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Background of V/WCC Maturity Assessment (V/WCCMA)

The project has achieved its outputs through establishing Village/ Valley level conservation committees & Women conservation groups/ committees (V/WCCs). These committees (VWCCs) are responsible to usher beneficiary communities in achieving wise and sustainable use of natural resources. These V/WCCs are community based grassroots institutions which share common goal, interests, and values. Projects/ programmes meant to conserve biodiversity assign communities to perform the intended roles to achieve its targets in stipulated period.

An institution is a relatively permanent structure of social patterns of roles and relations that people enact in certain sanctioned and unified ways for the purpose of satisfying social needs (Fitcher, 1964, p 284).

The projects/NGOs presume that these groups would sustain and provide effective mechanism with out project in future also. For that reason it is high concern of such organizations/NGOs/ Projects assess the viability of such groups so that investment in the organization (V/WCC) to take an effective charge of their affairs “with out” may not go waste. The study therefore will expose those aspects of V/WCCs which need to be strengthened to become it as a mature entity which would continue beyond project to address the expectations or the perceived goals of conservancy communities.

As per pro.doc. 80% communities (V/WCCs) will be using participatory planning techniques independently and at least 40% of the VCCs have female subcommittees. The bench mark of sustenance of V/WCCs through this study will seeks to identify and assess the level of development of these VCCs and offer suggestions that may enable them to overcome their weaknesses for demonstrating effective and efficient management system at valley level to sustain their conservation efforts.