Workshop on "Planned Migration Support Initiative" held on 07th Aug 2012

Workshop on "Planned Migration Support Initiative" held on 07th Aug 2012 at Patna, Bihar by Jeevika, BRLPS

Brief Background:

Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (BRLPS) is an independent society set up by the Government of Bihar . The BRLPS is implementing JEEViKA - Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project (BRLP) with the objective of enhancing the social and economic empowerment of the rural poor in Bihar. 

Government of Bihar (GoB) has designated BRLPS as State Rural Livelihoods Mission (SRLM) for implementation of  NRLM in Bihar. The mission of NRLM is “to reduce poverty by enabling the poor households to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities, resulting  in appreciable increase in their incomes, on a sustainable basis through building strong grassroots institutions of the poor. These institutions enable and empower the  poor households to build-up their human, social, financial and other resources,  solidarity, voice and bargaining power. They,  in turn, enable them to access their  rights, entitlements and opportunities.” JEEViKA under NRLM plans to train and provide placement to 15 Lakh youths in a period of 10 years. 

About the Workshop:

Looking into the magnitude of the problem, a workshop “Planned Migration Support Initiative” was organized by BRLPS to address the issue of migration in Bihar. Many organization / agencies from across the country working on the issue of migration presented their initiatives and proposed model for Bihar to deal with migration.  

To tackle this issue and develop a strategy to deal with migration, partnership would be done with NGOs / organizations working on similar issues, agencies providing training and placement facility to youths in rural areas and concern government departments.

The participants/speakers include:

1. Shri Amrit Lal Meena, Principal Secretary, Labour, GoB 
2. Ms. Meera Shenoy, Consultant, World Bank
3. Mr. Arvind Chaudhary, CEO, BRLPS
4. Ms. Anjali Boarhade, Founder, Disha Foundation, Nasik
5. Mr. Umi Daniel, Migration thematic head, Aid-et-action, Bhubaneshwar
6. Mr. Santosh Poonia, Aajeevika Bureau
7. Ms. Rukmini Tankha, Project Officer, Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO
8. Mr. Debashish, Aga Khan Foundation
9. Mr. Gopal Garg, Vice President, Youth 4 Jobs and Consultant Jeevika, BRLPS
10. Other NGOs  Prayas, Nidhan, SPUR, etc.,
11. Industry Representatives: Mr. Shalabh Srivastava, Matrix Clothing; Orient Craft; etc., 

 

(From L-R: Mr. Arvind Chaudhary, Mr. Amrit Lal Meena, Ms. Meera Shenoy)

 
 

(BRLPS Team, Workshop Participants & Speakers)

 
 

(Workshop speakers: Ms. Anjali, Ms. Rukmini, Umi Daniel)