Government of Nepal

Ministry of Youth and Sports

Nat

ional Youth Council Tripureshwor, Kathmandu

Long Term Strategic Plan for Youth Development Youth: Vision-2025

Phone: +977-1- 4262465, +977-1- 4254776, +977-1- 4253829

Fax: +977-01-4262465

Website: www.nyc.gov.np

Email: info@nyc.gov.np

Notice Board Service: 1618-01-4253829

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1. Background

From the viewpoint of physical and mental development, youth denotes the age group falling

between the state of adolescence and adulthood. Youth is

the most active, energetic and dynamic group, which is

considered the agent of political, economic and social

changes in any countries. The developed and developing

countries seem to have achieved progress in development

and construction through the quantitative and qualitative

development of the young human resources. In the

development and progress of every country, the

contribution of youth has occupied a prominent place. Even though Nepal seems to be in a position

where it has an opportunity to enter the golden era of affluence

and development taking advantage of the youth demographic

benefits, the desired level of changes could not be achieved in the

economic and social sectors due to the political transition.

National Youth Policy of Nepal is promulgated in B.S.

2066, and then is reformed in B.S. 2072 to ensure youth

development. Youth Vision: 2025 is approved in B.S.2072/06/19

by Nepal government, Council of Ministers with the objectives of

implementing the policy effectively. Youth Vision is a concrete document prepared after the long

discussions and interactions in the participation of stakeholders, line-agencies and personnel of Nepal

Government.

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Different Countries have defined the youth age

in different ways. In the most of countries, the youth

age has been fixed in between 15 to 35 years whereas

international organizations like the United Nations and

the World Bank have considered the age group of 15 to

24 years as of youth. In the context of Nepal, interim

constitution has define youth aged 15 to 29. Ministry of Agriculture Development has defined youth

aged up to 50 years. The political parties, social or private institutions seem defining youth relevant to

their situation. The National Council Act, 2072 and National Youth Policy, 2072 have fixed the age

group of 16 to 40 years as youth age. If the age group of 16 to 40 years of Nepalese population is

viewed, it seems to cover 40.35 percent of the total population. Youth Vision-2025 has classified the

groups in to two of 16 to 24 years and 25 to 40 years and the group wise priorities have been

determined accordingly.

2. Vision

Making Nepali youth strong, competent, competitive and self-reliant, to build a modern, just and

affluent Nepal through their meaningful participation and promotion of their leadership capacity.

3. Long Term Goals

Youth Participation, Collaboration and Leadership Development,

Life-friendly Education, Youth Entrepreneurship and Employment,

Access, Equality, Social justice and Capacity Building of Youth

Competent Human Resource, Peaceful and Prosperous Nation

4. Value

Healthy, Diligent and Entrepreneur Youth

Youth Awareness of their Rights and Responsibilities

Inclusive and empowered youth

Youth Leadership and Self-reliant

5. Objectives

To develop and expand the role of the youth and their prospects in nation building and

national development,

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To highlight the competence inherent in the youth class by establishing them as the basic

power of the nation through the development of creativity, entrepreneurship and

investigative competence in them,

To prepare competent youth who are of ethical, cultural, creative and professional nature

through proper development of their physical, mental, intellectual, ethical and emotional

sides by developing the culture of respecting labor,

To guarantee the basic rights of the youth and ensure their access to productive

resources, to involve them at all levels of policy and decision-making and

implementation relating to political, economic, social and cultural sectors and to

establish the youth as the agents of national development by promoting their leadership

capacity through gender equality,

To bring the youths belonging to the priority and the special priority groups in the main

stream of development by empowering them through the means of positive

discrimination.

