Building on past knowledge & experience
for better public policy development & discourse
About Us
Established in 2001, Centre for Public Policy Dialogue (CPPD) is a Nepal-based NGO involved in research, training, dialogues, and advisory activities on various issues of Nepalese national development. CPPD also serves as the research wing of International Development Institute, a capacity building and training institute based in Washington DC, United States. CPPD seeks to use its unique blend of theoretical knowledge and practical experiences to provide a forum where professionals, experts and stakeholders from different walks of life can meet, discuss, interact and analyses development issues in the best interest of Nepal. Read More
Our Mission
Our mission is to improve the public policies through research, training and dialogue for prosperous Nepal.
Our Vision
Our vision is to provide platform for essential information sharing through research and policy dialogue to shape the better Nepal.
Objectives
- Help formulate people-oriented development policies.
- Provide policy inputs on development issues.
- Play a catalytic role in terms of generating ideas to address contemporary development issues the country is facing, and
- Conduct research studies, training programs, dialogues and provide forum to policy makers, professionals, experts and stakeholders to share, interact, discuss and deliberate on various issues.
Policies
- Conduct studies including feasibility and impact assessments, analyses, and research works on issues such as Nepal’s economic policy, industry, trade, labor, good governance, gender mainstreaming, youth-related issues, poverty reduction, social inclusion in development programs, resource mobilizations and management in federal units, rural development, urbanization, environment protection, bilateral and multilateral treaties and governance.
- Organize interaction programs, seminars, trainings, dialogues, round-table meetings and talk programs.
- Organize workshops and trainings for development workers, corporate houses, grass-root development facilitators and linking up with those at the policy-making level.
- Bring public concerns to the notice of the policy-makers, carry out research on different aspects of development.
What We Do
Research
Activities
CPPD independent research, analysis, and policy development aims to open up opportunities and prosperity for all Nepalese. During the last two decades, CPPD has undertaken several research projects studies on issues of development economics, See More
Seminars & Workshops
CPPD organizes seminars and workshop to policy makers, professionals, experts and stakeholders to share, interact and discuss and learn about issues such as Nepal’s economic policy, industry, trade, labor, good governance bilateral and multilateral See More
Public Talk
Programs
Public Talk program and civil discourse is the corner stone of any democratic society. Since, its inception days, CPPD has continuously involved itself with organizing talk program on various themes and issues which need policy attention. See More
Training Programs
CPPD provides a variety of training courses for CSOs, civil servants, policy analysts engaged in development projects. Previously it had conducted training programs on income tax planning and tax management to private and public See More