The stakeholder consultation process (SCP) promotes stakeholder investment in the Project and contributes to effective implementation. The SCP is designed to ensure stakeholder awareness of and participation in implementing and managing the Project.
SCP also educates the communities about environmental sanitation and health linkages. The Project beneficiaries will be consulted on project operations and its benefits to the community. Information on stakeholders’ needs and their expectations from the Project flows to the Project management teams. Wherever possible under existing community networks, stakeholders will be encouraged to become involved in the project design, implementation, O&M (operation and maintenance), and monitoring.

In slums
Field-level Committees with fair representation of stakeholders have been very effective in finalisating scope of work and monitoring. This led to need-based planning and better quality of work. Civil work interventions and hand-holding support have resulted in major behavioural changes in areas like: (i) ownership of assets and O&M; (ii) health, hygiene, sanitation and garbage disposal; (iv) bank savings accounts; (v) social security through insurance schemes; (vi) low cost nutrition supplements for infants; (vii) registration of births; (viii) income generation schemes through Self-help Groups (SHGs) and linkages to government schemes like SJSRY.

In sewerage and drainage work
House-to-house visits by KEIP community mobilisers and personal interaction with every household resulted in: (i) sharing of information on the Project with every household in the project area; (ii) motivating people to get house connections.

In resettlement
The activities in resettlement have been: (i) formation and nurturing of Canal Resettlement Groups for O&M; (ii) grievance and redressal cells; (iii) insurance schemes; (iv) bank accounts; (v) stakeholder consultants on social issues; (vi) vocational training of SHGs for income generation.

Model Slums under KEIP
Encouraged by the experience of working in slums in bringing about changes in the lives of the slum dwellers KEIP is taking up eight slums to be developed as ‘model’ slums at no extra cost. The slums are in wards 5, 78, 82, 49, 70, 74, 90 and 76.

NGO partners of the Project
In slums: i-Land Informatics Ltd; IPER; CINI ASHA; CLPOA; Mayurbhanj Joint Citizen Centre; ISARA; T-Shed; ONWARD
In R&R: Bharat Sevashram Sangha; Jayprakash Institute of Social Change.

Outcome

• 31 SHGs consisting of 295 women and 40 men (total 335), have been formed in 9 wards—13, 27, 49, 65, 71, 74,   82, 90, 93, 106 and 108
• 22 SHGs linked to UBI and Allahabad Bank.
• traning in 9 vocations like tailoring, embroidery, zari, and beauty care.
• 6 meetings with Regional Mangers of nationalized banks for individual loans.
• 10 Self Help Groups (SHG) participated in the Swarnajayanti Saradia Mela. A total 65 SHG members visited the fair.
• 22 Field Level Committees formed in slums of Burough VII, VIII, IX
• 12 probable applicants identified for loans within Rs15,000 each.

Future Plans

• Re-engagement of 6 NGOs from 1 November 2006. 5 NGOs will be engaged for slum improvement and 1 NGO will be engaged for RR activities.
• Emphasis on behaviour change in ownership, education, health, hygiene, nutrition, sanitation.
• Formation of Field Level Co-ordinators and training of user groups.
• Provision of micro-credit for individuals through SCC (Swarojgar Credit Card) scheme. A nationalised bank has shown eagerness for the scheme.
• Training institutes to link trainee-SHG members to their institute or elsewhere after completion of training.