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Recommendatio'ns
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1.,CRS staf andkey.consignees:,and projec t hodesaretl
great-l~~in-need--of ski-1\i's- rela ing t lnig ngmn.
Project esgn and evaluation. A,needs-base'd7 trainig
approach :to improve, these ,ski~l AS'trongl
s recomme nded
2, To develop' this nee'ds-based apoc train tann
nedassessment isstrongly advised" toensur t~ha tran
modules devel~oped,, actually lead to .i'Mproved job;
p'~ e'rformance. ,This needs assessment, ought to be made 'by
people 'who are not 'only familiar 'with experiential'itraining
i tmethods, but who also have experience 'of grassroots
devel~opment problems and processes.
3.~ Anana em eia oreview the implementation of thePM&E ~
Sytmshould occur a't the national level to discu~ss,
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evaluation finigadomlt newpang directions.
-~~This approach' was in, facts recomm'ended by Community_ Systems
~.Foundation iits guidelines for implementingtbe system.
4.Ec oa fic hudognz on, aniaiinual basis a 3-dayA
strategy deeomn pann retreat to bddress issues
Saffecting program implementationv and. to develop actionV plans .
for~ the coming year. '
4 SELECTION CRITERIAJ
In4the past, two years,~CRS India ,has made. a.very "definite pofidy
shift aw~ay from~ supporting' "individual" projects- to support'ing
projects 'which are intended~to create "commu nty," assets with'
long-terim-benefits f or, thli'ocal' vi llage commu~nities. 'This policy
~hift 'isresultingg.in the application of, 'stronger, more, community:based
criteria 'r~ beneficiary. and reci en s le tion.',
4' /Consi~gnee Agreement.on 0bjectives
A positiv a ysgiiataspect 'dv of this shift .in CRS
polic'y is the tact :that the rationale for 'the change was 'iscussed
with consignees an key project~ ho"1d.r s From t he s~ampling 0o
consineeand project 'oler visted 't was evident, that, -here was
undestadin of and~ agreemunt wih h need to ap ply f ood- resou rce s
in.mnner that wol crat'e 'long-term commun 't ase that foo
Commodites should be applied to iong term deve pme'nt objectives'
Ia$r than' bL, consumid An short-term. eedin - ogramis
'Gi v p thefc.tat- consignee's aie: autnom'b a and iidepaneit
by a OS"~ n rp a nd are. xi t extensione
of- the CRS organizatc s apioa'',,he''csf on: 0 FE P rogram
t o promote 1ong~tm deve opment-de p sd'a eat dean on CR~S and~r ;, .