AIN attended the 37th Social Service Day celebration organized by SWC. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Guest of the event Honorable Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal stressed on need to make SWC's motto "Atma Saachi rakhi man vachan ra karma le sewa garau'(Let our Soul be the Witness to the Social Service Work we do from our Heart) true to its spirit. He remarked that social service is a global trend and the work & contributions of non-government organizations is commendable. However, he emphasized that one needs to be accountable and transparent, while reaching the most needy and marginalized. Nepal is going through a big political change. The new SWC ACTshould be in line with the new Constitution and meet the requirements of Regions and Provinces withinthe Federal system.The Prime Minister as the Chair of SWC stressed on the need of seeking consultation and cooperation of the INGOs and NGOs for the formulation and effective implementation of the new ACT. INGOs and NGOs are growing in number but one needs to review its activities to check if they are doing real socialwork or not. There has been news of some not being accountable and just doing work for generating income for mnews_iddle class population.

MoF in coordination with AIN has organized refresher trainings on 8, 13 and 16 September 2016 at hotel Himalaya. For the purpose of anews_id transparency and anews_id predictability, Anews_id Management Platform (AMP), an online web-based information system set up in the Ministry of Finance. All development partners have been given access to this and they are reporting anews_id information into the system regularly.

AIN pays courtesy visit to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) Secretary Mr. Secretary Yadav Prasad Koirala and Under Secretary Kosha Hari Niraula lead by AIN Chairperson Dr. Prabin Manandhar, SC Member Tej Hari Ghimire, Secretariat staff Lucky Gurung, Reshma Shrestha and Yubin Pujari. During the meeting AIN shared few key concerns regarding the security threats and attacks faced by various INGOs. AIN Chair Dr. Prabin Manandhar also raised concern over the donation drive that has been focused at INGOs working specially in the 14 earthquake affected districts.

An introduction program was held between AIN members, Social Welfare Council (SWC) officials and officials of National Information Commission (NIC).

The newly elected members of the AIN Steering Committee panews_id courtesy visit to SWC. The SC was lead by Chairman Dr. Prabin Manandhar and included members Udaya Manandhar and Dr.Tej Hari Ghimire.

Congratulations to the six newly elected AIN Steering Committee Members. Office Bearer's information will be announced soon.

Room to Read retained AIN Futsal Cup after beating Mercy Corps in the finals of the 4th AIN Futsal Cup. The final was decnews_ided by a tie breaker after both the teams were locked at four each at the final whistle.

AIN Steering Committee meeting with CEO of NRA National Reconstruction Authority, Mr. Sushil Gyawali at his office to discuss about role of INGOs in NRA.

AIN SC members pays courtesy visit at National Planning Commission, 12 January 2016 with Mr. Yubaraj Khatiwada.