WHAT WE DO?
National Conference of Dalit Organisations (NACDOR) strongly believes
in the philosophy and the teachings of Baba Saheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. NACDOR
represents a secular, progressive, democratic and a forward looking movement of
the Dalits. Considering self help and
community initiative as the most important instrument of socio-economic
empowerment, NACDOR innovates ideas; develops alternatives; and mobilizes
Dalits for their economic, social and cultural rights and equal dignity of all
human beings.
The NACDOR Regional Coordinators provide guidance with regard to
the NACDOR's policy, procedure and agenda. Every local Unit chartered in a
particular state works closely under the guidance of the State Coordinator.
Regional Coordinators, State Coordinators, Prominent Dalit Activists,
Intellectuals, writers and progressive democratic intellectuals of non-Dalit
background form the National Governing Board of NACDOR, which is headed by the
National Coordinator of NACDOR. Some changes are expected in National Governing
Board structure of NACDOR after NACDOR-II, which is planned in December 2006.
TRAINING DALIT LEADERS
The primary focus of the NACDOR continues to be the protection and
enhancement of the constitutional rights of Dalits and other marginalised. The
NACDOR believes strongly that the future Dalit leaders must be developed today,
and such development is a long term programme of NACDOR. It is not that the Dalit
Movement did not produced competent or talented Dalit leaders, but considering
huge socio-economic marginalisation, historical neglect and exclusion, Dalit Community has largely remained starved
of Dalit Leaders at all levels. Therefore, NACDOR is involved in locating and
contacting grass-root Dalit Organisations across
In year 2006, we propose to organize four such trainings. One of these
will be focusing on Dalit Women, another on Dalit Youth and other two on
Political Empowerment of Dalits. These will be organized in
MAKING BUDGETS AND PLANNING FAIR
This programme is based on NACDOR’s firm belief that that unless
short-term and long-term Plans and national and state budgetary processes
consciously take care of the interests of the Dalits and other marginalised
sections, Developmental Planning and Budgetary Processes would not fulfil the
basic mandate of socio-economic justice to these sections.
The background of this programme lies in the research carried out
by Mr. Ashok Bharti, founding president of Centre for Alternative Dalit Media
(CADAM) and founder of NACDOR, which concluded that no five-year plans or
annual plans conceived or executed by the Government of India allocated or
spent more than two percent of the total planned allocations or expenditures.
This become revealing when seen in the light of the population share of the
Dalits (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes), which is about 25% of the total
population of the country.
Based on the above research, its findings and to convey these
shortcomings in the India’s Development Planning, CADAM, the founder of the
National Conference of Dalit Organisations (NACDOR), took initiative to develop
a holistic development discourse that consider Dalits and disadvantaged
sections as the central focus of the Development Planning Process.
Accordingly, CADAM organised a seminar on Dalits and the
Approach Paper to the 10th Plan on 24th June 2001 at Gandhi Peace
Foundation in
This memorandum had impact on the deliberations of NDC and the
Prime Minister, who also heads the Planning Commission publicly stated in that
at the time of Detailed Planning, interests of the Dalits would be duly
considered. http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/06/30/stories/01300002.htm
To further the discourse, National Conference of Dalit
Organisations (NACDOR) in association with CADAM and Social Development
Foundation organised a two-day National Conference on Dalits, Marginalised
and 10th Five-Year Plan in
DALITISING DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND BUDGETARY PROCESSES IN UP
NACDOR with financial
support of ActionAid Uttar Pradesh Regional Office, has launched a project of
Dalitising Development Planning and Budgetary Processes in Uttar Pradesh directly
under the guidance of its National Coordinator, Mr. Ashok Bharti. This project
is based on NACDOR’s fundamental belief that unless short-term and long-term
Plans consciously take care of the interests of the Dalits and other
marginalised sections, Developmental Planning and Budgetary Processes would not
fulfil the basic mandate of socio-economic justice to these sections. This
project has been visualised to keep following long term goals in view.
Long-term goal: The campaign is
ultimately aiming at an increase in plan and budgetary allocation -
proportionate to the needs / population of Dalits in the state. Along with
this, Dalits need to be at the centre of the Planning process. There should be
an integrated approach at each and every stage of planning including the
resource allocation stage. The SCP for SCs needs to be monitored for its
strengthening and effective implementation. The approach towards Dalits needs
to evolve from fringe allocation on a charitable principle to mainstreamed
rights based allocations.
Active participation of community and elected representatives is
planned through education, training and sensitisation processes. This will lead
to an environment of enhanced participation of these representatives in mass
Advocacy and Lobbying programmes. To begin with, this process will begin in
four districts, and will progressively cover the whole of
the State of
OBJECTIVES
Keeping the above inferences in view, the following are the
objectives of the project:
1. Influencing the Development Planning and Budget Allocation process
to become positively sensitive to the needs of Dalits and Marginalised
especially in the context of education, food and livelihood.
2. Involving people in a participatory process of developing
stakeholding of the Dalits and Marginalised sections in Development Planning.
3. Taking the Development Planning debates and dialogues beyond the
confines of the boundaries of academic / intellectual circles to make it an
issue of common concern.
4. Legislative and parliamentary advocacy and lobbying for making
planned allocations in proportion to the population of Dalits and other
marginalised and ensuring social audit by grass-root dalit groups.
FELLOWSHIP
Dr.
Ambedkar and Savitri Bai Phule Fellowship for Dalit Leadership: 16 Dalit women and men working as grass root
activists will be awarded Dr. B R Ambedkar and Savitri Bai Phule Fellowship
for Dalit Development. These fellows
will be trained to take up leadership roles.
A token amount will be paid to these volunteers to look after their out
of pocket expenses that they incur while travelling / meeting / campaigning/
organising etc. To maintain gender parity, 8 Fellowship will be awarded to
women activists.