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Title: A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON NILG ENHANCING LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAPACITIES IN BANGLADESH


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A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON NILG
ENHANCING LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CAPACITIES IN BANGLADESH
Mr. Kabir M. Ashraf Alam, ndc, Director General,
NILG
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Local Government Institute was established on 1st
July 1969 under the East Pakistan Government
Education Institution Ordinance 1961, which was
renamed as National Institute of Local Government
(NILG) in 1980. NILG is governed by the
National Institute of Local Government Act, 1992.
NILG Mandate
  • THE ONLY MANDATED NATIONAL LEVEL TRAINING AND
    RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT

NILG Historical Background
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NILG Governance
  • NILG governed by a Board of Governors (16
    members)
  • The Minister, MoLGRDC as Chairmen
  • State Minister, MoLGRDC as Vice Chairman
  • Secretary Local Government Division as
    Member
  • Director General, NILG as Member Secretary
  • One member from each of the following
    institutions-
  • M of Establishment
  • M of Finance
  • RD and Cooperative Division, BPATC, BIAM, BARD,
    DCC, LGED and
  • Four elected representative of LGIs (nominated by
    GoB)

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NILG Vision
Emerge As A Dynamic, Leading Training, Research,
Advocacy Institute and Think Tank In the field of
Local Government.
NILG Mission
  • Build capacity of LGIs to provide effective and
    efficient services for the well-being of all
    people by developing and conducting training,
    research and advocacy activities incorporating
    good governance as a guiding principle.

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NILG Objectives
  • Empowering local governments
  • Strengthening democratic decentralization
  • Undertaking research on local governance
  • Supporting various programs and projects for
    strengthening the capacity of LGIs

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NILG Strategy
  • Fostering a Joint Partnership Framework to
    develop a common minimum course curricula for
    union parishads.
  • Linking with local government stakeholders to
    integrate lessons learned on good practices.
  • Networking with other training institutions (i.e.
    RDA, BARD, BARDTI) to capitalize on
    experiences/opportunities.
  • Creating a resource pool to support cascade
    training.

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NILG Undertakings
  • Undertakings of NILG-
  • training to elected and appointed local
    government functionaries.
  • research and studies on local government and
    rural development issues.
  • organize national international events to
    disseminate lessons learned.
  • knowledge management, publications and quality
    assurance.
  • certificate courses on different subjects
    related to local government.

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NILG Training Areas
National Programs
Functions and Responsibilities
Human Resources Management
Financial Management of LGIs
Resource Mobilization
Core Financial Rules and Regulations
Development Planning
Village Court and Dispute Mitigation
Service delivery
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NILG Trainings
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NILG Projects
  • Local Governance Support Project (LGSP) with
    support from WB, UNDP, UNCDF, DANIDA.
  • Local Government Institution-Capacity Building
    Project (LGI-CBP) with support from DANIDA.
  • Capacity Building Component of Hygiene,
    Sanitation and Water Supply (HYSAWA) Project with
    support from DANIDA.
  • Basic National Capacity Building Program for
    Strengthening Local Government through the Joint
    Partnership Framework with support from Swiss
    Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
  • Preparatory Assistance Project for Strengthening
    Upazila Parishad (UZP) through Capacity Building
    Initiatives and Policy Advocacy with support from
    UNDP.
  • Establish HL Centre, the Secretariat of the
    Horizontal Learning Program, as an instrument to
    improve learning from the field.

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NILG Flagship
Basic National Capacity Building Program for
Strengthening Local Government through a Joint
Partnership Framework
  • Salient Features-
  • Establishing a national basic course curricula
    for union parishads through a Joint Partnership
    Framework that will be used by all sector
    partners.
  • Incorporating existing replicated good practices
    of union parishads (identified through the
    Horizontal Learning Program) into the basic
    course curricula.
  • Developing a resource pool of local trainers for
    the training and monitoring of the capacity
    building of union parishads.
  • THIS SHOW CASES NILGS DRIVE FOR HARMONIZATION

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Basic National Capacity Building Program
Expected Outputs
  • 1. National Basic Training Curriculum with 9
    Modules-
  • - Government and local government in Bangladesh
  • - Office management of Union Parishad
  • - Public administration and coordination
  • - Financial management
  • - Planning and development
  • - Law and justice
  • - Social development
  • - Gender
  • - Media and mass communication
  • 2. National Basic Training Manual
  • 3. Resource Pool 150 Master Trainers

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Basic National Capacity Building Program
Activities Performed
1st workshop held on 06-08-09 with BARD, RDA,
BRDTI, and DPs to form the Implementation
Committee (IC13) and Technical Working Group
(TWG 15).
2nd workshop held on 08-04-10 with IC and TWG
members. Existing curriculum presented (5 modules
with 17 sessions).
3rd workshop held on 08-07-10 with NGOs
representatives. Revised curriculum presented (7
modules with 55 sessions).
4th workshop held on 19-04-10 with UP elected
representatives. Revised curriculum presented (7
modules with 57 sessions).
5th workshop held on 24-08-10 with Academicians.
Upgraded curriculum finalized (9 modules with 68
sessions).
Now the preparation is going on for writing the
manual
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NILG Challenges
  • To strengthen the downward accountability to
    local governments for capacity building.
  • To balance the focus on training with a focus on
    learning.
  • To measure the impact of training imparted.
  • To identify what else can be done to make local
    governments more effective.
  • To strengthen the incorporation of lessons
    learned from the field into the training.
  • To create better networks of agencies with
    different skill sets to promote excellence in
    local governance.
  • The branding and the sustaining of NILGs field
    of expertise.

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NILG Way forward
  • Strengthen our institutional capacity to excel as
    a local governance learning and training
    institution.
  • Develop more strategic action research activities
    and approaches to improve the quality of training
    services.
  • Establish pay-and-enroll training programmes to
    demonstrate our competitive excellence.
  • Initiate an accreditation process to enable local
    governments to buy-and-sell their own capacity
    building services.

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