Keeeping in mind that economic development is one of the important pillars of empowerment and inclusiona ROJGAR MELA, 2019 was organised on 4 th & 5 th December, 2019 at College Square, College Street, Kolkata by W & CD & SW Deptt. Govt. of West Bengal. The Programme was inaugurated by Dr. (Smt.) Shashi Panja, Hon’ble Minister of State ( Independent charge), Deptt. of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare , Sri Debabrata Chattaraj, IAS, State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, West Bengal and Shri Bedanga Biswas, Joint Secretary, WCD & SW Department on 4 th December, 2019 at College Square Gate.
In this two day long programme ,the Persons with Disabilities from different walks of life shared their experiences and narrated their success stories .The artefacts produced by them was exhibited in the fair.There were stalls for exhibiting disability related materials and activities of various Departments of Central & State Govt. In the Central Govt. Pavilion, NIVH, NIMH, NIHH, ALIMCO took part and distributed awareness materials to visitors. In the State Govt. Pavilion, P & RD Deptt., S.S.M., West Bengal participated and displayed and distributed their awareness materials and products. 33 NGOs having Vocational Training Centres participated in the Rojgar Mela with their products for exhibition and sale.
Panel discussion on “Participatory Role in Planning for inclusion of Self – Help Groups where Persons with Disabilities are also members and Rehabilitation of PwDs” and “Legal Intervention and Penal Action in conformity with RPwD Act, 2016 to establish PwDs rights” were conducted wherein senior State/Central Government Officers, Departmental Head /experts (Law) of Universities/NUJS etc., other eminent Advocates, office bearers of NGOs and Parent Organisations took part. Persons with Disabilities from different walks of life were also invited to share their experiences and narrate their success stories. Cultural programmes were also held.
Job Fair was organized on 4 th and 5 th December, 201 9 at College Square, Kolkata for qualified persons with disabilities in which 574 candidates appeared out of which 174 persons were short listed. Companies like Reliance Trendz, Holiday Inn, Crowdsourcing, S & IB Services, Hindusthan Unilever, Water melon, Hotel Tower Group etc. participated in the fair.

Since 1992, the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) has been annually observed on 3rd December around the world. The theme for this 2019 IDPD is ‘Promoting the participation of persons with disabilities and their leadership: taking action on the 2030 Development Agenda’ International Day of the Persons with Disabilities, 2019 on 3rd December 2019. The State Award Function was held on 3rd December, 2019 at Calcutta University Institute Hall, Kolkata, Dr. (Smt.) Shashi Panja, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent charge), Deptt. of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare graced the occassion as Chairperson. Sri Binod Kumar, IAS ,Secretary , W & CD & SW Deptt. was present in the award ceremony. Persons with Disabilities who excelled in their respective field of work inspite of their physical or intellectual impairment and the organisations/persons who are working for the empowerment of Persons with Disabilities was conferred State Awards for empowerment of Persons with Disabilities,2019. State Awards were given for outstanding achievements in the respective fields in the following categories: Self-Employed, Outstanding Employee with disability, Role Model, Creation of Barrier free environment, Outstanding Sports Person with disabilities, Best Organization working for the cause of disability, Parent organization, and Best Self Help group etc. Publication of a Compendium containing materials related to persons with disabilities-ANNUAL SFURAN 2019 was made on 3rd December 2019

The Ninth Annual General Meeting of SCPS was held in the 10 th floor conference hall of Bikash Bhavan. Hon’ble Minister (Independent Charge) chaired the meeting and it was convened by Director, CRT. Senior officers from the Department and the Directorate, SCPS personnel, Officers from other line Departments, Representatives from different NGOs were present in the meeting. Discussions on annual activities of SCPS and financial audit were carried out. Annual report of SCPS (2018-2019), IEC materials on Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and Guidelines for Support Persons under Section 39 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 were launched by Honorable MOS in the meeting.

A video conference on accounts related issues of DCPUs, SAAs, GO & NGO run CCIs was held with DSWO, DCPU and Accounts personnel of DCPUs, SAAs and CCIs.

