The 8th meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Provincial and Local Governance Support Programme (PLGSP) convened on 20 June 2023, under the chair of Dr Krishna Hari Pushkar, Secretary of the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (MoFAGA), Government of Nepal (GON).

The primary objectives of this meeting were threefold:

• to review and endorse the transitional year Annual Sector Implementation Plan (ASIP) for 2023/24,
• to assess the progress of PLGSP up to the second quarter of the fiscal year 2022/23,
• to decide on the agenda items proposed by the PLGSP/Programme Coordination Unit (PCU).

The meeting was graced by the presence of the Joint Secretaries of MOFAGA. high-ranking officials from sectoral ministries. representatives of the Joint Financing Agreement (JFA) Development Partners (DPs), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and representatives from provincial governments, and local government (LG) associations.

The minute of the 8th NEC Meeting is attached herewith, which includes: the agenda items and discussions of the meeting are comprehensively detailed in Annex-1 and Annex-2, respectively. The list of distinguished participants can be found in Annex-3. The presentations delivered by the National Project Manager (NPM) are available in Annex-4.

Click here to access the presentation slides of 8th NEC (including 5th NAFRMSC) Meeting.