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Policy lobbying and advocacy
Corporate crime watch
Vigilance on policies of donor agencies on mega-projects
Conduct Alternative People's Tribunals(APTs) to get address real community problems
Campaign for sustainable development and environment management
Provide legal aid to poor and marginalized communities
Strengthen institutional linkages and strengthen local networks for lobbying
Build international linkages and assist in international lobbying
Document and preserve indigenous knowledge systems
Promote sustainable farming systems
Enhance community resilience through strengthening environment friendly livelihoods
Lobby for consumer rights
Work towards community based disaster risk reduction
Work on adaptive and reductive methods for ensuring climate stability
Work for the empowerment of women, youth and children
Rebuild disaster damaged communities
Work for peace through reconciliation processes
Lobby for the rights of persons with disabilities
Lobby for the rights of small scale farmers
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| The Movement > Who are we? > Structure |
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The Green Movement has a structure that is a combination of "flat" and "hierarchical". This may sound strange but closer analysis will show that such an environment can exist. The ideology of the Greens attracts multi-talented people who not only enjoy but actually excel in working across multiple disciplines and multiple tasks. The holistic approach to effort also means that the best person to do a particular job is usually allowed to take the lead and this in turn leads to a very flat structured work mode. Despite this, the Greens also have a very firm hierarchical structure in place that was the outcome of a re-thinking of strategy in early 2007 after the chaos that existed in the immediate post-tsunami area. The GMSL feels that it has managed the difficult task of bridging these two structures for optimal effect. Given below is the hierarchy as it was reformulated on 2007. |
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Tradition over fad, custom over law, heart over mind... The Green Movement has risen above many groups less for its ability to "conform" to accepted norms of "doing things" but rather, because it has always done what it "felt" was right. Perhaps, for the Greens, "Organization" is not "Organic" enough? |
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The organizational structure of the Green Movement is based on four major units, namely, "Legal Unit", "Information, Education and Media Unit", "Network Unit" and "Campaigns Unit". Taking the first letter of each, these abbreviate to the "LINC". They comprise the "executive arm" of the GMSL and provide their resources to the various practical actions that are executed by staff members and associates. The LINC provides these services to the six programs, namely "Natural Resource Conservation and Management"(NRCM), "International Financial Institutes Watch" (IFIW), "Sustainable Agriculture Program" (SAP), "Consumer Watch Program" (CWP), "Disaster Management and Information Program" (DMIP) and the "Consolidated Action Program" (CAS). Each of the program heads manage projects coming under their purview and work out logistics with the heads of the LINC. The programs are the action arm of the GMSL and the Units are the services arm that helps the programs to im plement actions. Below, figure 1 and 2 is the relationship between the LINC and the programs. |
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| The projects of the GMSL are based on three core ideas, namely, "Research and Information", "Practice and Action" and "Education and Training". These ideas are exercised through a spectrum of efforts outlined below in figure 3. |
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| The Green Movement works in tandem with its member organizations locally and partner organizations internationally. The relationship between the GMSL and its members and partners is given below in figure 4: |
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| Finally, the movement is set up with key positions being filled through a vote of all members at the Annual General Meeting. The whole top-down structure is given below in figure 5: |
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Note: These concepts and ideological explainations are the intellectual property of the Green Movement of Sri Lanka Inc. |
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