Delegates of ASCI-UNDP Workshop

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Welcomes

• Delegates of ASCI-UNDP Workshop

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IGPR GVS
"Striving For Excellence" Indira Gandhi
Panchayati Raj Gramin Vikas Sansthan SIRD,
Rajasthan, Jaipur Damodar Sharma Director
General
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Genesis of IGPR GVS

• Autonomous organization created vide a Cabinet
  Resolution by the Government of Rajasthan
• Apex Institute of the State for developing human
  resource in Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)
  and Rural Development Sector
• Registered as a Society in March,1989 under
  Rajasthan Societies Registration Act, 1958
• The State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD)
  was merged with the Institute, vide a Cabinet
  Decision of the State Government, in July, 1999

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Capacity Building for Transformation of Rural
Society for  Sustainable Development
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• To train elected-representatives, officials
  NGOs working with Panchayati Raj and Rural
  Development (PR RD)
• To undertake research and studies on Panchayati
  Raj Rural Development
• To promote creative thinking on PR RD by
• organizing seminars, workshops and conferences
• To collect and disseminate information on PR
  RD as a knowledge resource center

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• To prepare publish training modules,
  reference-materials, books papers on PR RD
• To collect and update information on Local
  Government in rural areas, in India and abroad
• To develop a specialized library on Panchayati
  Raj, Rural Development and Local Government
• To undertake evaluation impact studies of
  various
• programmes of RD and functioning of Panchayati
  Raj
• To collaborate with other like-minded
  organizations in India and abroad, interested in
  similar objectives

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• Recognition as an All India Trainer-Training
  Centre for running Design of Training courses
  by DOPT, GOI, since 1997
• Recognition as a nodal agency for Watershed
  Trainings since 1997-98 by Deptt of Rural
  Development, GOR
• Recognition by UNICEF as Nodal Agency for
  Capacity Building for convergence related
  projects and for PRI-Trainings since 1997-98
• Training of Panchayati Raj functionaries through
  Cascade Model in 2002, 2003 2005

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• Recognition as the Lead Training Agency for
• District Poverty Initiatives Project (DPIP) of
  World Bank and GoR
• Watershed Trainings
• National Rural Employment Gurantee Scheme
• Backward Region Grant Fund
• Swarn Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojna
• European Commission-State Partnership Program
• Recognition as a Regional Resource Centre amongst
  6 RRCs in the country assigned different states,
  for the states of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan,
  from 2001 to 2003, under UNDP-GoI sub-project

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• Has emerged as a premier Trainer Training Centre
  for PR RD sector by training State,
  District and Block level training teams
• A decentralised cadre of about 1500 resource
  persons created for Panchayati Raj trainings at
  the block level (5 to 7 persons team at each
  block))
• Trained 204 DTT members for 7 DPIP- districts
  (14 to 16 members per district)
• Trained 618 DTT members for Watershed trainings
• Trained 325 DTT members for SGRY trainings
• Trained 347 DTT members for SGSY trainings
• Trained 105 Principal Trainers of Uttar Pradesh
  under UNDP- GOI Sub-Project for PR Trainings

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• Achievements (Contd.)
• Has created comprehensive Trainer-Training
  Modules and Reference Materials for PRIs, DPIP,
  Watershed, SGRY, SGSY, Uttar-Pradesh PRI
  trainings and Population, Health, RCH Gender
  Issues
• A UNICEF International Mission (2005) in their
  Directory of Development Communication Resources
  in South Asia (Pubn.2006), has ranked IGPRGVS as
  one of the leading 50 Institutions in the field
  of Development Communication in South Asia

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Achievements (Contd.)

• In the context of institutional courses per year,
  the institute organizes 80-90 thematic courses
  and workshops for building capacity of PR RD
  sector, training approximately 3500 persons
• Training in e-governance initiated for PR RD
  functionaries from September 2003, after
  establishment of computer laboratorytill date
  300 block functionaries have been made
  computer-friendly

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Achievements (Contd.)

• The Institute hosts a Guest Lecture Series, to
  invite persons of National/ International
  eminence, to speak on issues of topical
  relevance, for promoting creative thinking. So
  far we have hosted following distinguished
  speakers
• Justice Sujata Manohar, Member-NHRC,
• Dr. C. Kondaih, Principal Director-NISIET,
• Mr. John Keay, Renowned Historian,
• Padma Bhushan Economist Prof. V. S. Vyas,
• Nobel Laureate Economist-Joseph Stiglitz,
  
• Professor, University of Stanford, USA

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Achievements (Contd.)

