People’s Participation
MINISTER for Finance Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat initiated the construction work of
the building of Nepal Children’s Organisation amidst a function in Nuwakot the other
day. Addressing the function Minister Mahat said that there is no dearth of resources for
any individual or organisation to get involved in the social and development work in the
country. It is true that the main motivating factor behind social and philanthropic work
is the commitment to work for the people and the nation. At present efforts are on to
accelerate the pace of social and economic development so that the people’s living
standard could be improved. Besides the government, several international and national
non-governmental organisations are actively involved in the social and economic
development of Nepal. It has been realised that development is not possible with the
efforts of government alone. The government builds infrastructure and creates a congenial
atmosphere for social and economic development in the country. It is the people, community
and civil society, which needs to be active and conscious in development activities and
get involved in it. The more social and philanthropic attitude is developed, the more
social and development is possible. The first step for the social and economic development
of a society and the country is the consciousness about development and its concept. This
consciousness mobilises the people for their own development. Development becomes
sustainable only when people get involved in the development activities. It is thus the
participatory approach towards development that is being emphasised these days. It is the
role of civil society to generate awareness among the people about the concept of
development and encourage people’s participation in the development activities.
People are the central focus of development. Since development is for the people, it
should be carried out by the people themselves. In the participatory approach of
development, people are the most important and precious resource and if this resource is
properly utilised and mobilised, the country and society can easily achieve the desired
goal of development. As said by Minister Mahat, when people are actively involved in their
own development, there will not be any scarcity of resources. The fundamental and most
important thing for development is the motivation and consciousness. Thus, development
activities need to be launched and implemented with active popular participation, which
caters to the need of the people and makes the development project sustainable.
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