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Annual Report2009-10

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FVTRS – “Arrived!” 5

New Dimensions in Building Livelihoods 6

Project Information 2009-10 8

Support from the European Union 10

Capacity-building Efforts 12

A Skill and Will Supported Them 14

Advocacy and Lobbying Efforts 16

Building Networks, Cooperation and Strategic Partnerships 18

Efforts in Pursuit of Excellence 20

Governance and Staff 22

Finance and Accounts 24

Learnings and Challenges 27

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Functional Vocational Training andResearch Society (FVTRS) is set upas a skill promotion agency in theunorganised sector, to engage thedis-engaged school dropout andilliterate youth, who form its focusgroup. It imparts skill training andentrepreneurship development invarious trades to secure a skill-based livelihood. This is donethrough funding support forcapacity-building of grassrootNGOs across the country throughconnected stakeholders andimplementing partners.

FVTRS has been functional from1993 as a Forum of concernedstakeholders. Today, it isspearheading an initiative in thecountry as an independent entitywith an all- inclusive approach toreach out to the unreached andvulnerable sections. In the process,it seeks to create a triggering effectby communicating the relevance ofskill training to a large number ofpotential players. The effort is tomotivate them to listen, engageand support the cause to tap thehidden potential of the focusgroup. Misereor Germany has beensupporting FVTRS since itsinception and by European Unionfrom 2007 to reach the interiorareas of the country.

Programme year 2009-10 was thefirst in the transition phase, afterhaving acquired independentstatus. With the formalisationprocess over, it was time to look forways and means to execute themandates given to it in moreinnovative ways.

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Misereor continued its fundingsupport vigorously to field projectsfor three years as against the usualone-year term for project grants.The year also saw European Unionaward a new project from 2010 to2012 as continuation of thepartnership of 2007-09, thusenabling FVTRS to open regionaloffices in three regions.

The strength of FVTRS has alwaysbeen its ability to translate itscommitments into action throughfunding support, be it technical orentrepreneurial skill training;promotional consultationprogrammes at micro-level;research and survey; or oforganising capacity-buildingexercises for partners,coordinators, and instructors inprojects. FVTRS was able to reachout to eight States, particularlythose mentioned by UNDP as the“worst effected”, which gives us anopportunity to intensify our focuson the excluded sections.

We are grateful to our maindonors, Miserior and the EuropeanUnion, for their support to makeour efforts into meaningful action.And, to all stakeholders, includingCentral and State governments,their departments and otheragencies, and all individuals withwhom we have worked this year.

In conclusion, a special word ofappreciation and thanks to all theimplementing partners of projects,with whom we work, and to alltrainees that we serve. You are ourstrength.

Albert JosephExecutive Director

With the formalisationprocess over, it was timeto look for ways andmeans to execute themandates given to it inmore innovative ways.

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New Dimensions in Building Livelihoods

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Our passion, combined with the expertise andexperience of our partners, ensures we consistentlystrive to develop effective strategies to remove thebarriers that stand in the way of building livelihoods.

The strategies for addressing the causes of povertyare complex and vary enormously depending on thesocio-economic and cultural factors prevalent in eachregion or state of the nation.

We have developed a set of focus areas that, webelieve, will remove the barriers and provide greateropportunities to the young school dropout to enhancetheir livelihood with dignity.

Entrepreneurial SkillEntrepreneurial SkillEntrepreneurial SkillEntrepreneurial SkillEntrepreneurial SkillDevelopment (ESD)Development (ESD)Development (ESD)Development (ESD)Development (ESD)

FVTRS has made it mandatory forall skill training providers toinclude ESD in the coursecurricula and proactively supportthem by organising ESDworkshops with resource personsfrom EntrepreneurshipDevelopment Institute-India,Ahmedabad.

considered as men’s bastions inthe recent past.

TradeTradeTradeTradeTrade

DiversificationDiversificationDiversificationDiversificationDiversificationWe have so far addressed about60 trades in various projects.There are about 140 trades beingaddressed all over India byvarious Industrial TrainingInstitutes ( ITIs). Opportunities

FVTRS could succeed in about 10trades in this regard.

ResearchResearchResearchResearchResearch

and Surveyand Surveyand Surveyand Surveyand SurveyFVTRS, as its lobbying andadvocacy portfolio, organisespromotional/interfaceconsultations with relevantstakeholders, decision- andpolicy-makers, at various

Gender-Neutral TradesGender-Neutral TradesGender-Neutral TradesGender-Neutral TradesGender-Neutral TradesFVTRS encourages partners to beinnovative in selecting tradeswithout any gender bias. Tradeslike drummer troupe, auto-rickshaw driving, masonry, cellphone repairing, front officemanagement, etc., wereimparted where women havemade forays into areas that were

depend upon emerging new andinnovative trades that have moreemployability. FVTRS has beenaddressing the issue proactivelytogether with partners andstakeholders.

The TNA workshops also wereused to explain on its relevanceso that new partners areconscious to search and engage.

locations in the country. The datathat FVTRS communicates and, forthat matter by many in thefraternity, are national figures asagainst local realities which havemore appeal and reach to theaudience to understand,assimilate for better lobbying andinfluence on decision-makers.FVTRS has made a beginning inthis line and many more such

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actions will follow. The first studywas carried out in Bhubaneswar,Orissa.

CertificationCertificationCertificationCertificationCertificationEfforts are on to link the trainingproviders with national, regionaland State level institutions/agencies like National Institute ofOpen Schooling (NIOS), IndiraGandhi Open University (IGNOU),Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS), StateVocational Training Councils and

Modular Employable Skills (MES)to avail their certification.

Inclusive ApproachInclusive ApproachInclusive ApproachInclusive ApproachInclusive ApproachThough FVTRS is basically meantfor the cause of the dis-engagedyouth in an effort to engage themfor better chances in life througha skill, it further has to reach outto pockets that are hitherto notopened to the outer world. Thecause of sections in religious,sexual minorities, ethnic groups,

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Misereor has been the only partner agency that supported FVTRS till 2007. European Union too has supported it since January 2007. Apart fromorganising direct skill training through partner NGOs, other needs as appear in the bye-law are also to be addressed. In the recent past, efforts tomobilise resources from other sources too found to be receiving encouraging results like SCIAF, Scotland; Vodafone India Foundation and ministryof MSME. While SCIAF has shown their consent for Jharkhand for farm-based skill and entrepreneurial training needs through institutionalmechanism, Vodafone has shown their interest for EDP training all over India. Ministry of MSME is for rejuvenation of their defunct institutions onEDP located elsewhere in the country. FVTRS has to go through the State government machineries apart from raising 50 per cent of the total runningcost.

riot victims, etc., are to beincluded apart from fostering/ensuring protection of variouslaws that govern the unorganisedsector with a rights-basedapproach. FVTRS has so farsucceeded to a great extent incovering young persons fromvarious religious minorities,backward sections like SC, ST andOBC apart from ensuringenrolment of women from thesesections.