• The Institute was chosen by MoPR, GoI GoR to
  organize the VII Round Table Conference on the
  theme Capacity Building of PRIs, IT
  e-governance (17-19 Dec, 2004). This was the
  grand finale of the Seven Round Tables organized
  by MoPR, GoI on different themes in the country
  and was rated by the Ministry to be the best
  organized event in the series. The Compendium of
  the Resolutions agreed by consensus in the Seven
  Round Tables was published by us at the request
  of the Ministry and released and adopted for
  action by all Ministers of PRRD from all states
  at this event.

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Achievements (Contd.)

• The Institute has initiated a Distance
  Education Booklet Series for PRIs from 2006-07,
  which were released by Honble Minister on 9th
  Nov, 2006 and have been disseminated to all PRI
  elected representatives of the state by direct
  mail to each PRI institution
• Institute has organized the first National
  Workshop for BRGF on Capacity Building of PRIs
  (14-15 Feb, 07),at the request of MoPR, GoI.

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Recent Projects

• PRISMO (PRI Support and Mobilization) launched
  from July 03, with the support of Swiss
  Development Cooperation with the funding of Rs.
  350.00 lacs for decentralized training of
  GramPanchayats
• UNFPA-MoRD-GOI Pilot Project for district
  Sawai-Madhopur, from April, 04 till Nov, 06 with
  an allocation of Rs. 40.00 lacs with a focus on
  Capacity Building of PRIs on governance issues of
  population, health/reproductive health and gender
  - our efforts have been rated as number one in
  the country and as a role model for replication
  and upscaling, by MoPR, GoI in the final Project
  Review Meeting of 2006
• The State Govt. had also sought the technical
  backstopping of the Institute for another UNFPA
  Project-Integrated Population and Development
  Project-IPD (now merged under NRHM)

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Trainings At IGPRGVS
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Training Plan for 2007-2008
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Training under NREGA 2007-08
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Trainings under BRGF 2007-2008
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New Initiatives

• Sanction of State Training Action Plan. Proposals
  of Rs. 13.65 Crores submitted
• Sanction of SIRD, Jaipur as Regional Centre of
  NIRD for Northern States. Proposals of Rs. 10.80
  Crores submitted
• Creation of State Resource Centre
• Revamping of present ETCs
• Sanction of four new ETCs in the State
• .Documentation of success stories and monitoring
  of Rural Development Programmes in the field.

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New Initiatives

• Trainings for Skill Upgradation
• Collaboration with other Institutions of
  Excellence
• MOU with NABSCONS, SLBCC RUDSETIs
• Setting up of IEC Cell for dissemination of
  information to all stakeholders
• CDs Brochures for Wider Dissemination of RD
  Schemes
• Use of SATCOM, CARISMA Infrastructure for
  distance Training

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New Initiatives

• Trainings of District Functionaries under NREGA
  (MoRD,GoI) Allocation of Rs. 148 lacs
• Capacity Building of PRIs under BRGF (MoPR, GoI)
• Training of DPCs PRIs for Engendering of
  District Plans funded by UNDP through Planning
  Department, GoR (Rs.45.44 lacs)
• Capacity Building of PRIs on Integrated Water
  Resource Management, through state partnership
  programme supported by European Commission (Rs.
  560 lacs)

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Proposals Submitted to Govt. of India

• Sanction of State Training Action Plan. Proposals
  of Rs. 13.65 Crores submitted
• Sanction of SIRD, Jaipur as Reginal Centre of
  NIRD for Northern States. Proposals of Rs. 12.66
  Crores submitted
• Proposal for New ETCs
• Proposal for NREGA Phase-II Amounting to Rs.30
  Crores
• Proposal for SGSY Amounting to 77.94 Lacs.

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Suggestions for Improvement of SIRDs

• MORD to assist SIRDs in setting up DIRDs(District
  Institute of Rural Development) and BIRDs(Block
  Institute of Rural Development) in a phased
  manner.
• GoI to provide 3 of total outlay in each
  scheme to SIRD directly for Training and IEC.
• UGC scales in SIRDs to attract best faculty
  resource.
• Heads of SIRDs and faculty on deputation should
  get 15 Training Allowance as per DOPT policy.
• GoI to collaborate with similar Institutions in
  SE Asia for Trainings and exposure visits for
  faculty of SIRDs.

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Suggestions for Improvement of SIRDs

• GoI to organize regular exchange programmes with
  SE Asian countries.
• ASCI and NIRD to organize international TOTs and
  exposure visits.
• GoI to setup IEC cell in SIRDs.
• E-Governance and E-Learning centers to be setup
  in all SIRDs.
• GoI to give evaluation studies on RD schemes to
  SIRDs.
• Exchange of faculty and Training material between
  SIRDs.
• Staffing pattern to be strengthened in SIRDs.

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Thanks