NCCS

A 6-month long research project on Study of Electoral Violence in Nepalwas conducted in Palpa, Dhanusha and Kathmandu from June to March 2006. Three Focused Group Discussions were held in Janakpur on 22 July, Tansen on 5 August and Kathmandu on 18 August 2006. Prof. Lok Raj Baral was involved as the coordinator, Druba Kumar as researcher and Dr. Pancha Narayan Maharjan as Focused Group Discussion Coordinator. It was financed by UNDP and aimed to study elections, to identify problems of free and fair elections and to recommend reforms on elections.

With grant from the Rights, Inclusion and Democracy Fund through the Enabling State Program, NCCS initiated a project Nepal: Democracy and Constituent Assembly. The project is designed to contribute to democratic transition through the election of Constituent Assembly. It has two components of activities, research and dialogues, and has two phases. The first phase, which is over, was aimed at educating the people about the Constituent Assembly (CA) and understanding the people's expectation from the CA though organizing local dialogues.