Nepal joined the ILO in 1966. Initially, technical assistance was provided through a Liaison Office and the Office of the Senior ILO Adviser. A Country Office for Nepal was established in 2000.
Nepal has ratified 11 ILO Conventions, of which seven are Fundamental Conventions.
Nepal is passing through a historic transition and crossroad to change. After the November 2006 signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the Coalition Government of Seven-Party Alliance and the Community Party of Nepal – Maoist, a Constituent Assembly Election was held in April 2008. The resulting Constituent Assembly declared Nepal a Federal Democratic Republic in May and formed a new Government in August/September 2008.
Despite this political instability, close collaboration between the ILO and the tripartite constituents (Government, workers’ and employers’ organizations) allowed for the preparation of a Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) for the period 2008 – 2010. This DWCP is aligned with Nepal’s Three Year Interim Plan and the United Nations Development Assistance Framework.
The priority of Nepal’s DWCP is the generation of productive employment – part of the peace dividend and, more substantively, an anchor for the sustainability of that peace. To address this priority the DWCP has two strategic aims: helping to formulate coherent economic and social policies that deliver the decent jobs required; and addressing labour laws, institutions and administrative systems to create an effective balance between employers’ requirements for greater flexibility and worker’s needs for employment security.
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