RESEARCH CONSULTING
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ONLINE PLATFORM FOR FISCAL FEDERALISM AND ROLE OF NNRFC
Service Rendered to Niti Foundation
NASC and Niti intent to create a training module, digital educational materials, an online platform to deliver open virtual training on the various thematic issue of fiscal federalism including, but not limited to, the function of NNRFC, revenue sharing, intergovernmental fiscal transfers, internal borrowing, distribution of royalties from natural resources. The output of this project will be an online platform to deliver open virtual training (A web-based platform), training modules and content including notes, assessment criteria (A report), Digital training materials (videos, PowerPoint slides etc.,).
Project Status: Completed
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A POLICY STUDY ON EMPLOYMENT GENERATION AT FEDERAL LEVEL
Service Rendered to Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security (MoLESS)
This study aims to provide suggestions for the improvement on policies, programs and budget by studying the subject-wise/ area-wise policies related to generation of employment opportunities.
Project Status: Completed
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COLLABORATION OF THE LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT SURVEYS IN NEPAL- Govlab
Service rendered to Governance lab (Govlab) at Daayitwa, Lalitpur
This study aims to build on potential complementarities in Govlab’s experience conducting research and contextual understanding and NASC’s institutional understanding, networks and access to policy stakeholders.
Project Status: Ongoing
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SUPPORT FOR MANAGING FISCAL TRANSITION IN NEPAL
Service rendered to The Asia Foundation (TAF) Nepal
This assignment is mainly focused to create knowledge base on emerging issues of implementation of federalism. Nepal has entered into fifth year of implementation of federalism with full-fledged implementation of over two years. Although, it is relatively short, but it provides enough ground for assessing emerging issues that federal, province and local governments have encountered while exercising their constitutional powers. The national assessment together with the summary of international practices will provide a plausible comparative knowledge base. Those products, then, can be used as a baseline reference by key organizations that are in frontline to provide support for strengthening federalism. The knowledge product will also document Nepal’s effort to implement constitutional mandates and ensure institutional stability in overall governance system. This assignment, together with other series of initiatives, will contribute “enhanced knowledge on comparative federal practices, including roles and responsibilities of spheres of government.”
Project Status: Ongoing
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STRENGTHENING GENDER RESPONSIVE BUDGETING (GRB) IN FEDERAL NEPAL
Service rendered to UN Women
The goal of this collaboration is to strengthen gender responsive budgeting in the federal context of Nepal through enhancing capacity of government officers of federal, provincial and local level in gender equality and social inclusion and gender responsive budget. This collaboration will build on upon the foundation of Phase I and make some strategic interventions to improve overall practices of GRB and reach out to all levels of government in Nepal’s new system of governance. Specifically, the objectives of the collaboration will be: i. To strengthen the evidence base on GRB by analyzing the previous and present policies/programs/strategies/frameworks through a forward - looking assessment ii. To strengthen capacities of officers/officers and practitioners at government officials at the federal, provincial and local level on GESI-GRB; and iii. To advocate for increased financing for gender equality commitments at the national and sub-national level.
Project Status: Ongoing
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Nepal National Governance Survey- 2018
This report presents the findings of the Nepal National Governance Survey 2017/18 (NNGS 2017/18), which was carried out by Nepal Administrative Staff College (NASC) in partnership with Central Bureau of Statistics. The new federal structure in Nepal departs from the past in terms of inter-governmental sharing of power and jurisdictions, as well as mutual expectations and obligations between the state and citizens. In this context, this survey set out to establish a national-scale baseline of people’s perceptions about major aspects of governance in the country so as to enable the elected leaders and policy-makers at federal, provincial and local levels to make informed choices on governance and institutional measures needed for the implementation of the new Constitution adopted in 2015. The survey was managed by a Technical Committee of experts and overseen by a Steering Committee comprising representatives from several ministries of the Government of Nepal and others from research organizations involved in governance research and capacity building.
NNGS is part of the ongoing effort of NASC to work with the Government of Nepal and its ministries to inform and steer the transformation of Nepal’s governance system and to conduct capacity development for public institutions. Since its establishment in 1982, NASC is recognized as the leading institution for capacity building of Nepal’s public sector, including government agencies and public enterprises. This mandate is accomplished through three mutually reinforcing activities: training, research and consulting services. As Nepal implements the new constitution, NASC is active in supporting the government during the transition to a federal structure that comprises three levels of polity, each operating under the principles of mutual cooperation, coexistence and coordination.
Following products are available for open access to all interested readers. We request for responsible use of the products complying research ethics.
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Local Government Capacity Need Assessment Survey 2017/18
Service rendered to Georgia State University, UNDP, and The World Bank
Major Objective: The purpose of the survey was to take stock of key measures taken by the local governments to deliver constitutional mandates and identify the major gaps by covering basic administrative building blocks. The survey was provided a recommendation to the Government for preparing a plan to strengthen the capacity of local governments.
Project Deliverables: Provide a database for capacity needs assessment of provincial and local governments for preparing strategies to develop their capacity to deliver constitutional mandates.
Project Status: Completed
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BACKSTOPPING THE CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT OF SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS IN NEPAL FOR IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY AND DEMOCRATIZATION- SECOND PHASE
Service rendered to The Asia Foundation Project
On the first phase of the project, NASC conducted study on Emerging Political Economic Analysis on three major themes: Education Governance, PostEarthquake Reconstruction and Accountability Framework. The objectives of the studies were to understand and map the political transition involving the transfer of power to local and state governments through the election and post-election processes
over the medium term. In continuation to the first phase, second phase was started where components are strengthening capacity of NASC and conducting studies on Political Economy of Legislative Autonomy at level and Handbook of Federalism.
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POLITICAL ECONOMY ANALYSIS (PEA) ON POLITICAL AND LEGISLATIVE AUTONOMY
This study aimed to generate an understanding of how Nepal’s political transition of power transfer to local governments unfolds in the political and legislative autonomy at the local level.
Project Deliverables: PEA report on Political and Legislative Autonomy
Project Status: Completed
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HANDBOOK OF FEDERALISM
This study aimed to generate a simple and clear understanding of federalism and local governance along with the power, duties, and authorities to all three levels of government. This handbook aims to consolidate the major points related to all levels of government and present it in simple manner for clarity and easy functioning.
Project Deliverables: Handbook of Federalism
Project Status: Completed
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SUPPORTING SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS FOR LOCALIZING AND INTEGRATING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN LOCAL PLANNING
Service rendered to UNDP The main objective of this assignment is to support the Local Governments for localizing and integrating sustainable development goals in their policies, plans, programs, and budget.
Project Status: Ongoing
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