Summary

EUSIF complements the Government of Nepal’s (GoN) flagship programme, the Provincial and Local Governance Support Programme (PLGSP), in enhancing inclusiveness, accountability, and sustainability of provincial and local government (PLG) systems and procedures through the Green, Resilient and Inclusive Development (GRID) approach. EUSIF engages with PLGs to enhance their capacity to provide quality, resilient and sustainable services to all people in an inclusive manner. Working with the most marginalized and excluded groups to improve their participation in the annual planning, budgeting, budget execution and monitoring processes, EUSIF will pilot different social accountability tools in five Model Palikas or municipalities identified by the Karnali Provincial Government, making PLGs more accountable to their constituents while providing more inclusive service delivery. The Project will also create platforms together with PLGs for policy dialogues and peer-to-peer learning and experience sharing.

EUSIF supports participatory planning and budgeting, evidence-based decision-making and well-targeted and executed local government investments. EUSIF especially supports LG’s inclusive and effective basic service delivery, mainstreaming of gender and social inclusion (GESI) and transformative behavioral change of the civil service and communities. The project also supports LGs with the integration of social accountability tools to make them accountable and responsive towards the diverse needs of their constituents. An important way to scale effective LG capacity development and to make it sustainable is through EUSIF’s collaboration with the Karnali Provincial Centre for Good Governance (PGCC), which will be supported in utilising good practices for LG capacity development packages.