Mr. Kashi Raj Dahal, Chief, Administrative Court, Delivering his lecures on Public Participation and Its importance and Implementation status.

Mr. Kashi Raj Dahal, Chief, Administrative Court of Nepal had made his presentation on an interaction program on The Access Initiative (TAI) on 20 November 2010 for the judiciary community on ” Importance, Legal Provision and Implementation status of Public Participation” . He broadly covered the following issues of public participation along with several national and international examples of public participations and their achievements. His paper includes following aspect of the public participation . • Right to Public Participation at all stages of developmental programs • International and national laws on Public Participation • Importance of Public participation and its linkage with Access to Information and justice • Dimension of Public Participation ( right time, right venue, right approach, right people etc ) • Existing provision and practices of Public participation related laws and provisions • Role of District Administration (CDO, LDO….) , Judiciary system and others for ensuring Public Participation as and when required as defined by laws. • Way forward to ensure real Public Participation at all stage of the developmental programs. • Conclusion and recommendations