6. Working Area

The working area of National Youth Council is on the following foundation five pillars of Youth

Vision 2025:

1. Quality and

Vocational

Education

2. Employment,

Entrepreneur and

Skill

Development

3. Youth Health and

Social Security

4. Mobilization,

Participation and

Leadership

Development

5. Sports and Entertainment

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7. Youth in Constitution of Nepal

Youth related issues are mentioned in the Constitution of Nepal, Part 4 under the Directive

Principles, Policies and Obligations of the State, article 51 (J) 7 as:

"To create an atmosphere conducive to the full enjoyment of the political, economic, social and

cultural rights, while enhancing the participation of youths in national development, to make their

personality development, while providing special opportunity in areas including education, health and

employment for the empowerment and development of the youths and provide them with appropriate

opportunities for the overall development of the State"

8. Strategies of Fourteenth Periodic Plan on Youth

Youth related strategies on fourteenth plan:

1. Prepare skilled, entrepreneurial and self-dependent youth through technical and skill-

based trainings

2. Increase youth participation in policy formulation and decision making at all level

3. Mobilize youth volunteers

4. Increase youth participation in social activities

Likewise, youth related working procedures have also been included in the fourteenth plan that

includes:

technical education, capacity building, Scout service extension skill-based trainings,

volunteerism, counseling and awareness-raising entrepreneurial development

youth participation in planning, implementation, monitoring encouraging youth for moral ethics

effective youth self-employment fund mobilization upgrading youth information center

youth recreation through sports and Yoga Promoting traditional occupation

9. Youth Policy

1. With a view to grooming the youths as change agents and a motivating factor of

sustainable development, programs shall be conducted focusing on awareness-raising

about the basic principles and norms and values of the nation, nationality, national unity,

national integrity, democracy and human rights.

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2. Stressing the role of the youth in the process of transformation of the economic, social

and governing system of the nation, youth involvement and leadership in that process

shall be promoted.

3. The youth shall be encouraged through the means of economic, social, political and

cultural empowerment for making meaningful contribution to policy making of the state.

4. Causing awareness among the youth about world peace, good will, brotherhood and

global interrelations, emphasis shall be placed on completion of incomplete works of the

millennium development goal and the commitments made at the international level about

the youth including the new priorities areas likely to emerge after 2015.

5. Special programs shall be conducted to transform the youth into industrious, active, pro-

innovative and creative powers so as to make them capable of undertaking

accountability and responsibility towards the society and to be able to remain committed

towards a democratic system.

6. Keeping in view the needs of age group of the youth, programs shall be undertaken

targeting the youth who are in the process of gaining education and in search of

professional opportunity.

7. The culture of causing awareness about the obligations towards the state and the society

and respecting labor shall be developed by conducting awareness programs so as to

develop morality, qualities of conduct and discipline among the youth.

8. A policy of mobilizing the youth shall be adopted in order to remove the problems of

poverty, illiteracy, untouchability, evil practices, gender violence, discrimination and

disparities prevalent in the society.

9. The youths shall be developed as agents of social change in collaboration with also the

private sector and NGOs and local bodies.

10. Taking into consideration the diversities prevailing among the youth of all classes, sex,

races and castes, religions, colors and sectors, equal opportunities shall be created for

empowerment and development.

11. The young geniuses who have made special contributions to various sectors of the nation

shall be honored on behalf of the state.

12. The state shall make vast investment for blooming of genius inherent in the youth and

for development of their skills and capabilities.

13. Special programs shall be conducted to promote entrepreneurship among the youth.

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14. Providing information about the geographical, social and economic conditions of the

country, programs relating to involvement of the youth as volunteers in national

development shall be prioritized.

15. Opportunities for quality education, training, study and research shall be created.

16. Involvement of the youth in creative sectors like literature, arts, culture, music, acting

and sports shall be encouraged.

17. An environment shall be created for preventing the flight of the genius by creating

within the country itself opportunities of professional development for the genius youth

belonging to various sectors.

18. The youth shall be made competent for international competitions through proper

mobilization of means and resources by introducing professionalism, scientific approach

and socialization in sports and treating it as an integral part of development, and

emphasis shall be laid on career development of the sports persons.

19. An integrated system shall be developed for coordinating programs conducted for the

youth by various agencies of the state.

20. Programs promoting health awareness shall be encouraged by increasing the access of

the youth to the health services.

21. Freeing the Nepali youth form globally expanding addictions related activities and anti-

social activities, social initiatives shall be focused on developing positive thinking and

culture among the youth.

