Ifda dossier 47, May/June 1985

The second is a Study of Key Development issues, e.g. aid policies,
multinational policies affecting rural development and integral human
development at people's level, North-South dialogue, etc., which could
form the basis for future consensus on these issues among the DHRKAs.
Also, Country Profiles, or studies of the situation and development
issues at country level would help local groups to situate their efforts
and identify priorities for their development efforts.
CENDHRRA'S SERVICES TO THE DHRRAS AND OTHER GROUPS
The services offered by the CEKDHRRA Secretariate to its partners (and
other groups) can be summed up as follows:
1. Linkages
2. Information system
3. Consultations and Referrals
4. Workshops and Training
5. Research and Evaluation
6. Publicat ions
STANDING TASKS OF THE CENDHRRA SECRETARIATE
The standing tasks of the Secretariate are:
1. To document the projects and activities, and areas of involvement
of Asian NGOs, particularly of DHRRA network partners.
2. To undertake Special Project studies.
3. To prepare initial discussion papers and implementing guidelines
for the Studies on Key Development Issues. Some of the topics identified
are:
. Aid policies of the North
. North-South dialogue
. Agro-industrialization and its effects on the rural poor
. Integral self-reliance
. Country profile studies
4. Lastly, the Secretariate must set up its information system, and to
be included here are:
. guidelines for information gathering, to identify the types of
grassroots information that are needed,
. to find ways to encourage the flow of more grassroots informa-
tion, to motivate more feedback from the grassroots,
. to find ways to disseminate information more effectively.
(From CENDHRRA Netuork Newsletter N038, September 1984 - FOB 458,
Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines).