Shaasan – Real Time Governance

What is Shaasan?

Shaasan is a citizen-led initiative that reinvents civic engagement in Nepal.

ENGAGING THE PUBLIC

Creating Accountability and Transparency of Governmental Processes and Action.

What Do We Do?

Crowdsource

We croudscource issues and map civic issues and problems.

Scorecard

We make report cards of public officials and representatives in real-time.

Actionable Information

We provide actionable information to all concerned stakeholders.

Shaasan is grounded in three key values that empower both the citizenry and the government

Accountability

Through help of technology we aim to bring citizens and the government closer, granting power to the public through collaboration with the public sector.

Fundamental to our goal here at Shaasan is to bring about accountability in a country that relatively lacks it. Accountability is central to any well-functioning government and the need of each and every democratic society.

Transparency

Transparency of processes, of payments, of politicians, and of policies.

Our firm commitment to transparency, both in our work and in our organization, stems from our belief in its ability to create better citizens and governments

Responsiveness

Giving public officials the knowledge, skill, and mindset necessary to be responsive to their citizens.

Much of citizen engagement efforts focus on the needs of the citizens without giving due consideration for the ability of public officials to respond to their demands in a manner that is suited to their needs.

What Defines The Initiative

Responsive

We make engagement between citizens and governments virtually cost-free, thereby changing the underlying incentives that shape public decisions and nudging leaders to be more responsive and accountable to their constituents.

Holistic

Our initiative ensures that all bases are covered. Offline, we provide programs for both citizens and representatives to improve engagement and responsiveness. Our platform also ensures end-to-end accountability and transparency.

Intuitive

Our platform is made keeping normal everyday Nepali citizens at heart. The entire UI and UX was made so that anyone could understand how to use the platform intuitively.