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South Asia Coordination Office published a book titled "Livelihood Insecurity and Social Conflict in Nepal" edited by Dr. Bishnu Raj Upreti and Prof. Ulrike Mueller-Boeker.

South Asia Coordination Office is organizing a “Regional Workshop” from 24-26 January 2010 in Kathmandu. WP 2 head, senior researchers form South Asia, Swiss Peace, Regional Coordinator will actively participant in the workshop. During the workshop, the researchers will focus on: finalization of Phase II research, research strategy for phase III, harmonization of RPs, planning of publication and constitution of RAB members.

Swiss Ambassador to Nepal His Excellency Mr. Thomas Gass inaugurated the Machhapuchhre Model Trek in Kaski district of Nepal on 10 December 2009. The Model Trek was supported by NCCR North-South under PAMS Project. On the same day Honorable State Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Mr. Satrudhan P. Singha and Dr. Bishnu Raj Upreti, RC of SAs handed over the infrastructure of Model Trek to Machhapuchhre Tourism Development Committee.
         
RCO together with Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal (TAAN), Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) and Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) organized a National Conference on “Exploring of Machhapuchhre Model Trek route in Kaski district in Western Nepal” on 14th December 2009 at hotel Shangri La, Kathmandu.

Mr. Tulasi Sigdel has been selected as a new PhD student from SAs under the Landscape and Democracy Project jointly launched by RCO, HNRSC-KU, University of Toronto , University of Edinburgh and Forest Action.

RP - 2: Livelihood Futures in Resource-Scarce Areas – and the Quest for the Inclusion of Marginal Groups had an Inception workshop from 29-31 October 2009 at RCO office. During this the team developed a general conceptual and methodological basis for empirical research of the Research Project “Livelihoods and exclusion”

NCCR delegates Dr. Thomas Breu, coordinator of NCCR North-South and Ms. Dominique Simone Rychen visited JACS SAs RCO office from 25-31st October 2009. Series of meeting were being conducted with different partners of SAs during their visit.

August 24, 2009

Both SNSF as well as SDC have approved Phase 3 of the NCCR North-South. The full proposal, which is designed for a period of 4 years until June 30, 2013, and which includes an emphasis on the South, has thus been fully accepted.


August 17, 2009

The Prime Minister of Nepal, Madav Kumar Nepal, together with a high-level Swiss delegation (Ambassador Martin Dahinden, Director general of SDC; Ambassador Thomas Griminger, head of Political Division IV of Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland) and national peace facilitators of Nepal’s peace process launched the book entitled ‘Peace Process and Federalism  in Nepal: Experiences, reflections and learning’ edited by Upreti, BR, Toepperwien, N and Heiniger, M (2009) and published by the South Asia Regional Coordination Office of NCCR North-South Kathmandu.


July 10, 2009

New publications by members of the Nepal Research Group are available. Please contact the authors for a copy.

Ghimire, S., Nahikian, A.(eds.) 2009. The Student Workshop Proceedings on Peace Building in Nepal.

Upreti, B.R., Sharma, S.R., Basnet, J. 2009. Nepalma Bhumi Rajaniti ra Dyonda.

Upreti, B.R. 2009. Nepal from war to peace: legacies of the past and hopes for the futures.

Pyakuryal, K.N., Nepali, P.N., Singh. S., Ghimire, S. (eds.) 2009. Proceeding of the national workshop on Land Issues in Changing Political Context.