1. Action group On Health Mutuals Proposed By Communities Led Association for Social Security Secretariat held by UPLIFT INDIA ASSOCIATION

2. Systematically analyse issues and gaps in prevailing micro health insurance (MHI) models/experiments in the country Create an advocacy pitch on community-led models in which communities would be directly involved in any social protection benefit management, so as to improve (i) awareness and (ii) utilisation Mandate of the Action Group

3. ACTIONS DIALOGUE, DISCUSSION, EVIDENCE COLLECTION: USING THE E DISCUSSION ON SOLUTION EXCHANGE/SOCIAL NETWORK EXPERIENCE SHARING, GAP ANALYSIS, AND MATERIAL FOR POLICY FRAMEWORK

4.  ACTION GROUP Workshop held in Dec 2009 in Pune  Action Group Report Prepared  Three Objectives outlined by Action Group Member

5. Three Objectives of the Action Group Objective 1: Preparation of a base document to identify the gaps in existing programmes and schemes and how community-led models can provide solutions

6. A base document prepared-ready for circulation to members Community Health Insurance: Is it a better model of providing insurance to the poor? -Prepared by Dr Alka Parikh and Ashoka Bindra

7. Three Objectives of the Action Group - Continued Objective 2: Create evidence that community based (led) health insurance models are scalable Objective 3: Explore the possibilities of integrating government-private-community systems for better delivery and impact of micro health insurance schemes

8. CLASS Communities Led Association for Social Security A National-level Platform to synchronise energies and resources and advocate community led social security models in India. The secretariat is held by Uplift Mutuals in Pune Membership is OPEN