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Service ProvidersService ProvidersService ProvidersService ProvidersService ProvidersFVTRS facilitates partners, trainingproviders and trained youth toassociate with micro-financeinstitutions, industrial groups,local business communities,entrepreneurs and like-mindedorganisations to get practicalexposure and placement. It alsoencourages rural and urban youthto acquire skill competencies inaccordance with industrialbenchmarking.

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Project Information 2009-10

Overview 2009-10

Proposals Received 140

Projects Short-listed 63

Projects Approved 43

Projects Closed 77

Projects Completed 25

Projects On-Going 130

Projects Fund Flow Details from April 2006 to March 2010

Grant No. and Year Projects Amount Disbursed2009-10

321-900-1208-ZG -2006-07 10 Rs. 14,36,300

321-900-1232-ZG -2007-08 31 Rs. 49,66,650

321-900-1286-ZG -2008-09 32 Rs. 92,00,381

321-900-1319 ZG -2009-10 27 Rs. 76,59,128

321-900-1152-ZG-2005-06(Tsunami Extn) 3 Rs. 6,53,150

Total 103 Rs. 2,39,15,609

Project InterventionsProject InterventionsProject InterventionsProject InterventionsProject Interventionsat a Glanceat a Glanceat a Glanceat a Glanceat a Glance

In 2009-10 alone, FVTRS supported 43regular vocational training projects with atotal grant of Rs. 2.1 crore in about 23 Statesof the Indian Union, providing skill trainingto 6642 trainees (3226 women and 3416men). Also, Rs. 2.39 crore was released to103 projects cumulatively which werefunded with previous years’ grants, where atotal of 21,898 trainees underwent training.

FVTRS, on the request of Misereor, extendedits cooperation to make use of the remainingfunds available in the tsunami-relatedrehabilitation projects. Accordingly, threeprojects have been approved and are beingimplemented. They will culminate on 30September 2010.

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ProposalsReceived

ProjectsApproved

OngoingProjects

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State No. of Trainees

Projects Male Female Total

1 Andhra Pradesh 1 0 180 180

2 Arunachal Pradesh 1 180 90 270

3 Assam 2 210 270 480

4 Bihar 13 1260 760 2020

5 Chhattisgarh 2 210 60 270

6 Gujarat 2 54 198 252

7 Haryana 3 180 285 465

8 Jammu & Kashmir 1 120 140 260

9 Jharkhand 17 1576 1387 2963

10 Karnataka 14 1655 1086 2741

11 Kerala 10 1050 860 1910

12 Madhya Pradesh 3 255 195 450

13 Maharashtra 7 610 575 1185

14 Meghalaya 1 120 80 200

15 Mizoram 1 60 75 135

16 New Delhi 1 72 140 212

17 Orissa 18 1572 1281 2853

18 Punjab 2 90 270 360

19 Rajasthan 5 330 315 645

20 Tamil Nadu 3 20 310 330

21 Tripura 1 100 60 160

22 Uttar Pradesh 13 755 1164 1919

23 Uttarakhand 2 160 308 468

24 West Bengal 7 560 610 1170

Total 130 11,199 10,699 21,898

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Two-wheeler repairDriving cum mechanicAuto-rickshaw driving andmechanismDiesel engine repairTractor repairMotor rewindingElectronic and electric homeappliances repairA/C RefrigerationHouse wiringWeldingComputer hardwareMobile Phones, telephone and coinbox repairAmanath land measurementPlumbingCarpentryFerro Cement TechnologyMasonryMaintenance of agriculturalequipments and toolsAgricultural and plant technologyGarden DesigningVermi-compost makingBeauticianEmbroideryTailoringFashion DesigningReadymade Garments MakingTextile PrintingAppliqué workZari WorkBeads WorkBag MakingArtificial Jewellery makingCarpet WeavingCane and Bamboo craftsJute Articles MakingHelper for Hospitals & NursingHomesHome Based CareHouse KeepingCateringSanitary napkins makingTraining on Ayurvedic TreatmentAluminium FabricationFabricationFabric PaintingBar BendingTile FixingInterior Decoration/DesigningWall painting and writing

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Support from the European Union

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‘VET for the Vulnerable‘VET for the Vulnerable‘VET for the Vulnerable‘VET for the Vulnerable‘VET for the Vulnerableand Marginalisedand Marginalisedand Marginalisedand Marginalisedand MarginalisedGroups in India’Groups in India’Groups in India’Groups in India’Groups in India’

European Union approved thesecond project in a row on‘Vocational Educational Trainingfor Vulnerable and MarginalisedGroups’ for the period fromJanuary 2010 to December 2012,with a cost of Rs. 4.6 crore forthree years.

The project is meant for BackwardRegion Grant Fund (BRGF) districtsin 12 States as identified by theGovernment of India. Itnecessitated the setting up ofthree regional offices: at Dimapurin Northeast; Jodhpur in westernIndia and Hyderabad for thesouthern part of the country. Ateam of nine staff members is inplace in the three regional officesand in Bangalore to execute andmonitor the project.

EU Partners’ MeetingEU Partners’ MeetingEU Partners’ MeetingEU Partners’ MeetingEU Partners’ Meeting

A meeting of all the new partnersof the European Union in skill-training was organised on thesidelines of the National SkillConference on 22 December2009. This was attended by 18participants including EU officialsfrom Delhi. Ms Anita Sharmamoderated and Ms AnasuyaGupta from EU Office Delhifacilitated the meeting.

An action plan encompassing thefollowing components wasprepared by the participants aftergroup presentations:

1. Mapping of projects (sector,geographical area, strengthsand expertise).

2. EU partners e-Group providinga platform of continuouscommunication and sharing.

3. Sharing of Activity Calendar oftraining programmes,workshops, ToT and otherevents by all partners.

4. Meeting with the Director ofIGNOU for possiblecollaboration on a GoIprogramme.

5. Inclusion of EU’s specificpriorities in the curriculum.

6. Standardisation ofpublications.

Completion of EU-Completion of EU-Completion of EU-Completion of EU-Completion of EU-supported Projectsupported Projectsupported Projectsupported Projectsupported Project

2007-09 2007-09 2007-09 2007-09 2007-09

The three-year European Union-supported project for 2007-09 tostrengthen vocational traininginterventions on viable trades andskills for marginalisedcommunities and vulnerablesections of five States of Indiathrough two associating RegionalProgramme Promotion Centreswas completed in December2009. The final round ofevaluation and subsequentproject reporting has beencomplied with.

