KATHMANDU, June 11: Denmark and Norway have provided additional Rs 700 million financial support to Local Governance and Community Development Program.

The donor agencies provided the additional financial support with a conclusion that the program played significant role in promotion of local governance. 

A total of 14 donor agencies including Denmark, Norway, Switzerland and Asian Development Bank have been providing financial support to Ward Citizen Forum and Citizen Awareness Centre run under the program.

A total of 31,414 Ward Citizen Forum have been formed in the country and 759,597 people are now involved in it.

Similarly, 174,772 women have been associated with the Citizen Awareness Centre, which has been contributing in poverty alleviation of the backward community. The donor agencies have provided Rs 2.36 billion financial support for the four-year program. RSS 

 
• local governance
 
• community development
 
• denmark
 
• norway
 
• 700 million financial support