TRAINING BACKGROUND
During the implementation of development projects various case stories and success stories generate that can not only reveal the processes of execution but also give rise to many learnings. But these stories remain undocumented due to the lack of necessary skills at the part of organization.
Usually the NGOs or Government agencies keep on depending on external consultants for documenting the case stories/studies, but strengthening own capacities is sustainable and cost-effective way.
Residential training program is to impart skills among project executives of how to write case and success stories and to compose case studies. This residential training will focus more on practice than the theory, and would be participatory.
The training is fit for NGO’s project implementing staff, project managers, government executives and all others who are involved in project management.
VENUE OF THE TRAINING
JOSHI RESORT
Fatehpur Sikri Road, Kirawli, Agra (Uttar Pradesh)
Tel: 05613-244238, 0562-2210687 M: 09412259579, 09412342120, 09412300587
Email: info@joshiresort.com
Website: www.joshiresort.com
MEDIUM OF THE TRAINING
The medium of instructions will be mix of Hindi and English. Participants can speak and write in English or Hindi. Having the habits of writing will be helpful in doing practice.
LEARNING STRATEGY & FEATURES
• Participatory learning methodologies
• Substantive reflections of participants' own personal capacities
• Group deliberation and experiential activities
• Handouts and reading materials
• Visuals and pictorials
• Residential venue and learning practice without formal time limits
LAST DATE OF REGISTRATION
Deadline for Application: 10 January 2009
Deadline for Fee Receipt: 15 January 2009
Early applications will be given priority. The moment the seats are full, accepting further applications will be stopped. Applicants whose fee is received will only be confirmed with the places.
AVAILABILITY OF PLACES
Total no. of seats: 20
[14 for full fee paying applicants, and 6 for discount fee applicants]
The places will be filled on first come first served basis.
MODULE OF THE TRAINING
Tentative module of the training is as under:
Day.1
• Introduction
• What is Case Story
• What is Case Study
• Why to Write Case Story and Case Study
• Styles of Case Stories
• Techniques of Case Story Writing
• Photo Presentation with Case Story
Day.2
• Workshop of Case Story Writing
• Peer Review and Learning Exercise
• Publishing of Case Story
• Case Study Research
• Composition of Case Study
Day.3
• Workshop of Case Study
• Peer Review and Learning Exercise
• Publishing of Case Study
* The module is subject to change.
ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE THE TRAINING
You are eligible if you fulfill the following criteria:
(i) Your have habits of writing;
(ii) You implement or coordinate the development project;
(iii) You have at least 2 years of field experience;
(iv) You have adequate knowledge of Hindi or English language;
(v) Your application is approved by your Head of Institution; and
(vi) You agree to follow the rules of participating the training and sign the declaration (given in application form).
ACCOMODATION & LOGISTICS
Place of training, Joshi Resort, is India's one of the 2 star ethnic village resort. It is located on Agra Jaipur Road, 20 km from Agra Airport and 25 km from Agra city center. The accommodation at the resort comprises Deluxe Cottages. All are spacious, air-conditioned, with attached bathrooms, running hot & cold water, telephone, mini bars, Tea Kettle, etc.
Full Fee paying participants will be provided with the accommodation on TWIN SHARED basis. On the other hand the Discount Fee paying participants would stay in 3-bed rooms shared by 3 persons. Rooms are equipped with linen, quilt, chair, table, attached toilet-bath, etc. Daily cleaning of rooms is ensured. TV is available in lobby.
Water supply is generally adequate in the hotel. However, the possibility of occasional interruption in water supply cannot be ruled out, viewing the scarcity of water all over.
Accommodation for participants will be available from 5 pm of 28 January’09 till 5 pm of 31 January’09. Before or after this duration, the accommodation will not be availed by the organizers. Residing in Joshi Resort before or after the specified timings will be the responsibility participant at his/her own cost.
To see the glimpses of JOSHI RESORT, please look website.
FOOD & REFRESHMENTS
During the training vegetarian food will be served. On 28 January’09, the dinner will be served. From 29 January till 31 January, a bed tea, breakfast, lunch and dinner (except on 31st) will be served everyday. No dinner will be served on 31 January. Tea will be served twice during 3 days of the training during sessions.
