National
Conference of Dalit Organisations (NACDOR)
National Conference of Dalit Organisations
(NACDOR) is a growing movement/ network of grass-root Dalits
organisations. Strongly committed to
Dalits and their cause, it collaborates with broader ‘secular, democratic,
progressive, egalitarian’ movements without loosing its ‘Dalit perspective’.
Initiated by Centre for Alternative Dalit Media
(CADAM) as an ever-expanding process of sharing of views, experiences and
learning with Dalit ideologues, intellectuals, writers, trade union leaders,
social workers, activists and leaders of grass root Dalit organisations at the
dawn of 20th century, which culminated into first ever three day
National Conference of Dalit Organisations (NACDOR) from 8 – 10
December 2001 in New Delhi. Emerged as
an outcome of this historic conference, NACDOR has already established itself
as a nationwide network of Dalit Organisations and playing a very active role
in societal transformation of Dalits.
NACDOR is presently comprised of more
than 300 organisations in BIMARU (Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh,
Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal) and non-BIMARU states of Haryana,
Punjab,
NACDOR is committed to a people-centred and people
controlled development model where establishment of dignity of Dalits and
marginalised is of paramount importance and their overall development,
including social, economic, political and cultural, is central to all decisions
made and processes evolved. NACDOR discuss and evaluate policies, programmes,
documents, and interventions and focuses on the role of the organisations,
institutions, entrepreneurial efforts, agencies, corporate bodies, political
parties and leadership of various entities to make them accountable to
positively address the concerns of the masses in general, and Dalits in
particular.
NACDOR works towards increasing participation of
Dalits and marginalised through various enabling strategies, programmes and
processes such as advocacy, lobbying, networking, sensitising, exhibitions,
publications, issue based workshops, debates, seminars, conferences, group
meetings, public meetings involving grass root organisations, communities and
their leaders; and identifying activists, individuals, officials, political
leaders, groups, organisations to intervene to ensure fundamental
socio-economic rights, including human rights, enshrined in Indian Constitution
and in various covenants, treaties, declarations, resolutions of International
bodies such as United Nations.
Innovative in its approach, it is
credited with launching a Self Help Movement of the Dalits encouraging Dalits
to create Alternative Institution for Dalit Empowerment (AID Empowerment) by
channelising Dalit energy, communitarian potential and resource optimisation.
Concretising larger Dalit agenda, NACDOR is actively involved in improving
Dalit Health, consolidating Dalit Economy, encouraging Dalit Culture,
developing Dalit Media, promoting Dalit Entrepreneurship, building Dalit Perspective,
educating Leadership, training Activists, lobbying with
Governmental/non-Governmental institutions, agencies etc and voices Dalit
concerns in national, international processes, movements and initiatives.
Being a vibrant movement of the
Dalits, it has acquired a prominent place in the contemporary social movements
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