Nepal Policy Institute

An international, independent, and non-partisan think-tank and a knowledge-platform dedicated to the people-centred and sustainable development of Nepal and Nepali people, including diaspora Nepali

Welcome

Welcome

Welcome

NPI is a forum of Nepal origin public policy scholars, researchers, practitioners, experts and consultants across the globe, in collaboration and partnership with people and institutions anywhere and everywhere working in the interest of Nepal and Nepali people, including diaspora Nepali. This is a borderless organisation working and connecting people in the cloud, land and the space in between.

We are registered as a not-for-profit, non-party political, non-religious, and non-governmental Stichting (foundation) in The Hague, The Netherlands. NPI’s field presence in Nepal is also now formalized in its registration under the Companies Act 2006.

Our mission is to provide and promote the knowledge and public discourse about public policy for prosperity, peace and sustainable development of Nepal and Nepali people anywhere and everywhere.

Our objectives are to

Carry out public policy research, analysis, impact assessment related to people-centered and sustainable development of Nepal and recommend options and alternatives;

Provide open and accessible platforms for wider public policy learning, sharing, networking, debates and discourse among government non-profit or private sector public policy experts, academia, advocates, consultants and practitioners in Nepal and globally;

Engage and mobilize Nepali diaspora, in general and Nepali diaspora academics, public intellectuals and students, in particular in fulfilling the Foundation’s mission and objectives;

Positively inform and engage people in Nepal and Nepali diaspora abroad about public policy concerns, discourse and alternatives; and

Participate in and contribute to the growth and development of public policy think-tank communities and ecosystem in Nepal.

Help build capacity of government officials and others at all levels of government on public policy analysis and associated areas of research, practice, and inquiry.

What we do

What we do

What we do

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Public policy research and comparative analysis about and for Nepal and Nepali people

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Mobilise space and opportunities for contributing, sharing, exchanging and debating among public policy Nepali academics, scholars, practitioners and students in-country and in diaspora globally about critical public policy ideas and alternatives about and for Nepal and Nepali people

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Engage public policy researchers, workers, decision-makers as well as wider public through publication, conference, training and social media on critical public policy development and implementation

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Engage with, support and strengthen public policy think-tanks and platform ecosystem in Nepal and globally

Nepal Policy Leadership Program

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Nepal Policy Leadership Program (NPLP) for 2024, a one-of-a-kind program offered by the Nepal Policy Institute (NPI) in collaboration with the Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM) Policy Lab. This annual

Projects

Projects

Projects

Announcements

Announcements

In the Media

In the Media

In the Media

विदेशका नेपालीको नोट चल्ने, भोट नचल्ने ?

०७ चैत २०७८, काठमाडौं: संविधानले सबै नागरिकको मताधिकार सुनिश्चित गरेको छ। तर, विदेशमा बस्ने २२ लाख बढी नेपाली भने स्थानीय निर्वाचनमा मताधिकारबाट वञ्चित हुने भएका छन्। विश्वले सूचना र प्रविधिको क्षेत्रमा चमत्कार गरिसके पनि निर्वाचन आयोगले विदेशमा रहेका नेपालीलाई मतदान गर्ने प्रविधिको विकास गर्न नसक्दा उनीहरू वञ्चित हुन लागेका हुन्।

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