Enhanced capacity-buildingefforts led to 46 partnersdelivering training effectively and6,825 school dropout youth weretrained. Resources from local and

Ms Ellen Pedersen at the EU Partners’ Meet

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government sources to carry outtraining schemes were alsomobilised for the purpose. Tailor-made curricula were developedand used by all partners with EDPas a strong component. Skill-training concerns and aspectsreached the excluded sectionsthrough project delivery,interface, exhibition, andlobbying, with focus on inclusionof women in training.

Evaluation of EU-Evaluation of EU-Evaluation of EU-Evaluation of EU-Evaluation of EU-supported Projectsupported Projectsupported Projectsupported Projectsupported Project

2007-092007-092007-092007-092007-09

Followed by a pre-evaluationexercise involving RPPC partners,the final evaluation of theEuropean Union-supportedproject was organised byMisereor. Mr. Ralf Lange of FAKT-Germany led the process and was

supported by Ms Anita Sharm inthe process that commenced on2 March and ended on 17 March2010.

Evaluators met a few FVTRS Boardand Advisory Committeemembers on 4 March. Theyvisited the EU project operationalareas in the east and west of thecountry from 8 to 12 March tomeet a cross-section ofstakeholders connected to VET.The evaluation team also met theGoverning Board members on 12March 2010 at Bangalore andupdated them about theirobservations and impressionsabout the project. Further, astakeholders’ meet was held atBangalore on 17 March where thefindings, mainly on advocacy andlobbying issues, were discussedand suggestions received forimprovement.

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On-Line Web-BasedOn-Line Web-BasedOn-Line Web-BasedOn-Line Web-BasedOn-Line Web-BasedCommunicationCommunicationCommunicationCommunicationCommunication

FVTRS under the EU-supportedproject has developed andintroduced an on-line web-basedcommunication system.

Data from the three regions of EU-supported project have beenuploaded. The on-line systemwould facilitate to collect, uploadand access information,documents, and reports compiledby associating partners of FVTRS.This system would lead to easyaccessibility, hassle-free andinformative communicationamong stakeholders, partners,and FVTRS.

Mr. Ralf Lange and Ms Anita Sharma with FVTRS Partners and Staff members

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Capacity-building Efforts

Training of TrainersTraining of TrainersTraining of TrainersTraining of TrainersTraining of Trainerson Entrepreneurshipon Entrepreneurshipon Entrepreneurshipon Entrepreneurshipon Entrepreneurship

DevelopmentDevelopmentDevelopmentDevelopmentDevelopment

There exists a dearth of resourcepersons on EDP in the country.FVTRS’s effort in this direction is tocreate a pool of effective EDPtrainers, who could be of help tothe trainees.

Three ToT workshops were held inBangalore (14-19 December2009), Bhubaneswar (4-10January 2010), and in Siliguri (22-27 February), where 66 projectco-ordinators from Orissa, UttarPradesh, West Bengal, Jharkhand,Bihar and Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan,Assam, Tripura, Mizoram,Maharashtra and the foursouthern States participated.Study materials were provided toparticipants and certificatesissued on completion of training.

Some of those who have beentrained at these workshops areconducting similar programmesin regional languages in theirrespective States.

It was done in collaboration withEntrepreneurship DevelopmentInstitute of India (EDII), Bangaloreand understanding was reachedfor preparation of referencematerials for trainees.

Management,Management,Management,Management,Management,Communication andCommunication andCommunication andCommunication andCommunication and

MarketingMarketingMarketingMarketingMarketing

Workshops in Management,Communication and Marketingwere organised for partner-organisations as part of capacity-building efforts of FVTRS.

Mr Christoph Elsner, amanagement expert from SeniorExperten Services (SES), Bonn,Germany led three suchworkshops: two in Bangalore andone in Kolkata in June 2009. In all,30 partners of FVTRS took part inthese workshops.

Management, communicationand soft skills, self-management,marketing and handling internaland external conditions, etc.,formed the content of these

workshops. Participatory sessionsincluded group dynamics andanalysis, presentations, plenaryand group discussions.

A similar workshop was alsoorganised for FVTRS staff atBangalore.

Skills Training NeedsSkills Training NeedsSkills Training NeedsSkills Training NeedsSkills Training NeedsAnalysis (STNA) MeetAnalysis (STNA) MeetAnalysis (STNA) MeetAnalysis (STNA) MeetAnalysis (STNA) Meet

STNA is an integral trainingcomponent to fine-tune projectproposals that FVTRS receivesfrom new applicants. Theobjective is to acquaintapplicants on the concept of VET,prevailing skill-deficit of thecountry, significance of market-driven trades, methods andmodels in skill training deliverywith technical and financialaspects of a project.

FVTRS received this capacity fromthe cooperation it had with GTZGermany through the Ministry ofLabour and Employment,Government of India, three yearsago. Mr Felix D’Souza facilitates

Bhubaneswar ToT Programme

Siliguri ToT Programme

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these programmes as resourceperson.

A three-day STNA workshop wasorganised between 3 and 5September 2009 in New Delhiand this was attended by 49representatives from variousorganisations located in Jammu &Kashmir, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh,Jharkhand, and West Bengal. Thetopics for discussion and analysiswere: Methodologies to analyse

labour market, importance ofvarious studies by similar doers,developing need-based trainingcurricula, emphasis toincorporate EDP in vocationaltraining, certification, andinstitutional support to traineesfrom government and otherschemes.

Project Coordinators’Project Coordinators’Project Coordinators’Project Coordinators’Project Coordinators’MeetMeetMeetMeetMeet

Project coordinators meet isbasically meant for monitoringthe progress of projectimplementation. It facilitatessharing and learning among thecoordinators to improve projectdelivery and to effect inputs foreffective implementation of theproject. A platform is createdthrough these meets for mutualsharing to promote dialogueamong partners aboutintervention plans, strategies,

challenges in implementationand plan on remedial measures.

This year, FVTRS introduced thisvital component in enhancing thecapacity of its partners.

Two such meets of two days eachwere organised in Nagpur forpartners of western and southernregions (7-8 October 2009) and inKolkata for eastern and northernregions (21-22 October 2009).

