CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT WEBINAR SERIES
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ith the declaration of COVID 19 as a Pandemic, the group activities of Nepal Scouts halted for an uncertain time. In this situation, Nepal Scouts continued its activities and programs through a virtual platform. In addition, Nepal Scouts also carried on leadership development and Capacity Intensification of National and Assistant National Leader Trainers into core consideration. Capable Leader Trainers are the most valuable assets as they hold the competency to produce competent Scout Masters who work in the grass-root level and implement Youth Programme to achieve vision and mission set by the organization. To address the circumstances and need of Nepal Scouts, Capacity Enhancement Webinar Series was successfully conducted on 7th Aug 2020 to 19th Sept 2020 every Friday (3:00 PM to 5:00 PM) and Saturday (5:00 PM to 7:00 PM) for 7 weeks with a total of 14 sessions. The main objective of the webinar series was to provide sessions on updated and contextual topics related to Scouting and Leadership Development. The specific objectives of the Programme were: To provide an opportunity for leader trainers
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to share scouting knowledge through a virtual platforms. To support in capacity enhancement of leader trainers by providing updated information on the scouting topics. To upgrade the quality of upcoming training of Nepal Scouts In the sessions, valuable inputs were given by the resource person invited from WAGGGS, WOSM, Nepal Scouts and other related fields. The closing session of the programme was conducted on 20th Sept. 2020 in the presence of National Coordinator, Mr. Lok Bahadur Bhandari, and eminent guests from WAGGGS and WOSM. Virtual certification of participants and resource person, sharing of programme highlights, keynote speeches from Mr. JR. C Pangilinan, Regional Director, WSB, AP support Center and Ms. Katherine Ann Charcyos Puyo, ViceChairperson, AP Regional Committee, WAGGGS were major activities of the programme. The programme was officially concluded with the closing remarks from Mr. Lok Bahadur Bhandari, National Coordinator.
