Formation of youth council in all local levels stressed

Bhaktapur, Oct 17: Secretary at the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Dr Hari Prasad Lamsal, has pointed out the need of launching a campaign to form youth council in all 753 local levels.     

He shared so at a programme organised by National Youth Council, Sanothimi, at partnership of UNFPA here today.     

Saying difficulties have been encountered in implementation of the government's previous decision of forming youth council or any network in the name of youths in all local levels across the country, he stressed that youths themselves should now be active to form youth council or any youth network.     

He emphasized the need of taking the youth leadership forward in mainstream of the country's development including education and health.     

Similarly, Administrative Chief of National Youth Council Geha Nath Bhandari shared that today's discussion was significant to take youths in country's mainstream from policy-making level to leadership.     

A report would be prepared by incorporating achievements and suggestions received from the discussion and it would be submitted to the government, he added.     

Stating that a taskforce of youths should be formed and youth participation and leadership pursued in every sector of the state, Programme Expert of UNFPA, Abhiram Raya, opined that a roadmap to build the nation should be brought by the youth themselves.     

Likewise, Vice Chairperson of the National Youth Council, Surendra Basnet, shared that the preliminary roadmap prepared from the programme would be presented to the government in the form of a report.     

Serious discussions were held among the youths on various issues including the role of youths in sustainable development, expectations of new generation and steps to be initiated by the state, youth-friendly good governance and effective service delivery, and responsible social platform and information technology.     

Expert Dr Dipesh Ghimire presented a working paper on the role to be played by youths from policy-making to leadership level in the changed context.(RSS)