India Micro-Macro Issues Linking Program Consultations.
Concerns remain about the possibility of holding a North-East India consultation in the near future.
The planned September consultation became unfeasible for political reasons. This extremely unfortunate development has caused a lot of concern for all NGO activists working in the North-East region. In the context of this development, Focus decided not to host a formal North-East India consultation but to undertake an informal consultative process through a visit by Minar Pimple, Focus India program coordinator in early 1998 when it is hoped the political climate will be more conducive. Despite the inability to hold the last planned consultation in India, the overall process of these consultations have been very enriching and has resulted in a number of spin off activities based on the recommendations and suggestions emerging from them. This need came up as a very strong recommendation from all the consultations held in both 1996 and 1997.