Governance.
YDLC is building governance systems appropriate to a founding-stage, Nepal-based organisation. This page documents how accountability is structured — and is honest about what is still being established.
Registered in Nepal.
Youth Development and Leadership for Change (YDLC) is a Nepal-based organisation registered in Nepal.
Board & governing body.
YDLC's governing body provides oversight, accountability, strategic direction, and stewardship as the organisation develops its institutional work in Nepal.
Chairperson
Pratish Shrestha
Provides overall governance leadership, chairs governing-body discussions, supports institutional accountability, and helps ensure that YDLC remains aligned with its purpose, policies, and responsibilities.
7 years of relevant experience.
Vice-Chairperson
Shreya Khanal
Supports the Chairperson in governance responsibilities, contributes to strategic oversight, and helps maintain continuity in institutional decision-making and organizational development.
3 years of relevant experience.
Secretary
Alka Basnet
Supports effective governance administration, maintains organizational records and meeting processes, and helps ensure that decisions and institutional responsibilities are properly documented and followed through.
3 years of relevant experience.
Treasurer
Hari Dulal
Provides governance oversight of financial stewardship, supports responsible financial planning and reporting, and contributes to accountability in the use of organizational resources.
5+ years of relevant experience.
Programme & Strategy Director
Bhim BK
Provides strategic and programme-level oversight, helping connect YDLC's institutional direction with programme development, implementation quality, learning, and longer-term organizational priorities.
15 years of relevant experience.
Safeguarding & Ethics Lead
Nalin Shen Thapa
Supports the organization's safeguarding and ethical standards, contributes to responsible practice, and helps ensure that participation, programme delivery, and organizational conduct are guided by safety, dignity, confidentiality, and appropriate accountability.
5+ years of relevant experience.
Member, Partnerships & Community Engagement
Raj Thapa
Contributes to relationships with communities, institutions, partners, and stakeholders while supporting responsible engagement and opportunities for collaboration aligned with YDLC's purpose.
5+ years of relevant experience.
How governance decisions are made.
Stewardship
The board holds YDLC's mission, resources, and reputation in trust for the people it serves — not for any individual or faction.
Independent oversight
Governance is separate from operations. The board oversees the executive; it does not run day-to-day work.
Documented decisions
Major decisions — programme changes, spending above set thresholds, policy adoption — are recorded in writing and reviewed.
Conflict of interest
Disclosures are collected and reviewed. Individuals with a conflict withdraw from relevant decisions.
Accountability to evidence
Governance decisions are informed by measurement and reporting, including results that do not meet targets.
Transparency over time
Governance information is published as it is confirmed — not before. What is not yet confirmed is stated plainly.
Disclosures are collected and reviewed.
Conflict-of-interest disclosures are collected from all governance-role holders and reviewed by authorised administrators. Individuals with a relevant conflict withdraw from related decisions. Individual disclosure details are never published — only confirmation that the process exists and is followed.
Safety before participation.
YDLC is committed to environments where people can learn, participate, and lead safely. Concerns can be raised through confidential reporting channels, including anonymous reporting.
The safeguarding policy will be published once it has been formally adopted.
Policy library.
Policies are published here as they are formally adopted and approved for public release.
Approved policies will be published here as they are formally adopted.
Policies in development
Honest about limits.
- —No individual is listed as a governance appointment before it is formally confirmed.
- —No financial figure is published before it is formally prepared.
- —No legal status is claimed beyond what is verified.
- —No honorary title is published without a confirmed, public appointment.