Daayitwa completed their 8th cohort of the fellowship program marking the end of their summer program that started in June. The concluding event was held at Yala Maya Kendra and was graced by the presence of Tham Maya Thapa, Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen.
Speaking on the occasion Minister Thapa said “If we want to make inclusive economic development in Nepal – it is impossible to fulfil that dream- without the participation and determination of youth. I want to congratulate Daayitwa for endeavouring in an intervention that gives youth a platform to interact with the government.”
The Daayitwa Nepal Public Service Fellowship Symposium celebrated the journey of the eleven fellows who worked with the Government of Nepal during the summer to produce meaningful research on Access to Investment, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Enterprise Value Chain, Youth Employment and Governance and Bureaucracy Reform. The fellows had exhibited the findings of their research at the Yala Maya hall.
A panel discussion was also conducted during the event which talked about research and significance of evidence-based policy which was moderated by Apurba K.C, Leadership Research Officer at Daayitwa while the panellists consisted of Neha Rajbhandari and Nischal S. Bhandari both Daayitwa fellows of 2018 and Shalini Gupta, Research Officer.
It also organized two cafe conversation in Women’s economic empowerment and Youth Employment – participated by the various guests present at the program.
Since, 2013, 89 Daayitwa fellows have worked with 20 public agencies and 25 parliamentarians to support high-priority projects. The organization has been partnering with the Government of Nepal to identify and apply innovative methods of research to find evidence for promoting entrepreneurship and strengthening governance.
The Daayitwa fellowship program is still one of the few fellowship programs available for students and young professionals in Nepal. The application for the Daayitwa Fellowship program will begin again early next summer.
