Using a strategy of local-level and regional studies, the Centre aims to impact policies and perceptions at all levels to help build a more equitable society. C-NES is involved in programmes in the following areas:
- River transport, understanding development of need based livelihoods
- Conflict
- Participatory planning
- Gender sensitization and status of women
- Traditional governing institutions and making them more open and democratic
- Environmental protection
- Reviews of social projects and policies through local team
- Developing better communications through media fellowship
The long term goals of such projects are to strengthen peoples’ participation in tackling problems and policy development. Involving a participatory approach , using the skills, resources and knowledge of local groups.At the same time, the Centre will ensure interaction with specialists in these fields. Local government institutions will be kept informed of the Centre’s activities.
Regional Perspective
The communities of this region need to develop their own unique answers to their problems instead of depending on others. But this cannot happen in isolation.The states of the North East need to look to each other and to their neighbors in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Tibet and Nepal for they must grow together. The markets, skills, natural resources and other advantages need to knit together if the region, one of the poorest in the world, is to progress.
The Centre’s office are located in New Delhi and Guwahati, where it collaborates with the Rashtriya Gramin Vikash Nidhi (RGVN), one of the leading NGOs in the North East.
