NEPAL: REVISED 2008 END-USE MONITORING REPORT

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 KATHMANDU 000147 SIPDIS INL/RM/MS AND SCA/INS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: SNAR AFIN NP SUBJECT: NEPAL: REVISED 2008 END-USE MONITORING REPORT REF: A. STATE 9139 ¶B. KATHMANDU 82 ¶C. KATHMANDU 81 ¶D. 08 STATE 127211 ¶E. 08 KATHMANDU 148 ¶1. The following is Kathmandu's revised End-Use Monitoring Reporting for calendar year 2008, formatted as per Ref D. PROCEDURES -------------- ¶A. Inventory Management EUM Program Coordinator: Senior Law Enforcement Advisor Denver Fleming, tel: 977 400 7200 x.4366, email: FlemingDH@state.gov Inventory System: Manual file system, including procurement, receiving documents, and handover forms Staff Member Responsibilities: One project management assistant (locally-employed staff) compares handover forms to inventory records. Other USG Agency Assistance: N/A ¶B. Counterpart Agencies Recipient: Supreme Court and district courts Receipt: INL handover form ¶C. On-site Inspections Number of scheduled on-site inspections performed: 1 Number of unscheduled on-site inspections performed: 2 Number of counterpart sites and cities visited: 6 in Morang district (not including additional four sites in Morang in January 2009) Date and location of on-site inspections performed: February 2008 in Morang district (6 counterpart sites); July 2008 in Kathmandu (unscheduled); November 2008 in Kathmandu (scheduled); December 2008 in Kathmandu (unscheduled) Number of donated items subject to inspections: 256 Percentage of donated items personally inspected: 60 percent ¶D. Secondary Methods of Monitoring Resource Status Comparison of Records: Post manually compares records with the Supreme Court. In previous years, post also compared records with the National Drug Control and Law Enforcement Unit and Nepal Police. Discussions: Post's Senior Law Enforcement Advisor and assistant conduct monthly discussions to monitor resource status. Percentage Monitored: 40 percent STATUS COMMODITIES -------------- ¶A. Type of Commodity and Project: 65 power transformers-stabilizers; 61 Dell PCs; 65 monitors; 65 uninterrupted power supply units ¶B. Location: Supreme Court and 15 district courts KATHMANDU 00000147 002 OF 003 
 ¶C. Use: To facilitate use of desktop computers and printers. ¶D. Condition: Working ¶E. Unmonitored Commodities: N/A STATUS INVENTORIES -------------- ¶A. Aircraft: N/A ¶B. Vehicles: N/A ¶C. Vessels: N/A ¶D. Weapons: N/A STATUS SERVICES -------------- ¶A. Construction Projects: N/A ¶B. Demand Reduction Services: N/A ¶C. Other Processional Services: N/A PROGRAM IMPACT -------------- Computer equipment: The power transformers-stabilizers facilitate the use of 110v UPS units that are incompatible with Nepal's power grid. Workstations can operate for 20 minutes after a power outage -- of which Kathmandu experiences up to 16 hours per day -- enabling employees to save their work and complete the essential task of providing judicial services to the Nepalese public. PROBLEMS AND CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS -------------- ¶A. Unmonitored Resources: N/A ¶B. Repair and Maintenance of Commodities: N/A ¶C. Lack of Use and Misuse of Commodities: N/A ¶D. Disposal of Commodities: In 2008, the Government of Nepal (GON) removed all items tracked in previous reports -- including motorcycles and bicycles provided to the Nepal Police Women's Cell and the Nepal Drug Control and Law Enforcement Unit in 1996 -- from GON inventory because of breakage and non-repairable status. ¶E. Other Problems: N/A. Post has full access for end-use monitoring as needed. Embassy Comment -------------- ¶2. Post's Senior Law Enforcement Advisor judges that items provided to Nepalese law enforcement units prior to 2005 with International Narcotics and Law Enforcement funding have performed beyond their useful life and did not report them in the End-Use Monitoring Report for calendar year 2008 (Ref B). With the exception of computer equipment for the courts, the GON has removed all items -- including motorcycles and bicycles provided to the Nepal Police Women's Cell and the Nepal Drug Control and Law Enforcement Unit in 1996 (Refs A and E) -- from GON inventory because of breakage and non-repairable status. In 2008, the Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program funded 65 power transformers-stabilizers to facilitate the use of desktop computers and printers at the KATHMANDU 00000147 003 OF 003 Supreme Court and district courts. These have been accounted for, along with previously donated computer equipment, by post personal inspection. Please see detailed accounting above. ¶3. Nepal was not a recipient of INL-funded programs between 2005 and 2009. On January 23, 2009, the Government of Nepal signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) for long-term law enforcement assistance worth more than USD 2.5 million to the Home Ministry, Nepal Police, and Armed Police Force (Ref C). Post looks forward to the opportunity to assess the impact of this INL-funded assistance in the End-Use Monitoring Report for calendar year 2009. POWELL