Northern Illinois University

Advisory Committee -- committed to and motivated in directing women's participation in development

Opportunity to apply lessons learned to similar projects in Chicago's inner cities & other low income communities

Enhanced global perspectives and international understanding among NIU faculty and staff

Enhanced empathy and sensitivity for the development needs of the less developed areas in the world among the NIU faculty/staff/students

Streamlined models/strategies on sustainable democratic processes for application at the grassroots levels and to similar contexts in other regions

Concrete mechanisms (advisory committees, support groups, sister linkages) for sharing information and experiences globally

Field-tested Train-the-Trainer packages on capacity building for grassroots democracy for future users

Strengthened capabilities of NIU faculty/students in directing capacity building and advocacy models

A resource book titled Strategies and Tools for Grassroots Women's Participation in Democracy Strengthening

Established horizontal and vertical networks and partnerships with women leaders & organizations in the U.S. and in Sri Lanka

Strengthened networking capacities of NIU faculty and staff to establish effective, democratic, "ordinary women-friendly", and channels of communication related to the project

Developed competencies related to information technology transfer for guiding women leaders in using the newly acquired technological skills

Strengthened capabilities of the Advisory Committee in directing innovative models on capacity building and advocacy in the future

Reports and academic papers written by students and faculty involved in the project

Campus level seminar organized to share new information and experiences gained from the project

Streamlined internet-based communication technology; IT products such as CD-ROM for information dissemination

Enhanced institutional capability of ITO to replicate the NGO capacity building and democracy strengthening model in other South Asian countries

NGOs in Sri Lanka

Partner's Forum committed to and motivated in securing women's participation in development

A team of 10 women leaders trained in the U.S. in the theory and practice of democracy strengthening

Enhanced global perspectives among Sri Lankan women NGOs

100 women leaders trained in Sri Lanka through five workshops on sustainable democratic processes and empowerment strategies

An Advocacy Support Unit (ASU) set up at Agromart to promote and disseminate new and innovative methods of capacity building for advocacy

Concrete mechanisms -- civic forums, sister-linkages and committees at local, regional and national levels -- to address women's issues

Field-tested Train-the-Trainer packages for training workshops on capacity building and advocacy strategies

Creative advocacy strategies and a series of advocacy strengthening activities to discuss policy formulation on women's issues

A resource book titled Strategies and Tools for Grassroots Women's Participation in Democracy Strengthening

Established horizontal and vertical networks and partnerships with women leaders and organizations in the U.S. and in Sri Lanka

Strengthened networking capacities of women NGOs in Sri Lanka to establish effective, democratic, "ordinary women-friendly", and internet-based channels of communication

Developed competencies related to information technology transfer for guiding grassroots women leaders in using the newly acquired technological skills

Strengthened capabilities of the Partners Forum in directing innovative models on capacity building and advocacy in the future

A national level symposium to create public opinion on issues crucial to the advancement of women's role and political participation

National level seminar organized to discuss and share new information and experiences gained from the project

Incorporation of gender issues and frameworks in development agendas

Practical and realistic plan to improve the financial and programmatic support for project sustainability