Main Functional Domain of TGI
A) Capacity Building & Training
B) Innovative Education
C) Field Based Action
D) Action Research
E) Publishing
F) Networking & Partnerships
CAPACITY BUILDING & TRAINING FUNCTIONS
The Grassroots Institute specializes in developing the skills and potential of individuals and attempts to deliver multicultural education and training. Capacity building activities include facilitation of effective human resource, democratic participation and community involvement in field programs, improved quality and equity in community initiatives, and integration of advocacy perspectives. It offers uniquely relevant, international-quality and professional education opportunities for the potential leaders, managers and field personnel of development projects of government agencies, support agencies, academic institutions, NGOs other civil society organizations. Field based projects also impart capacity building and training to beneficiaries and stakeholders in those particular projects. Such projects may be browsed at Rangeland Initiative and Heritage Initiative of TGI Canada and at Field Action Programs of TGI Ukraine.
INNOVATIVE EDUCATION FUNCTIONS
The Grassroots Institute imparts practical education to the working professionals, fresh graduates and post-graduates, and field practitioners through a number of educational programs having strong components of practicals, exercises, on-field exposures, project work and externship. The unique education programs are offered in innovative mode at the moment. Different types of short courses are available at the weblink https://grassrootsinstitute.ca/courses/ and these courses are operated by TGI Versity platform a www.tgiversity.org, which is cooperative initiative of TGI Canada, TGI Ukraine, and other Grassroots entities.
FIELD ACTION & ADVOCACY FUNCTIONS
The Grassroots Institute has executed couple of valuable projects in Great Himalayan National Park (India) and advocacy-based action research and policy advocacy projects addressing access and benefit sharing (ABS) and pastoralism and rangeland issues. The Grassroots Institute has certain focus on issues under identified initiatives. In the time to come, initiatives will be geared to plan, develop, and execute interventions in a sequential manner to evolve critical learning and advocacy-linked follow up actions. We intend to bring about macro changes through alternative policy frameworks at the global, national or local scale. However, the prevailing policy frameworks can sustainably be influenced from first-hand empirical learning emanating from direct field projects. Therefore, the Grassroots Institute thinks the projects in a continuum of field action, advocacy interventions and policy change process. Such projects may be browsed at Rangeland Initiative and Heritage Initiative of TGI Canada and at Field Action Programs of TGI Ukraine.
ACTION RESEARCH FUNCTIONS
The Grassroots Institute has conducted series of field studies in the past on varied topics and issues. Methodology of delivering research functions includes conceptualizing, executing, disseminating and presenting the research studies that are mostly applied in nature. The Grassroots Institute does involve chiefly the exploratory empirical research and advocacy-oriented studies. To improve the knowledge base and share the findings and experiences, TGI takes part in discourses by organizing workshops, conferences, events, etc. or through presenting the research findings in national and international conferences, seminars, symposia, etc. Most importantly, the outcome of the studies is linked with capacity building and educational functions of The Grassroots Institute as also used in updating and formulating the policy dialogues and opinion building. Studies and research frameworks and lists area mentioned on the link https://grassrootsinstitute.net/field-studies.html
PUBLISHING WORK
Publications are important tools of communicating and disseminating of learning, knowledge, ideas, issues, news, and voices of the people. The Grassroots Institute publishes Grassroots Journals and open access TGI Books. Publishing initiative is the oldest and has been recognized globally. Some scientific journals are SCOPUS indexed.
NETWORKING & PARTNERSHIPS
ggN is the umbrella network, which is intended to bridge the gaps between academic/research institutions and the field-based practicing organizations. There are three Google Groups: Mountain Ecosystems & Resource Management; Natural Resources Law & Governance; Pastures & Pastoralism. Grassroots Global Network (ggN) performs networking not only to promote the TGI and its offshoots but also advocates on different issues. To accomplish the purpose, partnerships are cultivated with a variety of organizations.
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