NEPAL: REVISED 2008 END-USE MONITORING REPORT

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INL/RM/MS AND SCA/INS

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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
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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
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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


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C. Use: To facilitate use of desktop computers and printers.


D. Condition: Working


E. Unmonitored Commodities: N/A


STATUS INVENTORIES
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A. Aircraft: N/A


B. Vehicles: N/A


C. Vessels: N/A


D. Weapons: N/A


STATUS SERVICES
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A. Construction Projects: N/A


B. Demand Reduction Services: N/A


C. Other Processional Services: N/A


PROGRAM IMPACT
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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
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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
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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

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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