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ITEM 3 –Update on preparation for Round VI of the Phase IV of MCTProgramme to be held from August 22-October 14 2011Foreign exposure Visit for Phase IV (Round 6)The Phase IV Mid-Career Training Program (MCTP) for IAS officers hasan inbuilt component of a 2 week foreign exposure visit. Four rounds of thePhase-IV have been conducted so far and the fifth round is underway. Sincethe inception of Program in 2007, we have been taking this group to SouthKorea with Korea Development Institute (KDI) at Seoul working as the anchorinstitution for organizing and running this component of the program.In the various feedback sessions with the participants, it has beensuggested that the Academy should also consider organizing the foreignexposure visit in other countries that might offer greater opportunities forlearning in the Indian policy and governmental context.Consequently, the Academy has been considering alternativedestinations for the foreign exposure visit for the Phase-IV participants. In thiscontext, we explored the possibility of collaborating with The Civil ServicesCollege (UK); ENAP (Brazillian National School of Public Administration-EscolaNacional de Administracal Publica) and IPAC (The Institute of PublicAdministration, Canada). The financial proposal from ENAP is still awaited andshall be placed in the scheduled meeting of the PMC. The UK civil servicescollege declined to take a group size beyond 30, on account of logisticalconstraints.A summary of the country parameters/ institutional advantages andfinancial implications for each of the alternative destinations is available atAnnexure E & F for the ready reference of the PMC.The PMC may like to take a considered view on the following issues giventhe fact that the foreign exposure visit of the forthcoming Phase IV isscheduled from 12 th - 24 th September, 2011:(i) Take a strategic decision on the need for diversification in thedestinations for our foreign exposure visits to include countries otherthan South Korea.(ii) Provided the decision to issue (i) is in the affirmative, the PMC may takea view on the possible alternative in light of the comparativeadvantages presented in the Annexure E & F.8
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<strong>ITEM</strong> 3 –Update on preparation for Round VI of the Phase IV of MCTProgramme to be held from August 22-October 14 2011Foreign exposure Visit for Phase IV (Round 6)The Phase IV Mid-Career Training Program (MCTP) for IAS officers hasan inbuilt component of a 2 week foreign exposure visit. Four rounds of thePhase-IV have been conducted so far and the fifth round is underway. Sincethe inception of Program in 2007, we have been taking this group to SouthKorea with Korea Development Institute (KDI) at Seoul working as the anchorinstitution for organizing and running this component of the program.In the various feedback sessions with the participants, it has beensuggested that the Academy should also consider organizing the foreignexposure visit in other countries that might offer greater opportunities forlearning in the Indian policy and governmental context.Consequently, the Academy has been considering alternativedestinations for the foreign exposure visit for the Phase-IV participants. In thiscontext, we explored the possibility of collaborating with The Civil ServicesCollege (UK); ENAP (Brazillian National School of Public Administration-EscolaNacional de Administracal Publica) and IPAC (The Institute of PublicAdministration, Canada). The financial proposal from ENAP is still awaited andshall be placed in the scheduled meeting of the PMC. The UK civil servicescollege declined to take a group size beyond 30, on account of logisticalconstraints.A summary of the country parameters/ institutional advantages andfinancial implications for each of the alternative destinations is available atAnnexure E & F for the ready reference of the PMC.The PMC may like to take a considered view on the following issues giventhe fact that the foreign exposure visit of the forthcoming Phase IV isscheduled from 12 th - 24 th September, 2011:(i) Take a strategic decision on the need for diversification in thedestinations for our foreign exposure visits to include countries otherthan South Korea.(ii) Provided the decision to issue (i) is in the affirmative, the PMC may takea view on the possible alternative in light of the comparativeadvantages presented in the Annexure E & F.8