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F.No. A.33038/5/2016-ISTM                                                                          August  2nd , 2016

To

             1.  All Central Ministries/Departments

             2.  All Attached/Subordinate Offices

             3.  All Public Sector Undertakings

 

Subject:- Trainer Development Programme on Right to Information (TDP-RTI) from 31.10.2016  to 04.11.2016 to be conducted at ISTM, New Delhi.

Sir / Madam,

            The Institute of Secretariat Training and Management will be conducting a Trainer Development Programme on Right to Information for (a) Faculty members of Central Training Institutions; and (b) Potential Trainers /Resource Persons identified by Ministries, Departments and their attached and subordinate offices under the Central Government.

2.         The aim of the programme is to build trainer capabilities to run workshops/courses/sessions on RTI at Central Training Institutions and also in various Ministries, Departments, Attached and Subordinate Offices of Central Government.

3.         Details about the programme, eligibility criteria,  etc. are available in the enclosed Annexure.  Nomination(s) of eligible officers in the prescribed proforma may kin dly be sent to the undersigned, latest by 3rd  September, 2016 .  The nomination form for the Course may  be filled  online at  http://www.istm.gov.in/home/online nomination form.

4.         The acceptance letter indicating the names of officers, whose nominations are accepted for the programme by the Institute of Secretariat Training & Management, would be uploaded on ISTM’s  website.  All sponsoring authorities are requested to ensure that candidates selected for the RTI-TDP Programme are relieved to attend the Course only on receipt of clear communication to that effect from ISTM.

5.         ISTM has hostel facility with AC and Non-AC rooms on twin sharing basis.  Participants are advised to contact Shri Bhagaban Padhy, Hostel Warden, (Tel No. 26177058, Mob. No.9868449436) or Caretaker (Tel No. 26172571) for hostel accommodation.

Yours faithfully,

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 (SATYAJIT MISHRA)

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Annexure

 

 

TRAINERS’ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

 

ON RIGHT TO INFORMATION

I.              Background

On 15 June, 2005 Right to Information Act received the assent of the President and published in the Extraordinary Gazette of India on 21st June, 2005. The Act provides for setting out the practical regime of Right to Information facilities to secure access to information in order to promote openness, transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority.  The Act has become fully operational with effect from October 12, 2005.

II.         The Need

As the law of transparency in India is new and evolving, there is a need to identify the knowledge gap and training needs of the various functionaries working in the public authorities and to design strategies to bridge the gap using appropriate training interventions. There is a large number of functionaries in the public authorities under central government and it is a challenge to organize training, education and awareness programmes for such a large number of functionaries.  To meet the challenge of training for all these functionaries, it is essential that we adopt a strategy to decentralize the training efforts.  Hence, the Trainers Development Programme, conducted by ISTM, is planned to be organized.

 

III.        Aim of the Programme

To build trainer capabilities to run workshops/course/sessions on RTI at Central Training Institutions and also in various Ministries, Departments, Attached and Subordinate Offices of  Central Government.

IV.        Programme Structure

            The structure of the Programme has following  four phases:-

            Phase I-           Pre programme Development Phase (Distance Learning)

            Phase II-          Demonstration Phase

Phase III-         Development Phase

Phase IV         Implementation Phase

1.            Pre programme Development Phase (Distance Learning)

This phase will provide the participants an opportunity to study the background  and provisions or RTI Act and also introduce the concept of Training of Trainers including training / learning process.  The pre-course material will be made available to the participants after the nominations are finalized.  Participants will be expected to complete the exercise before the commencement of the programme.

 

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2.            Demonstration Phase

The trainers of Institute of Secretariat Training and Management, (ISTM), Department of Personnel and Training, Govt. of India will run a two day course for the Potential Trainers / Resource Persons identified by Central Training Institutions / Ministries, Departments and Attached and Subordinate offices under Government of India.   Potential Trainers / Resource Persons will participate, observe and record the process while the course is going on. The following three focus areas have been identified for imparting training to the Potential Trainers / Resource Persons for effective implementation of the RTI Act, 2005:-

i)              Salient features of the law to clarify the imperatives of the Right to Information Act, 2005.

ii)             Implications of the Act vis-a-vis Public Authorities’ obligations

iii)            Strategy and skills for operationalizing and implementing the Act.

3.            Development Phase

Based on the participation, observation and recording of the process by the  Potential Trainers / Resource Persons in the Demonstration Phase, they will share and finalize instructional strategy / delivery processes.  Once the process sheet is finalized, the participants will be provided opportunity to practise the sessions using training techniques.  In this phase Potential Trainers / Resource Persons will also plan the implementation schedule and likely contingencies that may arise while conducting the training. The trainers from ISYM will facilitate the entire development phase.

4.         Implementation Phase

The outcome of the Development Phase will be an Action Plan for conducting courses / sessions  on RTI Act in their respective Training Institutions/Ministries/Departments, etc.  The participants,  on completion of the programme,  would be expected to submit a report on implementation of the Action Plan in their organizations within two weeks.

V.         Benefits

The benefits of workshops are visualized as developing capabilities of the Potential Trainers / Resource Persons in designing, developing and conducting training, education and awareness of RTI programmes in their respective organizations for PIOs, APIOs and other functionaries of the respective public authorities.

VI.        Methodology

The Trainers’ Development Programme has been designed in such a way that each section of the Act is critically examined to impart complete understanding of the law and also training techniques.  The primary methodologies to be used in the programme are group discussions and plenary interactions so that all Potential Trainers / Resource Persons share their concerns, seek clarifications and identify potential problem areas and attempt to evolve workable solutions.  Enough learning experiences have been created in the design of the programme for discussion on imperatives, implications and implementation strategies of the law.

The Trainers’ Development is designed for a duration of five days to be conducted on group work approach. The workshop will be run on participative methods requiring individual attention.  The number of participants in each programme is to be limited to about 20.

 

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VII.         Eligibility

a)            Faculty members of Central Training Institutions

b)            Potential Trainers / Resource Persons identified by Ministries, Departments and their attached and subordinate offices under the Central Government.

 

VIII.      Venue and Date

The Trainers’ Development Programme will be held at the Institute of Secretariat Training and Management, Department of Personnel and Training, Administrative Block, JNU Old Campus, New Delhi – 110067 from 31.10.2016  to 04.11.2016.

IX.        Nomination

Central Training Institutions / Ministries / Departments/ Attached and Subordinate offices may nominate their faculty members and Potential Resource Persons online.