Partners’ Exposure andPartners’ Exposure andPartners’ Exposure andPartners’ Exposure andPartners’ Exposure andExchange MeetExchange MeetExchange MeetExchange MeetExchange Meet

Two-day Partners’ Exposure andExchange Meets were held atNagpur on 9-10 March and atRanchi on 12-13 March. Fifty-fiverepresentatives including chieffunctionaries, coordinators, and

instructors of partner-organisations from the States ofUttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand,Orissa, West Bengal, Maharashtra,and Karnataka participated.

Nagpur Exposure Visit

Mr. A .D. Ramteke, Additional Dy.Commissioner of NagpurMunicipal Corporationinaugurated the Nagpurprogramme. Participants visitedthe training centre run by Churchof North India Social ServiceInstitute (CNI-SSI) – a partneragency of FVTRS - and interactedwith trainees, instructors, and co-ordinators. Participants visitedButibori Manufacturers’Association, an industrial areathat is situated 40 kms. fromNagpur and industries in andaround this area. It helped themunderstand issues in certification,placement, skills-set and recentemployment trends in industries.

In Ranchi, participants went totraining centres of ChotanagpurSanskritik Sangh at Ranchi andVocational Training Centre (VTC)at Lacharagarh in Jharkhand. Agroup of entrepreneurs sharedtheir experiences in variousventures of readymade garmentscentre to the visitors who couldoffer employment to others.

Nagpur Exposure Visit

Ranchi Exposure Visit

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Sanjay Baitha, 19, a schooldropout youth after class 9, hailsfrom a family of daily wagelabourers. He took admission inthe first batch of Mobile-repairing training courseintroduced by Karra Society forRural Action, Ranchi, Jharkhand.

Being trained in the trade, Sanjayjoined a mobile-repair shop inthe locality with a monthly salaryof Rs. 900. Within two months,he got another job in a mobileshowroom on a salary of Rs.2,000 per month. Now, hisimage has changed from aroamer to a responsible person inthe neighbourhood.

Of the nearly 22,000 trainees who underwent training in various trades, there isnone who has been left on the margins. They have all raised their standards of livingand have become proud bread-winners for their families. Some have becomeentrepreneurs.

Profiled here are some of those men and women who challenged poverty andsought to extricate themselves from its vicious grip.Dreams were all that they had. FVTRS played the ideal role of linking the dreamerswith opoortunities.

Jaykiram Brahma, a schooldropout youth at class 9 waslooking for a suitable skill tosupport his family. His father is amarginal farmer. Eventually, helearned from his friends aboutthe vocational training coursesrun by Sundargarh GramyaUnnayan Pratisthan (SGUP),Sundargarh-Orissa and decidedto learn driving there. He is nowemployed as a driver on a salaryof Rs 4,000 per month. Jaykiramis saving all the money he canwith a view to take a loan to buya lorry and be on his own. Birendra Marandi, 21, hails

from a tribal community of Nalablock of Jamtara district ofJharkhand. He left studies afterclass 7 and started working as anassistant to a mason to supporthis family.

Seeing the acute shortage ofwater and the need to get thedysfunctional water pumpsrepaired, he decided to try hishand at plumbing. This led himto Onkar Seva Sansthan inJamtara, where enrolled himselffor the four-month course inplumbing. On successfulcompletion, Birendra was able toget plumbing assignments in hislocality, which fetches him Rs1,800 a month.

Anima Tete is not as old as shelooks! She is just 30. She hailsfrom a poor tribal family and wasburdened with the responsibilityof supporting her family of five.They lived in near-poverty

Mandangi Kosai has beenworking as a constructionlabourer since she was 13. Herfather was earning Rs 50 a day asan agricultural labourer, but itwas seasonal.

Mandangi had to quit herstudies and start working tosupplement family income. Shewas beginning to lose all hopefor a decent life as she had novocational skills. It was then thatshe heard of the vocationaltraining courses conducted byAnkuran in Rayagada, Orissa.Mandangi enrolled for the 3-month masonry course. Now sheis working as a semi-skilledmason and earns Rs 140 a day.

Purna Chandra Mahanta,hailing from a household ofdaily-wage-labourers, is now afamiliar face in his locality. Heruns a goods-carrier (auto-rickshaw) that he bought bytaking loan from the bank aftercompleting the driving course atthe vocational training schoolconducted by SGUP, Sundargarh-Orissa.

Purna Chandra is now able tosupport his family of eightmembers with his monthlyearnings of Rs 3,500-4,500. Hehas also paid back the loan.

Sk. Ismail, 21, started his ownworkshop for repairing andservicing mobile phones, mobilerepair and servicing, thanks tothe skill and guidance he gotfrom the six-month training inelectronic goods repairing atKPCWA, Howrah, West Bengal.His father is proud of his son,who now supports the family.

Rajiya Banu is a young marriedwoman who hails from a poorfamily. Her husband is dye-worker, working from theirhome and his income was toosmall to meet the needs of thefamily.

Being a literate and a member ofthe SHG supported by NavcharSansthan, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan,

she applied for the 3-monthhand-block printing trainingprogramme when theorganisation started courses invarious trades. The training shereceived enables her to help herhusband with his work andtogether, they are now earning acomfortable income to run theirfamily. They also plan to expandtheir business because of the skilland confidence that Rajiya gotafter the training.

situation, being unable to meettheir daily needs. It was then thatAnima decided to enrol herselffor the six-month tailoringcourse run by South ViharWelfare Society (for Tribals) inJharkhand. She learned to stitchskilfully and now specialises intailoring school uniforms andladies’ dresses. Today, she isworking from her home andearns around Rs. 1,500 permonth.

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SELF-EMPLOYED WOMEN

Kasuti, a traditional art work has become the source of income to the poor rural womenand girls of Shiggoan taluk of Haveri, Karnataka. They are all school dropout youth,belonging to backward and marginalised communities. CHINYARD, an organisationoffering vocational training programme for school dropout youth and women, has beenable to attract a number of such people to acquire skills and earn a livelihood.

Kumari Renuka Basvantaappa Dodamani (19) a school dropout at class 7, is one amongthem. She is now is earning Rs 1,500 per month and has joined the Shri AnnapurneshwariKarnataka Kasuti SHG. Kasturi Vasant Koti (30), a mother of two children and AnitaMahaveer Chouti (28) are also self-employed because of this traditional artwork skill.

Benu Kishan makes wrought-iron furniture for household use,a skill that he acquired during asix-month training in wielding atSGUP, Sundargarh-Orissa.