Five day’s training of newly recruited CWC Chairperson and Members were organised by SCPS at Seva Kendra, Kolkata. The training was conducted in a participatory manner incorporating different legislatures, child psychology and policies on child protection plan, linkage with allied legislations e.g. PCMA, 2006, CLPRA (Amendment), 2016, ITPA, 1986, Roll of the CWC training, record keeping, record keeping & MIS, maintenance of registers, CTS, submission of the reports to appropriate authorities, visit to CCI and SAA, challenges faced in the implementation of the J.J.Act, 2015, assessing own mental health, self care, mental health of children, skill practice etc.
Number of participants: 40

Five day’s training of newly recruited CWC Chairperson and Members were organised by SCPS at Seva Kendra, Kolkata. The training was conducted in a participatory manner incorporating different legislatures, child psychology and policies on child protection plan, linkage with allied legislations e.g. PCMA, 2006, CLPRA (Amendment), 2016, ITPA, 1986, Roll of the CWC training, record keeping, record keeping & MIS, maintenance of registers, CTS, submission of the reports to appropriate authorities, visit to CCI and SAA, challenges faced in the implementation of the J.J.Act, 2015, assessing own mental health, self care, mental health of children, skill practice etc.
Number of participants: 40

A training was conducted through VC at Bikash Bhavan Conference Hall for the DCPOs, PO-IC and the CCI Superintendents on restoration, repatriation, recent SOPs and guidance on trafficking and on CPC repairing and maintaining template.

Two days orientation cum review meeting on adoption, sponsorship and SAA CCI Linkage from 18th to 19th June, 2019 for SAAs and DCPUs of ten districts of South Bengal Zone was held at Saikatabas, Old Digha, Purba Medinipur.
Number of participants: 45

Two days orientation cum review meeting on adoption, sponsorship and SAA CCI Linkage from 27th to 28th June, 2019 for SAAs and DCPUs of thirteen districts of North Bengal Zone was held at Binoy Bhavan Auditorium, B.R. Ambedkar Institute of Panchayet & Rural Development, Kalyani, Nadia.
Number of participants: 38

Orientation & Training Programme for functionaries of Shelter for Urban Homeless & Govt officials scheduled for the month of June 2019 in the Administrative Calendar was held on 14 th June, 2019, at the Conference Hall, Suvanna, Salt Lake. Supervisors of Shelter for Urban Homeless, officials from Director of Social Welfare and other officials attended the training programme.

Six days training of Counsellors of DCPU, CCI namely phase-II of batch-III from Bankura, Birbhum, Purba Bardhaman, Purulia, Purba Medinipur and South 24 Parganas was organised by DCPU-Birbhum,SCPS and DCRT in collaboration with UNICEF in Bolpur, Birbhum. Sammikhani being the technical agency, the training was made participatory.
Total no. of participants: 28

A video conference on registration status of CCIs was held with the district authority and with NGO secretary to submit the necessary documents for completion to expedite the registration process.

A video conference on registration status of CCIs was held with the district authority and with NGO secretary to submit the necessary documents for completion to expedite the registration process.

Two day training on professional child care methods for the nurses of the specialised Adoption Agencies was carried out at ICMARD building. Doctors from the Dept. of health and Family Welfare were invited to facilitate the technical sessions.

Six days training of Counsellors of DCPU, CCI namely phase-III of batch-2 from Alipurduar, Coochbehar, Dakhin Dinajpur, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Malda, North 24 Parganas, Uttar Dinajpur was organised by SCPS and DCRT in collaboration with UNICEF in Kolkata. Sammikhani being the technical agency, the training was conducted in a participatory way.
Total no. of participants: 30

Training & Orientation of Officials of Open Shelter scheduled for the month of May 2019 in the Administrative Calendar was held on 29 th & 30 th May, 2019, at Conference Hall, Suvanna, Salt Lake. Officials from DCRT, DCPU officials, Co-ordinators of Open Shelter and other officials attended the training programme.

Training & Orientation of Managers of Vagrants’ Home scheduled for the month of May 2019 in the Administrative Calendar was held on 28 th May, 2019, at Purta Bhaban, Salt Lake. Managers of all Vagrants’ Home attended the meeting

Training of counsellors under ICPS on primary counselling skills Six days training of Counsellors of DCPU, CCI namely phase-III of batch- 1 from Kolkata, Murshidabad, Howrah, Hooghly, and Nadia, Paschim Medinipur was organised by SCPS and DCRT in collaboration with UNICEF in Kolkata. Sammikhani being the technical agency, the training was conducted in a participatory way.
Total no. of participants: 30

A one day handholding support to counsellors under ICPS on specific psychological problems of children that they are dealing with in Child Care Institutions was organised through Video Conference.

