Kathmandu, Aug. 23
The National Reconstruction Authority
(NRA) is organising a national symposium to share the experiences, good
practices and learnings in the post-quake reconstruction in the last five years
after the Gorkha Earthquake 2015.
The web-based 'National Symposium on
Nepal's Reconstruction (NSNR-2020)’ will be held from 24 to 27 August, Monday
to Thursday.
According to the Executive Committee
member and coordinator of the conference, Dr. Chandra Bahadur Shrestha, the
programme is being organised to bring different agencies, partners, organisers,
experts and individuals involved in the post-quake reconstruction and
rehabilitation process to a single platform.
"We aim to assess the successes,
achievements and weaknesses and create common opinion on the topic, and inform
the international community about it," he said.
This national dialogue is being
organised as a preparation for the larger international conference to be
organised in the future.
The symposium will deliberate on the topics
like private house, public and social infrastructure, and cultural heritage
reconstruction, livelihood, rescue and relief, and good governance. About 60
research papers will be presented in the symposium, said Dr. Shrestha.
Deputy Spokesperson of the NRA and
Member Secretary of the Symposium Organising Committee Manohar Ghimire said
that representatives of the government agencies including the NRA, donor
agencies and development partners, thematic experts, quake-affected people,
private sector and programmers will participate in the conference.
Interested individuals can contact the
reconstruction body via email to participate in the symposium. It will have
four technical sessions each day.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 24 August 2020.
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