Introductory Meeting Notes - Lekbeshi Municipality, Surkhet

Meeting Details:

Date: 8th August 2024

Time: 2: 00 pm to 4:15 pm

Location: Lekbeshi Municipality Office, Surkhet District, Karnali Province

Attendees:

S.N.	Name	Organization	Designation
1.	Umesh Kumar Paudel	Lekbeshi Municipality	Mayor
2.	Pahalman Adhikari	Lekbeshi Municipality	Education Officer
3.	Dilaram Chapai	Lekbeshi Municipality	Planning Officer
4.	Pratiman Wakawal	Lekbeshi Municipality-6	Ward Chairperson
5.	Lila Ram Adhikari	Lekbeshi Municipality-3	Ward Chairperson
6.	Lokendra Thapa	Lekbeshi Municipality-4	Ward Chairperson
7.	Lok Bdr. Nepali	Lekbeshi Municipality	Teacher Federation
8.	Tirtha Prasad Paudel	Jiban Jyoti S.S., Dhasaratpur	Head Teacher
9.	Narayan Datta Tiwari	Sarswati S.S., Kalyan	Head Teacher
10.	Janga Bdr. Darlami	Khadadebi S.S., Chaurasi	Head Teacher
11.	Durga Prasad Gautam	Aadarsa S.S., Lekpharsa	Head Teacher
12.	Bhanu Datta Sharma Paudel	Jiban Jyoti S.S., Dhasratpur	Former Head Teacher
13.	Mohan Burja Magar	Karkhana Samuha	Program Manager, CSE Project
14.	Lalit Jung Sahi	Karkhana Samuha	Province Officer, CSE Project

Agendas:

Introduction of the Civil Society for Empowerment for Accountable Education (CSE) Project with the Local Government representatives,
Understanding the needs and initiatives of Local Government
Recommendation of CSOs from the LGU

Key Point Discussed:

Sharing from Karkhana Samuha:

Shared the introduction of Karkhana Network and its intervention as well as thematic working areas.
Shared about the GPE_ EoL, objectives of CSE Project and Kathmandu LC.
It was emphasized that this project won’t involve direct implementing activities at the school level but will focus on strengthening policy and data-based advocacy in collaboration with the local government.

Sharing from Gurbhakot Municipality:

It is necessary to form an educational learning collaborative to develop policies and strategies in the education sector. Hence, the municipality is ready for this.