The Asia Foundation Nepal is implementing a four-year Subnational Governance Program through its strategic partnership with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). The program started in February 2017 and will run until February 2021. The program aims to support an enabling environment for the development of strong, effective, and inclusive subnational government in Nepal that benefits…
On 6 January 2020, Nepal Administrative Staff College (NASC) Centre for Federalism Studies (CFS) organized a “High-level Interaction Programme on Intergovernmental Relation” in Biratnagar, Province No. 1. Participants include Chief Minister Serdhan Rai, Minister Hikmat Karki, Speaker Pradeep Bhandari, Deputy Speaker Saraswati Pokharel, Chair of Parliamentary Committees, Members of Provincial Assembly, Principal Secretary, Secretary of Office of Chief…
On 6 January 2020, Nepal Administrative Staff College (NASC) Centre for Federalism Studies (CFS) organized a “High-level Interaction Programme on Intergovernmental Relation” in Biratnagar, Province No. 1. Participants include Chief Minister Serdhan Rai, Minister Hikmat Karki, Speaker Pradeep Bhandari, Deputy Speaker Saraswati Pokharel, Chair of Parliamentary Committees, Members of Provincial Assembly, Principal Secretary, Secretary of Office of Chief…
Following from The Asia Foundation’s political economy analysis on the Kosi Basin, we conducted dialogues in communities along the river, both in India and in Nepal to gain an understanding of local knowledge and perceptions of current basin management, against the backdrop of annual flooding. This video showcases the lives of women in the Kosi basin, their experience…
Following from The Asia Foundation’s political economy analysis on the Kosi Basin, we conducted dialogues in communities along the river, both in India and in Nepal to gain an understanding of local knowledge and perceptions of current basin management, against the backdrop of annual flooding. This video showcases the lives of women in the Kosi basin, their experience…
By Saugato Datta, Aditya Jagati, Susanti Vijaykumar, Carolyn O’Donnell, and Binayak Basnyat On a rainy evening in Kathmandu not long ago, we fell into a conversation with Bahadur Sherpa, a 60-year-old laborer, who recalled the ecstatic mood of 2017’s historic local elections. He said he had reached his local polling place, a school, at 6:00 a.m. to find hundreds…
The Asia Foundation Nepal is implementing a four-year Subnational Governance Program through its strategic partnership with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). The program started in February 2017 and will run until February 2021. The program aims to support an enabling environment for the development of strong, effective, and inclusive subnational government in Nepal that benefits all, including…
संघीयतामा प्रवेशसँगै संविधानबाटै संघ, प्रदेश र स्थानीय तहका सरकारहरूबीच अधिकार र कार्यजिम्मेवारीको बाँडफाँड भएको छ । तहगत सरकारका संवैधानिक अधिकारक्षेत्रलाई कानून अनुसार थप विस्तृतीकरण र व्याख्या गरी कार्यान्वयन भइरहेको छ । ती अधिकारक्षेत्रहरूको व्याख्या र बाँडफाँडमा तहगत सरकारबीच साझा मत बन्ने क्रममा रहेको छ । यद्यपि तहगत सरकारबीच अधिकारक्षेत्रको प्रयोगमा नीतिगत, संस्थागत र कार्यान्वयन तहमा केही अस्पष्टताहरू रहेको…
The Subnational Governance Program in Nepal (SNGP) (स्थानीय सरकार सबलीकरण काययक्रम) is implemented through a strategic partnership between the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and The Asia Foundation, in coordination with the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration. SNGP aims to generate evidence and data and improve service delivery to promote inclusive governance at…
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