He is now working in a wieldingworkshop and getting a monthly

salary of Rs 4,000. Earlier, Benu,having studied only up to Class 7was struggling as a daily-wage-labourer. Now that he is able toput aside some money, he isplanning to start his ownworkshop very soon.

Rajkumar Bhaga is a 9th classschool dropout who became thesole bread-earner at the age of23. Although he was capable ofshouldering the responsibility ofsupporting his family, he wasidling and occasionally helpinghis father sell milk in the locality.

Training programmes conductedby the Karra Society for RuralAction, Ranchi, Jharkhand cameas a ray of hope to him. Heenrolled himself for the three-month training course inelectrical mechanism. After thetraining, he started working inan electrical shop situated in themarket of his locality. Now, heearns Rs. 2,000 a month.

Poverty and daily struggle forsurvival has motivated SultanaKhatun, 18, to learn and earn.She is from Khardah village Amtablock, Howrah, West Bengal. Shegot trained in zari-work andstarted working on piece-ratebasis. Sultana is now earning Rs1600 per month and is dreamingof setting-up a ‘zari-work-centre’on her own.

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Anjum (20) is from a minoritycommunity who had to stop herstudies after class 9 to look afterthe house and her youngersiblings. She came to know aboutthe 3-month vocational trainingbeauticians course run by SouthVihar Welfare Society (for Tribals)in Jharkhand and decided to jointhe course.

Ruksar Praveen, 18, a schooldropout at class 8, nowcontributes to the family income.She got trained in bag-makingand joined the production unitof Karra Society of Rural Action,Ranchi-Jharkhand. She earns Rs900 per month.

On completion, she got a job in abeauty parlour. She is also takingorders for bridal make-up and isearning Rs. 3,000 to 3,500 permonth. Unlike the women in herlocality, Anjum goes out to workand enjoys the status of areputed beautician in her locality,all because of her skill anddetermination.

Suko, 19, belongs to the Turitribe that lives in the forest.Children of this forest tribe donot go to schools due to povertyand accessibility reasons. Despiteall odds, Suko attended schoolup to 5th standard. Afterwardsshe started working with herparents, making bambooproducts, the only livelihoodoption of the household.

On learning about the bamboocraft course run by South ViharWelfare Society in Jharkhand, shejoined the course and learned

Rajwinder Kaur, a native ofKawe village in Amritsar, is aschool dropout at class 5 andwas idling at home when sheheard of the skill training coursesbeing conducted by SacredHeart Convent in Amritsar.

Rajwinder enrolled herself forthree courses and acquired skillsin tailoring, tie-dye, and fabricpainting. She is now workingfrom her home and earning Rs100 to 150 a day, which is a bigboon for her parents.

the intricate art of bamboo craft.She is planning to set up a unitto make and sell bamboo craftproducts with support from theMinistry of Textiles andHandicrafts Development.

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Regional PromotionalRegional PromotionalRegional PromotionalRegional PromotionalRegional PromotionalConsultationsConsultationsConsultationsConsultationsConsultations

FVTRS regularly organisesregional promotionalconsultations across the countrywith the objective ofcommunicating the relevanceand need for vocational traininginterventions for school dropoutand illiterate youth in theunreached segments byhighlighting the plight that ismeted out to the unorganisedsector.

It provides a platform for all toget sensitised on the issue of skillshortage, availability ofgovernment and MFI schemesand by other players and, in theprocess, motivate theparticipants to support and get

involved in skill traininginitiatives. Information-sharing onthe nature and type of theunorganised labour that exist inlocal regions, feasible trades forreplication, and local challengesare captured in the discussionsand documented.

Seven regional promotionalconsultations were organised atRaichur, Karnataka on 28 July2009; at Dimapur, Assam on 25November 2009; at Darjeeling on27 November 2009; at Kolhapur,Maharashtra on 20 January 2010;at Dharwad, Karnataka on 2February 2010; at Vijayawada,Andhra Pradesh on 17 February2010; and at Agra on 24 March2010. Three-hundred-and-fifty-two participants from NGOs, civilsociety groups, stakeholders from

government, micro-financeinstitutions and vocationalinstitutions attended theseconsultations. These consultationsenabled FVTRS to identify manyeffective partners and motivatethem to take up skill-training.

National SkillNational SkillNational SkillNational SkillNational SkillConference 2009Conference 2009Conference 2009Conference 2009Conference 2009

For the third year in a row, theNational Skill Conference (NSC)on ‘New Perspectives, Actions,and Challenges in theUnorganised Sector on SkillDevelopment’ was held on 21-22December 2009 at Bangalore. Theoccasion provided a platformwhere a wide galaxy ofstakeholders met to discuss,deliberate and disseminateinformation on issues pertainingto skill sector, understand newperspectives, and actions withinnovations, as well as thechallenges faced by serviceproviders. Best practices wereshared by various organisationsand successful entrepreneurs,new modules were discussedapproaches modified tocontextualise skill training tocontemporary perceptions.

Ms. Ellen Pedersen from theEuropean Union delegation officeand head of project cooperation,New Delhi was the Chief Guest.The keynote address wasdelivered by Dr. Ravi Shanker,

Advocacy and Lobbying Efforts

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Director, Jaypee Institute, NewDelhi.

Dr. S.S. Jena, Chairman of NIOS;Mr. G.C. Naidu, Director of IGNOU;Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, IAS, from ILO;Mr. S.J. Amalan from the Ministryof Labour and Employment, GoI;Dr. John Blomquist from theWorld Bank, Fr. VargheseMattamana, Director of Caritas-India, and Dr. P. Basak spokeduring the inaugural session.

An interview session wasorganised with successfulemployees and entrepreneurswho articulated their struggles inlife, and how skill-trainingredeemed them.

Ms Ellen Pederseninaugurating the Exhibition

Releasing the Souvenir. Left to Right: Fr. Varghese Mattamana,Ms Ellen Pedersen, Mr. S.J. Amalan, and Dr. John Blomquist

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With His Excellency Governor of Karnataka Mr H R Bhardwaj

Meeting withMeeting withMeeting withMeeting withMeeting withKarnataka GovernorKarnataka GovernorKarnataka GovernorKarnataka GovernorKarnataka Governor

His Excellency Governor ofKarnataka, Mr. H.R. Bhardwaj wasapprised about FVTRS activitiesby the Executive Director andsenior staff members at ameeting that took place on the

An exhibition of products madeby the implementing partners ofFVTRS was inaugurated by thePresident of FVTRS, Dr. AntonyKariyil.

