PMI Partners with NISG for E-Governance Program
Government officials to be trained on Project Management skills across India under the Specialized Training for E-Governance Program
- (1888PressRelease) December 01, 2011 - Mumbai: Giving a fillip to smart governance in the country, Project Management Institute (PMI), the world's leading association for Project Management professionals, has partnered the National Institute for Smart Government (NISG) to execute the National e-Governance Programme (NeGP). This project has been conceived by the Government of India with an objective to transform the Government departments and agencies from department-centric mode of working to a citizen-centric way of working.
Under the NeGPProgramme, Project Management skills have been identified as one of the 11 key areas on which training is to be imparted to the officials involved in NeGP.
However, since the concept of project management is relatively new in India, Project Management Institute (PMI) has been roped in for professional guidance and training. PMI, a not-for-profit institution, established with a primary goal to advance the practice, science & profession of project management throughout the world is well respected by the corporate world for its benchmarking standards and practices.
PMI & NISG also released a special report on 'Project Management in e-Governance in India- Issues & Challenges in navigating to the New Normal' with the support of Grant Thornton as Knowledge Partner.
Speaking about the tie up Piyush Gupta,Senior General Manager, Capacity Building & Knowledge Management NISG said "The strategic partnership between PMI and NISG is to develop and build capacity of the officials working on NeGP. This training would be based on the global best practices and would develop competencies and equip the participants with necessary project management related knowledge and skills to effectively manage e-Governance projects.This training in Project Management would be imparted to the officials working in various Central and State/UT Government departments across the country."
The vision of NeGP is to "Make all Government services accessible to the common man in his locality, through common service delivery outlets and ensure efficiency, transparency & reliability of such services at affordable costs to realize the basic needs of the common man." In short NeGP aims at improving the quality, accessibility and effectiveness of government services to citizens and business with the help Information Technology.
NeGP, a large and complex endeavor covering 20 central departments, 30 States and 360 departments across these states, has nearly 500 implementation agencies. It has huge focus on capacity building and provides technical & professional support to State level policy & decision-making bodies and individuals to develop specialized skills for e-governance.
NISG has expertise in the core areas of capacity building for the political, administrative, institutional and project levels which includes establishing - institutional framework, engaging personnel with required skill sets and experience with the required up gradation of the skills through training. With most States launching e-Governance projects, NISG is involved in capacity building for effective implementation of the NeGP.
NISG would impart the Project Management Training as per PMI standards and would be delivered by select PMI REP's. The implementation steps taken are as under:
1. Design & Development of customized Training Content on Project Management by PMI
2. Delivery of Training programme across the country by select PMI Registered Education Providers
NISG will continue to consolidate its position of being a trusted adviser to all departments both in the State and Central Government.
The National e-Governance Programme could have national implications as it would mean training lakhs of government employees in computer usage across India, thereby resulting in smarter and faster e-governance. The common man would be greatly benefitted due to the resultant transparency. The programme will also strengthen the government's hand to root out corruption in the bureaucracy right from grass root levels itself, and could be a game changer.
About PMI:
The world's leading professional membership organization for project managers, PMI shares knowledge with more than 500,000 members and credential holders in over 185 countries. Since 1969, PMI has impacted more than one million practitioners, businesses, governments, students and training organizations. Today, PMI's products and services range from world-class standards for project, program and portfolio management to five professional credentials, including the gold standard Project Management Professional (PMP®). PMI's exclusive Global Corporate Council and European Corporate Networking Group engage large multinationals and government organizations in endorsing the value of project management. The only project management association with an established academic research program, PMI has invested more than US$14 million in support of dozens of research projects since 1997. Learn more at www.pmi.org.
About NISG:
National Institute for Smart Government (NISG), incorporated in 2002 by the Government of India and NASSCOM and established with the key objective to help the Government of India and State Governments to realize the national e-governance (Governance through IT) vision, has been designated as the Program Manager for designing and conducting various training programs to enhance the implementation of e-Government initiatives across the country.
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