Kathmandu,
Dec. 5: Minister for Industry Nabindra Raj Joshi Monday said that the
government was in the process to establish motivation centre in every district
to promote entrepreneurship and investment climate.
Speaking
at a meeting with the representatives of the Development Partners in Nepal and
national and international non-government Organisations at the Ministry, he
said that the employment generation was the topmost priority of the country at
present.
"Creating
jobs is not possible with the efforts of the government alone, we need to
collaborate with the private sector, development partners and civil society
organinsations. Therefore, this meeting has been organised," a press
statement issued by the Ministry quoted Minister Joshi.
Recognizing
the contribution of the I/NGOs in poverty alleviation and job creation in
Nepal, he said that the government aimed at engaging the youth power within the
country to achieve higher economic growth.
Secretary
of the Ministry Shankar Prasad Koirala said that the discussion was organised
to find ways to make enterprise development and entrepreneurship promotion
programmes more effective.
The
representatives of the I/NGOs urged the government to review the skill
development training that are currently implemented as per the local
requirement.
They
suggested removing the VAT bill system for the transaction of the goods
produced by the micro-entrepreneurs.
They
also recommended to create a basket fund to integrate the money mobilized by
the I/NGOs in the districts for tangible results.
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