Recent News and Events
Published By: Admin on: 2013-10-03
A three days interaction programme on progress review and implementation was held on 26-28 September 2013 by HVAP amidst the presence of stakeholders including district line agencies, regional directorates, local NGOs, development partners and representatives from Ministry of Agricultural Development (MoAD).
Mr Jaya Mukunda Khanal, the Secretary, MoAD was the Chief Guest of the programme and Mr Shree Narayan Sharma, the Regional Director, Regional Agriculture Directorate (RAD) chaired the programme. Prior to attending the workshop, the Secretary and Regional Director visited and monitored the sub-projects being implemented by HVAP in Surkhet district.
The programme began with welcome speech by Mr Rajendra Bhari, Project Manager, HVAP. He also presented the project progress and status to the gathering. Following the presentation, Mr Krishna Thapa, Monitoring and Evaluation Expert and Mr Hikmat Rokaya, Database Management Expert from HVAP presented the Tablet-based Management Information System (MIS) being implemented by HVAP.
In the discussion session following the presentations, the participants enquired about the implementation modality and coordination of HVAP with district line agencies and other stakeholders. The Project Manager, HVAP elucidated the conditions and efforts made by HVAP for effective project implementation and coordination with stakeholders.
On the occasion, the Chief Guest Secretary, MoAD said, "HVAP's modality of partnership being led by Government of Nepal including private sector, I/NGO and communities is new for MoAD and we hope that it will ensure sustainability of the project activities even after the project completion."
The Chairperson of the Programme, RD of Mid-Western RAD said, "The MIS being implemented by HVAP is good and it needs to be replicated by the RAD, DADOs and other district line agencies."
In the second session, the Coordinators of partner NGOs from Achham, Jumla, Jajarkot, Dailekh, Kalikot, Salyan and Surkhet presented the progress and status of the sub-projects being implemented in their respective districts.
On the second day, Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWPB) was presented by Mr Sirish Pun, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, HVAP. Following it thematic leaders presented the planning of each thematic group within HVAP. In the second session, a group work was organised including representatives from each District Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), NGO Coordinators and project staff to identify DCCI's role in promoting agriculture sector in each district. The discussion revolved around what was done by the DCCIs last year and what should be done by them in the coming year to promote agriculture.
The third day was devoted to the discussion with the partner local NGOs on finalising their action plans of current fiscal year. The management issues with the NGO management team were also discussed and the team came up with appropriate solutions. HVAP will incorporate the suggestions and inputs provided by the stakeholders during the interaction programme on progress review and implementation.