Seminar on Diversity and Democracy
by Mahendra Lawoti, Associate Professor of Political Science, Western Michigan University, USA
(in collaboration with Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS))
26-27 October, 2010, Kathmandu

Roundtable meeting on World Bank’s Nepal Emerging Towns Project
6 October, 2010, Kathmandu.

In July 2010, the World Bank assigned a team comprising John Bevan, Bandita Sijapati and Aditya Adhikari to conduct a national-level political economy and conflict study to support the effective preparation of the NETP. A roundtable meeting was hosted by Baha during which the team presented its preliminary findings and received feedback from a selected group of invitees. The valuable reactions and criticisms that emerged from the meeting were to be taken into account during the drafting of the final report.

Stakeholder Consultation for Humanity United
27 September, 2010, Kathmandu

A Stakeholder Consultation was held as part of the research titled “Literature Review and Gaps Analysis: Trafficking and Forced Labor in Nepal and of Nepalis Overseas” done by Social Science Baha for Humanity United, an organisation based in USA. The objective of the consultation was to bring together experts, actors and policy makers working in areas related to child and forced labour, migration and human trafficking and share the findings of the Baha research and review as well as gain an in-depth understanding from those that are the primary practitioners in the related field. Around 27 representatives from different national and international organisations, donor agencies, government institutions and national media took part in this consultation.