National Livelihood Resource Centre

After gaining years of experience working on the development of land based rural economies, GVT is today in the process of establishing a state¬-of the art National Livelihoods Resource Center (NLRC) on the picturesque locale outside the city of Ratlarn in Bhadwasa Village in Jaora block of Madhya Pradesh. NLRC is being positioned to serve as the first of its kind centre of excellence to engage with development practitioners in understanding the myriad implications of livelihoods challenges.

This flagship initiative of GVT will become a repository of GVT's experiences of the past two decades that it intends to share with a wider audience through an annual calendar of client responsive activities like interactive training, participatory research and appreciative inquiry into the intricate interlinked world of rural livelihoods. NLRC will remain flexible, outsourcing knowledge and expertise as it evolves into a dynamic institution that will remain rooted to the ground while keeping a watchful eye on the externalities of influences.

NIRC is in the process of evolution and seeks partnerships at various levels, to refine and further its objectives. The ultimate goal is to develop this national center into a one stop shop for understanding livelihoods, for diagnosing ground situations and to develop prescriptions for interventions.

The services on offer will be tailor made to suit the emerging needs of the donor projects, public private partnerships, government programs and last but not the least, local communities and their leadership.