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Friedrich
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Background
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FES Nepal
Office
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Formally established in Nepal on November
2, 1995, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Office is located
in Sanepa, Lalitpur, headed by a Resident Representative.
It had been providing scholarship support
to young Nepali students in the fields of political education,
social science research, political dialogue, training
on mass media and communication and general education
even before its office was formally established in Nepal.
Its activities in Nepal can be broadly classified as follows:
- Encouragement to the growth of democratic
institutions and instruments in order to improve their
capability in the formation of a democratic political
culture.
- Promotion of dialogue on various
issues concerning Nepal’s environment, decentralization
and good governance, civic education, women and development,
economic policies, foreign aid, social issues, consumer
rights, role of NGOs and civil society and international
co-operation.
- Improvement of labour welfare, discussion
of working conditions, training on industrial relations
system, health and safety for workers, labour economics,
women and informal sector, organization and management,
leadership training, collective bargaining and responsibilities
of workers.
- Scholarship support to promising
young Nepali intellectuals to get exposure, training
and education abroad.
Capacity building of mass media agencies,
different departments of Tribhuvan University and local
NGOs with material help, donation of books, fax machines,
photo-copiers, computers, printers and other equipment.
FES has supported its partner organizations in Nepal in
publishing books on matters of policy, as well as of general
and academic interest. Notable among them are areas such
as Nepali economy, development, foreign aid and debt,
civil society, women and development, NGOs, environment,
decentralization and local self-government, civic education,
industrial relations, World Trade Organization (WTO),
impact of globalization on Nepal, Nepal and South Asian
Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC), Nepal’s
foreign policy, social development, media and democracy.
Promotion of regional co-operation in
South Asia. In this context, the Coalition for Action
on South Asian Co-operation (CASAC), an NGO with regional
dimension, works in co-operation with the FES in promoting
regional co-operation, development and peace in South
Asia.
In sum, the FES Nepal works in the following
fields:
- Democratization
- Trade Union Development
- Media Development
- Regional Co-operation in South Asia
- Conflict Resolution
- Good Governance
- Gender
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Contact
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Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Sanepa, Ward No. 2, Lalitpur
P. O. Box: 11840
Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone: 00977 1 5522526, 00977 1 5542406
Fax: 00977 1 5521101
Email: fes@fesnepal.org
Website: http://www.fesnepal.org
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