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This collection of Links will take you to sites about Nepal. There are also links to other parts of this website that contain links on particular topics. The core of this set of links was developed by George Mackenzie for CASU.
Contents of this part of the site:
- Links in other parts of this site to websites
- Constituent Assembly of Nepal
- Other Sites on Constitution Building
- Nepal Media
- Nepal Government: Ministries and Legislature
- Nepal Government: Other Agencies
- Academic institutions
- United Nations Bodies
- InterGovernmental Organisations
- Foreign missions to Nepal (including related aid agencies)
- Party related Bodies
- NGOs
- Local NGOs
- Links in other parts of this site to websites:
- Constituent Assembly of Nepal
- Other Sites on Constitution Building
Centre for Constitutional Dialogue
Nepal Constituent Assembly Portal
- Nepal Media
ABYZ News Links: A comprehensive listing of Nepali media sites. This includes national, regional and local newspapers, radio stations, newspapers, and press agencies. The site contains details as to the language the relevant media can be viewed in.
The website of the National News Agency is available in English and Nepali. It provides regularly updated short press releases.
The website for Radio Nepal is available in English and Nepali. It contains brief news extracts, and a function for listening to Nepal radio online is also available.
The Federation of Nepalese Journalists
- Nepal Government: Ministries and Legislature
Legislature-Parliament of Nepal - This website provides details of Parliamentary activities including the names of Bills that have passed or been registered, and downloadable copies of recent Bills. The site includes names and political affiliations of the MPs.
The site of the Government of Nepal. Available in English and Nepali. The site provides general information regarding the government of Nepal. The 'directory' page is particularly useful for finding links to various governmental bodies, as well as physical contact addresses for them.
The website for the office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. This site provides a list of the current ministers and their ministries as of April 1st 2007. It also contains a number of downloadable papers including the Government's Human Rights Plan of Action.
This link provides physical mail addresses for the various departments affiliated with the Ministries. http://www.nepalgov.gov.np/departments.php
Ministry of Education & Sports : This site, available in English and Nepali, contains information about the structures and institutions of education in Nepal. It includes statistics, downloadable in PDF format, of literacy rates and educational figures.
Ministry of Home :This site provides information about the functions and activities of the Home Department. It contains links to its related departments including the Department of Prison Management and regional administration offices. The site is currently only available in English.
Ministry of Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs In Nepali
Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation: The site, available in English, provides information about the main tourist activities and institutions of Nepal and the rules and regulations that inform them. It contains details of passports and visas. Most of the information is available in PDF format for download. There is a list of links to embassies and consulates.
Ministry of Local Development : This site contains details of the Ministry's policies, programs, Acts and regulations. Some documents relating to local development are available for download in PDF and Word format. The site is available in English.
Ministry of Finance : Available in English and Nepali, the site contains information about the divisions and departments of the Ministry. The download section is particularly comprehensive and provides various economic and fiscal documents for each fiscal year, including 2006/7.
Ministry of Physical Planning & Works : The site provides details about the functions of the ministry and its departments. It contains a few documents, some of which are in English and Nepali, mainly related to Acts and regulations.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs : This website, available in English, contains information about the external relations involving Nepal. It contains details of Nepal's foreign policy arrangements and offers trade agreements, international agreements (with countries as well institutions such as the UN) and recent speeches for download, mostly in PDF format. This site contains the text of the key Peace Agreements since 1996 downloadable in HTML format.
Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology : This site, available in English and Nepali, provides details about government policy regarding the environment, science and technology. There are a number of documents, mostly in the form of reports, available for download in Word and PDF format as well as annual budgets and details of expenditure.
Ministry of Forest & Soil Conservation : This site, available in English, provides information about current research and policy regarding Nepal's conservation efforts and natural resources. It contains information about Nepal's national parks.
Ministry of General Administration : This site, in a combination of English and Nepali, provides details regarding the organisation and function of the Ministry. A number of journals, Civil Service Acts, regulations and policy directives are available to download in Word format. The prices relate to the paper versions; downloading is free.
Ministry of Health & Population : This site, available in English, provides information about the infrastructure of health services in Nepal. A number of useful fact-sheets and details of programs directed towards various sectors of the population are useful.
Ministry of Water Resources : This site, available in English, provides details of the government's policy regarding water and electricity management. Acts concerning these resources are available for download in English and Nepali.
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives : This site, available in English, includes general information about the government's agricultural policy. This is supported by documents supplying statistics and publications on various national industries. It also includes a media section where video and radio programmes are accessible in Nepali.
