Youth Action Nepal (YOAC) came in existence in the year 2003 with the initiation of Nepalese university students considering the vulnerable social, economic and political situation of Nepal after the origination of armed conflict and the existing structural forms of human rights violations. There are considerable numbers of NGOs and community based organisations and their activities have also reached through out the country but there was still the lack of organisation that had purely focused their activities for the active involvement of youth in community development process.

Youth Action Nepal has been established   through the legal registration process in the District Administration Office, Kathmandu in the Year 2004. Its registration number is 1049/060/061. Youth Action Nepal has also been affiliated with Social Welfare Council (SWC) with the affiliation number 17001.

To create pro-human rights, democratic and just society through active youth participation from local to national to international level

Youth will work in the democratic environment in the new community building process where the human dignity is respected and human rights, peace and inclusive democracy will be the prevailed culture

Chairperson
Pawan Roy (29 yrs)

Pawan Roy since the inception of Youth Action Nepal has accompanied the executive team with various responsibilities at different level. He has been working as a Human Rights young activist since last decade. He has profound knowledge on contemporary Human Rights, Social and youth issues. He has acquired his four years bachelor degree from Pokhara University and currently pursuing his Masters in Economics in Tribhuwan University. He is enthusiast, creative and proactive leader among community level Youth. Not even that he has good interest on taking lead on challenges faced by young people on Nepal. He has plenty of knowledge on global issues concerning young people. Being a youth from Madhis he has established to build the concept of all equal all different in national level.

On concrete, he has also developed good writing skills and has written number of articles on youth issues.

Vice Chairperson
Rajendra Adhikari (26 yrs)

Rajendra Adhikari is an energetic youth figure from mid-western terai region resembling grassroots youth. He is a good advocate of community youth since the establishment of Youth Action Nepal. Formerly he has been working as a mid –western coordinator for more than two years and since then he has been actively working for the youth from all over Nepal. Rajendra being a prominent figure for youth has been working for Search for Common Ground Nepal office which works for children and young people on information and communication.

Secretary General
Gopi Krishna Bhattarai (25 yrs)

Gopi Krishna Bhattarai is youth human rights activist since 2002. He has six years experience on Human Rights and Social Justice. He is good trainer on human rights and mass communication. Since his involvement in human rights and social justice, has been dynamically working in the field of human rights in grassroots level to national. He has the expertise on fact finding mission that he has led the several fact findings mission on human rights violation incident. Currently Gopi is working for Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC).

Secretary
Rupa Kumari Upreti (26 yrs)

Rupa Kumari Upreti is from central terai and pursing her Masters degree in rural development from Tribhuwan University. She is active in networking, campaigning and also in training. She has an experience working with Youth Action Nepal since half decade and generated expertise on gender and social inclusion issues related with women and marginalized communities. She has also keen interest on political issues and is active to advocate for the common representation of young people in every aspects of development.

Treasurer
Bhawana Bhatta (25)

Bhawana bhatta knows no boundaries when it comes to the issue of young women from grassroots communities. She loves to advocate gender and social inclusion issues relating with young people. She is doing her bachelors from Tribhuwan University and is active in writing social articles relating with women vulnerabilities.

General Assembly is the supreme body of organisation which elects executive committee in every two years. General Assembly also has authority to the approval of financial and progress report of organisation carried out in past year and also directs to adopt certain policies and programmes and the amendment of existing policies and programmes.

Executive Committee has the authority to develop policies and programmes of organisation in depth and take all organisational responsibilities as per the guidance of General Assembly. Executive Committee will hold meeting in every two months to the approval of already adopted policies and programmes and to make new decisions. Executive committee will also have authority to the formation of General Secretariat who has authorised to lead day-to-day office works as per the given authority by the executive committee. Executive committee will also have authority to the nomination of five member advisory board as per the need of organisation.

General Secretariat will led by either executive Chairperson or Secretary-General or the person specified by the decision of executive committee. General Secretariat will have responsibilities for the operation of day-to-day office work, contacting volunteers, members, professional group and network organisations, fundraising, building partnership and networking with national and international organisations, implementation of project activities, management and supervision of other staffs and volunteers and other essential work as per the need of organisation.

General members, volunteers, professional groups and the network organisation will work under the policy thrust of organisation as per the decision of General assembly. General members will have authority to be the delegate of General Assembly where as volunteers, professional group and the network organisations’ representative will be the observer of the assembly.