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It is a fact that Handloom and Handicraft weaving are traditionally practiced by the people in the North East. To exploit this existing situation favorably to the advantage of the people who have the basic skill and aptitude, Governments, both Central and States have been trying to organize and streamline the production of such Handicraft items and open up market avenues for their Products. With a view to making the efforts more effective and result oriented, the Government of India, Ministry of Textile came up with the idea of setting up Common Facility Centers (CFCs) in different parts of the North East. These CFCs would provide a forum for bringing the Artisans together for capacity building and training them in Skill upgradation, by exposure to new Technology and Design inputs using their local Raw Materials.
The Shillong CFC, of which Impulse NGO Network Shillong is the Implementing Agency, has been set up to train, initially, the artisans of the Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hastshilp Vikas Yojana (AHVY) Clusters located in the different parts of Meghalaya. The project was sanctioned vide order No. DC (H)/UNDP/C&B/7/02/1422, Dated 16.10.2002, of Deputy Director ( Handicrafts), Government of India, Ministry of Textiles, O/O Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), West Block No. VII, R.K. Puram, New Delhi. 110066. The Deputy Director (Design), Regional Design and Technology Development Centre (RDTDC), North Eastern Region, Guwahati is the CONSULTANT of the Project and the Managing Director, Meghalaya Handicraft and Handloom Development Corporation, Shillong, is the Nodal Officer for the Shillong CFC.
The signboard at the entrance to the CFC
For the past One year, the Implementing Agency has been conducting training
programmes with the artisans who are members of the SHGs formed under the
Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hastshilp Vikas Yojana (AHVY) Scheme implemented under
the aegis of UNDP Cane and Bamboo programme. With the help of the
Consultant, a range of products were developed based on the level of
Skill and capacity of the artisans after training them in Design and
Technical Inputs required for such products. The implementing agency
explored various avenues for marketing the products that were made and
obtained several orders from National and International companies thatwere
developed in the programmes that were conducted.
Views of the interior and exterior of the CFC
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