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having experience of working for the rights and entitlement of the people and should possess good communication and interpersonal skills. These persons may be identified through a combination of transparent search process and advertisement selected based on a screening process. The master trainerslresource persons will not" be employees. But they may be paid suitable remunerationlhonorarium to attract the best talent. The States may complete the process to identify and select resource pool of master trainers/resource persons within a month. 2. Identification of Block for pilot social audit: The States will simultaneously identify a block in any district for conducting pilot social audit. The block could be the highest spending in respect of MGNREGS. An expert group on Social Audit identified by the Ministry of Rural Development will provide technical assistance to the States in the conduct of pilot social audit. Thereafter, the States would develop a plan for up-scaling it to the whole State. 3. Training of Master trainers at NIRD: Ministry of Rural development will organize training of master trainers at NIRD, Guwahati and SIRD, Jorethang (Sikkim) assisted by SSAAT, Hyderabad. Sikkirn could serve as a resource State for all the North Eastern States. The training will consist of classroom lectures and hands-on component (practical training) in the field. The training of master trainers from all the north eastern States will be completed within two months. 4. Preparation of State specific social audit manuals: NIRD, Guw~hati will prepare quality manualslhandbooks on conduct of social audit in consultation with Ministry of Rural Development and Society for Social Audit Accountability and Transparency (SSAAT). The manuals already developed would be the basis and would be contextualized to suit local needs. 2
5. Setting up of Social Audit Unit: The States would set up an independent Social Audit Unit within next two months. The State could establish either a registered society or a directorate to facilitate the conduct of social audit. Andhra Pradesh, for example, has set up an independent society, "Society for Social Audit, Accountability and Transparency (SSAA T)". States like Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh have set up directorates for this purpose. shown below: A fully functional SocietylDirectorate for Social Audit would have a structure Joint Director, Social Audit Director / CEO I Social Audit Consultant Dy. Director, I Dy. Director, MI5, Administration & Monitoring & Evaluation Finance I I I I I I State Team Monitors Asst. Asst. Asstt. Asstt. Asstt. 7 -10 Director Director Director, Director, Director, I Admn. Finance MI5 Monitoring Evaluation District Resource Persons 1-2/district I Block Resource Persons 2-3/Block I Village Resource Persons 4-S/GP Director: The Director/Chief Executive Officer of the SocietylDirectorate could be a person who has worked in the social sector for the rights of the people for at least 15 years. A Search Committee could be constituted by the State to identify and select the Director/CEO of the Social Audit Unit. The Director shall be of the same rank or senior to Director, MGNREGS. 3 I I I
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