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Progress

NO.	Activity	Targets (up to June 2003)	Achieved (till June 2003)
1.1	Establishment of Community based Organisations 9CBO)	30	30
	Formation of Special Intrest Groups	1	2
	Work Committees	0	6
NO.	Activity	Targets (up to June 2003)	Achieved (till June 2003)
1.2	Villagers training in community participation	7	4 trainings, 1 exposure visit, 1 manager's conference
	Village PRAs	8	4
	Village conservation plan	8	4
	Topical PRAs	4	2
NO.	Activity	Targets (up to June 2003)	Achieved (till June 2003)
1.3	Training of community facilitators	11	9
	Village saving account	12	12

Summary

- CBOs formed in all ten Union Councils of Palas Valley.

- 26 villages covered.

- 30 Community Activists trained.

- 13 Community Facilitators trained.

- Four Wildlife Department staff trained.

- One person from Kaiga Valley trained.

Strategy and Process

- Initial contact

- Situation analysis

- Series of dialogues

- CBO formation

- PRA

- Village Conservation and Development Plan (VCDP)

- Village Conservation and Development Fund

Lesson Learnt

-Relating theproject messages with Islamic injunctions motivates the Palasi people.

-Social Mobilization process takes time and requires patience in such mountain community

-Various Sectoral interventions at proper time gain the confidence of the local community

-Trainings on regular basis positively change the attitude of village activists.

-People working in such mountain communities should have enough knowledge regaeding the norms and culture of the area.

Constraints and limitations

-The society of Palas is egalitarian, it takes a lot of time in consensus building.

-Internal conflicts and enmities hinder the process of Social Mobilization.

-Shift from Relief actiities (HJP) to partnership.

-Seasonal Migration.

-Religious moment against the NGOs and Projects.

-Collective benifits have secondary importance.

-Palasi community are reluctant regarding women participation in project activities.

Contribution towards Biodiversity Conservation

Intended	Current
Building social infrastructure for Biodiversity Conservation activities	27 CBOs working as local partnership forums for Biodiversity Conservation
Imparting Conservation values to local communities	20 activists nurtured to work as a change agent for conservation and development
Linking Development to Conservation	Trade offs in ToPs for various project interventions
Instituting village fund for conservation and development	Savings at village level initiated by CBOs members

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