The National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) has started three capacity-building programmes (CBPs) for the civil servants of Bangladesh (59th batch with 45 participants) and Maldives (22nd and 23rd batch with 50 participants) at the Mussoorie campus (in Uttarakhand), a statement said on Tuesday.
NCGG’s capacity-building initiatives for the civil servants both domestic and of other developing countries, aim to promote citizen-centric public policies, good governance, and enhanced service delivery to improve the quality of life of citizens by reaching out to the last person. It is dedicated to promoting collaboration and learning among civil servants of India and other developing countries, in consonance with the ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ philosophy espoused by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The aim is to equip these civil servants with the necessary skills to tackle complex and challenging issues. The intensive two week programme will also help them to update their knowledge and skills with emerging digital tools and best practices of good governance.
In his inaugural address, Bharat Lal, Director General, NCGG highlighted the role of civil servants as enablers to help people to realise their full potential. He stressed on the importance of working with speed and on a scale, and providing world-class basic services to citizens in a timely manner.
The DG also urged the civil servants to be strategic and innovative to anticipate, listen to and adapt to citizens’ needs and preferences, while providing basic services.
Citing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s philosophy of ‘Vasudaiva Kutumbakam’, he also spoke on building partnerships and working together to enhance ease of living. He has thrown light on how it was under this philosophy that India aided not only neighbouring countries but a very large number of countries of the whole world, with medical supplies and vaccines to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
He urged the civil servants of both countries to leverage technology to serve the people efficiently.
The NCGG was set up in 2014 by the Government of India as an apex-level institution under the auspices of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. NCGG entered into an MoU with the Maldives Civil Services Commission for capacity building of 1,000 civil servants of Maldives by 2024 and with the Government of Bangladesh for 1,800 civil servants by 2025. So far, 685 officers of Maldives have been imparted training at NCGG.
In partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), NCGG has taken up the responsibility to build the capacities of civil servants of various developing countries. So far, it has imparted training to over 3,500 civil servants from 15 countries viz. Bangladesh, Kenya, Tanzania, Tunisia, Seychelles, Gambia, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Laos, Vietnam, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Cambodia.
The participants will also be taken for exposure visits to Pradhanmantri Sanghralaya, Parliament, as well as to fields. The entire CBP will be overseen by course coordinators including Dr. Ashutosh Singh, Dr. BS Bisht, and Sanjeev Sharma, along with other members of the training team.
