UIA Governance

Governance at Uplift is an indispensable part of the Mutuals programme.

While the Board of Uplift has been the guiding force behind Uplift's evolution - democratic structures with community representation has been the untiring effort of Mutual Operations.

 

Community Governance

 

            The Community Governance design of Uplift  comes from its flagship programme of community owned  Mutuals that have been since inception, the dynamic force behind the growth of the model.

There are two principal features of this community governance which determine the strength of the model- that community decides on the benefits (in this case the fund money for health incidents) and that they are legally parties to these benefits (Co- signatories of the fund kept physically in a Bank).

There has been a continuous capacity building programme for these community representatives for the past few years.
 
In the AGM for 2008-2009 a landmark decision was taken. It was decided that in conitnuance with the people led vision of Uplift,Community Representatives would now be on the Board of Uplift,representaing members on UIA Board.
 
 

Anne Claire Hay

Director

Ashok Deshmukh

Director

Francois Xavier Hay

Director

Dr Medha Purao Samant

Managing Director

Dr N Devadasan

Director

Nand Kumar RajeShirke(Community Representative)

Director

Shridhar Kshirsagar

Director

Vandana Navale (Community Representative)

Director

 
 

Uplift Governance also comprises of the following committees apart from the Board of Directors

 

§  General Assembly: Composed of the Member Organisations and all their community representatives. Meets once a year

 

§  Executive Committee: Composed of the MDs of the Member Organisations and Associate organizations. (Membership criteria and numbers maybe revised every year by BOD of UIA), Quarterly meeting to review Chapter Performance and propose decisions requirements to Representatives Committee.

 

§  Representatives Committee: Composed of Community representatives from each Member Organisation’s Mutuals. Representation based on 1/5000 members, Quarterly Meeting to review Chapter Performance and communiqué from the executive committee-take decisions. Quarterly meetings.

 

§  Operations Committee: Composed of first level management of the implementing organisations and the technical team at Uplift. To meet monthly to review operations and provide recommendations and feedback to the Executive committee