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Work plan of Thirteenth Executive Committee

For the purpose of making the NGS members more vibrant, dynamic, and competent, the Thirteenth Executive Committee has come up with a concrete plan of action or future programme. The work plan comprises the following six main themes:

  1. Relationship building,

  2. Communication network building,

  3. Information dissemination and management,

  4. Outreach,

  5. Competence building, and

  6. International exposure.

1           Relationship building

The Thirteenth Executive Committee will work towards building the relationship between the NGS and other professional organisations, governmental organisations, NGOs, and INGOs. Some examples of such agencies could be Nepal Engineers’ Association, UNDP, DP-NET, ICIMOD, European Commission, JICA, and USAID.

  • One of the methods of relationship building will be by organising joint seminars, joint short training programmes, interdisciplinary workshops, discussions on relevant topics, and organising joint talk programmes.

  • Some financial or other type of support from them will also be explored during the organisation of various NGS activities.

2           Communication network building

It was felt necessary to develop a stronger communication network between the NGS and its members in Nepal and abroad. It is necessary to keep the NGS members aware of all the forthcoming and implemented activities in time and seek their maximum participation, support, and co-operation.

  • Communication network building will be realised through regular emails, internet (NGS website), phone calls, letters, booklets, and pamphlets.

3           Information dissemination and management

In this age of information technology, we cannot live alone without information sharing and dissemination. Though the NGS is not capable to host a large website, we will try our best to update it in time and provide the latest information through it.

The information dissemination and management will be carried out in the following ways:

  • NGS activities posted on the web with timely updates;
  • To make a member’s portal where the name, affiliation, phone, email address, and other details of the member will be given together with her/his web address (if available and desired by the member);
  • To post various announcements, news, and other relevant information for the benefit of the NGS members;
  • To put abstracts or full papers (free/paid) published in the Journal and News Bulletin, give the information about the forthcoming issues;
  • Mutual web link development among websites of various related organisations (such as other societies, TU library, Kantipur, Nepal News, ICIMOD, NATA) by quoting URL in the NGS website and vice versa; and
  • Free distribution of NGS Bulletin to other organisations and exchange of journals with other professional associations, societies, and publishers.

4           Outreach

To make the NGS members more visible and important in the field of earth sciences, it was felt necessary to go and work with other agencies. Some planned activities are the following:

  • Involvement with the media, such as NTV, Kantipur TV, Nepal Environmental Journalists’ Forum, Sagarmatha TV, FM Radio) by giving news, making small news clips, bulletins, documentary films, and discussion programmes on various earth-science topics;

  • In case of any earth science-related hazards affecting the general public (such as earthquake, flooding, landslides, debris flows, and GLOF) and other events of NGS interest, there will be a timely response from the NGS side in the form of news release in the media, discussion forums, and information on the NGS web page;

  • Organising exhibitions, film festivals, special programmes for school children, and 10+2 students on earth science and natural disasters;

  • Interaction with the Gorkhapatra, Rising Nepal, Paryawaran, and other newspapers and journals by publishing relevant articles on various topics of the NGS interest; and

  • To seek further job opportunities in various governmental and non-governmental organisations through formal or informal discussions with respective authorities, request letters, and meetings.

5           Competence building

To widen the knowledge base of our members and interact with the professionals of other technical fields working in the same office as well as to show the competency of our profession, it is needed to update and strengthen our professional skills. For this purpose, the following plan is envisaged:

  • Regular (monthly or bimonthly) talk programmes will be organised at various premises such as the Department of Mines and Geology, Tribhuvan University, Tri-Chandra Campus, Nepal Electricity Authority office, ICIMOD, and WECs;
  • National workshops, seminars and congress will be organised for information and experience sharing among the NGS members as well as other geoscientists from Nepal and abroad;
  • Short training programmes will be conducted for young NGS members on some needed topics; and
  • NGS norms (standards) will be developed in various fields such as tunnelling, rock mechanics, soil mechanics, canal construction, road construction, groundwater, water quality and pollution, geological mapping, hazard mapping, earthquake-resistant structures, stratigraphy, and landslide mapping.

6           International exposure

To make the NGS community familiar with international activities, it is planned to carry out the following.

  • To organise a GEOSAS conference in Nepal in the coming future (if possible, next year);
  • To organise a HKT workshop in Nepal in 2010 or some other date; and
  • To organise some invited guest lectures or talk programmes by international experts on special topics.