India Centre for CSR to conduct Global CSR conference in Delhi

With an aim to make Swachh Bharat campaign a national success, India Centre for CSR (ICCSR) has organised a daylong conference at the heart of national capital of India on March 19, 2015. Over 20 expert speakers from UN global compact, apex bodies, administration, NGOs, industry as well as public and private institutions and more than 200 delegates will deliberate on the need gaps and execution of the national campaign with social responsibility as an ingrained theme.

Swacchh Bharat campaign is a Government of India initiative which aims to clean the streets, roads and infrastructure covering 4041 statutory towns of India. Over 3 million government employees, students and public at large are participating in India's biggest ever cleanliness drive.

With clear deliverables and a completion date, Swachh Bharat program is a 5 year mass movement plan to be completed by 2 October 2019, which is 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. The government has committed over INR 16000 crores of the 62,000 crores needed and the movement will provide 2.5 lakh community toilets, 2.6 lakh public toilets and solid waste management facilities.

The global conference will discuss and formulate ways to change the country's appalling facts and figures:

- 60% of India's rural masses defecate in open often because of not enough toilets, absence of the functionality, be short of water or inapt waste management systems

- Just 32% rural families in 2011 (as per census figures) and 40% (NSSO numbers of 2013) have rural toilets

- From around 1.2 crore toilets to be developed annually just before 2011-12, the figure has drop to under 50 lac each year now

- From the 17.19 crore rural households, about 11.11 crore do not have latrines as per the Baseline Survey in 2012-13

- While 8.84 crore households are qualified to receive the incentives, toilets haven't been developed yet

- A lot more than 2 crore individuals, who got subsidy beneath the program /financial incentive, do not have functional toilets till date

Approach

Commenting on the need for this conference, Mr. Rajesh Tiwari, Director General & CEO, ICCSR said, "The best of the ideas are worth nothing unless they are well executed. Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan has started in a big way, it is now important not only to maintain the same zeal and commitment, but also to ensure that the change that we bring is sustainable. This change is supported by practise and eventually becomes a lifestyle. This cannot be done without understanding governments' plans and policies, deciphering between civic and civil sense, teaching and habituating the audience at large, understanding the role of implementing agencies and putting technological innovations to best use."

During the conference experts will deliberate and recommend initiatives to:
- create methodology to execute the plan nationally
- resolve issues and map the opportunities faced by the nation
- increase responsiveness and put together the essential systems towards sustainability of sanitation project
- develop role for communities, private agencies and Corporates to sync in with the government machinery
- maximize CSR's contribution in sustainable development of the nation
- understand global and national goals and directives to developing customised plan and policy on sanitation
- use the key strategies for leveraging CSR in facilitating the scientific approach for project implementation and communication strategy
- promote and implement technological innovation in practice
- adopt innovative technology in practices

Date of conference: March 19th 2015
Venue: Lecture Room – 2 (Basement), India International Centre Annexe, New Delhi
Time: 0930 – 1600 hours

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