Nabarangpur:Dec, 17: A one-day district-level training programme on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 was organized today by the District Planning and Monitoring Office, Nabarangpur, at the Mission Shakti Conference Hall, Nabarangpur.
At the beginning of the programme, the District Collector of Nabarangpur, Dr. Maheshwar Swain, along with the Chairperson of Nabarangpur Municipality, Kunu Nayak, inaugurated the event by lighting the ceremonial lamp. In his address, the District Collector urged all present to work collectively to ensure that all 17 Sustainable Development Goals are achieved in Nabarangpur district by 2030 and to attain improved development indicators.
Additional District Magistrate (Revenue), Bishwajit Chandra Barman, attended the programme and explained the strategies required to achieve the SDG targets. He elaborated, with various examples, on how these goals can be implemented and achieved at different departmental levels.
Similarly, the Deputy Director of the District Planning and Monitoring Office, Aishwarya Bhanj, discussed in detail the objectives of the programme, the 17 SDGs, SDG India Index 2.0, SDG Dashboard, and various indicators, along with their reporting and monitoring mechanisms.
From DPRC, Nabarangpur, Brajesh Senapati provided insights on the localization of sustainable development and shared information about the various action plans proposed for the district in the coming days.
The training programme was attended by various district-level officials, including CDAO, CDVO, DIPRO, Block Development Officers, Tahasildars, Municipal Executive Officers, educationists, principals of different colleges, scientists, representatives from Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Umerkote, and members of various non-governmental organizations.
All participants jointly held detailed discussions on formulating SDG 2030 for Nabarangpur district through a participatory approach and on achieving its targets. Emphasis was laid on achieving a poverty-free and hunger-free society, healthy and disease-free life, quality and economically relevant education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, affordable and clean energy, economic growth and industry, climate change mitigation, and sustainable production.
Officials of the District Planning and Monitoring Office, including Sudhir Kumar Pradhan, Sudip Kumar Mohapatra, Anuradha Barik, Alaka Priyadarshini, Premananda Panda, and Nitesh Kumar Rath, were present and actively managed the training programme.
At the end, Sudhir Kumar Pradhan proposed a vote of thanks, after which the programme concluded.