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.
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.
a. carry out public policy research, analysis, impact assessment related to people-centered and sustainable development of Nepal and recommend options and alternatives;
b. 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;
c. 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;
d. positively inform and engage people in Nepal and Nepali diaspora abroad about public policy concerns, discourse and alternatives; and
e. participate in and contribute to the growth and development of public policy think-tank communities and ecosystem in Nepal.