Policy Circulars 2004 - yashada

2. Mission and Objectives
The center would strive to realize this vision through a series of integrated initiatives such
as:
a) A holistic assessment of Tribal Development sector needs including Training
Need Analysis (TNA) for various administrative departments within sector
b) Rigorous training at various levels ranging from staff of Ashram Schools to senior
officers of Tribal Development Department.
c) Monitoring and evaluation of tribal development programmes and facilitating the
necessary policy reform for better tribal welfare.
d) Networking with various non-governmental organizations involved in tribal
development and create a platform for sharing their ideas and best practices for
better implementation of tribal development programmes.
e) Documenting best practices and experiences with initiatives of. government and
non-governmental organizations.
f) Undertaking research in various issues in tribal development and policy advocacy
to the government.
g) Convergence of various schemes and programmes of various departments and
initiatives from non-governmental organizations for welfare of tribals.
3. A Plan of Action
In order to translate the mission and objectives into actual practice, the following course
of actions is proposed initially after establishment of the center.
a) The cell will undertake the Training Needs Assessment of the Tribal
Development Department. The TNA would reveal the priority areas of training
and also training and non-training interventions required. Based on this TNA,
annual training calendar of trainings will be planned.
b) Training Programmes: Although the exact training need and training magnitude
for the tribal development sector would emerge from the TNA exercises, the
center will hold about 40 training programmes for the tribal development sector in
a calendar year. The training programmes will be designed and conducted using
the systematic methodology of DoT, DTS, etc., prescribed by the DoPT, GOL
c) Research and facilitation projects: The TNA generally indicates 'environmental'
(systemic) problems besides behavioral and performance problems. The
environmental or systemic problems cannot be corrected through training alone
and need systemic inputs of various kinds. It is. thus required that along with
training activity, the Center would undertake research, consultancy and
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