In February as planned ICA Nepal was fully dedicated to the major International Training sessions. We hosted two this month with 20-25 participants in each of the sessions.
ICA Nepal in coordination with Global Facilitators Serving Communities (GFSC) Asia conducted the three-day workshop on Facilitative Crisis and Disaster Intervention from 9th to 11th February followed by the two-day workshop on 19th and 20th February. Both the training sessions were facilitated by international facilitators. The workshop was facilitated by Mark Pixley, who is an experienced facilitator and organizational change consultant with LEADERSHIP INC, a leading provider of facilitation services to the corporate community in China and Asia. The workshop witnessed an overwhelming participation of people from different backgrounds and had left a very positive impact on the participants as it dealt with the new ways and new models in facilitation as well as the recovery process and served unique ways to engage participants throughout the workshop.
Whereas, Entrepreneurship Development Training was facilitated by Dr. V.K Arora, who is a Trainer/ Resource Person associated with the Management Associates Private Limited, India, and is an Accredited Management Teacher from AIMA in entrepreneurship and a life member of IETE, CSI and NHRD, who also conducts Career Counseling through career management and psychometric testing. The participants were equally enthused and grateful after the completion of the training. We even received a thank you note from one of the participants for organizing such a powerful training here in Nepal.
This kind of response from the participants and well wishers have given a boost to our motivation and we’re very much energized to bring even more similar trainings among Nepali people in days to come.
At the end of the month, a team of two members from ICA has left for far-western districts of the country in order to conduct the ward level planning workshop. As per the plan, within this four months period, ICA Nepal will mobilize local communities in 24 wards and develop ward level plans. Implementation of the second phase of the project entitled, ‘Facilitative and Leadership Development in Far-western and Mid-western districts of Nepal,’ supported by MISEROR will also take place shortly.
As ICA Japan Received INGO status from the Social Welfare Council of Nepal last month, Ms Sizuyo Sato from ICA Japan is here. ICA Japan is supporting the reconstruction of the ICA Learning Centre in Changunarayan of Bhaktapur District.
This post was published in ICAI’s monthly bulletin the Global Buzz, March 2016.