TRAINING FEE
For Indian Participants
A non-refundable Full Fee of Rs. 6500 per participant is to be paid through DD once the Application is approved. Discount of Rs. 1000 may be given to small field based NGOs, but total number of Discount Fee seats is 6.
The DD should be made in favour of GRASSROOTS INDIA TRUST payable at New Delhi. Receipt for fee amount will be produced.
The fee can also be deposited by cash/local cheque in the account of GRASSROOTS INDIA TRUST. The account details can be obtained from Coordinator Training before depositing the fee.
Above nominal fee is towards the cost of (i) accommodation, (ii) food, (iii) reading material kit, (iv) CD-ROM (to be provided at the end of training), (v) organizing the field visit for practical exercise, and (vi) general guidance.
For Foreign Participants
A non-refundable fee of INR 8000 (or equivalent in USD) per participant is to be paid through DD once the Application is approved. DD should be made in favour of GRASSROOTS INDIA TRUST payable at New Delhi. Receipt for fee amount will be produced.
Above nominal fee is towards the cost of (i) accommodation, (ii) food, (iii) reading material kit, (iv) CD-ROM (to be provided at the end of training), (v) release of official offer letter to facilitate visa process, (vi) organizing the field visit for practical exercise, and (vii) general guidance.
HOW TO APPLY AND REGISTER ?
Step-I:
Applicants should fill in the Application Form which is attached separately or can be downloaded from www.grassroots.org.in/catalogue/casestory2009_application_form.doc, and submit it by e-mail grassrootsinstitute@gmail.com quickly to the Grassroots Institute. In case of difficulty, one can request Application Form through e-mail.
Step-II:
If the applicant is found eligible, he/she will be immediately informed and asked to send the amount of requisite fee through Demand Draft drawn in favour of Grassroots India Trust payable at New Delhi. Along with the payment, the applicant should also send the hard copy of Application Form duly approved by the Head of Institution and signed by the applicant himself/herself. The DD is to be sent by SPEEDPOST or AIRMAIL to: Mrs. S. Haleem, Administrator, Grassroots India Trust, 301 H-51/E, A. F. Enclave, Okhla, New Delhi – 110 025 India.
Step-III:
After dispatching the DD and hard copy of the Application Form, the applicant is expected to inform Mr. Yogendra, Grassroots India Trust on his mobile telephone (09868993710).
* Please note that the candidature for this training in non-transferable. No other candidate would be accepted in place of the applicant.
TRAVEL & TRANSPORT EXPENSES
The travel and transport expenses to Agra (and venue of training) and back would be taken care of by the participant or sponsoring organization. The organizers will not be responsible for any travel or transport expenses and or arrangements. Applicant is required to make his/her own bookings etc. Moreover, the organizers cannot arrange for receiving the participants at Bus Stand or Airport of Agra. It will be the responsibility of the participants to reach the venue of training.
HOW TO REACH THE PLACE OF TRAINING?
There are lot many trains connected with Agra Cantt. from all parts of the country. You can reserve your rail tickets through your booking agent or by visiting: http://indianrail.gov.in/ . From Agra a regular bus/taxi service is available to Fatehpur Sikri. The venue of the training is on the main road going to Bharatpur/Jaipur via Fatehpur Sikri.
Various domestic flights are available to Agra. Indian Airlines, Deccan Air, Jet Airways, Spice Jet, Indigo and Kingfisher Airlines operate to Agra.
*Reserve your return ticket from your travel agent in your city/town.
ABOUT THE GRASSROOTS INSTITUTE
Grassroots institute aims to strengthen the grassroots action for social transformation through mainstreaming innovative learnings. Grassroots Institute is established by Grassroots India Trust (No. UA/972, registered under M. P. Public Trust Act 1951) to support the grassroots action for change through training, research, skill upgradation and professional education. Presently, the Grassroots Institute is in evolution phase and is being operated from Banjar (Kullu) in Himachal Pradesh. For further information about the GI, please visit the links: www.grassrootsglobal.net/gi.
