Preparation 4 Deployment

Local Government and Community Development Program is wide ranged expected local governance project in Nepal with multi-stakeholders’ collaboration of development partners, UN System agencies and government (central to local). United Nations Volunteers (UNV) is one of the partners of the LGCDP. The contributions of UNV has been scaled up with mobilization of volunteers through National Planning Commission/National Development Volunteers Services, only one pioneer government entity of Nepal in mobilization of volunteers as per the demand of government agencies at local level. As agreed, on support of UNV, NDVS has mobilized 100 volunteers in 48 DDCs and 52 MCs to assist LGCDP in local level in close coordination with Ministry of Local Development/ LGCDP Program Coordination Unit. Prior to the deployment of volunteers, three days orientation program was organized in building the capacity of volunteers.

One day 'Orientation Programme to Volunteers' was organized on March 14, 2010 in Kathmandu for the newly recruited volunteers. It was conducted in chair of Mr. Jaganath Adhikary, Director of NDVS. Initiating the inaugural session of the programme Mr. Purushottam Adhikary, UNV Program Coordinator formally invited to Hon. Dr. Prem Bahadur Kunwor, member of National Planning Commission as chief guest and Mr. Christian Simmelkiaer UNV Programme Officer as guest. Mr. Indra Bahadur Bhujel, UNV Programme Coordinator welcomed the volunteers for being selected from the long process and delivered the best wishes and congratulations of selecting their choices serving community through volunteerism.  In the orientation programme 65 male and 45 female were participated including Assistant Municipal Facilitators, Assistant District Facilitators, Guests and others. 100 volunteers has been deploying in 52 municipalities and 48 districts across the country.