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New lot of TFI Graduates fielded
Nepal adds one more lot of Training for Instructor (TFI) Graduates. Total 28 participants, 12 from 11 municipalities and 16 from NSET graduated in this edition of TFI conducted by NSET under Building Code Implementation Program in Municipalities of Nepal (BCIPN) supported by United States Agency for International Development/ Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA). The program held during Dec 6-10, 2014 at Vijay Development Resource Center (VDRC), Gaindakot, Nawalparasi, Nepal. This is the first episode of Nepali translation of Nepal adapted TFI course.
This very specialized five-day training course for Instructor Development was facilitated by team of 10 instructors and participated by officials and professionals from different municipalities namely Mechinagar, Birtamod, Damak, Khandbari, Inaruwa, Triyuga, Gaindakot, Butwal, Putalibazar, Surkhet and Bhim Datta; and NSET.
All the participants successfully completed the course and got certified in closing ceremony organized at the end. Closing ceremony was attended and addressed by Mr. Govinda Sigdel, Chief and Executive Officer of Gaindakot Municipality; Mr. Surya Narayan Shrestha, Deputy Executive Director of NSET; Mr. Rajendra Khatiwada, Divisional Engineer of DUDBC Divisional Office; Mr. Tika Kandel, Management Director of VDRC; Ms. Nisha Shrestha, Course Coordinator, and also participants’ representatives.
The TFI is a generic course for instructor development. The main purpose of TFI is to train individuals to perform the tasks necessary be an effective instructor of training courses. This was first developed in 1988 in the United States of America for subject matter experts from various US government agencies. Later on, OFDA adapted TFI to develop its instructors for its disaster management training programs. The curriculum has been translated in Spanish, French and Portuguese; and used in Central and South America.
The entry of TFI curricula in Asia was made possible only in 1999 with the start of first phase of Program for Enhancement of Emergency Response (PEER), funded by the USAID/OFDA. Since 2003, NSET has been implementing PEER in the 6 countries in Asia, namely, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan and the Philippines. Through the years of PEER implementation, TFI has been recognized, used and very much appreciated by the beneficiary countries.
TFI graduates are believed to be pivotal in imparting, transferring and disseminating knowledge and skills to the broader circles of people effectively. Nepal has nearly 300 TFI graduates in total.
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