Ministry of Labour & Transport Management : This site, available in English and Nepali, contains details of policy regarding labour and transport management, It provides the Labour Acts and regulations viewable directly on the site, as well as information regarding work permits and child labour policy.
Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Supplies : This site, available in English, gives statistical information about the commercial projects and policies of the government, as well as details of the relationship between the WTO and Nepal. The downloads are
Ministry of Information and Communications : This site, predominantly in English but with some Nepali features, provides information about the media policy of the Nepal government including details of its activities and monthly progress. Nepali fonts are available for download.
- Nepal Government: Other Agencies
The website for the Election Commission. The site provides details downloadable in PDF format about the registration of parties, information regarding voter education policy as well as the procedural Acts, Rules and Regulations that relate to the election process. It also has civic education material about the Constituent Assembly and elections.
The website of the Supreme Court of Nepal, is available in English and Nepali. The site contains details of Nepal's judicial structure, as well as information regarding legal aid, the Bar and statistics and information about recent cases.
The National Human Rights Commission is in Nepali and English with information about the Commission and downloadable reports about hman rights in Nepal.
The website for the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority. The site contains details on recent corruption cases, as well as more general policy regarding anti-corruption operations.
The website for the Nepal Police. The site contains details of police activities, statistics regarding crime and traffic as well as information regarding the cooperation of the Nepali police with various international police forces such as Interpol and the UN.
- Academic Institutions
Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu University
Kathmandu University School of Law - this School's website contains useful resources on various contemporary Nepali legal and political issues. To read these articles/working papers, click on the read/submit article link on the main page.
Mahendra Sanskrit University
Pokhara University
Siddartha University
The Association of Political Science Students -This is a student based group committed to promoting non-violent political mobilisation and expression in Nepali student campuses. The site contains useful information of the role of students in current politics.
Center for Nepal and Asian Study Center (Tribhuvan University)
Institute for Integrated Development Studies IIDS
- United Nations Bodies
The above link is
the first place to go for information about the work of the UN in Nepal. But here are links to some of the major specific agencies:
United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN)
United Nations Development Programme
Office of the High Commissioner for
Human Rights
UNICEF
- InterGovernmental Organisations
International IDEA
- Foreign missions to Nepal (including related aid agencies)
German Embassy in Nepal - (In German) German Technical
Cooperation (GTZ)
American Embassy in Nepal - USAID (also Office of Transition Initiatives OTI)
Indian Embassy in Nepal
Chinese Embassy in Nepal
French Embassy in Nepal (in French)
British Embassy in Nepal, British Council
Department for International Development (DFID)
Australian Embassy in Nepal
Royal Norwegian Embassy in Nepal (NORAD)
Royal Danish Embassy in Nepal
DANIDA
Embassy of Finland in Nepal (in Finnish)
Embassy of Japan in Nepal - (English
and Nepali content)
Japanese International Assistance Agency (JICA)
Swiss Agency for Cooperation (SDC)
European Commission Delegation to Nepal
- Party related Bodies
Friedrich Ebert Stifftung (FES)
National Democratic Institute (NDI)
- NGOs
The Directory of Development Organizations - provides a link to the Directory of Development Organisations which contains a comprehensive listing of NGOs and INGOs operating in Nepal.
Association of International NGOs in Nepal (AIN) - Provides links to various member NGOs.
Here are links to some of the International bodies operating in Nepal. There is an asterisk (*) beside any which has particular relevance to governance and constitution building. The data provided by many organizations may be relevant to rights and constitution building. And many organsitions have shown an interest in the whol question of constitution making.
Action Aid Nepal
Asia Pacific Development Centre (APCD) : The APCD site provides statistical and qualitative information about the current situation in Nepal of people with disabilities.
The Asia Foundation : *A globally recognised NGO, TAF works to address a wide range of political and social issues central to the long-term consolidation of stability in Nepal. The site includes a number of PDF downloads that focus of contemporary problems such as trafficking. "The Foundation serves as program manager for the Coalition for Constituent Assembly Support (CoCAS), an alliance of Nepali organizations that is preparing and disseminating analyses of constitutional issues, conducting civic education, and facilitating public discussion on the constituent assembly process."
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) : ADRA is an Adventist NGO that works in Nepal in order to encourage and develop community and individual development initiatives. The website includes a downloadable semi-annual magazine, Namaste, as well as their annual report.
Aperion : Aperion is an Italian NGO working in Nepal for the right to identity and the quality of life by encouraging development initiatives that are against welfarism and the patronage system.
