Pradip Ghimire

International Electoral Award 2013 – International Center for Parliamentary Studies (ICPS), a London based organization working for Election and Electoral Reforms awarded me the Recognition of the outstanding work on Election and Electoral Reforms in Nepal and abroad. The Award has been granted on the occasion of 7th International Electoral Affairs Symposium and International Electoral Affairs Ceremony held on the 3rd and 4th of December 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ------- I am a civil society member working for electoral system and management for more then a decade in Nepal. Working with civil society network and the Media, I gathered knowledge and expertise in the field of election and electoral system, political parties and process, human rights and democratic exercises in the new and emerging democracy. I worked with national and international organizations/missions such as National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Nepal, Asian Network for Free Election (ANFREL), UN Human Rights Commission, International Press Institute (IPI), DANIDA/HUGOU, British Embassy election observation mission, The Asia Foundation, South Asia Human Rights Documentation Center etc. in different projects and events. I have five years experience of parliamentary reporting and recently involved in consultations with the Constituent Assembly and its committees in Nepal. I have been involving for a decade long Media and human rights documentation including research and publication works as well as a top level management experiences. Election is the foundation of Democracy. I am involved in elections and electoral system including observation since after the 1990's political revolution in Nepal. In the last Constituent Assembly (CA) Election – 2008 in Nepal I worked as a coordinator of the election observation mission of the ever-largest observation group and also locally coordinated some international teams of British and ANFREL missions in the CA election in Nepal. Till the date I am coordinating National Election Monitoring Alliance (NEMA) in Nepal. I have coordinated a study team to reform electoral system and political parity strategies in elections. This study report presented to the Election Commission, Political Parties, Constituent Assembly and the Government in Nepal. I expect this study will be a landmark in democratization of the country. More than a decade long of my professional career in Democracy, Human Rights, Media and Good Governance, I always worked with a top management level consisting of a highly academic environment. I have more than a dozen publications in different issues and themes of my career field. As being a project coordinator in many projects for many years I am quite familiar with the application of Logical Framework Approach and other project tools. I have extensive experience in capacity development issues. I have conducted more than two dozen TOT and innumerable training sessions in the themes of Human Rights, Democracy, Media and Governance. My academic field of study is Sociology/Anthropology and Management. I have completed my Masters' degree in Sociology and Bachelors' degree in Management from Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

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