Title: A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON NILG ENHANCING LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAPACITIES IN BANGLADESH
1 A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON NILG
ENHANCING LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CAPACITIES IN BANGLADESH
Mr. Kabir M. Ashraf Alam, ndc, Director General,
NILG
2Local 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
3NILG 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)
4NILG 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.
5NILG Objectives
- Empowering local governments
- Strengthening democratic decentralization
- Undertaking research on local governance
- Supporting various programs and projects for
strengthening the capacity of LGIs
6NILG 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.
7NILG 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.
8NILG 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
9NILG Trainings
10NILG 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.
11NILG 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
12Basic 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
13Basic 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
14NILG 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.
15NILG 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.
16THANK YOU