The Britain-Nepal Medical Trust (BNMT) : BNMT works in Nepal to ameliorate the health of the Nepali population. The NGO's annual report in PDF format provides useful quantitative data regarding the health conditions in Nepal.
Centre d'Etude et de Cooperation Internationale (CECI) : Identifies key issues facing Nepal and provides details of the various technical assistance their projects are giving. The Nepal site is in English.
Care Nepal : Care Nepal claims to work in Nepal to address the causes of poverty rather than its symptoms. The site's resource library is particularly useful and provides downloadable statistical and analytical reports in areas including agriculture, resource management, health and government.
Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) : CEDPA focuses on issues that women and girls face in Nepal today and the ways of dealing with them. The site contains a number of downloadable reports that concentrate on this theme, including reproduction and communication issues.
Child Welfare Scheme Nepal (CWS) : CWS is committed to addressing issues concerning vulnerable and young children. Downloadable publications include reports on social and health issues in urban and rural areas, including an interesting study of HIV in Kathmandu street-children.
Child Protection Centers and Services (CPCS) - CPCS works with and for Nepali street children with the short-term aim of risk reduction and the long term aim of social integration.
Danish Forestry Extension Nepal - The DFE's project in focuses on the establishment of a self-sufficient and sustainable tree grower's association.
Danish Association for International Co-operation (MS Nepal)*: MS
Nepal addresses a variety of themes including media, education, debt bondage and forum theater. Articles are based on current
political, social, economic and issues and news and are predominantly.
Deutsch-Nepalische Hilfsgemeinscahft e.V. : A German-based INGO. The website is in German.
EcoHimal :This website is available in English and German. The organisation works at a grass root level to encourage sustainable development in local populations. Downloads provide basic but up-to-date background information on the political situation in Nepal.
Educate the Children (ETC) : ETC works in Nepal to provide educational and developmental opportunities for all levels of local communities with a view to improving social infrastructure and encourage the integration of minority groups into mainstream educational society. The site provides details of current projects, and downloads provided are the organisation's annual reports and newsletters.
Family Health International (FHI) : ETC works in Nepal to provide educational and developmental opportunities for all levels of local communities with a view to improving social infrastructure and encourage the integration of minority groups into mainstream educational society. The site provides details of current projects, and downloads provided are the organisation's annual reports and newsletters.
Finnish International Development Association (FIDA) : FIDA is an international Finnish NGO working in Nepal. The site contains details about their global operations, but has no specific reports on Nepal.
The following organizations may be of interst but we have not yet finished looking at their sites and identifying possible relevance to constitution building.
German Development Service (GDS)
German Nepal Help Association
Habitat for Humanity International
Helen Keller International
Heifer Project International
Helvetas-Nepal (Swiss Association for Development and Cooperation)
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
International Union for Conservation Nature (The World Conservation Union (IUCN)
Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS)
Marie Stopes International
Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers
MS Nepal
Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke (Danish Association for International
Co-operation)
Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation
Norwegian Church Aid
OXFAM G.B.
Pact Nepal
Panos South Asia
Plan International Nepal
Planet Enfants
REDD BARNA Nepal
Reiyukai
RUGMARK
The Foundation for Rural Education and Development (FRED)
Save the Children, Japan
Save the Children, Norway
Save the Children Fund (U.K)
Save the Children, USA
Seva Foundation
Shanti Leprahilfe Dortmund E.V.
Technical Cooperation Federal Republic of Germany (GTZ)
The Terre des hommes Foundation ( Tdh)
The Mountain Institute
United Mission to Nepal
Water Aid
Women's Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC)
- Local NGOs
Alders-Nepal "Its members are researchers from the disciplines of different
sector of laws. It implements its activities through research, resource
development, community mobilization, legal awareness and legal aid to bring
about the systematic transformation in the society."
BASE Backward Society Education, a grass-root
social organization, works through education, social mobilization and community
development.
BSP Nepal Biogas Support Programme
CEHURDES Center for Human Rights and Democratic
Studies*
CMF Centre for Micro-Finance in Nepal
Communication Corner provides technical know-how, research
services, radio programme production training and media consultancy to
community establishments and governmental and non-governmental organisations.
COPPADES - Working for uplifting the
socio-economic conditions of the rural poor and discriminated groups
CVICT - Centre for Victims of Torture Nepal,
working for rehabilitation of torture survivors and advocacy against torture.
