Home About Us Completed Projects Current Programs Trainings Training Centre SJMT Enquiry Contact ICA’S APPROACH TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT "A community that has the opportunity to participate in the creation of its own development plan will be committed to the implementation of that plan, is a core belief of ICA." The Institute’s approach to development is based on the principle that the people of a community have the right, the ideas and the resources to plan and direct their own development processes with temporary help from the outside. The initiation of any ICA project, therefore, is a substantial participatory planning and concensus building event or series of event or series of events involving the entire community, assisted by those outside people the village invites. The implementation phase of the process, ICA staff work closely with the villagers so that they experience the work they do, understand the methods and acquire the skills to do it themselves. While doing a project every effort is made to involve all the sectors such as Government, private sector, voluntary organizations, educational institutions and the local people, in roles of assistance in creating and implementing the schemes the villagers themselves decide. ICA staff plays the role of a catalyst, facilitator, organizer and trainer and let the villagers do their own development. The focus is more on developing the Human Factor, making people understand and enlarge their capacities so that they become agents of their own development. The following are the basic principles which have guided all the ICA for the past over thirty years:       • Concentrate development efforts within a delimited geographical area.      • Deal with all the problems, promoting a comprehensive approach.      • Deal with the people (all ages, both the sexes, all the communities) so that every one can participate.      • Promote the self-image of the people as being confident and capable. Most Recent News TREE PLANTATION AT KATARKHADAK.. More ............................................ TREE PLANTATION.. More ............................................ BIO OF ANNA HAZARE.. More ............................................ Krushi Shala.. More ............................................ Krushi Dindi... More ............................................ AGRICULTURE AND AGROFORESTRY WORKSHOP.. More ............................................ ICA INDIA PUNE.. More ............................................ Developed by eUpside. Copyright © by ICA India. All Rights Reserved.