KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 26
The federal government has implemented the 'Local Economic Development Evaluation Procedure, 2022' in a bid to promote economic development of the local levels through evaluation of various thematic areas in their respective areas.
According to a report published by the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, the procedure has determined three thematic areas for evaluation of local economic development.
They consist of economic policy and plan, economic development infrastructure, economic empowerment, entrepreneurship development and industrial promotion.
The procedure mandates the concerned District Coordination Committee to carry out evaluation of local economic development indicators by itself or through a third party. The evaluation will be based on the details entered into the web-based system by the local levels.
As per the report, the DCC will carry out evaluation on the basis of details received from the local levels before publishing the final results.
The DCC may coordinate with the representatives of industry and business sectors during the evaluation process. The procedure requires the DCC to complete the evaluation by mid-January and publish its result by mid-February each fiscal through its website, in addition to submission of a report to the MoFAGA and the Office of the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers of the province concerned.
Likewise, the government will conduct capacity development programmes in the local levels which are found below the mark in evaluation results. The MoFAGA will also announce the names and other details of meritorious local levels and award them. The results of evaluation will be used for planning various programmes at the local levels.
The MoFAGA said the government had issued the 'Local Level Institutional Capacity Self-Assessment Procedure' which requires the local governments to carry out self-evaluation of their overall performance every fiscal. It has also envisioned identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the local levels through assessment of their performance and outcomes so as to make the local units more competitive.
A version of this article appears in the print on November 27, 2022 of The Himalayan Times.
