Nepal

INTER PARES Partnership with the Parliament of Nepal

Federal Parliament of Nepal
Peer-to-peer partnership

Nepal

Priority 1 Budgeting
Priority 2 Law-Making
Priority 3 Oversight
Priority 4 Gender and Inclusive Practices

EU Member States Parliaments

EU Member States Parliaments

Priority 1

Budgeting: Activities

  • Virtual Exchange on Setting up a PBO
  • Multi country peer-to-peer exchange on parliamentary budget offices, organized by the INTER PARES
  • Technical visit by Irish Parliament staff/ PBO to Nepal
  • Exchange Visit to the Houses of the Oireachtas
  • Peer review of initial plans for Budget Unit set up to review strategy/plan/roadmap
  • INTER PARES Budget summer school

Priority 2

Law-making: Activities

  • Experience Exchange Introducing the role of parliamentary committees in legislative process.
  • Experience exchange – Procedures and Tools to support Committee Analysis of legislation.
  • Experience exchange on IT tools for legislative processes and research.
  • Capacity development for staff on legislative drafting and scrutiny, with a strong focus on delegated legislation and ways to track it.
  • INTER PARES summer school on Legislative drafting.

Priority 3 

Oversight: Activities

  • Peer to Peer Exchange on Oversight.
  • Capacity development and/ or Technical Assistance.
  • INTER PARES Summer School on Oversight.
  • Experience exchange on Cyprus Parliamentary Budget Office set up and services.

Priority 4 

Gender and Inclusive Practices: Activities

  • Experience exchange on how to enhance inclusive consultation and ways to incorporate feedback from diverse target groups.
  • INTER PARES SUMMER SCHOOL on Representation.
  • Piloting a structured engagement with CSOs in Nepal on a topic to be determined. INTER PARES could work with a committee to organize consultations with diverse groups on a specific topic.
  • Follow up activity to provide technical support on developing tools for inclusion.
  • Capacity development on gender sensitive legislative and budget scrutiny and oversight.
  • Tools development.
  • Virtual experience exchange with French Senate on the Delegation for women's rights and equal opportunities for men and women.