An agreement was signed between Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD) concerning additional 3 Million USD to support the Local Governance and Community Development Programme. The agreement was signed by His Exellency, Ambassador Kjell Tormod Pettersen on behalf of Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs while Mr Mahendra Man Gurung, Secretary, MoFALD signed the agreement on behalf of MoFALD.

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The 7^th National Advisory Committee (NAC) meeting of LGCDP, Phase-II was held on 08 June 2016 under the chairpersonship of Mr. Mahendra Man Gurung, Secretary, Ministry of Federal affairs and Local Development (MoFALD). The meeting was attended by representatives from line ministries such as Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Ministry of Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation.

DDC Website Master training of trainers was organized at Hotel Arniko, Dhulikhel from May 30 to May 31. The training was provided to seven regional ICT Experts of LGCDP. The event was chaired by chief of Information and eGovernance section of MoFALD, Under Secretary Sita Pariyar. Also present at the event were representatives from UNV Field Unit Nepal.