| Pro Public
has implemented "Defining the Public
Agenda and Strengthening Constituencies for
Peace and Reform in Nepal (DPASCPRN)"
Project for the period of January 15, 2006
to December 31, 2006 with the financial support
of The Asia Foundation (TAF). The goal of
the project was to deepen public dialogue
on critical issues related with conflict and
to strengthen the capacity and outreach of
constituencies for peace and reform in Nepal.
To achieve the goal of the project, Pro Public
for the past one year was involved in the
decentralized public dialogues organizing
“issue-based dialogues” in various
levels so as to come up with peace, reform
and sustainability of democracy agenda at
the end.
As per the project document, Pro Public
had conducted 100 public dialogue forums
(PDFs) in 100 constituencies of 56 districts,
5 regional level PDFs in the five development
regions and one national-level PDF in Lalitpur.
The constituency-level PDFs were conducted
by mobilizing purposively selected 100 Good
Governance Clubs (GGCs) and their Good Governance
District Coordination Committees (GGDCCs)
in 100 parliamentary constituencies of 56
districts. The constituency-level PDFs were
held for attaining a pious peace and a positive
change in which altogether 3735 participants
including 780 female and 2,955 male from
different walks of life had participated
in. They were selected considering the value
of inclusiveness.
Having analyzed the agenda of peace and
reform collected through discussion and
dialogue in 100 parliamentary constituencies,
the draft regional agenda was prepared for
each region and made public in all the five
development regions in regional-level PDFs
( Nov. 20 to Dec. 9, 2006). The regional
agenda for peace and reform received a final
shape after incorporating suggestions collected
through the regional-level PDFs.
The agenda received from regional-level
PDFs was re-analyzed and national agenda
(draft) for the peace, reform and sustainability
of democracy was prepared. The national
agenda was made public on December 27, 2006
in a national level public dialogue forum
in the presence of Rt. Honorable Subash
Chandra Nembang, Speaker, House of Representatives
- the Chief Guest of the program; parliamentarians
of the constituencies-concerned; high-level
government officials-concerned; human rights
activists; journalists; NGOs and the representatives
of civil society organizations from all
the 14 zones. The national agenda for the
sustainability of peace, reform and democracy
has been prepared including the suggestions
expressed in the national dialogue forum
as well. A synthesized report of findings,
consensus opinions and deliberations has
been published and distributed among the
stakeholders in the form of proceedings
of the national-level public dialogue forum.
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