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Nepal’s local governments lead from the front

Photos: DIPRUNG CHUICHUMMA RURAL MUNICIPALITY abitra Devkota of Diprung Chuichumma rural municipality in Khotang had been isolating at home for four days after testing positive for Covid-19 in late May when she fell unconscious. There was no one to take her to hospital. Devkota’s relatives informed Diprung Chuichumma rural municipality Chair Bhupendra Rai about her […]

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EC directs governments not to implement new programme

The EC has directed the federal, provincial and local governments not to implement Election Constituency Infrastructure Development Programme

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EC directs governments not to implement new programme

The EC has directed the federal, provincial and local governments not to implement Election Constituency Infrastructure Development Programme

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Summer heat prompts school closure

The local governments in Kanchanpur district have started suspending classes at schools following increase in heat.

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The new term of local governments begins today, but over 100 units are yet to elect officials

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Agricultural census to be undertaken in 144 areas of Baitadi

It will be undertaken in all 84 wards of 10 local governments of Baitadi.

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Jumla's three local level launches ambulance service

Three local governments in Jumla district in Karnali Province, have launched the ambulance service.

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Kathmandu DAO authorises local governments to decide school reopening

The Kathmandu District Administration Office has authorised local governments in the district to decide if they allow schools to reopen to conduct face-to-face classes. The post Kathmandu DAO authorises local governments to decide school reopening appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

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51 local governments yet to announce budget plan for this year

It has been 18 days since the new fiscal year began, but 51 of the 753 local governments in the country are yet to announce the budget plan for the current fiscal year. The post 51 local governments yet to announce budget plan for this year appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

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Training on enhancing performance of local governments concludes

NEPALGUNJ, June 14: A five-day virtual training ‘Enhancement of Local Government Operations and Management Effectiveness’, organized by Lumbini Province Training Academy, Nepalgunj, Banke, concluded on Sunday. Training Academy’s Executive Director Moti Prasad Sharma said the training was organized to further improve performance of newly-recruited public service employees working at assistant level and enhance effectiveness of service being delivered by local levels as the doorstep governments. As many as 42 employees serving the local levels of Banke and Bardia districts under Lumbini Province took part in the first phase of the training held on 9-13 June. At the onset of the training programme organized with the support of Province and Local Governance Support Programme (PLGSP), Sharma highlighted the role of the province training academy in strengthening capacity of the local levels. “There was no option to impart the training through virtual mode owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, we will conduct the training programme further effectively in coming days so as to contribute to the quality delivery of public services”, Sharma added. Curriculum Development Expert of the Training Academy, Bishnu Neupane said that the training was delivered by different thematic experts being based on the curriculum prepared by the Academy. Among the key thematic areas of the training were note writing and its style, public assets management system (PAMS), professional communications and correspondence, roles and responsibilities of local governments, gender equality and social inclusion, localization of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), rights of local levels on revenue collection and mobilization, public procurement, Right to Information, appreciative inquiry, budget formulation process and use of SUTRA, service delivery in pandemic, audit and arrear settlement, planning and development management, execution and monitoring, among others, Nepane elaborated. Training Coordinator Tek Narayan Dhakal said the resource materials and certificates would be handed over to the participants in their respective local level.

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Permit to plunder: How the environment is paying the price for Nepal local governments’ greed

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