ILP's core belief is in working in partnership and collaboration with other key groups who together can make an impact in the area of operation.
The collaboration would be at various levels of administration as outlined below
A. Collaboration with Key departments of Administration, Education and Labor:
a. At District level with the District Administration by setting up the District Task Force Committee which has been agreed to by the Deputy Commissioner and will have members from the key departments as well as the Zilla Panchayath. Focus will be on issues relating to child labor, education, age of marriage and movement of children (trafficking)
b. At Taluk level with concerned officers – this has been established through regular meetings and CDF will work towards a periodic review mechanism
c. At Kodla Cluster and Panchayath level – this has been established and the local department officials as well as elected representatives of the panchayath have participated in the Base Line study, PRA and other focused group out of school and child labor issues.
B. Networking with Other Organizations:
a. CDF has established rapport with Shri Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT) and Azim Premji Foundation (APF) whose primary focus is also Education and back-to-school issues in the district of Gulbarga and have a plan of intervention for North Karnataka. This would help in addressing critical policy matters with the state as well draw strength from experiences. A platform of interaction is also being discussed.
b. CDF will start networking with other implementing NGOs in the Block and district who are working on girl child education, child labour etc as one of CDFs mission is also capacity building of like minded NGOs for local networking.
C. State level alliance:
This is a strategic move to place on agenda the critical issues of North Karnataka Region. CDF is an active member of the state network - Campaign Against Child Labor and is playing a facilitator role in developing a Gulbarga Resource Center.