CWIN - Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Centre, pioneer
organization in Nepal for the rights of the child and against child labour
exploitation. *
Didibahini (Gender equality in Nepal), working towards equal involvement of men
and women in development programmes in Nepal
Ecohimal, helps to improve the living
conditions of the people of the Himalayas
Educate the Children, an NGO, sponsoring community
development programme
Education, Language And Development Training Services - an
online communication skills resource for South Asian development professionals.
ESPEnabling State Programme, a project, supported
by British government for Nepal, aiming to help Nepalese achieve pro-poor
governance.
FEDO (Feminist Dalit Organisation) - www.fedo.org
Freedom Forum http://www.freedomforum.org.np*
GAESO - Gurkha Army Ex-Servicemen Organization
Health
and Education for Nepal - aims to support the people of Nepal in implementing projects to improve healthcare and education services
Health Net NepalNGO that serves the Nepalese health
community by providing affordable Internet service, access to health
information, and technical support for several regional information-sharing
initiatives.
Himal Association a Kathmandu
Valley-based not-for- profit organisation established with the objective of
informing the Nepali people of various issues, local, national and
international, to help them become aware and responsible national and global
citizens.
Himalayan
Kingdom Foundation Trust - one of the largest nonprofit
socio-cultural projects ever undertaken in Nepal
Himalayan Project, Denmark, Danish
development aid NGO working primarily with education and culture among remote
area dwellers.
IHNURED International, active in monitoring the violations
of human and environmental rights in development projects*
IHRICON Institute of Human Rights Communication, Nepal
INSEC Informal Sector Service Centre, a prominent
Human Rights advocate organization
Institute of Governance and Development (IGD)
Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust
KEEP, Kathmandu Environmental Education Project (KEEP)
KMTNC, King Mahendra Trust for Nature
Conservation
LACC Legal Aid and Consultancy Centre - LACC, an
independent non-profit, non-partisan and non-governmental legal resource
organization. *
LWF Nepal, working to empower the
disadvantaged in Western Nepal and to assist Bhutan refugee and affected
community
Maiti Nepal - organization working against girl
trafficking and women in exploitation
Martin Chautari "By encouraging public debate and disseminating ideas in ways that
are able to influence public opinion and policy, Chautari works to create the
kind of democratic space which can house an engaged and vibrant civil society.
Chautari currently organizes public discussions, conducts research, launches
advocacy projects, publishes books, and intervenes in the pre- and
post-publication processes of book publishing in Nepal."
Municipal Association
of Nepal
NAFA Queensland - Nepal-Australia friendship association
of Queensland. Assisting with sustainable development projects in Nepal. Assisting Tilganga Eye Clinic, Village Health and Education Project
NCARD - National Coalition Against Racial Discrimination - http://www.ncard.org.np*
NEFEJ Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists
Nepal Community Development Foundation (Canada) - NGO active in Ilam district.
Nepal Election Portal
Nepal School Projects - Nepal school projects welcomes everyone with an interest in development
activities in the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal
NepalNet an electronic networking project
for sustainable development in Nepal
NEPAN Nepal Participatory Action Network
NGS NepalGeological Society
NIUG Nepal Internet Users' Group
NLA National Labour Academy (NLA)
NPI Nepal Press
Institute
ODC Organization Development Centres, an
institution that helps organizations to develop, transform and to grow
Peace Corps/Nepal Youth Development Project, many American
Peace Corps volunteers working with Nepali citizens in Nepal
Population and Environment Journalists Society
Pro-Public "Pro Public has consistently succeeded in
creating government accountability in Nepal through media campaigns, advocacy,
negotiation, correspondence and public interest litigation."
READ "READ partners with rural
villagers to build self-supporting library community centers that become the
nexus of regional activity and development."
SAFMA - South Asian Free Media Association, Nepal Chapter
SAP Nepal South Asia Partnership-Nepal
SAS Sancharika Samuha, a forum of women
communicators, established after the Beijing conference in April 1996, with the
objective of promoting a more healthy and gender sensitive media.
SEJ-Nepal Society of Environment Journalists, Nepal
Shangrila Home provide shelter for
streetkids in Kathmandu
SME Center Nepal owned by the Association of Development
Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP) this site plans to help
small business to do big business
Social Educational Environmental Development Services providing relief at the most basic grass roots level to some of Nepal's poorest villages.
Tengboche Monastery Development Project aiming to protect
the environment and to face the pressure from the increasing number of
tourists.
The Gurkha Welfare Trust
Transparency International - Nepal (TI-N) - A civil society
institution dedicated to increasing public accountability and curbing
corruption in all walks of life.*
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