Dr. P. Basak, Mr. Raja Raman fromNABARD, Dr. P.S.N. Rao, Mr. AkashSethi, Mr Issac Singh, and officialsfrom MSME spoke on varioustopics related to youth and skill-training during the paneldiscussions.

sidelines of the National SkillConference 2009. ‘It is a newlearning for me’, he told afterkeenly listening about the focusgroup and various initiatives ofFVTRS to address skill deficiencyin the unorganised sector in thecountry.

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Cooperation andCooperation andCooperation andCooperation andCooperation andStrategic PartnershipStrategic PartnershipStrategic PartnershipStrategic PartnershipStrategic Partnership

Dr. P. Basak, Mr. Albert Joseph andMr. Felix D’Souza met and helddiscussions with the Chairmanand staff of the National Instituteof Open Schooling (NIOS) inMarch 2010 with a view toexplore possible collaborationbetween FVTRS and NIOS.

Also, held discussions with Mr. S.K.Goyal, Director of MSME, and Mr.G.C. Naidu of the School ofVocational Education and Trainingat IGNOU for starting exclusiveEDP programmes and foracademic linkage. The dialogue isin progress with theseinstitutions.

Building Networks, Cooperation and Strategic Partnerships

development trainingprogrammes being organised atthe State and national levels andto develop strategies for effectiveimplementation. It was jointlysponsored by the Ministry ofHousing and Urban PovertyAlleviation, GoI, and the Ministryof Labour and Employment, GoI.

Discussions on governmentinitiatives for skill development,skill training and creation of self-employment opportunities, andthe role of government/ NGOs/technical institutions were held.Mr. Albert Joseph and Mr. FelixD’Souza participated andpresented a paper on ‘Innovativeapproaches in livelihoodpromotion for unemployedyouth’.

National LabourNational LabourNational LabourNational LabourNational LabourConsultationConsultationConsultationConsultationConsultation

Mr. Albert Joseph and Mr. FelixD’Souza made presentations onFVTRS activities for theunorganised sector at the one-dayNational Consultation on ‘Socialsecurity for workers in theunorganised sector and issues ofmigrant labour in India’ organisedby the National Centre for Labourin Bangalore on 24 July 2009.

Misereor Meet on YouthMisereor Meet on YouthMisereor Meet on YouthMisereor Meet on YouthMisereor Meet on Youth

Mr. Albert Joseph, ExecutiveDirector represented FVTRS in theworkshop organised by Misereorfrom 8 to 10 October 2009 in New

Delhi as a stock-taking exerciseon youth interventions in Indiaand for receiving feedback onMisereor activities on its Indianinterventions.

InWEnt TrainingInWEnt TrainingInWEnt TrainingInWEnt TrainingInWEnt Trainingin Leadershipin Leadershipin Leadershipin Leadershipin Leadership

A two-day programme in“Leadership Management” wasorganised by InWEnt, New Delhion 2 and 3 November 2009. Mr.Mohan Dhamothran fromGermany facilitated theprogramme and Mr. AlbertJoseph, Executive Director, FVTRSparticipated in the training.

CBCI NationalCBCI NationalCBCI NationalCBCI NationalCBCI NationalYouth ConferenceYouth ConferenceYouth ConferenceYouth ConferenceYouth Conference

Mr. Albert Joseph, ExecutiveDirector, made a presentation on‘Youth in India and FVTRSactivities’ at the NationalConference on ‘Youth in EmergingIndia’ at Mangalore on 6November 2009.

CommunityCommunityCommunityCommunityCommunityDevelopment andDevelopment andDevelopment andDevelopment andDevelopment and

PolytechnicPolytechnicPolytechnicPolytechnicPolytechnic

Mr. Albert Joseph presented apaper on ‘Skill development andpolytechnic’ at the conference on‘Community Development andPolytechnic’ organised by theNational Institute of TechnicalTeachers’ Training and Research,Chandigarh, for Principals and

National Workshop onNational Workshop onNational Workshop onNational Workshop onNational Workshop onSkill DevelopmentSkill DevelopmentSkill DevelopmentSkill DevelopmentSkill Development

The National workshop on SkillDevelopment for UnemployedYouth was organised by NationalInstitute for Micro, Small andMedium Enterprises (NIMSME) on29 June 2009 in Hyderabad. Theobjective was to take stock of skill

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Directors of Engineering Collegesand Polytechnics on 25November 2009.

NIPCCD ConferenceNIPCCD ConferenceNIPCCD ConferenceNIPCCD ConferenceNIPCCD Conference

Mr. Albert Joseph, ExecutiveDirector, moderated and chairedthe Regional Conference on‘Evolving Efficient GrantManagement System’ organisedNational Institute of PublicCooperation and ChildDevelopment (NIPCCD) at theirRegional Centre at Bangalore on16 February. The conferencedeliberated on ways and means ofimproving cooperation betweenGovernment and NGOs in thewomen and child developmentschemes.

CII ConferenceCII ConferenceCII ConferenceCII ConferenceCII Conference

FVTRS staff attended the SkillConference organised by CII-Kerala on ‘What can government,industry and academia do tobridge the skill gap?’ at Cochin on19 February 2010. The occasionwas used to explore possibilitiesfor for collaboration betweenFVTRS and KITCO.

OrissaOrissaOrissaOrissaOrissaRegional ForumRegional ForumRegional ForumRegional ForumRegional Forum

FVTRS participated in the two-dayregional perspective planworkshop organised by theRegional Forum of Orissa on 25-26 August 2009 at Bhubaneswar.All Bishops of Orissa, along with

their development structurepersonnel, were present.

KandhamalKandhamalKandhamalKandhamalKandhamalPartners’ MeetPartners’ MeetPartners’ MeetPartners’ MeetPartners’ Meet

All seven partners of Kandhamalproject met at Bhubaneswar on27 August 2009 to take stock ofproject activities initiated atKandhamal. It was followed by avisit to project areas inKandhamal.

Possibilities ofPossibilities ofPossibilities ofPossibilities ofPossibilities ofCooperation withCooperation withCooperation withCooperation withCooperation with

Various StakeholdersVarious StakeholdersVarious StakeholdersVarious StakeholdersVarious Stakeholders

FVTRS held meetings with theGerman Embassy official,Misereor and the EU delegation todiscuss the ongoing EU-supported project and to explorepossibilities for support in thefield of skill and entrepreneurialtraining in India.

Talks have been held with Reddy’sLabs (DRL), Hyderabad to identifypossible collaboration areas withDRL for utilizing their expertise inplacement and skill-training.

