The session encompassed administration officials of 11 municipalities spanning over 5 provinces of Nepal.  The NGO stated that this training session was conducted as part of Daayitwa Nepal Public Administration Fellowship 2021.

Under this program, 15 NGO officials are working with 11 municipalities for three months. They will be indulging in the areas spanning from research to formulation of local policies and programs.

The session, which was day-long, was conducted on Friday. The session is aimed at bolstering leadership at a local level.

It additionally addressed how to deal with the issues pertaining to public administration and municipality governance.

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Darchula’s Mahakali municipality has taken a firm stand to develop the municipality as an educational city.

Towards this aim, they engaged different stakeholders in the field of education to realize their dream from the coming academic year.

After the successful completion of consultations in all the nine wards, now the municipality authorities began next-level discussions with the locals in the field of education.

The municipality authorities have formed a special educational strategic plan to achieve the goal.

According to Municipality Mayor Hamsharaj Bhatta, the consultations are aimed at discussing ways to explore the ways to build a different identity for the municipality through education.

“We have a dream to make the municipality a hub for education as part of its three-year strategic plan. The plan for educational reform would be put in place through upcoming budget,” says Bhatta.

Hope the sincere efforts would reap positive results for the municipality authorities in the days to come.

Developing model places is not a new feat for Nepal. Dhankuta as a model village and Bhujung as ‘Cleanest Village’, among others have already proved the country’s capabilities.

All the best Nepal!

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As the latest reports say, Butwal Sub Metropolitan City is fast emerging as the new trade hub in the country.

The city started transforming as a new trade hub in the secondary market, in the recent times after the establishment of office brokers.

Interestingly, the city also started witnessing rise in stock transactions with the entry of new investors, which includes high-ranking officials as well students.

“The city is ideal for opening new brokerage firms as it houses many banks and financial institutions and it is also a trade Centre on which the entire western region relies,” says Kamal Tiwari, President of Nepal Investment Forum.

As per the official records, Butwal is witnessing stock trade worth over NPR 10 million every day.

Located in the intersection of two key national highways of Nepal i.e. Mahendra highway and Siddhartha highway, Butwal sub-metropolitan is known as one of the oldest Nepali municipalities.

Though the city was regarded as a livable city of Nepal since long, its development has been sluggish since the time it was declared as a municipality in 1959A.D (2016 B.S).

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As part of the agreement, India has agreed to provide USD 16.2 million to both the UN agencies, including USD 8.79 million to UNDP and USD 7.41 million to UNOPS.

This fund will be utilized for the construction of around 50,000 houses in Gorkha and Nuwakot, two of the districts badly-hit in the 2015 earthquake.

Through this fund, the UN agencies plans to provide all the needed socio-technical assistance related to rebuilding damaged sites for around 26,912 houses in Gorkha (by UNDP) and 23,088 houses (UNOPS) in Nuwakot.

Overall, this three-year project aims at ensuring the rebuilt houses are in line with the government norms and are quake-resistant.

Problems Faced So Far

As part of relief measures post the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, the Government of Nepal has called for the owner-driven approach for the renovation of quake-hit structures across the country and has had also announced USD 250 million aid and a USD 750 million Line of Credit for the same.

With this, socio-technical assistance for the procurement of related material which includes materials, technical support, finance, technologies, skill-set and land, among others.

This sort of confusion was witnessed in the reconstruction activity that has been underway since 2015, which saw a high number of householders seeking hands-on technical support, in-time funds, among others to build government-compliant and safer structures.

Now, these hassles are likely to be addressed under the new project which is promising the deployment of architects, masons, community facilitators and trained engineers for a constructive move.

“We look forward to making this partnership a success to ensure that the poor, vulnerable and marginalized households who need our support the most are able to reconstruct resilient houses speedily while leaving no one behind,” says Renaud Meyer, Country Director, UNDP Nepal.

Solution Ahead, Technical Assistance Vital

“We have learned from the experiences around the world that disasters like this tend to disproportionally affect socially and economically vulnerable people. These projects will address the special needs of those populations and make them more resilient to disasters in the future,” said UN Resident Coordinator Valerie Julliand at the project signing ceremony while also thanking India for its support.

Meanwhile, Indian Ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri opined that this project will address the technical concerns of the householders and assist them with all the needed expertise for safer construction.

“The partnership agreement with UNDP and UNOPS will enhance the availability of technical knowhow and expertise to house owners in Gorkha and Nuwakot districts to reconstruct their homes with earthquake-resilient features,” reads Puri’s statement.

Sanjay Mathur, UNOPS Asia – Regional Director was also happy at the favor extended by the Government of India and Nepal towards helping the needy.

He said, “With the generous assistance of the Government of India and in close partnership with the Government of Nepal, we will all be working together to support those families in greatest need, safely rebuild their homes and their lives. This is critical to sustainable development and we are proud to be a part of this effort.”

This three-year project will be carried out jointly by the Embassy of India, Kathmandu, Nepali National Reconstruction Authority, Central-Level Project Implementation Units of the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration Nepal, Nepali Ministry of Urban Development and all the related local municipalities, government offices and rural municipalities in the two districts.

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As the Government of Nepal completed its most-awaited local elections, help started pouring in for the development of the country’s local bodies that are set to change the phase of the country.

In a recent update, the South Korean Government has come forward to extend its support for transforming six local tiers of Nepal into smart cities.

An official information in this regard was revealed at the International City Summit and Mayors’ Forum held from September 10-13, 2017 at South Korean capital Seoul.

Under the plan, South Korea will be offering diverse financial assistance for the development of two metropolitan cities, Pokhara and Kathmandu, and four municipalities including Nilkantha in Dhading, Dhulikhel in Kavre, Ramgram in Nawalparasi and Bhaktapur.

Ramgram Municipality’s Mayor, Narendra Kumar Gupta confirmed this saying the South Korean Government will be providing a strategic framework for the development of the local bodies.

Gupta further informed that the information on diverse strategies for sustainable development in transforming Nepal’s six markets into smart cities was discussed at the Summit.

The summit held in South Korea witnessed a participation of 130 Mayors from 50 different countries. As part of the meet, concerned South Korean officials provided an extensive report on South Korea’s all-round development works spanning 35 years to the participants.

The six-member Nepali delegation, including the Chiefs of the local tiers, attended the event as part of their tour to the Science and Research Centre in South Korea.

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