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The Commission
provides a venue for exchange of ideas for those who think and
those who act in an atmosphere of goodwill and sense of common
purpose. Because All this enables the Commission to provide valuable inputs in programme management, action research, stake-holder consultations and presentation to policy makers. The Commission is often involved in hosting and promoting meetings where individuals or organizations which have earlier met across the table now meet around a table and realise that, concurrently with their conflicting interests, there are many matters for which they can agree and cooperate.
GEC has a number of interfaces - with the State Government under whose aegis it was established and is partly supported, ensuring interaction with related Government Departments; with experts , thinkers, researchers and authorities- at the level of ideas, alternative approaches and policy options; with those who are working in the field to apprize it with the situation on the ground and about the feasibility or wisdom of proposals for action, whether by governmental or non-governmental organizations. Equally valuable and supportive is its other interface with national and international agencies and groups working in the same or related areas. Reputed institutions like CEPT,CEE, RESECO, SAC, IRMA, IIM-A, NID, GIDR, SPIESR, CFDA, CSMCRI, PRL, TCS, AND ORG-MARG at Gujarat level and NIO, NIOP, NISA, NEERI, IGIDR, MSE, NISUI and JNU at the national level collaborate with as also work on behalf of GEC on its various projects. GEC has also close working relations with international institutions like WB, UNESCO, UNDP, UNEP, IUCN, CIDA, USAID, and DFID. It is this wider network of positive and mutually rewarding relationships that gives strength, stability and a sense of reality to whatever active or proactive role which the Commission has undertaken and will take on in the future. In its own way, GEC has developed and sustained an unobtrusive presence and non-partisan image within the state and at other state level organizations and in international fora. This has not prevented it from identifying factors which have caused degradation of environment or to the real threats to the ecological systems in the State. It has spoken out clearly about the real threats to the present and future well-being of the state and identifying the sources of risk, and setting up signposts which point of the dangers and pitfalls. Forthright without being strident, realistic without being alarmist and detailing what needs to be done and by whom. The Commission has adopted this mode of communication not only because it is nicer but because it is found to be more effective.
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of
its positive interaction and goodwill with organizations which
are separated, whether geographically, or by ideology, size ,
purpose or method of work, it has been able to forge links between
set-ups which would otherwise have never known or worked with
each other. GEC lays specific stress on interlinkages because
it gives substance and depth to its studies of spatial and sectoral
linkages and look at the environmental issues holistically, keeping
both macro and micro perspectives in view.
Another
characteristic of this Commission is its involvement and association
with direct action in ecological and environmental protection.
It sponsors and participates in such activity by organizations
active in these sectors. It is enabled to secure funds for this
kind of work locally and abroad and is thus also able to finance
and subsidize agencies which play the role of educators, motivators
and ground-level workers.
