Donor Grant Title
DFID 201—Innovative Participatory Approaches through Social Capital, Improving Local Level Institutions and Policies

Donor: Department for International Development
Grant Start Date: 01-Dec-2000
Grant End Date: 31-Mar-2004
Expenditure Start Date: 01-Dec-2000
Expenditure End Date: 31-Mar-2004
Grant Duration: 40 (Months)

Grant Description
The dearth of innovative participatory approaches to generate and disseminate technologies, poor links between research-development, policy, and communities have been found to limit adoption and impact of NRM technologies. The aim is to strengthen social capital, improve local level institutions and policies, and support the integration of scientific and participatory approaches to policy development and implementation. Action research will be used to develop and synthesize methods that assist in identifying how the structures and processes through which NRM policies and innovations function and can be improved. By so doing, the adaptation and dissemination of sustainable NRM technologies and policies will be accelerated.