1,800 Bangladeshi Civil Servants to be trained at NCGG by 2025

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The 53rd Capacity Building Program for Civil Servants of Bangladesh was inaugurated on 11 October 2022 at the National Center for Good Governance (NCGG) in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

Important facts

• Under this, 1,800 Bangladeshi civil servants will be trained by India under a capacity building program by 2025.

• Before 2019, 1500 civil servants of Bangladesh have been trained at NCGG.

• It is the only institute in the country which has trained around 1,700 field level officers of Bangladesh Civil Service including Assistant Commissioners, SDMs and Additional Deputy Commissioners etc.

About National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG)

• It was set up in 2014 by the Government of India as an apex institution in the country.

• It is governed by a governing body headed by the Cabinet Secretary.

• Its other members include secretaries of various departments of the Government of India.

• It focuses on good governance, policy reform, training and capacity building, and also acts as a think tank.

• It has undertaken capacity building of civil servants from several countries in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs.

• It has trained civil servants from 15 countries such as Bangladesh, Kenya, Tanzania, Tunisia, Seychelles, Gambia, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Laos, Vietnam, Bhutan, Myanmar and Cambodia.

• It helps in initiating governance reforms through study, training, knowledge sharing and promotion of good ideas.