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Policy Research Institute and Election Commission Agree to Collaborate on Research On August 12, a meeting was held between the delegates of the Policy Research Institute (PRI) and the Election Commission, Nepal (EC) at the office of the Election Commission. The meeting discussed areas of collaboration between the PRI and the EC on the front of electoral reform, and agreed to formalize the process through a general memorandum of understanding (MoU). The EC and the PRI agreed to collaborate in the study of the overall electoral system. Possible areas of collaboration include: reform of the electoral system as a whole; how to arrange the right to vote for eligible Nepalis residing in a foreign land (as ordered by the Supreme Court of Nepal); and, use of the Electronic Voting Machine. The EC expects PRI to unpack issues, challenges and opportunities vis-à-vis these and any other germane areas and generate evidence-based recommendations for the state and EC to implement. PRI responded that it is ready to collaborate with the EC in these areas. PRI also reminded that a research on the use of Electronic Voting Machine is already underway. In the meeting, PRI was represented by Dr. Bishnu Raj Upreti, Executive Chairperson; Dr. Deepak Kumar Khadka, Head of Research Department; Dr. Muktiram Rijal, Senior Research Fellow and Coordinator of the Governance and Public Service Delivery Cluster; Mr. Purushottam Tiwari, Office Manager; and Dr. Mukunda Kattel, Head of Information and Knowledge Management Department. Present in the meeting from the EC were Honourable Mr. Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya, Chief Election Commissioner; Honourable Mr. Narendra Dahal, Election Commissioner; Ms Dev Kumari Guragain, Secretary; Mr Raj Kumar Shreshtha, Joint Secretary; Mr Laxmi Prasad Gautam, Join Secretary; and Mr Komal Prasad Niraula.
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निर्वाचन आयोग र नीति अनुसन्धान प्रतिष्ठानबीच बैठक सम्पन्न ०५ कत्तिक २०७७ निर्वाचन आयोग र नीति अनुसन्धान प्रतिष्ठानबीच बैठक सम्पन्न २८ साउन २०७७ नीति अनुसन्धान प्रतिष्ठान र निर्वाचन आयोगका प्रतिनिधिहरूबीच निर्वाचन आयोगको कार्यालयमा निर्वाचन सुधारका विषयमा सहकार्यका लागि २८ साउन २०७७ मा छलफल भयो । सो बैठकले सहकार्यका क्षेत्र पहिचान गरी काम गर्न सहमति जनाएको छ । बैठकमा निर्वाचन आयोगले निर्वाचन सम्बन्धी विषय, चुनौती र अवसरहरूको विश्लेषण गरी प्रतिष्ठानबाट प्रमाणमा आधारित सिफारिश आओस् भन्ने अपेक्षा गरेको थियो । यस अध्ययनको उद्देश्य समग्रमा निर्वाचन प्रणालीको सुधार गर्नु हो भने विद्युतीय मतदान मेसिनको खास अध्ययन हुनेछ । निर्वाचन आयोगका तर्फबाट मुख्य निर्वाचन आयुक्त दिनेशकुमार थपलिया, आयुक्त नरेन्द्र दाहाल, सचिव देवकुमारी गुरागाईं, आयोगका प्रवक्ता राजकुमार श्रेष्ठ, सहसचिव लक्ष्मीप्रसाद गौतम र सहसचिव कोमलप्रसाद निरौलाको उपस्थिति थियो । त्यसैगरी नीति अनुसन्धान प्रतिष्ठानको तर्फबाट कार्यकारी अध्यक्ष डा. विष्णुराज उप्रेती, अनुसन्धान विभाग प्रमुख डा. दीपककुमार खड्का, वरिष्ठ अनुसन्धानकर्ता तथा शासकीय प्रबन्ध र सेवाप्रवाह समूहका संयोजक डा. मुक्तिराम रिजाल, कार्यालय प्रबन्धक पुरुषोत्तम तिवारी र सूचना र ज्ञान व्यवस्थापन विभाग प्रमुख डा. मुकुन्द कट्टेलको उपस्थिति थियो ।