DA News Update

  
     
  Innovation Services Branch (ISB)  
 


l A two-day training was conducted on February 5 - 6, 2009 on Water Quality Monitoring and Management to NGO partners at Karaikal under the Tsunami Reconstruction and Rehabilitation (RR) project

l The first sensitisation-cum-stakeholder workshop for Strengthening District Planning for Tikamgarh District was organised on January 12, 2009

l A technical workshop to prepare the State of Environment (SoE) report for Karnataka was held on February 21, 2009 in Bangalore

  
  Development Services Branch (DSB)  
 
l An MoU has been signed between ICRISAT and DA on watershed development in Bundelkhand

l On Republic Day, January 26, 2009, Development Alternatives in collaboration with Scatec Solar of Norway, established its first community based Solar Power Plant in Rampura village, Uttar Pradesh

TARA Livelihood Academy (TLA)

l An MoU has been signed between the Government of Uttar Pradesh and TARA Livelihood Academy and a pilot project consisting of eight programmes on training of the youth of BPL families has been initiated under the Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) scheme. An integrated package of life skills training and any skill that will make the youth employable has been developed. To begin with, training for careers as security guards, hospitality staff and office peons will be imparted.

l A skill mapping study conducted for the International Labour Organisation on the Firozabad Glass Industry was undertaken and the survey completed. The draft of the report is being finalised. A stakeholders’ meeting will be organised at Firozabad in the second week of March 2009

l A 5-day training programme on Development Management was conducted for the Aravalli Institute of\ Management, Jodhpur, at TARAgram, Orchha on January 4-10, 2009. A training programme on Monitoring and Evaluation (MEAL) was conducted again at TARAgram, Orchha on January 22-24, 2009.

SCDP WADI

l On February 11, 2009 the Chief Executive officer of Zilla Parishad Gulbarga called a meeting to discuss the Sustainable Community Development Programme (SCDP) and for linkage with Government programmes. It was decided to contribute funds for toilets, trainings, plantation drives, etc. A 25-member team visited the DA office on February 25 to study the progress of the Bio Sand Filter (BSF), cook stoves training programmes, etc.
 

  
  Business Services Branch (BSB)  
 


TARAhaat

l TARAhaat is developing two new courses, namely, Financial Accounting and Hardware, as also a networking advance version to roll out in April 2009

l The total number of farmers’ queries generated till date has crossed 80,000
 

  
  Communication Services Branch (CSB)  
 


l 3rd Annual meet of Community Radio Forum was hosted by DA at TARAgram, Orchha, where over 75 people participated. Radio Bundelkhand was showcased as one of the first Community Radio Stations licensed by the government

l CSB co-hosted a two day workshop on Community Radio by MAARA. More than 50 delegates from rural communities across the country like Ujjas Radio, TERI and Myrada participated

  
 

 

    

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