Training Goal:

• Enabling Karmadhyakshyays to monitor the process of Decentralised Information Management Initiative and provide supportive supervision to all the subsequent stakeholders at Panchayat Samiti and block level.

• Enabling Panchayat Samiti Sabhapatis to analyse development indicators and plan subsequent actions in collaboration with the Block Development Officer.

Training Objectives:

• Familiarising computers and basic software to elected representatives of Dakshin Dinajpur district. The elected representatives include both Karmadhyakshyays of Zilla Parishad as well as Sabhapatis of Panchayat Samitis.

• Enabling them to analyse information on a Geographic Information System and plan subsequent steps for improvement.

• Enabling them to use computers easily and understand it so that computer fright does not become a hindrance later.

• Making them familiar with the internet, sending and receiving emails, basic tenets of information technology and understanding the importance for monitoring and planning strategic action in their own area.