. Credits of the image: International IDEA.
In 2015, the new Constitution of Nepal established a federal system of governance consisting of three spheres of governments —Federal, Provincial (Pradesh, 7) and Local (Palika, 753)— that exercise the state powers within the ambit of the Constitution and other laws.
With the new Constitution and the transition to the federal system in 2017, an opportunity was created to support the political coherence and technical coordination in local governments. A partnership between the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (MoFAGA), the Department for International Development (DFID, now Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office or FCDO), and International IDEA co-created the Coherence Programme with the aim of promoting political coherence in local governments through a deliberative decision-making process.