Basic Operating Guidelines
The Danish Embassy and Danida, along with other international development agencies, have adopted a set of Basic Operating Guidelines (popularly referred to as the BOGs) for development assistance in Nepal. 1. We are in Nepal to contribute to improvements in the quality of life of the people of Nepal. Our assistance focuses on reducing poverty, meeting basic needs and enabling communities to become self-sufficient. 2. We work through the freely expressed wishes of local communities, and we respect the dignity of people, their culture, religion and customs. 3. We provide assistance to the poor and marginalized people of Nepal, regardless of where they live and who they are. Priorities for assistance are based on need alone, and not on any political, ethnic or religious agenda. 4. We ensure that our assistance is transparent and we involve poor people and their communities in the planning, management and implementation of programmes. We are accountable to those whom we seek to assist and to those providing the resources. 5. We seek to ensure that our assistance tackles discrimination and social exclusion, most notably based on gender, ethnicity, caste and religion. 6. We recruit staff on the basis of suitability and qualification for the job, and not on the basis of political or any other considerations. 7. We do not accept our staff and development partners being subjected to violence, abduction, harassment or intimidation, or being threatened in any manner. 8. We do not work where staff are forced to compromise core values or principles. 9. We do not accept our assistance being used for any military, political or sectarian purposes. 10. We do not make contributions to political parties and do not make any forced contributions in cash or kind. 11. Our equipment, supplies and facilities are not used for purposes other than those stated in our programme objectives. Our vehicles are not used to transport persons or goods that have no direct connection with the development programme. Our vehicles do not carry armed or uniformed personnel. 12. We do not tolerate the theft, diversion or misuse of development or humanitarian supplies. Unhindered access of such supplies is essential. 13. We urge all those concerned to allow full access by development and humanitarian personnel to all people in need of assistance, and to make available, as far as possible, all necessary facilities for their operations, and to promote the safety, security and freedom of movement of such personnel. 14. We expect and encourage all actors concerned to comply strictly with international humanitarian principles and human rights law.
Click on the links in the right pane to download the BOGs in English or Nepali.The BOGs have been signed by:1. CIDA2. Danida3. DFID4. EC5. The Embassy of Finland6. GTZ7. JICA8. NORAD9. SDC10. SNV11. RC12. AIN
in English and in Nepali
