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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
between Baitarani River
Basin Study Project, Shristi AND
……………………………………………
Signed on……August,
2006 by Sri
Ranjan Mahapatra, Project Leader
on behalf of BRB Study Project and by
……………………..
for ……….. for entering
into a “Formal Collaboration to
facilitate of Sharing and Acknowledgement
of Information and Resources for Mutual
Benefit and Furthering Developmental Processes”
1. About BRB Study
Project:
SHRISTI is a developmental organization
having thematic focus on Natural Resource
Management, Livelihood and Micro-finance
in order to develop sustainable livelihood
options for rural destitute. Shristi has
currently undertaken a study on ”Strategizing
the Baitarani Basin Management for Sustainable
Development and Poverty Alleviation”.
This is an innovative action research
initiative aimed at promoting integrated
futuristic basin resource management in
the Baitarani River in India. This project
is about strategic basin resources appraisal
and planning through participatory and
collaborative processes. Focus of the
project is on information generation/processing
and making it accessible to basin stakeholders
to enable informed choices and enhanced
stakeholder voices in basin resource management.
To achieve its goal, project works across
four thematic areas of viz. NRM, Hydrology,
Rights and Governance and Livelihood and
Micro-enterprise along with other key
issues related to cross-thematic overlaps.
The study is taking up in-depth secondary
and field research on these individual
and cross- cutting themes along with facilitating
of a series of hierarchical stakeholders’
dialogues to meet its objectives. The
study area includes 8-Districts Keonjhar,
Mayurbhanj, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Kendrapara,
Angul, Balasore, and Sundargarh consisting
of total 42 Blocks covering an area of
13,418.82 sq km in Orissa.
2. About …..
3. Rationale behind MoU:
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Avoidance of duplication
of efforts and thus ensure productive
and effective use of available resources.
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Gaining from each
others’ past and present efforts,
resources and expertise.
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Concentration of
efforts towards meaningful realization
of objective.
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To facilitate collection,
collation, generation, sharing and dissemination
of information related to resources,
resource management practices, policies
and options with respect to Baitarani
River Basin
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To learn from each
others experiences and knowledge about
similar works, processes, examples in
other places
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To acknowledge each
other’s inputs, help, facilitation
with due respect to intellectual property
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To mutually gain
from sharing of human and other resources
as mutually agreed
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To gain from this
synergistic effect of collaboration
and to further the development processes
in Orissa
5. Operational Procedure:
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Allowing access
to information from each others’
data base/ library to staff members/representatives
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Allowing participation
of staff members in different ongoing
projects of mutual interest
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Sharing of human
and financial resources if required
subject to mutual agreement and by following
each other’s administrative/financial
procedures
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Putting partner’s
name in related publications as mutually
agreed and as per ethical principles
of information sharing. Also putting
partner’s name in web site with
link to its website upon mutual agreement.
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Exploring scope
for taking up collaborative projects
in partnership mode on subjects of mutual
interest as agreed upon by both parties
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Respecting ethical
values, intellectual property resources
in sharing of resources and information
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Understanding and
accepting limitations of partner to
share any information due to any reason
beyond the control of partner or as
a result of any past/current legal restrictions
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Allow each other
adequate space to maintain identity
and pursue own mandate
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