Programs

6th Annual General Meeting of COCAP

The 6th Annual General Assembly of COCAP was held in Local Development Training Academy, Lalitpur, Jawalakhel from August 15 – 16, 2008. Representatives from member organizations, secretariat and some volunteers attended the Meeting. There was open discussion in various issues relating to the member organizations, the Secretariat and volunteers. The AGM was chaired by the chairperson Suvash Darnal.
The main discussions and decisions of the Meeting are as follows:

  • The meeting started with the introduction of all the members, guests, volunteers and staff.
  • Expressed an honour and gratitude to the cycle campaign volunteers with the token of appreciation(Copper Plate)
  • Nine months progress report was presented by general secretary Deepak Bhattarai which was approved by the AGM
  • The audit report was presented by the account officer Purna Bdr Shrestha due to the absence of Sunita Basuwa, treasurer. The AGM approved the financial report after much discussion and clarifications given by the officer.
  • Decisions were made to form a committee to monitor the financial and administrative activities of COCAP on a regular basis. Likewise the AGM also decided the system of Social Audit to be followed from the next AGM.
  • Volunteer mobilization guideline was read out by the board member Usha Baruwal. After much discussion and clarification the AGM decided to approve the guideline only after certain amendment
  • Mourned for a minute on the demise of Bardiya district’s Civil Society President, Govinda Prasad Pandey. Mr. Pandey was shot to death by the unidentified group
  • Presentation of first phase progress report of SWEET Nepal, Kanchanpur and SAC Nepal, Banke’s NGO capacity building project. The proposal submitted by SWEET/SAC Nepal was similar to that of COCAP’s proposal. Hence, the AGM decided to include some more activities in the project. They are:
  1. Participatory Organizational Capacity Assessment Program (POCAP) for new organizations
  2. Organizing POCAP TOT for the members
  3. Support member organizations in management level
  4. Network with donor agencies, INGOs and NGOs
  5. Observation, monitoring and evaluation of the project
  • Discussions were also made on the organizational restructuring of COCAP. The AGM decided to establish COCAP regional offices in appropriate districts, which will be convenient for all the member organizations. The formation of 15 executive committee members was also approved, including 4 members representing each development regions as chairpersons, 1 member from the remote area and 2 members representing women. Furthermore, each regional committee will appoint general secretary and treasurer afterwards.
  • Strategic responsibilities of each member will be assigned by the executive committee
  • Initiatives to include handicap organization in COCAP’s organizational structure from the next AGM
  • Responsibilities given to executive committee to structure the advisory committee
  • Amendment of constitution according to the above decisions made by the AGM
  • Election committee was formed in the chairmanship of Mr. Dinmani Pokharel with the support of Yagya Aryal, Durga Karki and Biju Aryal. The assigned committee successfully conducted the entire election procedure which formed a new executive committee. The newly elected committee are as follows

1. Deepak Kumar Bhattarai-Chairperson
2. Bishnu Bahadur Khatri-General Secretary
3. Usha Baruwal-Treasurer
4. Basu Dhakal- Member/Coordinator (Chairperson, Central Region)
5. Binod Chaudhary-Member (Chairperson, Eastern Region)
6. Rima BC-Member (Chairperson, Western Region)
7. Resham Pariyar-Member (Chairperson, Mid-Western Region)
8. Nar Bahadur Sawood-Member (Chairperson, Far-Wester Region)
9. Rem Bahadur BK-Member (Dalit)
10. Jung Bahadur Singh-Member (Madheshi)
11. Dolakh Raskoti-Member (Janajati)
12. Pandu Pariyar-Member (Woman)
13. Jayanti Neupane-Member (Woman)
14. Naula Sing Rokaya-Member (Karnali)
15. Binita Maharjan (Volunteer)

Finally the AGM concluded with the vote of thanks by the newly elected committee. Hence, the 6th AGM ended with more expectation and support from the new executive committee.