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Basic Information
Organization Name:
National Campaign for Sustainable Development NepalOrganization Regions:
- Asia/Pacific
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Organization Country Location:
Nepal -
Organization City/Locality:
Dhulikhel
Organization mission and work description:
NACASUD was established in 2017 to promote 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda in the country. Its mission is to "Promote sustainable development following the principles of leaves no one behind." NACASUD is an autonomous, independent and politically non-partisan organization it follows a highly participatory approach in the delivery and implementation of its services. Currently it is supporting the local governments to mainstream the 2030 Agenda and SDG 16+ in local development process.
Organization's Contacts
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Primary Contact Name:
Daya Sagar Shrestha -
Primary Contact Title:
Dhulikhel Municipality-7, Kavre
Additional Contacts Names:
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Additional representative #1:
Rita Manandhar -
Additional representative #2:
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Additional representative #3:
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Additional representative #4:
OUR INTERNATIONAL COALITION IS MADE UP OF MORE THAN 400 CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
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WHO ARE TAP'S MEMBERS?Organization's Work & Expertise
Organization's SGD16 Expertise:
- 16.1 - Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere
- 16.5 - Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms
- 16.6 - Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels
- 16.7 - Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels
- 16.8 - Broaden and strengthen the participation of developing countries in the institutions of global governance
Organization's Areas of Expertise:
- Global/UN Engagement & Advocacy
- Accountability for the 2030 Agenda
- Policy Analysis & Advocacy
- Spotlight Reporting
- SDG Data and Indicators
- Public mobilization & Campaigns
- HLPF and UN Development System Reform
- Capacity building/CSO training & education
Current Commitment to SDG16+
Summary of commitment:
Current mission of the NACASUD Nepal is to continuously work on peace, justice, human rights and good governance, which are foundations for achieving sustainable development. This organization is fully convinced that the SDG16 is not only standalone goal, it is an enabler and accelerator of all other goals. So, organization is keenly interested to work on the SDG16 in coming days as well.
Organization's priorities and work in relation to commitment:
NACASUD wants to localize SDG 16 in the country through engaging with local governments and other stakeholders. It will support the grassroots people to identify key issues related with SDG 16 and initiate constructive dialogues at local level for policy changes and operational interventions. Various programmes will be implemented at local level to address the issues and challenges. NACASUD Nepal will support the local government to institutionalize Human Rights and Justice based approaches. Experiences, reflections and lessons will be shared at sub-national, national and international level. Country experiences will help to take appropriate decisions to TAP Network at regional and global level. Further, it has been planning to organize a National Conference on SDG16+ in close participation of CSOs and related government and international organizations in the country. Also, it has been planning to build a network of CSOs to work on SDG16+. It will coordinate the district level SDG16+ working group. Engagement with media and youth will be very important initiative. In addition, it will undertake studies on the situation of SDG16+ and human rights and access to justice. The study reports will be useful in advocacy works.
Organization's work related to TAP network's SGD16+ work & accountability for 2030 Agenda:
As mentioned above, current activities of the NACASUD Nepal is directly related to the SDG16+ since it has been implementing a project namely Realizing SDG16+ From Below, which is the first project in Nepal dedicated to SDG16+. It has been able to identify local indicators to monitor the situation of SDG16+ in the district. It has supported the local governments to internalize human rights and justice. This activity will be continued. It is interested to promote concept of human rights local governments. Regarding accountability, NACASUD Nepal will take a lead to monitor the progress of the SDGs in country in collaboration with SDGs National Network Nepal. Last year, there was Voluntary Peoples Review on the SDGs and reviewed the progress of the SDGs in the country. It will engagement with government processes at national, province and local level. It will support to province governments to localize and review the SDGs. Further, it will be directly involved on Voluntary Local Review activities. Also, it will continuously advocacy for availability of updated and disaggregated data.
Plan on engaging in TAP's work as a Partner:
- Regional Engagement Platforms and/or Regional Focal Point
- Thematic Working Groups
- Exploring partnerships with like-minded organizations
- Global engagement via the UN and other opportunities
- TAP Network joint global advocacy
- Exploring opportunities for hosting TAP Network national or regional-level capacity building activities
Reports on Organization's Past Commitments
NACASUD Nepal is largely involved in localizing the SDGs and particularly it is working on localizing SDG16+ in the country. It has been implementing "Realizing SDG16+ From Below" that aims to support local government to mainstream SDG16+ in their policies, plans and programmes. This initiative is intervening three core areas: Strengthening engagement of civil society organizations, promoting justice and human rights and promoting inclusive public service deliveries at local level. To promote the participation of civil society actors at local level, it has prepared a SDG16+ District Advoccy Plan. This plan was able to identify key monitoring indicators in local context and it has analyzed the situation of SDG16+. Further it has also key activities to improve the situation of SDG16+. The initiative could form a district level SDG16+ working group. It has been continuously involved in advocacy and monitoring works in the district. Basically, it has played very important role after spread of COVID 19 pandemic. The initiative is also engaging the local media persons to raise the issues and to draw the attention of duty bearers. Furthermore, it has been able to organize training to the local youths on the SDGs and SDG16+. In addition, this organization is coordinating SDGs National Network Nepal, which is the common platform of CSOs, development professionals and human rights activists. This is directly involved in monitoring the progress of the SDGs and to hold governments accountable. We reviewed the progress of the SDGs in the context of the VNR in 2020. This organization could get an opportunity to review the progress of Goal 16.
