The Government of India, Department of Personnel and Training, is implementing a Project on “Capacity Building for Access to Information” with the assistance from UNDP.
The Gopabandhu Academy of Administration has been identified as the State Implementing Agency for implementation of the Project in Orissa.
The project envisages a multi-pronged strategy for building the capacity of a range of information providers and seekers towardsoperationalising the “Right to Information”. As such, it aims at enhancing the capacities of government officials as information providers and citizens as information seekers and a range of stakeholders to facilitate the sharing of information.
The Project spans over two financial years, i.e. 2007-08 and 2008-09.
Two districts, i.e. Mayurbhanj and Ganjam have been selected for implementation of the district components of the project. The objective is to demonstrate improved performance and responsiveness to citizens’ demands for information. This would serve as a model of best practices and motivate other districts to replicate the efforts.
Under the Project, various activities are being undertaken at the State and District levels, such as training and capacity building; research and documentation; mass awareness campaign; clearing house; dissemination and advocacy; information fairs; multi-stakeholders consultations on district RTI implementation and work plan.
At the State level, a State RTI Cell has been constituted at Gopabandhu Academy of Administration, Bhubaneswar. Smt. IndraniBose, Joint Director (Accounts) and Dr. Monalisa Lenka, Research Officer, Gopabandhu Academy of Administration have been declared as the Nodal Officer and the Coordinator of the Cell respectively. Any communication with regard to the functioning of the Project can be made with them directly in the following address:
Address |
Telephone / Fax |
E. mail |
Gopabandhu Academy of Administration,Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar-751023 |
0674-2300804 (Nodal Officer) 0674-2300981 (RTI Cell) 0674-2301530 (Fax) |
Similarly, at the district level, District RTI Cells, headed by the Collector have been constituted in Mayurbhanj and Ganjam.
A State Level Steering Committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of the Director General, Gopabandhu Academy of Administration for planning the project activities and overseeing their implementation. Members of the Committee include the Secretary to Government, G.A. Department. The Joint Director (Accounts) and Nodal Officer, RTI Cell, Gopabandhu Academy of Administration is the member convenor. The Secretary, State Information Commission, Orissa is a special invitee to the Committee meetings. The Committee meetings have been held on 06.09.2007, 18.12.2007 and 14.05.2008 to discuss and decide on various issues / strategies for successful implementation of the Project in the State.
ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN DURING 2007-2008
PROJECT ACTIVITY / COMPONENT |
ORGANISED BY |
Training of Resource Persons by NIA (YASHADA) |
State Implementing Agency (SIA)(Gopabandhu Academy of Administration, Orissa, Bhubaneswar) and National Implementing Agency (YASHADA) |
Training of PIOs, APIOs and Appellate Authorities of Ganjam District |
State Implementing Agency (SIA)
|
Training of PIOs, APIOs and Appellate Authorities of Mayurbhanj District |
-do- |
Training of PIOs, APIOs and Appellate Authorities of State Level |
-do- |
Training of Government Officials other thanPIOs, APIOs and Appellate Authorities of State Level |
-do- |
Printing and Distribution of Pamphlets on RTI Act |
-do- |
Preparation of Directory of PIOs, APIOs and Appellate Authorities of State Level |
-do- |
Training of Representatives from CSOs, NGOs and Media |
SIA in collaboration with ‘AMA ADHIKAR’ (NGO) |
Advocacy Workshop and Seminar |
-do- |
Multi-Stakeholder Workshop |
-do- |
Documentation and Dissemination of Best Practices and Case Studies in the State |
-do- |
Audit of Proactive disclosure under Section 4(1)(b) of RTI Act. |
-do- |
Information Audit |
-do- |
Training of Elected Representatives |
SIA in collaboration with IDIOT (NGO) |
Preparation and translation of training materials and other documentation on RTI |
-do- |
Developing Pamphlets and Brochures for using in awareness generation |
SIA in collaboration with IYDP (NGO) |
Information Fairs |
-do- |
Training of Government Officials |
District Implementing Agency (DIA),Mayurbhanj |
Training of CSOs, NGOs and Media Representatives |
-do- |
Information Fair and Information Audit |
DIA, Mayurbhanj in collaboration with SODA (NGO) |
Mass Awareness Campaign : - Road Shows, distribution of pamphlets on RTI |
-do- |
Advocacy Workshop |
-do- |
Documentation and dissemination of best practices and case studies |
-do- |
Preparation of Directory of PIOs, APIOs and Appellate Authorities of Mayurbhanj District |
-do- |
Audit of Proactive disclosure under Section 4(1) (B) of RTI Act |
-do- |
Multi Stakeholder Workshop |
-do- |
Training and Capacity Building of Government Officers |
DIA, Ganjam |
Mass Awareness Campaign |
-do- |
Information Fair |
-do- |
ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN DURING 2008-2009
PROJECT ACTIVITY / COMPONENT |
ORGANISED BY |
Printing and Distribution of Pamphlets on RTI Act |
State Implementing Agency (SIA) (Gopabandhu Academy of Administration) |
Training of PIOs, APIOs and Appellate Authorities of State Level |
-do- |
Audit of RTI and Service Delivery and RTI-collation and documentation |
DIA, Mayurbhanj in collaboration with SODA (NGO) |
Gopabandhu Academy of Administration, Chandrasekharpur,
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Phone:+91-674-2300743/2301258
Fax:+91-674-2301530/2300854
Email:atiodisha@gmail.com