National Consultation on Standardization of Peer Education

National Consultation on Standardization of Peer Education was held at Summit Hotel, Kupondole that brought 50 peer educators representing different organizations of Nepal. The consultation meeting was held for two day i.e. 24th and 25th June 2012 and  was organized by Youth Peer Education Nepal (Y-PEER Nepal) with the support of UNFPA Country office Nepal. Mostly youth (15-24 years ) were the participants and most of the youths were peer educators working in different field related to sexual  and reproductive health, drugs, LGBTI, etc.

Basically the two days consultation meeting focus on the gathering the views and recommendation from the participants on the two major questions:

1.      Since different approaches to peer education have been in practice, what would be the minimum standard of the peer education approaches?

2.      What are the modality, quality and standard for peer education in Nepal?

The consultation meeting was facilitated by Anup Adhikari and Ram Krishna Parajuli. The two days consultation gave out some recommendations for the standardization of peer education in Nepal. The detail about the consultation meeting will soon be circulated to all member organization. Y-PEER Nepal is very grateful to all the participants, facilitators and volunteer for their participation and support. Their active participation had made the program successful.