National Environment Awareness Canpain
     
 
The National Environment Awareness Campaign (NEAC) launched by the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India, during 1986-87 seeks to enhance awareness of citizens about various environmental issues with a view to invoke their voluntary participation in the efforts for protection of environment and conservation of natural resources. NGOs, educational and training institutions, professional associations, scientific bodies, community organisations besides a range of other agencies including those of the Government participate in the campaign. These bodies singularly or in partnership with other organisations undertake programmes for creating environment and awareness accompanied by field action at the local, regional and national level. The size of the grants provided under the campaign may range from Rs.5000 to Rs.25000 per year for an applicant.
While the Ministry chooses a national theme for NEAC every year, the Regional Resource Agencies appointed by the Ministry for coordinating and monitoring the campaign activities of the approved participating organisations may add local/regional themes to the national theme, if necessary and as appropriate.

Who Can Apply?
1) Any registered Community Based Organisation like NGO, Mahila Mandals, Yuvak Mandals with a minimum three years of experience.
2) Any educational/training institution such as Schools, Eco Clubs, Colleges, and Universities etc can apply.
3) Gram Panchayats.
What were the past themes of the campaign
1. 2005- Solid Waste Management
2. 2006-Solid waste Management
3. 2007-Biodiversity Conservation
4. 2008-Climate Change
5. 2009-Climate Change
6. 2010-Biodiversity Conservation

What types of activities can be carried out under the programme?

Awareness component:
An indicative list of the kind of awareness activities that may be organised under NEAC include workshops, training courses, camps, padyatras, rallies, public meetings, exhibitions, competitions, demonstration projects, preparation and use of audio-visual materials besides CD-ROM and other multi-media tools. Folk media and street theatre can also be used as the medium of campaign.

Action component:
Action component of the campaign to be taken up by the approved individual organisations varies based on the theme of the campaign. A suggestive list of action components for the current year’s theme include planting of samplings, vermi-composting, creation of water conservation/harvesting structures, cleaning of water bodies, waste management through segregation of wastes etc. In view of the wide range of inter-related environmental issues facing the country, the campaign activities shall focus on issues relating to the national/regional/local themes. Emphasis should be given to awareness activities that lead to action oriented activities on the themes identified.
Who are the target groups?

The target groups under NEAC may include students, youth, teachers, women, NGOs, workers, farmers, rural population, social workers, industrial workers, armed forces personnel, general public etc.

When to apply?
The Ministry of Environment and Forests mostly launches the campaign in the month of June or July. The application format can be obtained free of cost from the office of State Council for Science, Technology and Environment,34, SDA complex, Kasumpti,Shimla-9 .The SCSTE also organizes open workshops on preparation of proposal and submission of reports.

For more details you may contact Sh. Ravi Sharma, Sr. S.A, SCSTE, Shimla-9
0177-2622489, 90 ext 302, 94180-84973

  
     

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