It gives us immense pride to announce that 11 faculties of NASC presented eight papers along with one plenary speaker at the Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration (EROPA) Conference 2022, held on 14th and 15th September 2022. EROPA 2022 was hosted virtually by Nepal through the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (MoFAGA) with the theme- "Governance and Public Administration in Covid-19 Pandemic: Learning, Innovations and Reforms in Managing Global Changes". The sub-themes of the conference were:
1. Strengthening the Role of the Governments
2. Reforming the Governance and Public Administration
3. Governance Innovation in Managing Global Changes
4. Strengthening Digital Governance for Managing Global Changes
Dr Shyan Kirat Rai, Deputy Director of Studies at NASC, was one of the plenary speakers on the theme "Strengthening Digital Governance for Managing Global Changes". In his presentation, he highlighted that digital transformation is necessary to change the face of the bureaucracy. Along with infrastructure development, educating all the stakeholders is equally important to minimize the existing digital divide. He also pinpointed that COVID-19 was a wake-up call to strengthen digital transformation. Besides, other faculties presented their papers in the respective panels.
Panel 1: Decentralization, local autonomy, and subsidiary
Title: Governmental Management of COVID 19: Evidence from Siddharthanagar Municipality of Nepal
Author: Geetanjali Upadhyaya
Panel 4: Capacity building for civil servants in relation to crisis management
Title: Frontline Healthcare Professionals' Work Effectiveness During COVID-19 in Nepal: What Matters?
Authors: Mr Shailendra Prasad Bhatt and Mr Pramod Niroula
Title: COVID-19 Management in Nepal: Exploring the experiences of the elected officials in Baglung municipality
Author: Mr Gyan Laxmi Shrestha
Panel 5: Role of local government in responding to crisis/crisis management
Title: Strengthening the Roles of Local Government in Managing Covid-19 Situation in Nepal"
Author: Ms Roshani Bhujel
Panel 8: Effective intergovernmental relations"
Title: Nepali Migrant Workers and their Right Based Concerns Amidst COVID-19
Author: Ms Anita Poudel
Panel 12: Citizen's engagement in the governance
Title: Citizens Satisfaction with Public Service: What Factors Affect?
Authors: Mr Bishnu Prasad Lamsal and Mr Anil Kumar Gupta
Panel 18: Multi-skilled human resource management
Title: Perceived Organizational Support and Trustworthiness: A Study on Trust of Local Governments towards Provincial and Federal Governments of Nepal
Authors: Mr Anup Bhurtel and Ms Chandni Kayastha
Panel 19: Human-centered design and system
Title: Connecting Government to Citizens at the Time of Crisis: Shift Towards the Use of Technology
Author: Dr Shyan Kirat Rai
Further, Mr Lila Nath Sapkota and Ms Antovna Gyawali represented NASC as participants in the same event held at Malla Hotel, Lainchour.
