Two-day capacity building training programme held for BDC Chairpersons

By Reach Ladakh Correspondent Leh, Nov 13, 2019
Feroz Ahmed Khan and other officers during the inaugural day of the capacity building programme
Leh :

A two-day capacity building training programme for the Chairpersons of Block Development Councils (BDCs) was inaugurated by Feroz Ahmad Khan, CEC, Hill Council Kargil on November 10 at Conference hall Baroo.

The training programme was organized by Centre for Social Development and Policy Research (CSDPR) Kargil Ladakh in collaboration with the District Administration,Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council , Kargil.
 
Feroz Khan explained that the capacity building programme has been organised to build up the capacity and enlighten the newly elected BDC members about their roles and responsibilities.

He congratulated the newly elected BDC members and urged them to work with dedication and commitment for effective monitoring and execution of developmental works and welfare schemes in their respective blocks.
 
Feroz Khan said that similar types of capacity building programmes and exposure visits would be conducted for other public representatives like Councilors, Sarpanchs, Panchs and other stakeholders for which special funding provision would be projected in the annual budget next year.
 
Phunsog Tashi, Executive Councilor for Rural Development said that the training programme would go a long way in enlightening the BDC Chairpersons about their roles and responsibilities which would enable them to contribute towards bringing tangible results on the ground. 
 
Kaneez Fatima, Chairperson CSDPR Kargil Ladakh gave an overview of the programme, said that there will be different sessions about the importance of moral, ethics and values in leadership and governance, strategies of effecting liaisoning with the administration, issues of block development, women leadership, group exercise on expectation and challenges, best practices in rural governance: stories from the rest of India besides other related aspects.
 
She also briefed about other activities of CSDPR for giving impetus to human resource development in the district.          
 
Shabir Hussain, District Panchayat Officer Kargil; Chairpersons of the BDCs, Block Development Officers (BDOs), members of NGOs and other concerned officers were also present.