Afghanistan Hon’ble Members of Parliament at CGG for a 2 day programme on 'Governance, Land, Housing & Municipal Reforms'
CGG conducted a two day programme on 22nd and 23rd May 2009 at Hyderabad on “Governance, Land, Housing & Municipal Reforms” for Hon’ble Members of Parliament, Mayors and officials of urban local bodies from the Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on behalf of Urban Management Centre, Ahmedabad, India.
The following is the list of participants in the programme:
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Members of the team from Government of Afghanistan
Attending programme at the Centre for Good Governance, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Road no 25, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad 500033
Name
Position
1
Haji Niaz Mohammad Amiri
Hon'ble Member of Lower House of National Assembly
2
Ms Saltanat Kohi
Hon'ble Member of Lower House of National Assembly
3
Ms Azra Jafari
Mayor of Nili
4
Mr Ghullam Farouqe Farhad
Mayor of Andhkoy
5
Sayed Jalaludin Sadid
Acting Deputy Mayor of Sar-e-Pul
6
Mr Temor Shah Anwaryar
Director Municipal Affairs, IDLG
7
Mr Nangialai Ahmad
Head MoUD SW Zone
8
Mohammad Yaqoob Safi
Unit Engineer, MoUD
9
Mr Ghulam Rasul Nawabi
Head, MoUD, KURP project
10
Mr Ahmad Jawid Tahiri
Project Management Specialist/ USAID
11
Michael David Sinclair
Land Policy and Legislation Advisor.
12
Mr Ziaullah Astana
Land Titling Director
13
Ms Noor Alnsa Hamidi
Land Tenure formalization Team Leader.
14
Mr Kimti Lal Sharma
Urban Planner
Members from Urban Management Centre (UMC) Ahmedabad India
15
Ms Meghna Malhotra
Deputy Director UMC
16
Dr. Yashesh Anantani
Study Tour Facilitator, UMC
17
Ms. Rajni Prakaash
Interpretor
This programme was part of LTERA project supported by USAID in Afghanistan. It has has two main components, one of which (the Land Titling Component) supports the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GoIRA) in, among other things, the development of a proposed GoIRA policy on upgrading informal urban settlements throughout the country. An MoUD Steering Committee on Informal Urban Settlement Upgrading oversees the development of this policy. As part of its support to MoUD in the development of the proposed informal urban settlement upgrading policy, the LTERA project sponsored a 15 person study tour to India to examine the experience of India in upgrading informal urban settlements or slums.
The two day intensive programme held at Centre for Good Governance was as follows:
Day 1 : 22nd May 2009
Forenoon Session: CGG Office
10.00
to
10.15
Inaugural Session
Welcome Address
Dr. Rajiv Sharma, IAS
Director General,
Centre for Good Governance.
10.15
to
11.15
Urban Reforms in Andhra Pradesh, India under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
Mr. M. Prasada Rao, IAS (Retd.) Urban Governance Expert, APUrban Finance & Infrastructure Development Corproation.
11.15
to
11.45
Land Titling- initiatives in Andhra Pradesh and India.
Mr. Vinod Kumar Agrawal, IAS,
Chairman & Managing Director,
AP Industrial Development Corporation
Former Commissioner, Survey & Land Records in Andhra Pradesh and a noted expert in land administration.
11.45
to 13: 30
eTools in Urban Governance
Mr. Suresh Chanda, IAS,
Secretary to Govt., Information Technology & Communications Dept., Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Afternoon Session: Outdoor Visits starting from Hotel Taj Krishna
15.00
to
16.00
Visit to computerized Land /Property transaction Registration office (CARD) at Red Hills, Hyderabad.
Mr. B. Aravinda Reddy IAS,
Commissioner & Inspector General,
Registration & Stamps Dept, Government of Andhra Pradesh
16.00
to
17.00
Visit to eSeva, Computerized Multiple Citizen Service Centre at RTA Office complex Somajiguda., Hyderabad.
Mr Suresh Chanda, IAS Secretary to Govt., Information Technology & Communications Dept and Commissioner, eSeva, Government of Andhra Pradesh.
City visits and general facilitation of team
Assisted by CGG staff.
Day 2 : 23rd May 2009
Forenoon Session : Outdoor Visits starting from Hotel Taj Krishna
10.00
to
14.00
Visit to suburban areas of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.(GHMC), Kapra Zone, modernisation of office for improved public service delivery, Welfare Schemes of the State Government, Community development through Self Help Groups, empowerment of women, Housing schemes for urban poor at Cherlapally.
Mr Ramnarayana Reddy, Additional Commissioner, GHMC
and Mr M. Prasada Rao IAS, (retd.) supported by CGG Resource Persons.
14.00 to 15.00 Lunch at Paradise, a traditional local restaurant at Secunderabad.
Afternoon Session – CGG Office 15:30 – 19:15
15:30-16:30
NGO Involvement and Interventions in Urban Areas. Educational and skill development programmes for urban poor . Dedicated programmes for minority communities.
Ms Gurpreet Bhatia
Director – Projects,
CAP Foundation, Hyderabad.
16:30- 17-30
Policies of the Government of Andhra Pradesh for Regularisation of encroachments made by urban poor on Government owned lands.
Mr Babu Rao
Special Grade Deputy Collector, Land Protection and Regularisation, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad
17:30-18:00
Housing for urban poor in Andhra Pradesh : description of the massive housing scheme (INDIRAMMA) for rural and urban poor undertaken in the state.
Mr P Mrramulu
Superintendent Engineer,
AP State Housing Corporation Ltd.
18-00-18-45
Poverty Alleviation Programme: an all round skill upgradation, employment generation and economic development programme.
Mr. M. Jagadeeshwar, IAS
Mission Director, Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas (MEPMA)
18-45 to 19-00
Dedicated software-based monitoring by CGG of the state-wide housing scheme, including web based physical progress, financial transactions and beneficiary details in public domain.
Mr. Damodar Abbai
Senior Manager (SDIS)
Centre for Good Governance
19:00-19-15
Valedictory session
Dr Rajiv Sharma, IAS
Director General,
Centre for Good Governance
19:15-21:30
Visit to historic Charminar and inner city areas.
S.P. Shorey, Director , Urban Management Group Centre for Good Governance
Feedback.
The programme received a very high degree of interaction and participation from the group. Process of learning and a better understanding of the systems in a foreign country were facilitated by the visits to relevant offices of the Government of Andhra Pradesh and the urban local bodies on both days. Government reforms put in place in slum upgradation, improving service delivery for citizens, gender concerns and grass root level participation of poor people by way of self help groups and micro financing of livelihood development were experienced by the visiting team by direct dialogue with beneficiaries. All lectures and field visits and discussions at field offices were enriched because of the simultaneous translation to Daari language from English and Telugu languages.
