FIELD
Human settlements: Cities, Towns and Villages
VISION
Socially just, economically productive, culturally vibrant, politically participatory, environmentally sustainable, technologically advanced and receptive cities and settlements.
MISSION
Promotion and strengthening of civil society/ NGO role in shaping the
vision through selective partnership with the governments and national and international organizations.
METHODOLOGY
Advocacy and demonstration action to influence change in policies, institutions,
plans, programmes, projects, allocations, governance and management systems for the above purpose.
CONSTITUENCY
INHAF is a members’ organization. Member servicing, however, is not its exclusive purpose.
INHAF’s commitment extends beyond members. It is committed to issues and causes. They form its prime constituency.
Members are to provide intellectual, physical and moral resources to address issues and pursue causes.This being the case,
INHAF’s role and action agenda stretches beyond the capacity building of and networking among the members.
Its purpose is not only to bring the members together and facilitate sharing and joint action among them.
It has a pro-active role also. It is open and flexible yet strategic in a selection of issues to be addressed,
definition of the constituency, choice of partners and method of work.
PARTNERSHIP
INHAF depends on resources and strengths of many and believes that when communities, CBOs, NGOs, civic groups, professionals, academics, activists, business and government act together, share responsibility and work with unity of purpose, they achieve more.
MULTI-LEVEL INVOLVEMENT
INHAF is making an effort to develop intervention at the national, regional, state and local levels. Being national in character, INHAF has much to do at the national level: with the central government, its agencies, multilateral and bilateral organizations and other national and international agencies. The state and the city level interventions, however, are equally important. The situation varies from state-to- state, district-to-district, and city-to-city. Therefore, from the early beginning, INHAF has placed emphasis on regional and state level presence and action. Considering that most NGOs, civic groups and professional members have their operational base confined within a state or a city, the need, capacity and opportunity for local level intervention are greater. Effective decentralization that facilitates local issues to surface, local agenda to develop and capacity for local action, therefore, is crucial to proper functioning and healthy growth of INHAF.