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Society for Service
to Voluntary Agencies (SOSVA) is an organisation which was set up by
a group of visionaries who had recognised the need for support
service organisations for voluntary agencies. Since the early
nineties SOSVA has been active in providing a variety of support
services to the voluntary sector in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Haryana,
Punjab, Delhi and Chandigarh. In the year 2000, SOSVA underwent a
major reorganization to enable it to serve the NGO sector more
efficiently. The North and Karnataka operations were transferred to
independent societies called SOSVA (N) and SOSVA (K) and in
Maharashtra a new society, SOSVA Training and Promotion Institute (STAPI)
was set up to take over SOSVA’s responsibilities. Thus born was
SOSVA Training and Promotion Institute.
This institution was formed with a vision to strengthen the
voluntary sector. Its mission is to “To promote the establishment
and expansion of voluntary organisations and to build their capacity
to enable them to play a more sustainable and effective role in all
sectors of socio-economic development in the service of the
community particularly of the under-privileged.” Very eminent and
experienced people are behind SOSVA.
SOSVA Training and Promotion Institute (STAPI) is an institution
promoted by the Society for Service to Voluntary Agencies (SOSVA) in
2001. STAPI is a Trust and a society registered under the Societies
Registration Act and the Bombay Public Trusts Act in 2000, to
undertake all activities, which SOSVA was hitherto carrying out in
Maharashtra. To enable STAPI to do this, SOSVA transferred all its
assets and staff located in Pune to STAPI. The linkage with SOSVA is
ensured by having the Governing Council of STAPI to consist of the
members of the Governing Council of SOSVA and its Chief Executive.
STAPI thus inherits the rich experience of SOSVA in all its
activities of promotion and support of Non Governmental
Organisations (NGOs) and the entire physical assets and human
resources to enable it to carry the activities forward. Thus, STAPI
is a sister organisation of SOSVA with a changed name and increased
operational flexibility.
STAPI, as SOSVA earlier, had been involved in active promotion of
NGOs in the sectors of health and family welfare for the past
several years, and has itself diversified into other sectors such as
rural development, social welfare, women and child development, and
micro finance etc. It had successfully promoted over 150 NGO
projects to Government, mainly in health, family welfare and women’s
development.
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