Objectives

Capacity building of elected representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) over 4 years

Geographical spread

Fatehabad, Faridabad and Mahendragarh districts of Haryana

Key areas/components

Participants trained in various provisions of 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act and Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, rural development programmes, decentralized planning and social development. The entire training was conducted in participatory mode to engage and retain the interest of the participants. Several role-plays and games were incorporated to make the training interactive. Additional resource persons from partner organizations were involved in the trainings. Officials from line departments were also engaged as guest speakers in giving information on some government schemes. Block level officials also took sessions. It was ensured that the administrative head of the block/district inaugurated the training programme in order to ensure support of the block level administration.

Key outputs


District                          Gram Panchayat            Panch                    Sarpanch                 Total


Fatehabad(’03-’04)               232                        2213                         232                       2445 Faridabad                               338                        3177                         338                       3515 Mahendergah                        341                        2918                         341                       3259 Fatehabad (’05-’06)             232                        2213                         232                        2445


Year/period

Fatehabad: September 2003 to November 2003 Faridabad: January 2004 to March 2004 Mahendergah: October 2005 to March 2006 Fatehabad: March 2006 to June 2006

Client

Haryana Institute of Rural Development (HIRD); Nilokhari, Department of Development and Panchayat, Government of Haryana