Jan 16, 2017

The Government of Switzerland has agreed to provide financial assistance of Swiss Franc 10 million (About NRs.1.09 billion) to the Government of Nepal for the implementation of Local Governance and Community Development Program (LGCDP II).

The Government of Switzerland has agreed to provide financial assistance of Swiss Franc 10 million (About NRs.1.09 billion) to the Government of Nepal for the implementation of Local Governance and Community Development Program (LGCDP II). An agreement to this effect was signed between the Government of Nepal and Government of Switzerland.

The Program will be executed by the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development and implemented by local offices of sectoral ministries and the Local Bodies of the Government of Nepal from 16 July 2013 to 15 July 2017. The total cost of the project is US$ 1362 Million among which US$ 236 Million will be provided by many Development Partners including the Government of Switzerland.

The objectives of this Local Governance and Community Development Program (LGCDP II) are to Improve local governance for effective service delivery, local development and citizen empowerment through the investment in the sectors such as Local Government Restructuring, Federal Governance, Fiscal Decentralization, Fiduciary Risk Reduction, Result Based Management, Capacity Development, Social Mobilization, Child Friendly Local Governance, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion, Livelihood Improvement Schemes, etc. It covers all the 75 districts, 58 Municipalities and 3,915 Village Development Committees.

Mr. Shanta Raj Subedi, Finance Secretary, Ministry of Finance and H.E. Mr Urs Herren, Ambassador, Embassy of Switzerland signed the bilateral agreement on behalf of their respective Governments.