LSO PORTAL
The LSO Portal is a secure, web-based channel designed to allow members of
the LSOs and relevant staff of RSPN and its RSPs to access and maintain a
range of information on their LSO-based work.
The RSPs Three Tiered Social Mobilisation Approach
The RSP approach to social mobilisation centres around the belief that poor people
have an innate potential to help themselves, that they have some resources which can be
better managed, and that they have honest and competent activists. What they need is an organisational support to catalyse the harnessing of their potential. The RSPs provide
social guidance, and technical and financial assistance to the rural poor. By organising
rural households into Community Organisations (COs) and federating them into village-level
Village Development Organisations (VDOs), and then agglomerating VDOs into Union
Council-level Local Support Organisations (LSOs), the RSPs are able to provide them with
a platform, and the necessary capacities and support to make their voices univocally heard.
Community members play a leading role in transforming their own lives for the better.
Local Support Organisations (LSOs)
The LSOs are legally registered either under Section 42 of the Companies Ordinance (1984), the Societies Act or the Social Welfare Act. The key role of the LSO is to act as an intermediary between other sources of support and the VDOs and COs. The LSO fosters partnerships with local government, local philanthropists, the private sector and other civil society organisations. The scaling up of social mobilisation locally creates visibility for the COs and VDOs, leading to their having an enhanced 'voice'.
The idea of the LSO was first conceived by the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) back in 2003 in the Chitral, Gilgit and Baltistan regions. Realising it as an effective strategy for promoting and strengthening the social mobilisation work of the RSPs, RSPN has been supporting the RSPs in fostering LSOs across the country since 2006. LSOs now form the indispensible apex of the three tiered social mobilisation approach assumed by the RSPs.
The LSO approach has again strong momentum since is conception and by March 2011, a total of 520 LSOs have been formed across the country.
| Publications |
| Assessments |
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Assessing Appropriateness and Strengths of Local Support Organisations for Strengthening Public Accountability (2010) |
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A Study of the Local Support Organisations in Rural Pakistan (2010) |
Local Support Organisations - RSPs Letting Go, Citizens Taking Charge (2010) |
| Event Reports |
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Proceedings of the Second National Convention of Federations of Community Organisations (2009) |
Report on the Third National Convention of Local Support Organisations (2010) |
| Manuals and Directory |
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Directory of LSOs - Dec 2010 |
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Manual for Social Mobilisation - Urdu (2007) |
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Operational Manual for Social Mobilisation - English (2009) |
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Directory of Potential Donors for LSOs (2010) |
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Operational Manual for Community Investment Fund - Sindhi (2010) |
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Operational Manual for Community Investment Fund - English (2010) |
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Operational Manual for Organisational Development of Local Support Organisations (2010) |
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| LSO Initiatives |
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LSO Initiatives - Mamta (2011) |
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LSO Initiatives - Bagh Rural Development Organisation (2011) |
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LSO Initiatives - Fazil Rural Development Organisation (2011) |
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LSO Initiatives - Jharkal (2011) |
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LSO Initiatives - Mohar Welfare Organisation (2011) |
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LSO Initiatives - Rural Community Development Organisation (2011)) |
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LSO Initiatives - Society Development Foundation (2011) |
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LSO Initiatives - Surkan Bhakuo (2011) |
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A Summary of the Cash for Work Project (2011) |
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| LSO Progress Reports |
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LSO Ittefaq Welfare Organisation (IWO), District Kohat, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa - Progress Report August 2011 |
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LSO Ittefaq Welfare Organisation (IWO), District Kohat, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa - Progress Report July 2011 |
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LSO Ittefaq Welfare Organisation (IWO), District Kohat, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa - Progress Report June 2011 |
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| LSO Presentation |
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LSO Pakistan Hoslamand Khawateen Network (PHKN), District Haripur, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa – 2008 |
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LSO Ailumpur, District Multan, Punjab – 2008 |
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LSO Danyore, District Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan – 2008 |
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LSO Nabipur, District Khanewal, Punjab – 2008 |
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LSO Karimabad Area Development Organisation (KADO), District Chitral, Gilgit-Baltistan – 2009 |
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LSO Network Chitral, District Chitral, Gilgit-Baltistan - 2009 |
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LSO Network Ghizer, District Ghizer, Gilgit-Baltistan – 2009 |
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