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Established in 1926, the All India Institute of Local Self Government (AIILSG), India is a premier autonomous research and training institution in India. The institute was recognized as an educational institution by Government of Maharashtra in the year 1971. The Institute offers several regular training courses in urban development management and municipal administration, which are recognized by the Government of India and several state governments in India.
AIILSG has its own Regional Centers at Akola, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Belgaum, Bhubaneshwar, Cochin, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kalyan, Kolhapur, Lucknow, Nagpur, Nashik, New Delhi, New Mumbai, Panaji, Pune, Rajkot, Surat, Thiruvanthapuram, Vadodara, and Vishakhapatanam.
Since 1998, the AIILSG is working as an Anchor Institution for Urban Management Programme (UMP) of UN-HABITAT in South Asia. The AIILSG is also anchoring the Sustainable Cities Programme (SCP) of UN-HABITAT in the State of Maharashtra, since 2003 which concentrates on poverty-environment intersection and stakeholders’ participation.
The AIILSG works in close collaboration with several international organizations, viz, UN-HABITAT, UNDP, UNICEF, US-AID, WHO, GTZ, FES, Ford Foundation, CIDA, Cities Alliance, and it has close work ties with several international networks such as CLGF (U.K), IULA, IULA-ASPAC, ICLEI, CITYNET, LOGOTRI and also with Department of Education, Training, and Employment, South Australia. The AIILSG successfully hosted two World Mayors’ Conferences in 1998 and 2005 in close collaboration and support from Government of India.
The AIILSG has been active in capacity building for senior urban officials and elected members from China, Ethopia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Srilanka, South Africa, Thailand, and several African countries. As a premier urban institution, it aims at expanding its assistance in some of these countries in the near future to assist their process of urbanization.
In the year 1968, the Government of India established the Regional Centre for Urban & Environmental Studies (RCUES) at AIILSG, Mumbai to undertake urban policy research, technical advisory services, and building work capabilities of senior and middle level municipal officials, and elected members from the States of Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and UT’s of Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagar Haveli. The RCUES is fully supported by the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India.
In the year 1991, the RCUES was recognized by the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India as a National Training Institute (NTI) to undertake capacity building of project functionary, municipal officials, and municipal elected members under the earlier urban poverty alleviation programme-UBSP.
The Ministry of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation, Government of India and UNDP has set up the “National Resource Centre on Urban Poverty (NRCUP) which is jointly handled by RCUES, AIILSG Mumbai and YASHADA, Pune.
The AIILSG, Mumbai also houses the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Cell backed by the Government of Maharashtra for capacity building of municipal bodies and provide technical advisory services since 2002..
The Mumbai Transformation Support Unit (MTSU), has been set up in AIILSG Mumbai to provide technical support to the project on “Transformation of Mumbai into World Class City” which is a project by Cities Alliance, World Bank, Govt.of Maharashtra and AIILSG.
The AIILSG has established a strong network of partners with several research and training institutions and NGOs and it has strategic alliances with premier training and academic institutions such as YASHADA, Pune, ASCI, Hyderabad, NEERI, Mumbai, VJTI, Mumbai, and KILA, Kerala, R. Ruia College, Mumbai to name only a few |
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