Preparations for the by-elections kick off at the Election Commission
On 30 November 2019 Nepal will see the biggest by-elections in its history, with nearly half a million voters to elect representatives for at least 51 vacant positions across the country. The Election Commission, Nepal (ECN) started preparations and organized a two-day Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections (BRIDGE) workshop on Electoral Operational Planning […]
A Fun Way to Learn about Elections
The Electoral Education and Information Centre (EEIC) provides an informative, interactive and interesting learning experience on civic and voter education, and easily appeals to the youth. “I thought that the EEIC would be a boring place. However, I am pleasantly surprised by how much fun it actually is,” Sheema Chapagain, a tenth grader at Vidya […]
Story: Using BRIDGE for Capacity Development
Surya Prasad Aryal, Under Secretary of the Election Commission, Nepal (ECN) as well as Head of the Electoral Education and Information Centre, is a key player in the capacity-building endeavors of the Election Commission, Nepal (ECN). After joining the civil service 20 years ago, Aryal plays a pivotal role in helping sensitize the ECN staff […]
Capacitating Community Learning Centres on Democracy and Elections
A five-day workshop on developing capacities of Community Learning Centres (CLCs) on facilitation, management and civic education was organised in Bhaktapur from 5 – 9 August 2019. The participants of the workshop included members of 22 CLCs from Bhaktapur municipality. The CLC is a community-based non-formal educational institution that provides a range of services and […]
ECN Organises a High-Level Interaction Programme with Political Parties
The Election Commission of Nepal (ECN) organised a high-level interaction programme with political parties on 24 June 2019 at the President’s Office. The programme was chaired by the Right Honourable President Bidhya Devi Bhandari and the Chief Guest was the Honourable Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli. The objective of the event was to present the […]
Partnering for Effective Development
In the spirit of delivering as one UN, in 2019, the UNDP Electoral Support Project and UNESCO in Nepal collaborated on a range of different activities for the common goals of good governance and gender equality in Nepal. The two organisations worked together to launch the discussion of journalism and elections in the age of […]
Nepal Celebrates the World Press Freedom Day
This year, Nepal marked World Press Freedom Day with the theme: “Media for Democracy and Peace: Journalism and Elections in the Age of the Internet.” Nepal’s Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MoCIT), the Election Commission Nepal (ECN), the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) together with the European Union (EU), UNESCO Nepal and UNDP organised […]
Election Commission Delegates in an Experience-Sharing Visit in Mexico City
The Election Commission, Nepal (ECN) participated in the 9th Forum of Latin American Democracies in Mexico City as well as in a peer-to-peer exchange between election officials of Mexico, Tunisia and Nepal, in April 2019. The forum was organised on the theme, “Challenges of politics and democracy in digital era,” by the National Electoral Institute […]
The project developed the ACE website in Nepali
The Electoral Support Project (ESP) presented the Nepali language version of the ACE Electoral Knowledge Network website to the Election Commission, Nepal (ECN). The project set up a version of the website in Nepali language and technically supported the upgrade of the global site. ESP then uploaded several hundred documents related to the electoral process […]
Voting for development in Nepal
The Nepal Administrative Staff College, supported by the Governance Facility and the Central Bureau of Statistics, has conducted the first survey to “understand perceptions of different dimensions of governance in [Nepal]”. The survey provides interesting facts and figures regarding the Nepali electoral process, as a large part of the respondents (92%) stated they participated to […]