ARAVALI Development Feature Services - ADFS
Capacity building of small of grass root level NGOs has been a priority
area for ARAVALI. We have observed that many voluntary organisations do
not get information on government policy, programmes, government orders,
training programmes, information about donor agencies, etc.
Many partner organisations expressed the need of the information support
from ARAVALI. We started ‘ARAVALI Development Feature Service – ADFS’ in
year 1999. The basic idea behind ADFS is to disseminate/ share the
important information/ experiences/ learning, which is relevant for the
organisational works of VAs and other stakeholders. Through ADFS,
ARAVALI attempts to reduce the transaction cost of information exchange
among the VAs, the government, and the donor agencies.
The information circulated in ADFS is:
Guidelines of the Government Programmes or changes if any in the
Guidelines.
Upcoming projects of the government as well as other donor agencies.
About training programmes – calendars of the organisations conducting
the training programmes.
Contact persons, names and addresses of various actors in development
Innovations in development
Other useful information in the context of development scenario
ADFS is sent to around 250 organisations, institutes, and individuals,
working in the field of development, every month. It has also changed
with the time. Now it is more structured and formatted. Now the
subscribers are paying a token amount of Rs. 100/- a year. We have also
started sending ADFS electronically to those who have e-mail connection.
Information has today, become a survival tool for both small and large
organizations. Hence ARAVALI’s information support is available to all
credible and willing organizations working in Rajasthan. Through the
ARAVALI Development Feature Service (ADFS), ARAVALI attempts to reduce
the transaction cost of such information exchange among the NGOs, the
Government and the Donor agencies. Useful information, articles,
announcements and government resolutions related to the development
sector are regularly compiled, updated and is being currently supplied
to more than a hundred VAs in the state, under ADFS.