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BOMBAY: -'The' Bombay, CR ' zonal of ice has i'nsi's ted that 'alI
consignee s make, a; f ive- year. Developrnent Plan: and,"submi t' it toth
zonal: off ice See Appendi Fl. If any cjonsignee -faTl s.! to," subm it,
s a'an ah is- assumed(hth ~ o n rse nteF
P-gaand :he drpe rmte Is list of .consignees. ,-hei zonal;
office approves project,,applications only, if- the6y- were,_part -of,;the
6rigi al ,5-year plan stbmitted" by tec~cnsin and 'provided they
~conform t o the CRS policy of approving only integrated communty
projects.
2 The zonal office~ha 7stipulated deadlines for the, receipt of~the
_5yea lna el fr~thje submission of -annual,,project
P rpoal. Se Appedix IteChoi Diocese of Indore FiveYa
~Socio Economic~Planning Programme 1-~987 to lg9l.)
~4.4 Planiin8- A~New Process Within CRS
~~Althogh the CRS zonal offices have come toget'her inpast. years v
to detemine the'Annual Estimt of Rqiremnents, (AER), thi's has not~
~ been don on the basi s of~any real 'assessment of needs-a'sI deter-mined:
-at the grass-roots level. ,The AER was geared to the commodity­
-~allocationis as communicated t'o CRS by USAID. As such -it,has been ani
~ annual exercise in resource allocation, rather than a bottoms-up,
needs-based planining exercise., -t-
Planning for developmen~t started within CRS/India -only -two ,or,
three yearsago. Thje need~for planning, and' conseqjuently, the nee'd
for moioigadvlain has become crystalized only in,the-very ,
-recent past.
The PM&E Grant, was a~ positive intervention which came at.an
appropriatepint in time; to help CRS focus its:Program to achieve,
greater. development imipact.
As a consequence of the fundamental shif t i'nprogramiming
0bjecti~ves, the'introduction for thef~irst time of, plianning as an
integral part of the operati.ons of CRS, and the use of monitoring
'mechanisms~ and evaluation tools~wi1 need much expe r Ience and time, to
become instfiutinalzed.:
4.5- Benieficiary Selection -
The evlation ' team's observat on isthat~thesi t -i emphasis
i.n ORS in-favor o~f community projects, as~against indi'vidua I~ r at
ha resulted in a~shift, in,ephai in the, crtei for,the~eeti e.
of benef icbiaies as well. -
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a-patentconcern to addrsa ,he ;pro btms of the poo and: weaker
ro pher* re - as also. evierge& ,hel needfor, proper 'lann
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