Nepal Scouts exemplify sound financial base
The Committee NSO Visit (CNV) to Nepal Scouts as the 21st mission around the Asia-Pacific was held from 23 -25 April at National Headquarters in Kathmandu.
The review of eight key indicators covered in the CNV involved very healthy discussions and deliberations that clarified various concepts. Key national commissioners of Nepal Scouts and the visiting team provided a good exchange of sharing of ideas and knowledge. It also revealed the various progress made by Nepal Scouts in recent years, at the same time, the areas that need urgent attention were identified.
One of the areas is the recent introduction of a new section for the young people known as the adventure section, roughly equivalent to the venture Scouts section. The recommendation of creating a National Youth Council and inviting young adult members to the national executive board as well to the National Council became one of the highlights of the recommendations.
The current record of assets belonging to Nepal Scouts including the proper utilization of the assets at headquarter premises, plus the financial investments have been made in recent years. These assets make Nepal Scouts a good example of a NSO in a developing country that has sound financial base and a good spread of income sources.
Recent developments include the enhancement of PR and communication areas. The first issue of the e-newsletter was launched in March. Current partnership projects with Finland has made the dissemination of the strategic plan and leadership development at the district level more feasible and this will have a good impact on implanting the Vision 2020 of Nepal Scouts. The current 2011-2013 strategic plan was adopted by the National Council in early April this year.
As an integral part of the CNV, the dialogue with young people from a nearby district identified the need to further build up the concept of scouting across the country as it is felt that most people are not aware of the values of scouting. Some young people also said that greater demand for IT use could be an added attraction for young people to join scouting.
Regional Scout Committee 2nd Vice-Chairman Dr Mukhyuddin bin Sarwani led the CNV team together with Committee Consultant Mohammed Ali Khalid and Chairman of the APR Sub Committee Jose Eduardo C. Delgado supported by the Regional Director Adbullah Rasheed and Director of Adult Resources Thian Hiong-Boon. Chief Commissioner of Nepal Scouts and also member of the Regional Scout Committee Shree Ram Lamichhane led his 20-member team of Commissioners, Executive Committee and staff for this mission. The CNV mission is also jointly undertaken with the WAGGGS APR Vice-chairperson Ms. Normala Baharudin and WAGGGS Regional Director Mengfei Wu.
Prior to the CNV mission, one-week consultancy work from the Regional Office was led by Thian Hiong-Boon under the current focus to provide direct support to NSOs. This consultancy made it possible for 16 national commissioners and staff to review and formulate tactical plans and develop tools for implementing Youth Programme, organizational structure, Adult In Scouting, and creating clear and refined job description for all positions.
