Resumen de Establishment of the Election Commission Library in Nepal

Ramesh Prajuli, Susan Garner

• The story of the development of democracy in Nepal, and the probability of the first election under a new constitution, has seen the inauguration of a unique library under the auspices of the Election Commission Nepal (ECN) in Kathmandu. With the assistance of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Australian AID (AusAID), the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) and USAID through the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), this library has developed from the foundation up. It has centralized old archives into a new building, developed policies hitherto unfamiliar, trained staff and is actively seeking to broaden its clientele to reaches beyond the city boundary. It is primarily a reference library, but in promoting the ideology of democratic processes in this previous monarchy, it seeks to broaden its influence to outer enclaves.