SDGs localization training for local governments concludes

KATHMANDU: JAN. 16 – A two-day Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) localization training for the representatives and employees of two local governments has recently concluded.

The Nepalgunj, Banke-based State Training Academy, also serving as the State Centre for Good Governance (PCGG), imparted the training to the representatives and staffers of Siyari Rural Municipality of Rupandehi district and Ramgram Municipality of Nawalparasi (Susta West) in their respective halls on Jan 10-13. Programme Director of National Planning Commission Yadunath Acharya facilitated the training sessions.

Academy’s Executive Director Guru Prasad Sharma said the training was organized to prod local governments to achieve baselines, targets and financing strategies for each sustainable development goal as per the SDGs Localization Guidelines for the Effective Implementation of SDG (2016-2030).

As many as 70 participants from two local governments, including municipality chiefs/chairs, deputy chiefs/chairs, ward chairpersons, Chief Administrative Officers, members of municipal executive committees, representation from women and marginalized communities, people with disabilities participated in the first lot of training.

In the training conducted with the assistance of the State and Local Government Support Programme (PLGSP), Chairperson of Siyari Rural Municipality, Ayodhya Tharu lauded the role of the Academy in strengthening the capacity of the local levels in the evolving federal context.“Such type of training however has to be delivered from the beginning of the formation of the local government so that we can be more engaging”, he added.

Academy’s Curriculum Development Expert Bishnu Neupane shared that the two-day training covered eight important sessions in line with the overarching national aspiration of the 15th Development Plan (2019/20-2023/24), SDGs and Medium Term Expenditure Framework.

Also on the occasion, a municipal executive member of Siyari Rural Municipality Devaki Kharel said the training has facilitated a process of localizing SDGs and expanded their understanding to mainstream those who have been left behind in the development process.

Likewise, municipal executive member of Ramgram Municipality Sunita Kumari Shrestha said the training has created positive energy to capture the essence of SDGs in their plans at the local level. She further added that it would be an immense opportunity in terms of localizing the SDGs and serving the local level in future as well.

-RSS