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This
component of the programme aims at enhancing the managerial
and technical capacity of CO members. The portfolio of
Community Training Programme includes training in managerial,
technical, vocational and social skills for effective
management of the affairs of Community Organizations.
Support to local government devolution process. health,
education and enterprise development are other areas covered
under the Community Training Programme. The main components
of CTP are:
Communication, mutual sharing and transfer of knowledge
is the strategy that is considered vital by the
CTP team for a more organized approach towards poverty
alleviation through social mobilization at grassroots.
Community Organization is the focal point for sharing
and transferring of all the knowledge and skills
at the grassroots level. Therefore, the participants
are trained to ensure the smooth functioning of
the Community Organizations; strengthening and brushing
up of the management capabilities of CO members
is the core theme of the programme. These training
are crucial not only for sustainable development
but also for an increased efficiency of the COs.
Launching development initiatives, increasing the
activists' capacity for the identification of needs,
planning, identification of available indigenous
resources and optimal resource mobilization at the
grassroots level through this programme has been
IRM's forte.
The institute also offers advanced courses to activists
who want to enhance their capabilities further in
order to make a marked improvement in the lives
of the community members. It is ensured that the
training conducted at field level are of the same
quality as those conducted at the head office levels.
Under this programme 250,000 members of the rural
community have been trained.
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