Moving towards Green Economies and Green Jobs

PEP Meeting

Malawi

3rd March 2010

Vijay ChaturvediDevelopment Alternatives

New Delhi, India

… more urgent than ever before

The Sustainability Imperative

People and Natureare silent victims

of the way our economies have grown

What kinds of Economieswill fulfill their needs

?

People working with Naturewill secure the future of our planet

IF

Key StakeholdersGovernments, the Private Sector, Academia

and Civil Society Organizations

promote

new knowledge and alternative institutional structures

that inspire change

in a methodical and non-confrontational manner

Green Growth

with escalating energy costs and

emphasis on environmental performance

Large Companies and the Public Sectorwill find it profitable or be compelled to

invest in

“Greening” their Corporations

… with very few new jobs and

inadequate service delivery to the poor

Inclusive Growththe people driven approach….

… is measured in livelihood security

Jobs and Basic Needs

Green Economiesimply

Green and Inclusive Growththrough

Green Enterprises

and Green Jobs

Green EconomiesStreams of Activities (DA)

Rejuvenating the Natural Resource

Base

� Watershed planning and management

� Wasteland rejuvenation

� Enhanced productivity from farmlands

Promoting Livelihood Enterprises

� Farm based enterprises

� Off farm enterprises and services

� Hierarchy of support systems

� Drinking water and sanitation

� Rural energy

� Rural roads

Upgrading Village

Infrastructure

� Health

� Education

� ICT

Building / Strengthening Institutional

Systems

� Formal and informal community institutional systems

� Linkages with district, state and national institutional mechanisms

� Seamless synergies to accelerate rural development

Green Enterprises – drivers of change

� Innovation

� Implementation

� Influence

Compressed Earth Blocks

Micro Concrete Roofing

Ferrocement Roofing Channels

Vertical Shaft Brick Kiln

Renewable Energy Enterprises

Handloom Textiles Technology

Recycled Handmade Paper

Network EnablersTARAhaat

TARA Livelihood Academy

• Employment SkillsEntrepreneurship Skills

TARA Livelihood Academy

Poorest Areas Civil Society (PACS) Programme

supported by DFIDThe program Covered over 20,000 villages

in around 90 districts of 6 states through a network of 600 NGOs and 25,000 community based organizations.

Restoring the dignity of the Musahars in rural Bihar

Women of Piwadi in Jalna district of Maharashtra win battle against

alcoholism

The 1st step towards local self-governance in Jharkhand

CLEAN-India Programme

Policy Influence

Achievements and Impact

Economic: over one million livelihoods

Technology enterprises have marketed 100 million tiles; 100 million bricks; 50,000 houses and continue to grow.

Environment:

Over 48,000 environment conservation initiatives with a network of 1.25 million schools children.

Social:

Empowered over 1.3 million poor to claim their rights and entitlements through a network of 25,000 community based organizations.

2010…..

Taking it further with

TARAgram Yatra 2010

17th – 21st September

Towards Green Economies - scalable solutions for people and our planet

People working with Nature

through Green Jobs, Green Enterprisesin Green Economies

will secure the future of our planet

Thank you