1. Moving towards Green Economies
and Green Jobs
PEP Meeting
Malawi
3rd March 2010
Vijay Chaturvedi
Development Alternatives
New Delhi, India

2. The Sustainability Imperative
… more urgent than ever before

3. People and Nature
are silent victims
of the way our economies have grown

4. What kinds of Economies
will fulfill their needs
?

5. People working with Nature
will secure the future of our planet
IF

6. Key Stakeholders
Governments, 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

7. Green Growth
with escalating energy costs and
emphasis on environmental performance
Large Companies and the Public Sector
will find it profitable or be compelled to
invest in
“Greening” their Corporations
… with very few new jobs and
inadequate service delivery to the poor

8. Inclusive Growth
the people driven approach….
… is measured in livelihood security
Jobs and Basic Needs

9. Green Economies
imply
Green and Inclusive Growth
through
Green Enterprises
and Green Jobs

10. Green Economies
Streams of Activities (DA)

11. Watershed planning and management
Wasteland rejuvenation
Enhanced productivity from farmlands
Rejuvenating
the Natural
Resource
Base

12. Farm based enterprises
Off farm enterprises and services
Hierarchy of support systems
Promoting
Livelihood
Enterprises

13. Drinking water and sanitation Health
Rural energy Education
Rural roads ICT
Upgrading
Village
Infrastructure

14. Formal and informal community institutional systems
Linkages with district, state and national institutional mechanisms
Seamless synergies to accelerate rural development
Building /
Strengthening
Institutional
Systems

15. Green Enterprises – drivers of change
Innovation
Implementation
Influence

16. Compressed Earth Blocks

17. Micro Concrete Roofing

18. Ferrocement Roofing Channels

19. Vertical Shaft Brick Kiln

20. Renewable Energy Enterprises

21. Handloom Textiles Technology

22. Recycled Handmade Paper

23. Network Enablers
TARAhaat
TARA Livelihood Academy

25. TARA Livelihood Academy
• Employment Skills
Entrepreneurship Skills

26. Poorest Areas Civil Society
(PACS) Programme
supported by DFID
The 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.
Women of Piwadi in Jalna district The 1st step towards
Restoring the dignity of the
of Maharashtra win battle against local self-governance in Jharkhand
Musahars in rural Bihar
alcoholism

27. CLEAN-India Programme

28. Policy Influence

29. 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.

30. 2010…..
Taking it further with
TARAgram Yatra 2010
17th – 21st September
Towards Green Economies
- scalable solutions for people and our planet

31. People working with Nature
through Green Jobs, Green Enterprises
in Green Economies
will secure the future of our planet

32. Thank you