Governance

Effective, inclusive governance and good management of public resources

Norway’s development cooperation in the governance sector aims to support the building of inclusive and well-functioning institutions at all three levels of governments, access to justice as well as accountable and transparent public financial management.

In line with Nepal’s national development plans and the SDG’s principle of “leave no one behind”, Norway supports Nepal’s local and provincial governments to establish inclusive, efficient, and responsible institutions. The Embassy also supports better access to justice for citizens, particularly for women and marginalized groups. Upholding zero-tolerance for corruption and gender equality are cross-cutting priorities in all programmes.

As the newest federal country in the world, Nepal has a good opportunity to establish good governance with effective public financial management, access to justice and better public services for all. Norway remains a committed partner to assist Nepal in achieving these goals.

HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS

Find a list of our current projects below.

Capacity Building of Provincial and Local Governments

Norway supports the establishment of inclusive, efficient, and responsible institutions at the federal, provincial and local levels through the Provincial and Local Governance Support Programme (PLGSP) under the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration. Norway has committed NOK 170 million to this programme for the period 2019-2023. Gender equality is an important focus area of the PLGSP. Norway also supports the federal and provincial parliaments to ensure rule of law, social justice, and human rights for all. The Norwegian contribution to this amounts to NOK 24 million.

Parliamentary Support Project Phase II

The project focuses on supporting parliaments and their secretariats to strengthen their parliamentary functions for the implementation of the new Constitution and institutionalization of federalism in Nepal. The first phase of Parliament Support Project was implemented from January 2018 to December 2022. The project's second phase (January 2023-December 2027) has been in implementation since January 2023.

The project has been providing technical support to the Federal Parliament (FP), the Provincial Assemblies (PAs), parliamentary committees, members of parliament (MPs), and the parliament secretariats to strengthen their parliamentary functions since 2015. The project supports core parliamentary functions including evidence-based lawmaking through bill review, scrutiny and assessment; evidence-based oversight; outreach; openness; parliamentary research and studies; and promotion of Gender and Social Inclusion(GESI) and human rights. Apart from this, the project has been enhancing the capacities of women MPs and MPs from the marginalized groups for their effective roles in the parliament. The project has been engaging with women, youth, sexual and gender minority groups (LGBTIQ) and persons with disabilities (PWDs) to raise their concerns in the parliament. Promotion of human rights, anti-corruption, good governance and accountability, environment protection, and sustainable development goals (SDGs) are other key focused areas of the project. It also facilitates engagement of CSOs and media in lawmaking and oversight functions.

Norway has committed NOK 40.4 million to this programme for the period of 2023-2027.

Public Financial Management and Anti-Corruption

Cross-cutting issues

All measures funded by the Norwegian government are required to be based on these principles

Climate change and the environment

Climate change and environmental damage are destroying ecosystems, with negative repercussions for development, health and food production. It is important that our projects take climate change and the environment into account.

Human Rights & Gender Equality

The promotion of human rights and democratic principles is a crucial part of Norwegian foreign policy. There is a special focus on gender equality where the fundamental aim is to increase the opportunities available to women and girls, promote their right to self-determination, and further their empowerment.

Zero-tolerance policy on corruption

Norway practices a zero-tolerance on corruption. If you have any suspicions of financial irregularities or other misconduct in our programmes or implementing partners, go to our contact page.

Transparency and open data

The Norwegian Aid Statistics portal gives you easy access to all official statistics about Norwegian development assistance from 1960 until today. You can choose your own content and scope of the report, and get the numbers as maps, graphs and tables.

Norwegian Aid Statistics

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' grant portal provides an overview of all grants from the Ministry and Norad for which agreements have been entered into, and for which disbursements are planned for this year and for up to the next four years.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' grants portal