Odisha Set To Transform Govt Servant Training Landscape; Tripartite Pact Signed

Bhubaneswar: In a Major step to transform the training and capacity building of employees, the Odisha government, the Capacity Building Commission (CBC), and Karmayogi Bharat signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Wednesday.

The agreement, aimed at revolutionising the training landscape for civil servants in Odisha, was formalised at a signing ceremony held at Lok Seva Bhawan in Bhubaneswar.

The MoU was signed by Director General of Gopabandhu Academy of Administration, G MathiVathanan on behalf of the Government of Odisha; and Secretary of the CBC and CEO of the Karmayogi Bharat, V Lalithalakshmi. The ceremony was graced by Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja, Dr R Balasubramaniam, Member, HR, Capacity Building Commission.

Secretaries, and Nodal Officers (Capacity Building) of departments, as well as heads of State level Government Training Institutes, attended the MoU signing ceremony.

This collaboration is designed to enhance the capacity building framework for Odisha’s government employees by focusing on several critical areas including the development of Annual Capacity Building Plans for the state; Support in conducting the Framework of Roles, Activities, and Competence exercise; Identifying and publishing learning resources on the iGOT platform; assisting the state in identifying content developers and fostering dynamic collaboration between state and central governments for capacity building; Onboarding state government departments and employees onto the iGOT platform; and Developing a Competency Passbook for state government employees