PRIA was a part of consortium involved in a capacity building endeavour and took the lead in capacity building in the area of financial management and accounting.
Objectives
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To conduct needs assessment for analysis of the requirement of panchayat members on financial management and accounting
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Training of panchayat members on financial management and accounting
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Prepare a trainer’s manual and other base materials for panchayati raj institutions on financial management and accounting
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To field test the trainer’s manual
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Training of trainers at the state level
Geographical spread
Orissa
Key areas/components
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Needs assessment to identify the training needs of panchayat members on matters pertaining to financial management and accounting.
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Sharing of preliminary findings of the needs assessment among concerned stakeholders and officials at a state level consultation workshop.
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Preparing a three-day training module. The module included training design with expected learning objectives, contents and appropriate training methods.
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Based on expert feedback and the training module, a trainer’s manual/handbook/guide was prepared incorporating the basic content of the material, facilitator’s note/relevant reading material for each session. The manual was participatory in nature and efforts were made to keep it simple and suitable for the participant’s profile.
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A validation workshop was organized by SIRD where PRIA presented the training module, manuals and materials.
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Two-day training of state level trainers conducted on the concepts, to build training and facilitation skills.
Key outputs
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Preliminary needs assessment report
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Report of the consultative workshop with experts, panchayat representatives and CSOs towards training needs assessment of panchayat representatives on financial management and accounting
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Training module
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Trainers’ manual/user manual to supplement the training module
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Report of training for master trainers on how to use the training module.
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Monitoring report on the use of module in different training programmes by the trainers.
Year/period
June-December 2008
Client
SIRD, Orissa; UNDP, Orissa/New Delhi
