The questions asked in this section of the application are meant to get a quick understanding of how your organization engages with local communities.
In this article, we highlight each of the questions we ask in this section of the full application, why we ask them, address any common concerns around each question and (where relevant) provide you with resources/examples to help answer the question.
There are multiple questions that applicants already answered in the Expression of Interest (EOI) stage. You will not be required to answer these again but you are encouraged to update your responses based on feedback that you received on your EOI. All of the questions from the EOI will be written in green below, in case you wish to review the guidance again.
In this section, non-governmental organizations and enterprises answer the same questions.
If you have any further questions, you add them below as a comment or submit them here, and our support team will try to address them promptly.
- How has your organization mobilized and engaged with community members or groups to restore land?
- How does your organization engage with marginalized communities?
- Breakdown of the community member engagement
- Description of community member engagement of individuals that identify as Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Other Backward Class
- How does your organization engage with women?
- How does your organization engage with people between 15 and 29 years old?
- How does your organization engage landless people?
Q: How has your organization mobilized and engaged with community members or groups to restore land?*
Why we ask this question:
A central goal of the landscape restoration approach is to support marginalized communities by building their capacities and ensuring the flow of livelihoods and other socioeconomic benefits for them. In addition, through this question we intend to understand how your organization involves local community members in the project implementation through their local, grassroots knowledge, which is important for successful project delivery.
What qualifies as a marginalized community? Describe in detail the strategy that you used to engage the people that live in and around the landscapes that your organization has restored. Cite specific examples of the communities that you mobilized, how you incentivized them to restore land, and how you have improved your approach over time. Describe the community processes utilized, the level of ownership of local communities, and local governance structures you have created or leveraged.
Q: Describe how your organization engages with marginalized communities*
Why we ask this question:
We would like to understand how your organization and work engages and benefits members of marginalized communities. This information helps understand the holistic impact of your work and your methodology for engagement.
What qualifies as a marginalized community? Marginalized communities are those excluded from mainstream social, economic, educational, and/or cultural life. Examples of marginalized populations include, but are not limited to, groups excluded due to caste, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical ability, language, and/or immigration status. Pay specific attention to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes.
Q: How many community members has your organization benefited over the past 12 months (FY22-23)?*
Why we ask this question:
We are interested in knowing how your historical experience with engaging community members. This helps our team to understand the impact and scope of your work. Collaborating with communities ensures their buy-in and leads to sustainable and long-lasting impacts.
What qualifies as a community member? We define a “community member” as an employee, project beneficiary, or other stakeholder, such as a vendors, investor, or government official, in the area of your operations and throughout your value chains.
Note that we ask for the raw number of individuals and the amount of those people who are farmers, men, women, youth, and non-youth. These numbers should include both employees and beneficiaries. The total number of community members may be less than the sum total of the categories because some individuals will be included in multiple tallies (i.e. an individual can be a woman and youth).
| Category | Description |
| Total Community Members | A “community member” as an employee, project beneficiary, or other stakeholder, such as a vendors, investor, or government official, in the area of your operations and throughout your value chains. |
| Farmers | Please enter the number of farmers that your organization has benefited over the past year. |
| Women | Please enter the number of women that your organization has benefited over the past year. |
| Men | Please enter the number of men that your organization has benefited over the past year. |
| Individuals between the ages of 15 and 29 years |
Please enter the number of young people that your organization has benefited over the past year. In India, as per the National Youth Policy 2014, persons between the age group of 15 and 29 years are considered youth. |
| Individuals over the age of 29 years | Please enter the number of community members older than 29 years that your organization has benefited over the past year. |
Q: How many of the community members that you engaged over the last year (FY22-23) identify as Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Other Backward Class?*
Why we ask this question:
We would like to understand how your organization and work engages members of marginalized communities. This information helps understand the holistic impact of your work.
What qualifies as Scheduled Castes? As per Article 366 (24) of Constitution of India the Scheduled Castes are defined as, “Such castes, races or tribes or part of or groups within such castes, races or tribes as are deemed under Article 341 to be Scheduled Castes for the purpose of this [Indian] constitution.”
What qualifies as Scheduled Tribes? As per Article 366 (25) of Constitution of India the Scheduled Tribes are defined as, “Such tribes or tribal communities or part of or groups within such tribes or tribal communities as are deemed under Article 342 to the Scheduled Tribes for the purposes of this [Indian] Constitution.”
What qualifies as Scheduled Tribes? “Other Backward Classes” is a collective term used by the Government of India to classify castes which are educationally or socially backward.
