (OD) Process

Entry and
Diagnosis and Action Planning
Problem Assessment
Definition

Intervention and
Extension and
Implementations
Consolidation

Monitoring and
Evaluation

Transformation is some times very time consuming & very serious job
difficulties & time requirement increases day by day,

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 Process of Change Time Needed

Knowledge

Skills

Attitudes

Individual Behaviour

Organisational Behaviour

Depth & Breadth of Change

Degree of Difficulty

during the workshop TRDP staff reviewed the planning frame work for LSO
formation process and jointly decided for future core of action in this
regard.

LSO Capacity Assessment

Initial Work Plan for Registration of LSO
1st GB meeting
LSO formation Strengthening of
(Oct.06)
PDCs/VDO
Leadership Trig.(--------)
Series of (Community)
Capacity development & extension of Services
(Oct. 06)
Dialogues with
Social Capital/Staff
(Aug-Sep 06)
Identification
like Micro Credit etc.(Dec.2006)

Of Potential
UCs ( July 06)
Criteria
Development
(July,2006)

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 Pre LSO Elements
LSO Process & consensus development

Design
workshop

Dialogue & get feed

back

Finalization of action plan

Profiling of assessment & analysis

Assess, meet Analyse PDCs

At the end of workshop Mr. Naru Mal General Manager Finance &
Administration thanked RSPN especially Mohammed Ali Azizi for organizing
such a nice & thoughts provoking workshop. Afterwards certificates were
distributed among the participants. Workshop was ended with vote of
thanks.

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Thardeep Rural Development Programme

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In collaboration with
Rural Support Programme Network

DAY ONE: Sep 14,2006

0900 Recitation of Holy Quran Participant
0905 Welcome to participants Noor Ahmed Jhanjhi
0915 Registration, settlement and Introduction Zaheer Udin
0930 Expectations, fears and setting norms, Participants Zaheer Udin
self assessment , sharing of the Workshop
Objectives
1000 -1100 Definition, importance of LSO M.A Azizi
1100 - 1115 Tea Break Ajeet Jagru
1115-1300 Financial sustainability of LSO M.A Azizi
1300-1400 Lunch & Prayer Break Ajeet Jagru

1400-1500 Governance & Management Practice of LSO M.A Azizi

1500-1515 Tea Break Ajeet Jagru

1515-1630 Role of LSO as a mini RSP M.A Azizi

DAY Two: Sep 15,2006

0900-0930 Review of the Previous day Noor Ahmed Jhanjhi
0930-1100 Organizational Development M.A Azizi

1100-1115 Tea break Ajeet Jagru

1115-1300 Organizational Development M.A Azizi

1300-1400 Lunch & Prayer Break Ajeet Jagru

1400---------- Organizational Development M.A Azizi
1700hrs. Clearing mist. Windup ceremony

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 HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (HRD)
STAFF DEVELOPMENT
Staff Orientation " Local Support Organization "
September 14-15,2006
SNo. Section Name of Partic. Designation Gender Cadre Location Type of Training Venue Date Dur. Organized By Quarter Year Emial

1 HRD Noorunisa PO Female PI Umerkot Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007 noormemon1977@yahoo.com
2 SM&CB Khalid SO Male PII Umerkot Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007 jogee_khalid@yahoo.com
3 SM&CB Ms. Asma SO Female PII Umerkot Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007
4 SM&CB Ms. Parkashi SO Female PII Umerkot Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007
5 HRD Lachman Thari PO Male PI Mithi Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007 thari@thardeep.org
6 HRD Ms. Akhtri Junejo SO Female PII Mithi Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007
7 HRD Ms. Asia Waghan SO Female PII Mithi Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007
8 M&E Faiz Dharejo PO Male PI Nara Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007 faizdharejo@yahoo.com
9 SM&CB Ms.Shazia Bhuto SO Male PII Nara Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007
10 SM&CB Ms. Kulsoom Majedano SO Male PII Nara Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007
11 SSS Ms. Sanima Shaikh SO Male PII Nara Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007 samina_nara@yahoo.com
12 SM&CB Kanhani Lal RM Male MIII Chachro Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007
13 SM&CB Santosh Kumar SO Male PII Chachro Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007
14 SM&CB Dr. Harji Lal SO Male PII Chachro Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007 harji_lal@yahoo.com
15 SM&CB Ms. Kalsoom Sindhu SO Female PII Chachro Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007
16 SM&CB Ms. Pushpa Kumar SO Female PII Chachro Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007
17 SM&CB Ms. Shahida Mirani SO Female PII Sewhan Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007 shahida_mirani@hotmail.com
18 SM&CB A. Rasool Chandio SO Male PII Sewhan Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007 chandioabdulrasool@yahoo.com
19 SM&CB Ghulam Shabir Bhundh SO Male PII JamshoroLocal Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007
20 NRM Noor Nabi PO Male PII JamshoroLocal Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007 noor_nabi78@yahoo.com
21 HRD Nazia Sohrab PO Female PI Mithi Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007
22 SM&CB Bansi Malhi SO Male PII Mithi Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007 bansimalhi@yahoo.com
23 SM&CB Sindhu Kumari SO Female PII Mithi Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007 skumari_2007@yahoo.com
24 SM&CB Rehmatullah SO Male PII Mithi Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007 kunbharrehmat@yahoo.com
25 SM&CB Ms. Surriya Khokhar SO Female PII Mithi Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007 surriyakhokhar@yahoo.com
26 SM&CB Dr. Ashok Bakhtani Manager Male MIII Mithi Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007 drashok@thardeep.org
27 CEO Sec. Noor Ahmed Janjhi P.Adviser Male MIII Mithi Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007 najanjhi@thardeep.org
28 BRSP Dr. Ghulam Ali Solangi LP Male PI Jhangara Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007
29 BRSP Abdul Rasool Soomro P. CoordinatorMale PI Jhangara Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007 rehman_374@yahoo.com
30 BRSP Jamila Ali Mallah SO Female PII Jhangara Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007 social23_2006@yahoo.com
31 HRD Zaheer Udin Junejo Manager Male MIII Mithi Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007 zaheer@thardeep.org
32 HRD Shahdev APO Male PII Mithi Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007 doongrani@thardeep.org
33 HRD Javeed Akhter PA Male Suport Mithi Local Support Organization Mithi 14-16.09.2006 03 days TRDP/RSPN July- Sept.2006 July 2006- June 2007

Abbreviations
HRD Human Resource Development
SM&CB Social Mobilization & Capacity Building
NRM Natural Resource Management
CEO Sec. Chief Executive Officer Secretariat
BRSP Bhit Rural Support Programme

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