NITI FOUNDATION

Niti Foundation is a Nepali non-profit organization that funds policy research, innovations, and alternatives. With local and international support, Niti promotes individual and organizational initiatives that strengthen policy engagement and ownership capacity in Nepal. Through its funding and technical assistance, Niti also enables access to intellectual resources and platforms for policy discourse and contestation. Niti was established in June 2010 with initial funding from a group of policy entrepreneurs in Nepal and Open Society Institute, and institutional support and technical assistance from The Asia Foundation.