BY: INDIRA PANTA

MEMBER ICYC, NEPAL

indirapanta2011@gmail.com

NEPAL

NEPAL, the country of Himalayas situated

in South Asia with 147,181 sq km land.

Before 1950 there were no Knowledge of

Cooperatives

PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

Activities Glance

COOPERATIVES DATA
Total cooperative operating More then 30
Thousand
National Cooperative-1
Center federations -18
Cooperative Bank-1
Members : More than 40 lakes
Male Members:
52.69%
Women Members: 43.31%
Youth Members ??( Need to work out)

COOPS NETWORKING
National Coop Federation

District Coop Federations

Primary Coops
Individuals

Central Coop Federations (18)

District Coop Federations

(Subjective)

COOP DATA END OF 2013

SN Types of Cooperatives
1 Sa vi ngs a nd Credi t

No. of
Coops
12916

2 Mul ti -purpos e

3938

3 Agri cul ture

7095

4 Da i ry

1743

5 Cons umer

1459

6 El ectri ci ty

411

7 Vegeta bl e a nd Frui t

207

Tea

107

9 Coffee

146

10 Herba l

181

11 Bee Keepi ng
12 Communi ca ti on
13 Hea l th
14 Mi s cel l a neous
Total

64
116
89
1054
29526
DEOC : 2013

COOP DATA END OF 2013

Savings and Credit
Multi-purpose
Agriculture
Dairy
Consumer
Electricity
Vegetable and Fruit
Tea
Coffee
Herbal
Bee Keeping
Communication
Health
Miscellaneous

ACHIVEMENTS- FININCIAL COOPS IN

ASIAN STANDERD

CREDIT UNIONS PROGRESS

...

COOP ACTIVITIES

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TEA GARDEN IN EAST NEPAL

GOAT FARMING

COOP TRAININGS AND MEMBER EDUCATION

Government & Cooperatives

Government has recognized Cooperatives
as one of the important pillar for economic
dev.
Cooperative Ministry formed
National Cooperative Policy bill has been
passed in 2012
Coop Act. Amendment In progress

Issues and Challenges

For All Cooperatives

Insufficient co-operative education and

training
Internal control system is very weak
Monitoring system is not Functional
Evaluation of monitoring reports are not
reviewed
Financial Literacy and trainings is Needed

SITUATION OF YOUTH IN COOPS

No Identification of youth
No Specific Program and Policies
Regular Program is Conducting in Traditional
Basis
Insufficient Campaign regarding youth in Coop
sector
Insufficient Financial Literacy
Campaign and Education

NEED TO DO
Spread awareness about Cooperative
through interaction and campaign with
youth .
Financial Literacy and trainings is
Needed
Need to organize Seminar , Conferences
at District , Regional , National as well
as International Level
Conduct Exchange programme for the
Youth of different Cooperatives

Need To do cont.
Need to form Coop at school , College &
University level for Financial Literacy &
Entrepreneurship
Get in touch with the youth wing of various
parties and interact with them .
Arrange Cooperative training programs for
the youth particularly those who are in Ruler
Areas
Lobby and advocacy for youth involvement
in Coop Sector

Activities : IYC 2012

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