Rajasthan Mission on Skill and Livelihoods

Knowledge Building and dissemination

Knowledge building has been an important area of RMoL’s domain. As part of designing ivelihood strategies for the state, so far RMoL has undertaken several studies and consultative meetings/ workshops. The thematic areas of these studies and consultations are based on the need for understanding the livelihood profile of the poor, the sectors in which they work and the regional disparity that contributes towards a particular pattern of livelihood. The table below details on these thematic areas

Thematic areas of RMoL
Economic Sectors	Agriculture, Dairy, Sheep rearing, Goatary, Fisheries, Mining, Leather, Handicraft, Tourism, Health, Industry, Vocational Education, Agro – processing
Population segments	Youth, Slum Dwellers, Tribals, Women, Dalits, People with Disabilities, Minorities, Migrants
Spatial Regions	Desert Districts, Rainfed areas, Rural Growth Centers, National Highways, Agro Ecological zones
Government Policies and Programmes	Impact of Selected Government Schemes, Budget Analysis of Government Departments, Watersheds Programs, Joint Forest Management, Unutilized Infrastructure, Business Development Services, Institutional Building for Livelihood Promotion, Social Entrepreneurship and Community NGO Public Private Partnership

For wider sharing and dissemination, learning from these workshops and studies have been published in a series of booklets. In addition, the brochures, websites and films have been made on several issues of import.

Compendium on ‘Innovative Approaches in Livelihoods Promotion’

With rapid increase in population, rising aspiration and growing inequities, livelihood promotion has become very important. Interventions have been done by different agencies to promote livelihoods in a particular economic sub sector such as in agriculture, animal husbandry, handicraft, tourism; for different vulnerable population segments such as women, tribals, migrants; and in different geographical areas such as in deserts, hilly regions, coastal areas etc. A lot of such innovative efforts have proved to be successful in certain pockets and have elements of replication. However, not much is known about the work done in a particular state outside the confines of that state.

For promoting mutual learning on experiences of livelihood promotion programmes in the country, a knowledge sharing workshop ‘Innovative Approaches in Livelihood Promotion’ was organised by RMoL in December 2008. With participation of 68 people, representing different sectors, from nine states, the event was a great learning opportunity. Taking forward this initiative of knowledge sharing, RMoL is coming out with a compendium of papers on innovative livelihood interventions by different agencies. It is expected that such a compendium will surely lead to better sharing of the ideas.