The district level workshop on Building Capacities for Taking Forward the SDGs, was held on 6th September 2021 at DC’s Conference Hall, Longleng. The programme was chaired by District Planning Officer, Longei Phom. Officials present included Deputy Commissioner, Superintendent of Police and district-level department officials.

There were two technical sessions held, as part of this workshop. The first technical session was held by SDG Officer, SDG Coordination Centre, Planning & Coordination Department, AbiloHumtsoe on SDG localisation and integration with a focus on Longleng District. She shared about the national, state and district level institutional mechanism and strategy for SDG implementation, District Indicator Framework for monitoring the SDGs and way forward. She also highlighted those indicators (as part of the North East Region SDG Index – Baseline Report 2021-22) which require improvement in Longleng district.

This was followed by the Interactive Session which was taken by SDG Consultant, SDG Coordination Centre, Planning & Coordination Department, ZitinMunshi. This session consisted of interactive exercises for identifying the priority areas and viable local level solutions for Longleng district for all relevant departments.

The Workshop was concluded with a vote of thanks which was given by the Deputy Commissioner Longleng M. Shayung Phom, where he highlighted the importance of SDGs for the long term development of Longleng

Similar district level workshops have been held in Kiphire, Noklak and Tuensang districts and the same have been planned for the remaining districts of Nagaland as well.

(Manjong Phom IA Longleng)