22. Programs shall be conducted by providing special priority in services and facilities

provided by the state to the youth who have been bracketed in the priority group and the

special priority group.

23. An environment shall be created where the dalit youth could get the state services and

benefits including additional rights, besides employment and self-employment

opportunities.

24. The conditions and needs of the youths belonging to different age groups being different,

the targeted programs shall be conducted by dividing the youths into two different age

groups (16-24 years, 25-40 years).

10. Structure

National Youth Council is an autonomous government body according to the National Youth

Council Act, 2072. The Council constituted of 36 members is the supreme body. It has an executive

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committee constituted of seven members chaired by the vice-president. It functions as the executive

committee of the Council. There remain civil servants under a joint secretary for administrative

functions in centre. Likewise, there remains one District Youth Committee in every district constituted

of nine members.

A. National Youth Council

Chairperson Youth and Sports Minister of State Minister

Executive Vice Chairperson A person appointed by Nepal Government

Member Secretary, Ministry of Finance,

Secretary, Ministry of Industry

Secretary Ministry of Agricultural Development

Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Sports

Secretary, Ministry of Health and Population

Secretary, Ministry of Labor and Employment

Secretary, Ministry of Education

Secretary, secretariat of National Planning Commission

Member Four persons representing youth related various organizations and

associations

Member Fifteen persons representing the youth who have made special

contributions to the protection and promotion of the rights and

interest of youth

Member Six persons representing industrial, labor, agricultural, science,

technology and environment, literature and arts sectors

Member Secretary The senior most employee of the Council

1. Functions, Duties and Powers of the Council

The functions, duties and powers mentioned in the National Youth Act, 2072

1. To design and recommend before Nepal Government long term Policy relating to the

youth,

2. Subject to the Policy adopted by Nepal Government, to formulate and implement youth

related plan and programs,

3. To fix terms and conditions to be followed by the associations and organizations getting

affiliation from the Council,

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4. To fix necessary Policy regarding mobilizing the youth as volunteers in development,

construction and social service,

5. To motivate the youth the youth to participate in nation building and to move forward

focusing on nation building,

6. To approve the annual plan, programs and budget of the Council,

7. To render advice to Nepal Government about youth development, empowerment and

mainstreaming,

8. To fix the number of employees necessary for the Council,

9. To perform and cause to be performed the activities as prescribed.

B. Executive Committee

Chairperson Vice Chairperson of the Council

Member Joint Secretary of the Ministry designated by the Ministry to look

after its youth program

Member Four persons nominated by the Council from among the members of

the Council ensuring the inclusion of at least two women

Member Senior most employee of the Council

The Functions, Duties and Powers of the Committee

a. To formulate the annual plan, programs and budget of the Council and to present the

same for approval before the Council,

b. To fix the terms and conditions, method and procedure of granting affiliation to the

associations and organizations seeking affiliation with the Council and to present it

before the Council,

c. Subject to the Policy and guidelines approved by the Council, to conduct and cause to be

conducted promotional programs relating to youth development, mobilization and youth

empowerment,

d. To conduct and cause to be conducted campaign oriented activities for mobilizing the

youth in the mainstream of development,

e. To conduct and cause to be conducted programs relating to promotion of self

employment for the youth and enhancement of entrepreneurship,

f. To mobilize and cause to be mobilized the youth as volunteers in development,

construction and social service sectors,

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g. To conduct and cause to be conducted awareness-raising programs for assimilating the

youth in national development,

h. To conduct and cause to be conducted study and research about the issues like youth

development and youth mobilization,

i. To conduct and cause to be conducted programs which may assist the youth to be self-

reliant,

j. To take initiative to involve the youth right from policy formulation to the level of

implementation,

k. To prepare and implement internal control system in order to perform the activities to be

discharged by the Council in a cost effective and effective way and to make the system

of financial accountability reliable,

l. To coordinate the programs conducted by various youth related bodies,

m. To manage youth related information and to prepare integrated statistics,

n. To enhance and cause to be enhanced the competence of the youth related associations

and organizations,

o. To perform and cause to be performed other activities as prescribed.

