Development Project Service Center
Development Project Service Center (DEPROSC-Nepal) is a non-profit making, non-political organization established in September 1993 under Association Registration Act 1978 as a non-governmental organization. The Center has been promoting the participatory development by enabling communities to help themselves through their own grassroots institutions. It is dedicated to uplift the socio-economic condition of the poor and disadvantaged population; it designs various income and employment augmenting programs for participatory sustainable development.Â
DEPROSC-Nepal in its 30 years of operation has an extensive experience of working in all the three ecological zones of Nepal; mountains, hills and terai. Among the 77 districts of Nepal, DEPROSC-Nepal has worked in 70 districts. At present, it is implementing 3 projects in 39 districts of Nepal. Overall, it has experience of working with 37 donors completing 96 projects serving 1.8 population in the past 30 years.
Who We Work With?
We work in coordination and collaboration with communities, three tiers of government of Nepal (federal, provincial and local), donors, local NGOs, CBOs, Private sector, Networks and other local level stakeholders at the ground.
Good Practice
DEPROSC-Nepal involves beneficiaries in the overall process of program development and designing, implementation, monitoring and evaluation with share control over the initiatives taken, over the decisions made, and resources mobilization. It values collective decision-making process, where beneficiaries and local community have their say or express their views in developing development course for their area and have participation at all levels.
Thematic Areas We Work In
DEPROSC-Nepal has expertise in the following eight thematic areas: Livelihood, Community Infrastructure, Social Protection, Education and Human Resource Development, Access to Financial Services, DRR and Humanitarian Assistance, Migration and Natural Resource Management.
Current Challenge
- Long term partnership/Strategic Partnership with donors (most of the partnership are project based)
- Capacity building interventions are of short-term nature and only address areas the NGOs are expected to deliver rather than the real needs of NGOs.
- Lack of specific budget line for organizational strengthening of local/national actors
- Very fewer overhead costs are allocated for management and future institutional development making the survival of local actors difficult.
Successes and Victories in Implementing
- Promoting people centered development by mobilizing local resources,
- Involving marginalized and disadvantaged groups in development activities,
- Developing community-based organizations into sustainable and financially viable institutions,
- Maintaining effective coordination with national and local stakeholders,
- Developing synergy among the development agencies working at the ground level,
- Maintaining transparency, visibility and accountability as per organization Code of Conduct
Get in Touch
- https://deprosc.org.np/
- gkcee5@hotmail.com, ganeshkcee@gmail.com
- Kathmandu, Nepal