Meetings with officials of SkillDevelopment Council, FICCI; ILORashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK) andIGNOU were held to explorepartnerships and possiblecooperation on micro-enterprisedevelopment and certification ofcourses under the communitycollege system.

Proposals to EDII, Ahmedabadand IGNOU, New Delhi, forentrepreneurship training forproject partners have been sentand the same are under process.

CII delegated the assessment/certification of the vocationaltraining courses/traineesconducted by various vocationaltraining institutions in variousplaces of Maharashtra to FVTRS.

SPiNSPiNSPiNSPiNSPiNNetwork MeetingNetwork MeetingNetwork MeetingNetwork MeetingNetwork Meeting

Skill Promotion India Network(SPiN) organised a workshop on“Disaster Preparedness,Response, Mitigation and Skill” on28 October 2009 in Madurai. Itwas facilitated by Dr. P. Basak andconvened by Mr. Issac Singh,convener of SPiN. Twenty-sixnetwork members took part inthe one-day meet.

The programme was organised inan effort to make the membersconscious about what is disaster,the skill-sets one should have inthe wake of a calamity, and toconvey the difficulties the peoplein the unorganised sector facewhen disaster strikes.

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Efforts in Pursuit of Excellence

Review of MissionReview of MissionReview of MissionReview of MissionReview of MissionDocumentDocumentDocumentDocumentDocument

A review of the MissionDocument prepared inSeptember 2006 for 20 years wasdone to assess the progress madeby FVTRS in the last four years. Itwas observed that while we haveto go a long way in realising allthe milestones, we could makesignificant strides during thesefour years with the cooperation ofthe Board, donors, partners, andother stakeholders in thefollowing areas:

Be gender-sensitive in allspheres of FVTRS activity –staff, trainees and trades.

Become a consulting agencyfor ILO, MoLE and CII.

Open three regional centres inpursuit of an inclusiveapproach.

Engage in advocacy andlobbying efforts for reformsand enforcement oflegislations.

Establish cooperation withministries such as the Ministryof Labour and Employment,MSME; and financialinstitutions such as SIDBI,NABARD, EDII-Ahmedabad andeducational institutions suchas NIOS, IGNOU.

Sign MoU with NIOS foracademic vertical mobility of

trainees and for VTcertification.

Introduce on-line databasemanagement system.

Achieve independent legalstatus.

Reach out to 23 States of theIndian Union through projects.

Have multi-donor funding.

Publish a variety of IEC andpromotional materials.

Staff Reciprocal andStaff Reciprocal andStaff Reciprocal andStaff Reciprocal andStaff Reciprocal andMutual ActionMutual ActionMutual ActionMutual ActionMutual Action

(SRAMA)(SRAMA)(SRAMA)(SRAMA)(SRAMA)

This in-house staff capacity-building programme was initiatedin September 2009. Each stafferattempts to present his/herviewpoints on a relevant topic ofhis/her choice, and the exercisehas been named as StaffReciprocal and Mutual Action(SRAMA). This concept has beenborrowed from a similar one (CrewResource Management), wherebythe capacity of each staffer isenhanced and pooled to synergiseto make the organisation morevibrant and lively.

Staff Education TourStaff Education TourStaff Education TourStaff Education TourStaff Education Tour

The three-day education tour wasorganised from 27 to 29 January2010. Places of interest such asthe St. Francis Xavier’ Church, St.Francis of Assisi and ArcheologicalMuseum, Spice Plantation

Garden, Aguada Fortress and thebeaches of Goa were visited.

Apart from fun and frolic, theoccasion was also used to revisit,review and internalise earliercapacity-building exercises onTeam Building, EntrepreneurshipSkill Development,Communication Skills, andManagement, resources for whichinputs have been provided byexperts.

Study and ResearchStudy and ResearchStudy and ResearchStudy and ResearchStudy and Research

Study and research, especially atthe micro-level, was foundnecessary to influence thedecision-makers while lobbyingfor the cause of skill-training asevidence-based data. It was feltthat there is a paucity of local-level information on labourmarket, industries, potentialemployers, youth perceptions,etc. National data on these factorsare found to be uninteresting andirrelevant while talking tostakeholders at micro-level.However, data obtained from themicro-level would be appealingand convincing.

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As a start-off, Mr. Albert Josephand Mr. Felix D’Souza helddiscussions with Mr. Jagadananda,General Body Member, FVTRS, andDr. Saroj Mania, ResearchConsultant on a ‘Market Surveyand Study on Employable Skills’ atBhubaneswar.

Annual RetreatAnnual RetreatAnnual RetreatAnnual RetreatAnnual Retreat

An annual retreat was organisedfor the staff, Governing Board andAdvisory Committee members,and selected partners of FVTRS on18 and 19 September 2009. Theobjective was to reflect, exploreand reposition FVTRS as acompetent national player invocational training. Dr. AntonyKariyil, President of FVTRS,moderated the two-day sessions.

Presentations on relevant topicsthat included challenges in VET asfaced by the country today, RTI Actand its implications for FVTRSpartners, Advocacy and Lobbying,Resource Mobilisation,Monitoring and Evaluation ofprojects, and how RegionalMarginalization leads toMovements and on inclusion

issues were presented anddiscussed.

An action plan was drawn up onthe four thematic areas, namely:

Ownership and sustainabilityat micro- and macro-level withincreased focus on linkages.

Implications of the RTI Act forall concerned.

Participatory reflection onMonitoring & Evaluationprocesses.

Strengthening FVTRS at thenational level.

Bro Jose MemorialBro Jose MemorialBro Jose MemorialBro Jose MemorialBro Jose MemorialLectureLectureLectureLectureLecture

A memorial lecture in memory oflate Bro. Jose Vetticattil, founder-president of FVTRS was organisedalong with the annual retreat on18 September 2009 on theoccasion of his fourth deathanniversary.

Mr Nikhil Dey of the MazdoorKisan Shakti Sangathan delivered

the lecture on ‘NREGA and thescope of the Act in the lives of theunskilled people’ based on hisexperiences in Rajasthan. Civilsociety activists, NGOs inBangalore, government officials,media, Board members, partnersand staff of FVTRS took part.

Mr Nikhil Dey spoke on howNREGA and RTI, two historicallegislations that came intoexistence in the recent past: oneto ensure working rights withminimum wages for the ruralpoor and the other thatempowered citizens to seekinformation. He emphasised therole of civil society bodies, NGOs,and voluntary agencies instreamlining their efforts,programmes and training toensure legitimate use of both thelegislations.

