KATHMANDU: Chandragiri Municipality in Kathmandu has launched training and orientation to the cooperatives for their capacity building.

In the wake of waning status of cooperatives, the municipality has decided to empower them legally.

There are nearly 140 cooperatives in this municipality. In order for knowledge creation and sharing, it has prepared digital training resources that can be utilized via web and digital platforms.

The training materials include various 40 topics including tax, leadership development, management and institutional governance.

It is prepared by a team of experts, comprising former secretaries of Nepal government, former high level officials at cooperatives and professors.

The materials are also available in audiovisual format. It is a 150-hour content.

The training and orientation which were earlier limited to closed door classes are now available in digital format, thereby convenience the cooperative managers, learners, share holders and concerned stakeholders, according to municipality’s administrative officer, Hemraj Aryal.

“It will not only build knowledge and capacity for effective management of cooperatives, but also help solve many problems suffering this sector,” he added.

Moreover, the municipality has urged the cooperatives to issue ‘whitepaper’ and disclose property details of those who are in leadership.

Chief of economic development at municipality, Raju Bahadur Khadka, also urged all concerned to read training materials to understand well the cooperatives sector.