24+
Years of Service
14,000+
Citizens Engaged
75
Districts Reached
24+
Years of Service
14,000+
Citizens Engaged
75
Districts Reached
Established 2000 · Regd. No. 413/057/58
Established in 2000 (Regd. No. 413/057/58) as an independent, non-partisan civil society organization. IGD is committed to enhancing the capacity of both citizens and public sphere institutions to engage together to build a just and democratic society through appropriate institutional and procedural choices. It strives for the achievement of equity, justice, inclusion, and transformation with a preponderant focus on citizen participation and empowerment with a view to contribute towards deepening democracy, strengthening participatory governance, and the progressive realization of justice for peace and positive transformation of society.
Our Direction
IGD upholds core democratic values of transparency, tolerance, non-discrimination, diversity, and collective spirit.
Listening carefully is where useful action begins.
Figures below come from IGD's own project reporting on the constituent assembly civic education programme and the CDSG/GIZ community mediation training.
Our People
A multidisciplinary team of governance professionals, researchers and mediation practitioners.
Executive Director & Governance Specialist
Senior development and governance expert with over two decades of experience leading civic engagement, decentralized local governance, and public policy formulation in Nepal. Spearheaded IGD's landmark programs with GIZ, EU, CIVICUS, and The Asia Foundation.
Distinguished Governance Advisor & Consortium Chair
Former Chief Election Commissioner of Nepal and internationally acclaimed authority on democratic elections, state restructuring, and civic participation. Advises IGD on subnational civic spaces and constitutional governance reforms.
Director of Programs & Mediation Lead
Pioneering practitioner in community mediation and women's access to justice. Has trained hundreds of local Judicial Committee members and rural female dispute resolvers across Tanahun, Mustang, and Gandaki Province.
Senior Research & Policy Fellow
Specialist in public finance, municipal budget transparency, and empirical field surveys. Author of numerous policy papers examining federalization, grassroots service delivery, and citizen report cards in Nepal.
Field Operations & Indigenous Alliances Coordinator
Expert in grassroots mobilization, indigenous people's rights, and inter-community dialogues. Led the European Union-supported cultural diversity project across 80 VDCs in central and western Nepal.
IGD works with local governments, development partners, civil society networks and community institutions across Nepal. Tell us what you are trying to change and we will tell you how we can help.