Training Goal:

The training on Decentralised Information Management Initiative (DIMI) aims at capacity building of all stake-holders for setting up “information-hub” at each block of Purulia District and thereby bring about a change  in the way the existing information is managed.

The Block Development Officers, Block Medical Officers of Health and the Child Development Project Officers work at the grass-root level. An integrated effort on their part can  bring in a change for the betterment of the people. Also, it is comparatively easy for them to access information on a regular basis and monitor the development indicators pertaining to health, education, nutrition and other relevant areas. Thus, the aim of the initiative is to 

• Monitor grassroot level development indicators based on disaggregated data with the combined effort of the Block Development Officers, Block Medical Officers of Health and the Child Development Project Officers

• Training the Officers on information management and GIS technology to monitor the data to keep a regular surveillance on development.

• Enabling the Block Development Officers, Block Medical Officers of Health and the Child Development Project Officers to exchange information with the district and the state to ensure effective  planning and intervention in focused areas, promptly.

 Training Objectives: 

• Train the Sabhapatis on information management and GIS technology.

• Bring about easy accessibility of information through the internet for the blocks, the district and state.

• Setting up an MIS that is based on updated information.

• Bringing a sense of ownership at the Block level.