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Item NZ Vass Impact Assessment: Pilot Programme(PRIA, 2001-07-31) Dwivedi, AnjuThe participatory impact assessment pilot initiative derived strength from involvement of all stakeholders from the initial phase of the project. The effort to make participatory impacts assessment non-imposing contributed enormously in smooth completion of this pilot initiative. The space was provided to NZ NGOs to constantly engage in a process of dialogue and discussions with partner organisations including chief executives and the board members to win support and trust. An environment of openness and candour proved extremely conducive in facilitating the process. The facilitators for the partner organisations were not seen as evaluators but as guide to the process. The planning with facilitators, NZ NGOs, partner organisations and the community was the hallmark of the process. The communities were constantly engaged in a process of quest, exploration and analysis in various ways. Effective methods were used to collect information on the impact to elicit maximum participation of the people involved. Greater involvement led to a better understanding of the impact, both intended and unintended. This also resulted in the planning of future strategies to overcome or minimise the unintended pact. The whole process highlighted the specific niche and capacities that the communities exhibited while carrying out impact assessment. They themselves saw the entire process as empowering.Item Concept Note to Build a Participatory Learning System(0000) Yogesh KumarSupport organisations have a history of more than two decades in the country. Some of the already existing organisations, either implementing organisations or those, which are in a funding role, started playing support functions. On the other hand, a group of support organisations emerged, specifically to play support functions, primarily as capacity building organisations or as networking and policy and advocacy groups. Being the meso layer in the development scenario, as a critical link between the macro international organisations and micro community groups, their identity could not get well defined as that of either funding or implementing organisations. The area of capacity building is so qualitative and process-oriented, that the impact of the capacity building is not easily measured, as opposed to those in a fund support role or in a direct implementation role. Moreover, their interventions being of a supportive nature raise many questions about the cost-effectiveness and efficiency. The challenge to measure the impact of support organisations is growing, for several external demands. Moreover, there is an increasing realisation within the support organisations, to quantify and qualify their value-additions provided to their constituencies and the impact of their services at the grassroots.