CONTACT FOR GENERAL ENQUIRY
MR. CHUNI LAL
Coordinator Training
Grassroots Institute
GIT/SHARA, Top Floor, PO Building
Banjar - 175 123 Kullu (HP), India
Tel: 01903-201201, 222803, 09418133427
E-mail: grassrootsinstitute@gmail.com
Websites: www.grassrootsglobal.net/gi, www.grassroots.org.in
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OF AGRA
Agra is famous all over the world for historic monuments: Taj Mahal, Red Fort, Tomb of Itmad-ud-Daula, and Fatehpur Sikri. Further information can be accessed from the following websites:
http://agra-india.com/
http://agra.nic.in/
http://www.agrahub.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agra
http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttar-Pradesh/Agra/blog-348796.html
http://www.aboutpalaceonwheels.com/palace-on-wheels-destinations/tourist-attractions-in-agra.html
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IMPORTANT
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Grassroots Institute is going to announce shortly the Training Calendar 2009.
Further
information can be obtained from Grassroots Institute: grassrootsinstitute@gmail.com
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Progress
of our past trainings on may be seen by visiting the link: www.grassroots.org.in/trainings_progress.htm
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PROFILE
OF TRAINING FACILITATORS
Mr.
H. Arjjumend attained
MSc from G. B. Pant University of Agri. & Tech. in Environmental
Science, MRM from Indian Institute of Forest Management (Govt. of
India) and few certificate courses from World Bank Institute, Human
Rights Education Associates (USA), Green Net (Thailand), Grolink
(Sweden) and Transcend University (Belgium). He was Commonwealth
Professional Fellow 2007 in Wolverhampton/London. Currently he is
Social-Impact Fellow. He has over 16 years experience of development
action, research, documentation and media writing. Previously he
was Biologist at Wildlife Institute of India (Govt. of India), Research
Officer at NCHSE, CCV Fellow of WWF-India, and Sr. Program Officer
at PRIA. He taught at Masters level for about 3 years in MC National
University of Journalism, Bhopal. He founded People’s Resource
Centre, a consultancy and publication group, in 1999, and served
as Consultant to large number of NGOs, support agencies and donors.
He is founder of Grassroots India Trust. He has supervised about
25 study projects and produced over 30 research/discussion papers
and technical reports. He is known documentalist of the processes
involved in the projects. He is engaged in several social enterprises.
He is the Managing Trustee and Executive Director of Grassroots
India Trust, and leading the establishment process of all other
institutions of Grassroots Group including Grassroots Institute.
Dr.
Soma Bhowmick is currently the Program Manager at Impulse
NGO Network, Shillong, Meghalaya with specializations in Project
Designing and Consultancy, Research and Documentation on Child Rights
Issues, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, HIV/ AIDS. Significantly
experienced in educational, social and development sector for nearly
15 years, she has worked as Program Coordinator with Medecins Sans
Frontieres – Holland extensively in post–conflict situations.
She is a PhD in Public Administration, a Law Graduate and a Trained
Teacher and a Trainer of Trainers. Additionally, she possesses considerable
computer expertise and a strong background in Peace and Conflict
Studies and Human Resource Management. She has been involved in
project planning, project implementation, training, evaluation as
well as research and documentation of projects funded by Medecins
Sans Frontieres International, US Department of State through UNODC,
UNIFEM, UNICEF, USAID, UNAIDS, Tear Fund UK, MEMISA-France, etc.
She is exceptional in documentation of interventions processes and
writing the case studies.
PROFILE
OF COORDINATOR TRAINING
Mr.
Chuni Lal graduated from H. P. University. After serving
in army for 22 years, he established models of sustainable agriculture
on his lands. Being a progressive and technologically-appropriate
farmer, he received a number of prizes from HP Agriculture University
and Department of Agriculture. He co-founded Institute of Resource
& Environmental Management (IREM). He attained large number
of trainings from Indian Institute of Forest Management, H.P. Agriculture
University, Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry,
H.P. Department of Agriculture, Navdanya, Nirantar, Grassroots Institute,
HPMC, H.P. Health Department, and so on. He is presently leading
a grassroots movement of conserving the agro-biodiversity in situ
and popularizing the organic farming practices among the peasants
of Western Himalayas. Apart from a leader of garlic cooperatives
in Seraj Valley, he is known social worker in Kullu district. He
is currently the Head of Regional Operations of Grassroots India
Trust. He is also one of the Trustees of Grassroots India Trust. |