Six days training of Counsellors of DCPU, CCI namely phase-II of batch-2 from Alipurduar, Coochbehar, Dakshin Dinajpur, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Malda, North 24 Parganas, Uttar Dinajpur was organised by SCPS and DCRT in collaboration with UNICEF in Kolkata. Sammikhani being the technical agency, the training was conducted in a participatory way.
Total no. of participants: 30

A State level Orientation programme for DSWOs, DCPOs, PO-NICs, and SAA Coordinators of South Bengal districts was organised in collaboration with CARA at Stadel. The programme was on Adoption, SAA-CCI linkage and CARINGS.
Total no. of participants: 82

A one day handholding support to counsellors under ICPS on specific psychological problems of children that they are dealing with in Child Care Institutions was organised through Video Conference.

wo day training of SAA functionaries of North Bengal districts on primary counselling skills was organised by SARA. The technical agency was Samikshani.
Total no.of participants: 22

A meeting of the Executive Committee of SCPS was held at the conference hall of Bikash Bhavan. The meeting was chaired by Ms. Sanghamitra Ghosh, Secretary, Dept. of WCD&SW, Government of West Bengal and convened by Ms. Richa Misra, Director, CRT, Government of West Bengal. Senior Officers of the Department of WCD & SW and Directorate of Child Rights and Trafficking, officials from SCPS, UNICEF were present in the meeting. The meeting was held based on the following agendas:
- Review of Activities of ICPS.
- Review of proposals (2019-2020)approved by PSC

Two day training of SAA functionaries of South Bengal districts on primary counselling skills was organised by SARA. The technical agency was Samikshani.
Total no.of participants: 22

Five day training of newly recruited CWC chairperson and members was organised by SCPS in ICMARD building. It was a five day detailed orientation programme where the child protection policies, legislatures, child psychology were oriented by experienced persons in the field of child protection.
Total No. of Participants:52

Six days training of Counsellors of DCPU, CCI namely phase-I of batch-III from Bankura, Birbhum, Purba Bardhaman, Purulia, Purba Medinipur and South 24 Parganas was organised by DCPU-Birbhum,SCPS and DCRT in collaboration with UNICEF in Bolpur, Birbhum. Sammikhani being the technical agency, the training was conducted in a participatory way. Total no. of participants: 28

Five day training of newly recruited JJB Social Workers was organised by SCPS in ICMARD building. It was a five day detailed orientation programme where the child protection policies, legislatures, child psychology, criminal procedures were oriented by experienced persons in the field of child protection.
Total No. of Participants: 26

A video conference with DSWOs and DCPOs of all the districts was held to seek new proposals from the districts for approval in Project Sanction Committee of SCPS for the financial year 2019-2020.

A video conference with DSWOs, Home Superintendents and DCPOs of all the districts was held to discuss on CCI related issues. Chairperson and Member of West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights were also present in the Video Conference.

Six days training of Counsellors of DCPU, CCI namely phase-III of batch-II from Kolkata, Murshidabad, Howrah, Hooghly, and Nadia, Paschim Medinipur was organised by SCPS and DCRT in collaboration with UNICEF in Kolkata. Sammikhani being the technical agency, the training was conducted in a participatory way.
Total no. of participants: 30

A meeting of Project Sanctioning Committee of SCPS was held at Conference Hall, 10th Floor, Bikash Bhavan for approval of new proposal for FY 2019-2020. The meeting was presided by Ms. Sanghamitra Ghosh, Secretary, Dept. of WCD&SW, Gov. of West Bengal, convened by Ms. Richa Misra, Director, CRT. Senior Officials from the Directorate, Department and other Directorates of the Department were present in the meeting. A brief presentation on new proposals was shared and discussed during the meeting.

A Governing body meeting of SARA was held in the conference hall at Conference Hall, 10th Floor, Bikash Bhavan on the following agenda:
- Effective date with regard to child adoption leave.
- Presence of Govt. pleader before Hon’ble Dist. Judge in adoption cases in Cooch Behar district.
- Effective measures to reduce pendency of adoption cases in the District Courts.
- Non-availability of BERA test facility in all districts of W.B.
- Issuing letter for Birth Registration within five (5) days.
- Review of the steps taken to implement cradle (palna) at hospitals, maternity homes, nursing homes etc. of districts

Quarterly review meeting on functioning of Shelter for Urban Homeless scheduled for the month of January 2019 in the Administrative Calendar was held on 30th January, 2019, at Conference Hall of Jalasampad Bhaban, Salt Lake, Ground Floor, NGO functionaries, Supervisors of Shelter for Urban Homeless, Representatives of Municipal Corporations and other government officials attended the meeting.

Quarterly review meeting on functioning of Open Shelter scheduled for the month of January 2019 in the Administrative Calendar was held on 29th January, 2019, at Conference Hall of Jalasampad Bhaban, Salt Lake, Ground Floor. DSWOs, DCPU officials, NGO functionaries, Co-ordinators and Social Workers of Open Shelter attended the meeting.