Non-Governmental Organisation

The NGOs is a very important stakeholder in the project and has to be therefore chosen carefully. Over years a fair and dependable selection process, involving an assessment team comprising of a Project officer from another district, an officer from DeW Chennai office and reputed NGO from another district, has been evolved and found effective. Once an NGO is selected, an agreement is executed with the NGO. Training for orientation & Capacity building of NGO staff is a major activity and important as far as NGO's are concerned.

	NGO Selection procedure and checklist
	NGO Application form
	NGO Agreement format
	NGO Grading Procedure

 NGOs selected as partners are assisted with support costs for SHG formation, monitoring SHGs for 4 years as well as provided an incentive for credit linkage. The actual scales of payment are clearly spelt out in the NGO Agreement above.

Once a year an appraisal of performance(Grading) of each NGO is done by the Project Implementation Unit and areas of weaknesses identified for action by the NGO. NGOs are required to pay attention to overcoming these areas of concern, with PIU providing support.

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