Capacity Building & Training (CBT)

Objectives

a. To transform the role of M/o HUPA and State Agencies in charge of urban poverty alleviation into providers of high quality technical assistance in the field of livelihood promotion and urban poverty alleviation;

b. To build strong institutional structures at the National, State, and City levels for efficient implementation of the DAY-NULM and;

c. To build capacity of the urban poor, their institutions and the machinery involved in the implementation of DAY-NULM.

Administration and Implementation structure at State level

In every State/UT a State Urban Livelihoods Mission (SULM) will be established as a registered society which will be responsible for implementation of DAY-NULM in the state/UT. However, State/UT may designate an autonomous body already working in the field of poverty alleviation and livelihood promotion as the SULM. SULM will be managed by a State Mission Director appointed by the State Government. In addition, the State Government would also appoint required government officials to assist the State Mission Director in respect of Finance and accounts, establishment matters and other such supporting functions.

State Mission Management Unit (SMMU), a dedicated support team at the state level, will be established to support State Mission Director, SULM in the implementation and monitoring of DAY-NULM at the state/UT level. This unit will be funded by the DAY-NULM.

SMMU will be staffed with technical specialists having expertise in various fields like poverty alleviation, social mobilisation, financial inclusion, livelihoods promotion, human resources, etc.

Funding under DAY-NULM will be provided for a maximum of six technical experts at SMMU level for big states and four technical experts for small states.

DAY-NULM will support SMMU costs for a period of five years. States should build their internal capacities to implement urban poverty alleviation programmes after five years.

The overall responsibilities of the SMMU will include, but not be limited to, the following:

a. To facilitate implementation of DAY-NULM in the state through ULBs;

b. To facilitate establishment of CMMUs at city level;

c. To provide professional and technical inputs on specific components of DAY-NULM;

d. To prepare Urban Poverty Reduction Strategy/Livelihood Development Plan for the state;

e. To support cities in preparation of City Livelihood Development Plans;

f. To coordinate and develop convergence with other Missions and programmes in the state;

g. To organize state level capacity building programmes, workshops, seminars and cross-learning visits, etc. of key government staff as well as technical experts involved in implementation of DAY-NULM at CMMU and SMMU levels;

h. To document the progress and process of implementation and best practices of DAY-NULM;

i. To undertake/commission studies to assess the impact of the DAY-NULM;

j. To coordinate with various departments of state government, central government, banks and such organisations to help implementation of DAY-NULM at the state level.

Administration and Implementation structure at City level

At the city level, the DAY-NULM activities will be implemented through Urban Local Bodies (ULBs). City Mission Management Unit (CMMU), headed by a City Project Officer (CPO) appointed by State government will be formed.

The CMMU will be staffed with technical specialists having expertise in various fields like social mobilisation, institution and capacity building, livelihoods/Micro enterprises, micro finance etc which will be funded under DAY-NULM. In addition, the State Government/ULB will also appoint other officials to deal with Finance and accounts, establishment matters and other such support services.

Funding under DAY-NULM will be provided for a maximum of four technical experts at the city level for cities having more than 5 lakh population, three technical experts for cities with population of 3 to 5 lakh population and two technical experts for cities below 3 lakh population.

Community Organisers (COs) will also be appointed in the city. Each CO will cover at least 3000 urban poor families. COs should be recruited as per the requirement at city level subject to availability of funds. However, at least one CO should be positioned in every city covered under DAY-NULM.