Government of Nepal

Ministry of Finance

AID MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR NEPAL

•    Media production staff;
• Technical & outreach staff;
• Administration and financial oversight staff;
• Media and computer equipment;
• Partnerships with FM stations;
• Diverse leadership and stakeholder participation; integrated SMS system
• Existing Community reporters and their equipment;
• Work with listening clubs and facilitators;
• M&E staff and materials.

•    130 Central-Level radio programs on governance & local development produced and broadcast
• 1900 Local-Level radio programs produced and broadcast
• 20 Content advisory group meetings for central-level programming.
• 30 Community Reporters trained (75% women, youth or those from marginalized groups)
• Creation and broadcast of 15 on-air SMS polling questions
• 250 active radio listener groups each holding at least 130 meetings
• Training of 250 radio listener group facilitators
• 139 micro-grants awarded to listener groups
• 16 FM station producers and station managers trained on themes of governance
• 24 local producers from FM stations trained on local production
• 34 Community Action Researchers trained
• 25 women journalists trained on reporting on GBV
• Broadcast audience survey conducted in the six project districts
• Radio signal coverage mapping conducted in the 6 districts

• Enabling environment for local development established;
• Women, youth and marginalized groups empowered;
• Capacity of local media outlets built;
• Greater access to information on local development & governance;
• Debates and discourses on local development and governance promoted.

Local communities are empowered to direct their own development