C. Organigram of the Council

Organigram of the Council

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Youth Development and

Entrepreneur Promotion Section

o Gazetted Second Class Officer: 1

o Gazetted Third Class Officer: 1

Psycho-socio Counseling

o Senior Counselor: Gazetted Second Class

Officer: 1

o Counselor: Gazetted Third Class Officer: 1

Social Organizations Coordination

Section

o Gazetted Second Class Officer: 1

o Gazetted Third Class Officer: 1

o Non-gazetted First Class Assistant: 1

Planning and Foreign Coordination Section

o Gazetted Second Class Officer: 1

o Gazetted Third Class Officer: 1

o Non-gazetted First Class Assistant: 1

Youth Trainings and Research

Section

o Gazetted Second Class Officer: 1

o Gazetted Third Class Officer: 1

o Non-gazetted First Class: 1

District Youth Committee

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o Gazetted Second Class Officer: 75

o Computer Operator: 75

o Office Assistant: 75

Information Technology Section

o Gazetted Second Class Officer: 1

o Gazetted Third Class ( Computer Officer): 1

Administration Chief: Joint Secretary, Gazetted First Class Officer: 1

Non-gazetted First Class Assistant 1

Total 2

Administration, Monitoring, Evaluation

or Internal Management Section

o Gazetted Second Class Officer: 1

o Gazetted Third Class Officer: 2

o Gazetted Third Class Account Officer: 1

o Non-gazetted First Class Assistant: 1

o Non-gazetted First Class Assistant (Account)

Executive Vice Chairperson

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D. District Youth Committee

Chairperson A person nominated by the Council from among the persons holding at

least Intermediate level certificate or its equivalent and having worked and

made special contribution to protection and promotion of the youth

development and mobilization sector

Member Chief of the Office of Women and Children

Member An officer level representative of District Development Committee

Member An officer level representative of District Education Office

Member One representative from among the youth related local associations and

organizations affiliated with the Council

Member Three persons nominated from among the youth who have made special

contribution in the area of protection and promotion of the rights and

interests of the youth or social service

Member Secretary Office Chief of District youth Committee

i.

The Functions, Duties and Powers of the District Youth Committee

a. To design, subject to the policy approved by the Council, and conduct and cause to be

conducted youth related district level plans and programs,

b. To conduct various programs at the district level in partnership with local bodies, youth

related associations and organizations, NGOs and the private sector,

c. To coordinate and facilitate youth related programs conducted at the local level,

d. To collect means and resources at the local level for conducting youth related programs,

e. To conduct and cause to be conducted various programs targeting the youth of special

communities,

f. To carry out and cause to be carried out activities specified by the Council

11. Policy, Act, Directives, Guidelines of the Council

1. National Youth Policy, 2072,

2. Youth Vision-2025,

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3. National Youth Council Act, 2072,

4. National Youth Council Rules, 2073,

5. Youth Skill and Leadership Development Program Directives, 2073,

6. Youth Entrepreneur Program Implementing Directives, 2073

7. Program Implementing Management Directives, 2073

8. Enforcement Information Bylaw, 2073

9. Financial Procedural Rules

10. Youth Talent Hunt Procedure, 2073

12. Flagship Programs of the Council

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Flagship Programs of National Youth Council

Healthy, diligent and entrepreneur youth for prosperous Nepal

Youth entrepreneurship

Programme

National Self-employed

Program for Youth: PPP

Television Program

One Day of Youth for Society

International Youth Day

Celebration

Support to Physically Different

Youth (Disable)

Youth Skill Development and

entrepreneurship program

Youth Talent Hunt

Youth volunteerism

Youth Psychosocial Counseling

Youth Exchange Program

Youth Talent Award

Preservation and promotion of traditional

culture and skill of the country

Youth in scientific research and

promotion

Youth Rehabilitation Program

Loan for entrepreneurship according to

academic certificate for Youth

President Women Youth entrepreneurship program

Model Youth

Parliament

financial literacy training for

Youth entrepreneurs

National Youth Self-employed Program Youth Portal Formation - youth.com

Social Security Trust Youth Information Center

Campaign on Youth Issues