{"id":28915,"date":"2020-01-23T18:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T18:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=28915"},"modified":"2020-01-23T18:00:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T18:00:14","slug":"unicef-helps-agency-support-gov-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/unicef-helps-agency-support-gov-program\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF helps create an agency to support national government programs in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR), joined by UNICEF, creates an agency for government project communications.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">UNICEF helps village councils<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">To help strengthen communication between government agencies in implementing major programs, the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR), in partnership with United Nations International Children&#8217;s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), created the Communication Resource Unit (CRU).<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The CRU is in charge of guiding State governments, and their outreach programs like the National Health Mission, POSHAN Abhiyaan, and Swachh Bharath Mission.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/pti-stories\/nirdpr-unicef-establish-communication-resource-unit-120012300870_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The UNICEF supervised agency is now operating in three states of India<\/a>, namely, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Telangana. It aims to provide strategic communication support for different government departments using legit channels for consultation, capacity building, and technical support.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Communication Resource Unit<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CRU is a government unit that operates under the leadership of Dr. Gyanmudra, a Professor, head of the Center for Good Governance and Policy Analysis, and NIRDPR Director.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The unit is composed of members that are skilled in Social and Behavioral Change Communications (SBCC) strategies, planning and development, capacity building, and developing Information Education and Communication (IEC) programs.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to Dr. Gyanmudra,<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CRU has been recognized as a unique model to operate out of a National Institute like NIRDPR and serve government departments with different communication support.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CRU is considered a success story in the country office, which is why they are putting up the same effort to duplicate the same kind of success in other institutes. With the expertise annd resources from UNICEF, the unit is confident enough that they can deliver effectively.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Currently, the CRU, with support from the Hyderabad field office, is offering services to various departments with minimal to no cost at all. They offer consultations for community missions to develop strategies that will keep the momentum going.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Over time, the government unit expects to generate enough funds that will be enough to sustain operations without the help of external fundings. This is positive news for India, after dealing with a national crisis over the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/section-144-imposed-in-india-districts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Citizenship Amendment Act issue<\/a>.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nFeatured image by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campaignlive.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Campaign<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR), joined by UNICEF, creates an agency for government project communications. UNICEF helps village councils To help strengthen communication between government agencies in implementing major programs, the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR), in partnership with United Nations International Children&#8217;s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":28919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28915"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}