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What is Parliament Support Project PSP?
Parliament Support Project (PSP) has been providing technical support to the Federal Parliament (FP), the Provincial Assemblies (PAs), parliamentary committees, members of parliament (MPs), and the parliament secretariats to strengthen their parliamentary functions since 2015. The project supports core parliamentary functions including evidence-based lawmaking through bill review, scrutiny and assessment; evidence-based oversight; outreach; openness; parliamentary research and studies; and promotion of Gnder and Social Inclusion (GESI) and human rights. This apart, the project has been providing support to enhance the capacities of women MPs and MPs from the marginalized groups for their effective roles in the parliament. The project has been engaged with women, youth, sexual and gender minority groups (LGBTIQ) and persons with disabilities to raise their concerns in the parliament. Promotion of human rights, anti-corruption, good governance and accountability, environment protection, and sustainable development goals (SDGs) are other key focused areas of the project. It also facilitates engagement of CSOs in lawmaking and oversight functions.
Who funded this project?
This project is funded by the Royal Norwegian Embassy and UNDP.
Where does it work?
PSP works with the federal parliament and all Provincial Assemblies.
What are the achievements of this project?
It has provided:
Technical support in lawmaking: Expert reviews on bills, post legislative scrutiny and assessment of laws of the federal parliament and the Provincial Assemblies.
Support to strengthen oversight functions: Supports parliamentary committees for evidence-based oversight of government spending, polices, and programmes
Promotion of GESI/LNOB: Supported the initiatives for promoting gender equality and social inclusion/leave no behind and human rights principles. Support in capacity enhancement of women MPs and MPs representing Marginalized Communities
Public-hearing programmes for parliamentarians: Improved direct dialogue between the constituents and their elected by organizing programmes geared at offering an opportunity for the public to raise their concerns and for parliamentarians to respond to them.
Parliamentary outreach and openness: Supported various undertakings to strengthen parliamentary communications, civic education and youth engagement.
Knowledge Management: Published informative knowledge materials and tools related to parliamentary functions.
Capacity enhancement: Conducted various workshops, trainings, induction/orientation sessions, interactions and sensitization programmes for parliamentarians and secretariat staff of federal parliament and Provincial Assemblies on various thematic areas.
https://www.undp.org/nepal/projects/psp
Where to contact?
You can contact Portfolio Manager, Ms. Kalpana Sarkar kalpana.sarkar@undp.org
and Project Manager, Mr. Raj Bahadur Shrestha raj.shrestha@undp.org