Finland-Nepal Partnership Project (FNPP)

November 27, 2024

Finland-Nepal Partnership Project (FNPP)

Scouts, Peace and Security

Scouts, Peace and Security is a partnership project between Nepal Scouts (NS) & Guides and Scouts of Finland (GSF) “with support from Finland’s Development Cooperation”. GSF and NS have had a long partnership since the 1980s and it offers both organizations to fulfill global responsibility by supporting each other and its members. This project’s long-term developmental goal is to support social peace and strong youth participation in peace building in Nepal. This long-term development goal is supported by two outcomes and the impact Youth contribute to peace in their communities and at the national level. At the grassroots level, children and youth learn peacebuilding and conflict resolution skills each year as part of scouting activities. This grassroots activity is supported by high level advocacy promoted through the youth, peace and security 2250 actions. In the long run, Nepali youth will be an active part of state and local decision making and peace processes. ​​

After the end of the project, trained scouts will continue to monitor the progress of the 2250 national process and support decision makers to implement the National Action Plan.​

The overall objective is to empower young people and enhance social cohesion in Nepal and Finland through Peace Education as well as to build a more equal, fair and secure world and strengthen youth participation for development of society through Peace Education.

The goal of Scouts, Peace and Security project:

The project is divided into three main categories:

One of the main mandates of this project is non-formal education that supports children and youth development. The three main thematic areas of peace education are: conflict resolution skills, hate speech and life skills. Through this project, peace education will be included in the Youth Program of Nepal Scouts.

416 young scouts’ leaders were trained in peace education at national and provincial level in 2023 to take peace education at local scouts’ unit. Young people will obtain their SPS badge after attending peace education and completing a community project.

The young scout leaders who have participated in the training and learned about peace education and UNSCR 2250 will organize meetings with provincial decision-makers to network and discuss topics relevant to their localities with the support of project. With these meetings, it is expected that scouts establish good working relations with the decision makers in the provinces and can continue approaching them with relevant issues. These meetings also lay the groundwork for organizing ten 2250 discussion events in each province.

At the 2250 discussion events, youth and relevant provincial and local decision makers come together to discuss issues relevant to youth in the context of peace and security. Each event is reported, and a proposal is compiled by Nepal Scouts based on the event reports. The proposal is handed over to the Ministry of Youth and Sports at the 2250 launch event in 2025. Through an event and proposal that is based on youth’s experiences all around the country, it is expected that decision makers’ interest in youth, peace and security will increase. Based on the knowledge they have gained in the discussion events and the launch event, youth will be able to form a group structure to follow up with and monitor Nepal’s action to realize the Youth, Peace and Security agenda, including the development of a National Action Plan.

Overall Expected Output of the Project (2023-2025)

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