Q: If that data is available, break down the total number above of individuals that identify as Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Other Backward Class into individual categories.
While we only require you to provide the numerical total of SC/ST/OBC people that you engage, we encourage you to break that total down into each of the three categories. If relevant, describe how you engage each of these social categories or the specific SC/ST/OBC groups that you engage.
| Category | Example |
| Total number of individuals that identify as Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Other Backward Class (as answered in previous question) | 150 |
| Number of Scheduled Caste | 74 |
| Number of Scheduled Tribe | 27 |
| Number of Other Backward Class | 49 |
Q: How does your organization engage with farmers?*
Why we ask this question:
When restoration projects have a positive economic impact on a community, it is usually due to their connection with the local farming community. There are many ways farmers can benefit from restoration projects, so please select all benefits that your past project work has provided to local farmers.
| Option | Definition |
| We provide paid jobs for farmers | Selecting this option indicates that your organization engages farmers directly and not through a third party, and pays farmers when they engage in project execution through cash, stipend, salary, and/or incentives. |
| We directly engage & benefit farmers | Selecting this option indicates that your organization engages farmers directly and not through a third party, and does not directly pay farmers. However, farmers benefit through non-cash-related benefits when they engage in project execution. |
| We provide indirect benefits to farmers | Selecting this option indicates that your organization engages farmers indirectly through a third party and does not pay farmers. However, farmers benefit through non-cash-related benefits when they engage in project execution. |
| We do not engage with farmers | Selecting this option indicates that your organization does not engage farmers in project execution. Not all restoration projects engage farmers. |
Q: How does your organization engage with women?*
Why we ask this question:
We would like to understand how your organization benefits women within the communities impacted by your restoration project. There are many ways women can benefit from restoration projects, so please select all benefits that your past project work has provided to women.
| Option | Definition |
| We provide paid jobs for women | Selecting this option indicates that your organization engages women directly and not through a third party, and directly pays women when they engage in project execution through cash, stipend, salary, and/or incentives. |
| We directly engage & benefit women | Selecting this option indicates that your organization engages women directly and not through a third party but does not pay women. However, women benefit through non-cash-related benefits when they engage in project execution. |
| We provide indirect benefits to women | Selecting this option indicates that your organization engages women indirectly through a third party and does not directly pay women. However, women benefit through non-cash-related benefits when they engage in project execution. |
| We do not engage with women | Selecting this option indicates that your organization does not engage with women in project execution. |
Q: How does your organization engage with people between 15 to 29 years old?*
Why we ask this question:
We would like to understand how your organization impacts those younger than and including 29 years old to create long-lasting impact in the local community. There are many ways youth can benefit from restoration projects, so please select all that apply to your past project work.
Note that it is illegal in India to employ anyone below the age of 14, but children may be counted as beneficiaries toward this total. The apprenticeship policy allows for remunerative employment to people above the age of 14.
| Option | Definition |
| We provide paid jobs for people between than 15-29 years old | Selecting this option indicates that your organization engages young people directly and not through a third party and pays people between 15-29 years old when they engage in your project execution through cash, stipend, salary, and/or incentives. |
| We directly engage & benefit people between than 15-29 years old | Selecting this option indicates that your organization engages young people directly and not through a third party, but does not pay people between 15-29 years old. However, young people benefit through non-cash-related benefits when they engage in project execution. |
| We provide indirect benefits to people between 15-29 years old | Selecting this option indicates that your organization engages young people indirectly through a third party and does not pay people between 15-29 years old. However, people between 15-29 years old benefit through non-cash-related benefits when they engage in project execution. |
| We do not engage with people between 15-29 years old | Selecting this option indicates that your organization does not engage with people between 15-29 years old in project execution. |
Q: How does your organization engage landless people?
Why we ask this question:
We ask this question to understand the focus of and potential impact that your organization creates on landless people through its projects and interventions.
| We provide paid jobs for landless people | Selecting this option indicates that your organization engages landless people directly and not through a third party and pays landless people when they engage in your project execution through cash, stipend, salary, and/or incentives. |
| We directly engage & benefit landless people | Selecting this option indicates that your organization engages landless people directly and not through a third party, but does not pay landless people. However, landless people benefit through non-cash-related benefits when they engage in project execution. |
| We provide indirect benefits to landless people | Selecting this option indicates that your organization engages landless people indirectly through a third party and does not pay landless people. However, landless people benefit through non-cash-related benefits when they engage in project execution. |
| We do not engage with landless people | Selecting this option indicates that your organization does not engage with landless people in project execution. |
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