Hyderabad, July 12 : A national level Training of Trainers (ToT) program for Localization of Sustainable Development Goals (LSDG) inaugurated on Tuesday at NIRDPR, Hyderabad by Dr Chandra Shekhar Kumar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR), Government of India.
For Capacity Building & Training of Panchayats for LSDGs, NIRDPR has developed a training calendar to train 200 State Level Master Trainers (SLMT) in each theme in 40 batches at 50 persons per batch.
The first batch of ToT program on “Theme 1- Poverty Free & Enhanced Livelihoods Villages” is scheduled from July 12 – 14 . A total number of 34 participants from four states– Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra are attending this program, a statement here said.
Speaking on the occasion, Chandra Shekar said that NIRDPR will develop a portal for maintaining the database of SLMTs and to track the field level training conducted by them.
He said each Gram Panchayat shall take a “Sankalp” on minimum one and maximum 3 themes to saturate on related goals in next 2-3 years .
In his keynote address, NIRDPR Deputy Director General Shashi Bhushan, said the LSDG guidelines of MoPR provide the directions for identification and prioritization of issues perceived by the local community, ideation of context specific solutions and better utilization of available funds through convergent action.
He hoped that this ToT program will develop a common understanding about their responsibilities in developing the capacity of trainers down the line through cascade mode.
Earlier, in his welcome address, Dr Anjan Kumar Bhanja, Faculty & Head, CPRDP&SSD, NIRDPR explained the background and objectives of the training of the SLMTs.
Especially he highlighted the thematic approach to GPDP . He also mentioned about the joint advisories issued by the 24 Ministries for LSDG
It is expected that this residential ToT Programme will enrich the resource persons with substantial knowledge, skills and attitude, about the rationale and policy of thematic approach to mainstreaming of LSDGs in Panchayats.
After completion of ToT of SLMTs, each state will conduct a cascading mode of training in all the districts and deliver field training to Panchayat functionaries and other stakeholders on LSDG.
The Panchayats, being the nearest institutions to villagers, will design and implement locally relevant policies aligned with SDGs for achieving sustainable development in rural areas, the statement added.(UNI)