Dr. Antony Kariyil, President ofFVTRS, presided over the meetingand Mr. Jagadananda, StateInformation Commissioner, RTIOrissa, moderated the discussions.

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Governance and Staff

A full-fledged seven-memberGoverning Board has beenconstituted in addition to a 15-member General Body as per thebye-laws of the Society. AnAdvisory Committee was alsoformed with four members. Afour-member Project SelectionCommittee constituted out ofmembers of the Governing Boardis also in place.

Members of the FVTRS GoverningBoard met four times during theyear - in May, July, and October of2009 and in March 2010 inaddition to the Annual GeneralBody Meeting in July 2009.

Dr. Antony Kariyil was electedPresident and Mr. Roy D’Silva asVice President of the Society atthe AGM held on 17 July 2009 atBangalore. Bishop SebastianAdayanthrath from Ernakulam andMs. Gazala Paul from Ahmedabadhave joined as new members ofthe General Body.

Project SelectionProject SelectionProject SelectionProject SelectionProject SelectionCommittee MeetingsCommittee MeetingsCommittee MeetingsCommittee MeetingsCommittee Meetings

The committee met four timesduring the year on 26 May, 19September and 30 November(2009) and 12 March 2010 forscrutiny and selection of projectproposals. Forty-three projectswere approved during the year ata cost of Rs. 2.1 crore.

Members of the Governing Board and General Body

Name Designation Place

Dr Antony Kariyil President Cochin

Mr Roy D’Silva Vice-President Bangalore

Fr Varghese Mattamana Treasurer New Delhi

Sr Sudha Varghese Member Patna, Bihar

Dr P Basak Member Kolkata

Bishop SebastianAdayantharath Member Cochin

Ms Daisy Narain Member Patna, Bihar

Bishop A M Chinnappa Member Chennai

Dr Hubby Mathew Member Peermade, Kerala

Ms Koely Roy Member Kolkata

Mr Roshan Rai Member Darjeeling

Mr Jagadananda Member Bhubaneswar

Ms Gazala Paul Member Ahmadabad

Dr Joseph Sebastian Member New Delhi

Advisory Committee

Mr Vishwas Philip Jadhav Member New Delhi

Mr Binoy Acharya Member Ahmedabad

Mr Ashok Kumar Singh Member Lucknow

Procedures and FormalitiesProcedures and FormalitiesProcedures and FormalitiesProcedures and FormalitiesProcedures and FormalitiesA Human Resource Policies and Employee Service Rules came into effect atthe organisational level. FVTRS has completed all procedures under Shops andEstablishments Act, Professional Tax Act, and Provident Fund Act. Registrationshave been renewed under section 80 G of the Income Tax Act 1961, andKarnataka Societies Registration Act 1960.

FCRA bank account was changed from ICICI Bank to State Bank of India. Thepast accumulation of PF funds of staff is transferred to Regional ProvidentFund office, Bangalore.

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Members of the Staff

Bangalore-based Staff

Name Designation

Mr Albert Joseph Executive Director

Mr Felix D’Souza Programme Manager

Ms Arpana Bharti Documentation Officer

Mr Eldhose Alias Finance Officer

Ms Noyala Sheela Finance Executive

Ms Diviana Nayagi G Secretary: Programme

Ms H Nirmala Rao Office Secretary

Mr CP Nicholas Project Monitoring Officer

Ms Usha R Project Monitoring Officer

Mr Vinod Antony Raj Liaison cum Transport

Ms Geetha Y Office Caretaker

The European Union-Aided Project Team

Bangalore-based

Ms Chinmayee Subash Project Manager

Mr Balakrushna Panda Asst. Project Manager

Mr Prashanth RB Central DocumentationOfficer

In Regions

Ms Aokok Imsong Regional Manager,Dimapur

Mr Akula Arvinda Rao Regional Manager,Hyderabad

Mr Raghuveer Acharla Documentation Officer,Hyderabad

Mr Ankur Kachhwaha Regional Manager,Jodhpur

Mr D Nageshwar Documentation Officer,Jodhpur

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Small Money forSmall Money forSmall Money forSmall Money forSmall Money forSmall PeopleSmall PeopleSmall PeopleSmall PeopleSmall People

Success depends not always onthe quantum of money that weshell out. It was felt on manyoccasions that the small fundingassistance that FVTRS renders topartners can really make aperceptible difference in the livesof the poor youth if dynamics inproject implementation are welltaken care of. Constant hand-holding (read not as monitoring) isessential.

Short-termShort-termShort-termShort-termShort-termTraining CoursesTraining CoursesTraining CoursesTraining CoursesTraining Courses

In a vast ocean of underprivileged,unemployed youth situation,aspiring for long duration coursesis perhaps a folly that can onlyresult in isolating and creatingonly a few islands of prosperity.The need of the hour for anyserious doer of skill-training is tolook forward to short-termcourses that pay dividends withminimum investment,opportunity costs, and otherhassle-free enrolmentenvironment.

More ESD SkillsMore ESD SkillsMore ESD SkillsMore ESD SkillsMore ESD SkillsNeededNeededNeededNeededNeeded

FVTRS should spend more of itstime on development ofentrepreneurial skills in traineesas 70% of success depends onlife-coping, soft and social skills.

Learnings and Challenges

Need for TradeNeed for TradeNeed for TradeNeed for TradeNeed for TradeDiversificationDiversificationDiversificationDiversificationDiversification

There are about 60 trades thatFVTRS had adopted in the past.There are more new trades torespond to more effectively toprovide opportunities in allsectors. Skill saturation and theresultant stagnation could bepossible fall-outs that adverselyaffect the progress of the work.FVTRS should embark on anaggressive mission for tradediversification uniting allstakeholders. Sectoral skill setsneeds are also to be addressed

Customised DataCustomised DataCustomised DataCustomised DataCustomised Data

Paucity of local knowledge/information on employabletrades, employers, their needs,and opportunities tend FVTRSending-up quoting archaic

national data that are not relevantand interesting to localstakeholders. FVTRS has tofacilitate and collate up-to-datedata on the above aspects to bemore effective in promotionalconsultations/interfaces and alsowhile discussing issues withdecision- and policy-makers.

Dearth of ESD TrainersDearth of ESD TrainersDearth of ESD TrainersDearth of ESD TrainersDearth of ESD Trainers

The country is facing a seriouscrisis due to lack of trainers in thisfield. While trainers promoted byILO and EDII-Ahmedabad areavailable for business and micro-enterprise development in thecountry, trainers areconspicuously absent tocommunicate to the rural youth ina language that iscomprehensible andunderstandable for mini-enterprises and in business.

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