A five day orientation training on Municipality Administration and Revenue System (MARS) kicked off at office of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. The event was inaugurated by Executive Officer of KMC, Joint Secretary Ishwor Poudel.

On 20 April 2017, a team of UN Board members from New York, USA visited members of Citizen Awareness Centre and Ward Citizen Forum of Ward 7 of Belkot Gadi Municipality, formerly Ratmate VDC of Nuwakot District. The visit was focused on observing UN’s works at the local level from different UN agencies in Nepal. The team members were representative of different UN agencies like WFP, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNOPS, and UNDP, and from various countries like Mexico, Japan, USA, Mauritius.