Kathmandu: The first ever United Nations Database ‘Nepal-Info’ has been launched.
The database-2002 is a common UN database which will henceforth track the development situation of this Himalayan Kingdom.
The purpose of Nepal Info, according to Mr. J. Bill Musoke, the Acting Resident Cordinator of the UN System in Nepal, is to assist the HMG/N and the UN agencies based in Kathmandu in the use of information technology to accelerate sustainable human Development in Nepal.
“This task is based on the use of information technology to promote and encourage informed, inclusive, democratic dialogues among decision-makers and among development partners”, Musoke added.
The database software tool features a comprehensive set of Social Development Indicators (98) selected to monitor the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, the UN Common Country Assessment, CCA, and other key development parameters.
With this new technology in vogue, Nepal’s intellectuals can now get all the useful data pertaining to Nepal’s development gains through the supply of authentic figures and statistics and maps as well.
The UN system is planning to reproduce up to 800 CD-ROMs for distribution to its HMG counterparts throughout the country all the way to district and village level authorities.
The CD-ROM will be bilingual one: English and Nepali.
Mr. Kris Oswalt of the Technical Support Team, CSF, briefed the use of the Nepal-Info Database-2002.