A consultation meeting was held between Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development with the development partners of the Local Governance and Community Development programme on 5th October 2016 in the presence of honourable Minister, Mr. Hit Raj Pandey, and honourable state minister, Mr. Shree Prasad Jawayegu and Mr. Kedar Bahadhur Adhikari, Secretary of MoFALD.

A three day induction programme for LGCDP focal person was organized at Hotel Rubus, Dhangadhi, Kailali from 12 August 2016 to 14 August 2016. The total number of participants including RCU Dhangadhi and PCU were 33 out of which four were women. Focal person from DDC Darchula was not present. PCU and RCU specialists alongside DP cell representative facilitated the programme.  Local Development Officer from DDC Kailali and Executive Officer from Dhangadhi were also invited as guest of the programme who were present during the opening ceremony.

Dhulikhel Regional Coordination Unit supported LGCDP Programme Coordination Unit to hold three days long Induction training to focal persons of DDCs and Municipalities from 16 to 18 September 2016 at Araniko Hotel, Dhulikhel.  Total 46 focal persons participated in the training. The training sessions were delivered from National Programme Director, National Programme Manager, PCU specialists and RCU Experts. The training provided theoretical and practical knowledge regarding the LGCDP programme framework and implementation model.