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HUDCO’s HSMI ORGANISED ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAMME ON ‘ACHIEVING THE SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT GOALS- THE WAY AHEAD’, 24 - 26 AUGUST 2020
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HUDCO’s HSMI organised a
free 3-days’ Online Training
Programme on ‘Achieving the
Sustainable Development Goals-
The Way Forward’ during 24th-
26th August 2020. The programme
was attended by 63 participants,
drawn from urban local bodies,
state public agencies, HUDCO,
GIZ and some educational
Institutions. The programme was
inaugurated by Shri M. Nagaraj, Clock-wise from bottom right: Mr. M. Nagaraj, CMD-HUDCO, Dr. S.K. Gupta, EDT-HSMI,
Chairman & Managing Director Mr. D. Guhan, DF-HUDCO & Mr. Surendra Singhai, GM(P)-HSMI during inaugural session.
(Additional Charge) & Director Civil Society in realizing SDGs; and Policy framework at local
Corporate Planning, HUDCO Monitoring & Evaluating SDG level; and Use of digital tools for
in the online presence of Shri outcomes - Governance reforms SDG monitoring.
D. Guhan, Director Finance,
HUDCO and Dr. S.K. Gupta,
Executive Director (Training)
HUDCO’s HSMI.
The programme was highly
interactive and various experts
and resource persons from UN-
Habitat, MoSPI, MoHUA, NIUA,
SPA-Bhopal, KILA, IGIDR,
ISDG and GIZ were invited to
take online sessions and interact The training programme separate budget for achieving
with the participants. Key issues concluded that the way ahead SDGs at the State and local level;
covered during the training for achieving SDGs in India Need to be proper convergence;
programme include: Overview include: Capacity development integration; and Vertical &
of Sustainable Development and capacity building at all levels horizontal linkages to achieve the
Goals, New Urban Agenda and for effective implementation and SDG targets.
localizing and Leveraging SDG 11; achievement of SDG targets; The programme was concluded
India’s current Position vis-à-vis Need for Robust database and with the valedictory address by
SDGs; SDG overview in the State a Data Policy where alternative Shri M. Nagaraj, Chairman &
of Kerala; National Indicators data such as Open Source data Managing Director (Additional
Frameworks for Mapping SDGs and non-traditional data can Charge) & Director Corporate
in India; SDGs and Role of ULBs; be used through proper data Planning, HUDCO. The
Data collection and reporting on standardization, harmonization e-Certificates of participation
SDG targets/indicators; Role of and data portability; Need for were awarded to the participants.

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