Regional and Urban Development Agency, The Consultancy Group offers services contributed to the development sector in the areas of Strategic Planning, Management of Programs, Outreach of Programs, Communication, Capacity Building, Human Resource Development, Market Research, Rural marketing, Operational Research, NGO’s and Community Participation, Monitoring and Evaluation & Impact Assessment. Specifically Regional and Urban Development Agency is a technical and management support agency for the development sector on:
- Programme Planning
- Project Assessment/ Evaluation
- Project preparation and project implementation
- Demographic surveys
- Operational research, management of pilot projects and demonstration centres
- Strategic planning
- Programme development based on social assessment / situational analysis
- Human resource development
- Communication strategy development and management of campaigns
- Community participation techniques
- NGO participation and capacity building
- MIS and evaluation to other development programme
- Capacity Building including training
- Infrastructure Development
- SHG formation
- Micro-Credit, Micro-Enterprise Development
- Gender Issues
- Natural Resource Management
- Rural marketing
- Logistics management and providing backward & forward linkages
Why RUDA
- Significant work experience in the State of Jammu and Kashmir and Districts
- Familiarity with geographical parameters, population pyramids, socio-cultural & economic situation
- Grass root level experience and rapport through village and block level planning process.
- Good understanding and first hand knowledge of governance system and, the Government programs, projects, schemes.
- Availability and capacity of the required technical resources/ experts for undertaking the proposed assignment in a timely manner.
- Good rapport with districts and state administration in the state.
- Fully Equipped office and team members for handling large data with required infrastructure & support
- Fluency in local language, including local dialects.
- Around 250 professionals comprised of trained investigators, surveyors and engineers are empanelled with the organization.
- An excellent understanding of the Government systems and programs in the state
- The core team has experience of working with Government departments, people’s networks and NGOs in many states and has a good working relationship with them.
- Quality control mechanisms in place to ensure that all inputs, processes and outputs of the assignment, adheres to time schedules and meets the highest standards of quality and addresses the needs of the Government.
- A very good understanding of the grassroots realities, community needs and ability to respond to it effectively
- Expertise to customize and develop software for data management and analysis
- Access to wide range of national and international experts with different specialization in the development sector
- Expertise in result-based management and in ensuring that the results are sustainable and continue beyond the initiative. The sustainability aspect will be in-built into the activities for the centre.
- Regional and Urban Development Agency has affiliations with well-known organizations in the country. This would help to pool necessary technical resources/ expertise from these organizations for efficiently undertaking this assignment.
In addition, the team have skills and expertise to:
- Undertaking operational studies, research and policy analysis
- Build capacity of various stakeholders,
- Organizing events
- Documenting the processes (process documentation)
- Addressing the emerging needs of the state programs and Department
These strengths will ensure that the organization can adequately meet the requirements for ensuring a successful implementation of the proposed assignment. Importantly, the team has adequate experience in program management to optimize the use of resources and ensuring maximum gain for the state and other stakeholders.