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Partners
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Programme
Support Organization -
PSO |
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The
Organization |
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Programme
Support Organization
(PSO) is the organization that represents the Development Fund
of Norway. The Development Fund is the formal project holder
of ODW, responsible for planning, implementation and monitoring
the partner activities in Sri Lanka. The PSO represents the
Development Fund of Norway. Its main task is to provide logistical
and technical support to the partners in order implement the
ODW projects effectively. In this sense PSO is mandated to build
capacity of the civil society organisations that take part in
OD program. It is a legal entity organised and registered for
this specific purpose. |
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PSO
is led by an expert on participatory planning and monitoring,
K.A.J. Kahandawa. Kahandawa has a long-termed record in leading
successful projects that were evaluated to be highly participatory
and sustainable. He also shares the same ideology/methodology
as The Development Fund. |
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He is working with a highly
competent Tamil Programme Officer, Vellupilai Nagendran, a former
Peace Corps volunteer to Norway. The PSO has established a small
office in Kandy. This office is in the heart of the island and
convenient contact place to all the partners in ODW programme. |
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Objectives
of the PSO |
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Strengthen
the member organisations of OD programme Sri Lanka institutionally. |
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Coordinate the cooperation
and increase the synergy between the partner organisations. |
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Monitor the political
situation that may affect implementation of the programme
and take necessary steps to responds to problems in a
timely manner. |
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Main
tasks of PSO |
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Capacity
Building |
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Network Building |
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Peace Building |
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Programme focus and facilitating
exchanges between partners |
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Programme monitoring |
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Administration |
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These tasks occur continuously
through dialogs between PSO and each partner in a feedback process
from assessment, planning to implementation. Each task is elaborated
below. The dialogs between PSO and each organisation will determine
how the capacity building can be done and time frame for each
activity. The large part of the resource requirement for these
tasks is the human resource and time provided by PSO staff and
the necessary apparatus to facilitate their work. |
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Network
Building |
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ODW programme in Sri Lanka has
an ambitious goal to pull together organisations that are working
with youth to function as a political movement to promote rights
for youth in the long-run. The PSO’s task is to facilitate
this process. In practice this involves PSO in following activities. |
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Learning
about the existing relevant network. |
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Facilitating contacts
between ODW programme and other networks. |
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Initiating some network
activities in consultation with partners. |
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In 2004, PSO studied the existing
networks that the partner organisations already had. A plan
was made of how youth network can be built based on the existing
networks. |
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Number of exchanges and initiatives
to occur between partners within the ODW programme and between
ODW programme and outside networks, was planned and implemented. |
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Peace
and solidarity |
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Peace and security is the underlying
prerequisite for development and for long-term welfare of youth
in Sri Lanka. Convening organisations from Tamil, Sinhalese
and Muslim populations in the existing political situation is
a delicate work, but if done right, can open up one channel
of communications between groups involved in the conflicts.
PSO is mindful of such opportunity and facilitates the communication
and exchanges between the different groups of partners. |
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The volatile political situation
also makes it necessary for the PSO to be sensitive to problems
related to politics, and be prepared to respond to problems
timely. |
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In practice, the PSO’s
task is to facilitate exchanges between Tamil, Sinhalese and
Muslim organisations. For the coming years, PSO will also facilitate
exchanges between the youth from the different groups. |
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In 2004, PSO facilitated exchanges
between partner organisations (which have different ethnic groups).
In the year 2005, more facilitation of peace strategies will
take place. |
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PSO is the main responsible
organisation to create the opportunity/venue where all ODW partners
meet regularly and form a common vision, understanding and exchanges
of experiences. Most concretely, this is realised through
Programme Cooperation Committee (PCC) meetings, workshops
and training. |
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In addition, PSO is responsible
to develop policies, guidelines, operational plans for- |
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Inclusion
of the disabled |
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Gender and ethnic balance |
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Participatory approach
in development work |
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Quality assurance of
education program for employment |
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