Nepal Sports Council (NSC) is an autonomous sports body under the ministry of Education and Sports. NSC has 4 departments and 54 affiliated associations. BizMantra is currently involved with Nepal Sports Council (NSC) in helping draw its Vision, Mission and Strategy.

After the popular mass uprising of April 2006, Mr. Jeevan Ram Shrestha was appointed the Member Secretary of Nepal Sports Council.

Having led the NSC in 1998, Mr. Shrestha felt the need to clarify and communicate the Vision of Nepali sports to the NSC stakeholders and the public at large. The first part is to draw a concrete Vision and Mission for NSC, which are not susceptible to the political winds. The second part is the restructuring of NSC in the context of the changed political scenario of the country. BizMantra has been retained to undertake the two part assignment in partnering with NSC.

A major milestone was the Half Day Strategy Session that took place on 25th September 2006. A total of around 25 people including coaches, directors of different departments and other individuals took part in the session that took place at Satdobato sports complex. The objective of this half day strategy session was to orient the participants on Vision and Mission, and the role they play in enhancing Team Spirit. Mr. Jayan Nyachyon and Mr. Umanga Pandey from BizMantra gave presentations which were facilitated by Mr. Suman Shakya, Mr. Trishakti Joshi and Mr. Roshan Maharjan.

BizMantra plans to conduct a longer session in the future where all the stakeholders’ views and expectations will be incorporated to draw a common Vision and Mission for Nepal Sports Council. It was clear that the participants list should include long term staff, line ministry representatives and the National Planning Commission. There is also the need for better logistical management and full participation of the Council members. BizMantra and NSC request all stakeholders to participate and share their experiences. You can email your views to BizMantra at bizmantra.np@gmail.com.

An interaction program was held on 19th October, 2006 at the office of BizMantra at Chakupat. The participants included Ms. Afifa Raihana, Coordinator, Knowledge Center, SEDF, and members of different organizations of Nepal that are directly or indirectly involved in the promotion of SMEs in Nepal. These organizations included Real Solutions, MFID, SAIM, CEFI, ORION and FNCCI. The main objective of the FGD was to understand the Nepalese market and to share Ms. Afifa’s experience on SME development in South Asia.

Mr. Trishakti Joshi, Executive Director, BizMantra, started the interaction by welcoming all the participants. This was followed by a brief introduction of the participants. After the round of introductions, Ms. Afifa Raihana briefed the participants on SEDF and the role it has been playing in the promotion of SMEs in Nepal and South Asia. She further elaborated on the relationship between BizMantra and SEDF.

Other prominent speakers of the interaction were Mr. A.R. Bhattarai, General Manager, CEFI, Mr. Govinda Dev Pandey, Executive Director, FNCCI, Mrs. Shyam Badan Shrestha, Mr. Arjun Bhattarai, General Secretary, ECON, Mr. Pravin Lama, Officer, SAIM and Mr. Gaurab Man Sherchan, Managing Director, ORION.

Ms. Afifa Raihana and all the participants found the program informative and interactive. Mr. Govinda Dev Pandey and CEFI have also shown interest in working with BizMantra and have proposed to exchange links with BizMantra web site. The participants also stressed on the need for more advertisements in order to promote BizMantra.