{"id":16493,"date":"2022-12-13T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T07:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/?p=16493"},"modified":"2022-12-21T13:55:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T12:55:16","slug":"introducing-our-sec-coordinators-and-their-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/en\/introducing-our-sec-coordinators-and-their-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing our SEC coordinators and their countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h3 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >Part 1 \u2013 Neeraj Singhal, NEPAL<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1140808812\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1503974996\" class=\"col medium-3 small-12 large-3\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1814388967\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Neeraj_Web-900x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Neeraj_Web-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Neeraj_Web-scaled-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Neeraj_Web-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Neeraj_Web-280x187.jpg 280w, https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Neeraj_Web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Neeraj_Web-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Neeraj_Web-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1814388967 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-969590312\" class=\"col medium-9 small-12 large-9\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p><strong>Neeraj Singhal<\/strong> is our longest-serving coordinator. The former Deputy Project Manager started his involvement with the SEC program in 2003 together with a project management position for Swisscontact Nepal. Since then, a lot has changed, and Neeraj is working full time to identify and support potential SEC clients. His favourite aspect of the SEC program is that it brings Swiss-ness to Nepal and that it transfers innovation and technology to SMEs in Nepal. He loves\u00a0 working in this intercultural environment and with the diverse group of people within Nepal, his fellow SEC coordinators, the SEC experts, and his SEC colleagues at Zurich HO. Together with Nicole Luis, he has organised more than 650 assignments to date.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Nepali hospitality \u2013 A diverse multicultural country with 126 ethnic groups and 123 local languages. It has SMEs with young entrepreneurs, who are eager to learn from Swisscontact SEC Experts.&#8221;, says Neeraj about the uniqueness of Nepal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h4 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >Facts &amp; Figures Nepal<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h4><\/div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #faf7f7\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 21px;vertical-align: top;border-color: #565a5c;background-color: #faf7f7\"><strong><span style=\"color: #565a5c\">Capital<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 21px;vertical-align: top;border-color: #565a5c;background-color: #faf7f7\"><span style=\"color: #565a5c\">Kathmandu<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #faf7f7\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 21px;vertical-align: top;border-color: #565a5c;background-color: #faf7f7\"><strong><span style=\"color: #565a5c\">Area in km2<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 21px;vertical-align: top;border-color: #565a5c;background-color: #faf7f7\"><span style=\"color: #565a5c\">175,516<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #faf7f7\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 21px;vertical-align: top;border-color: #565a5c;background-color: #faf7f7\"><strong><span style=\"color: #565a5c\">Population<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 21px;vertical-align: top;border-color: #565a5c;background-color: #faf7f7\"><span style=\"color: #565a5c\">28,609,000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #faf7f7\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 21px;vertical-align: top;border-color: #565a5c;background-color: #faf7f7\"><strong><span style=\"color: #565a5c\">Language(s)<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 21px;vertical-align: top;border-color: #565a5c;background-color: #faf7f7\"><span style=\"color: #565a5c\">Nepali and 123 local languages<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #faf7f7\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 21px;vertical-align: top;border-color: #565a5c;background-color: #faf7f7\"><strong><span style=\"color: #565a5c\">SEC assignments conducted since 1997<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 21px;vertical-align: top;border-color: #565a5c;background-color: #faf7f7\"><span style=\"color: #565a5c\">825<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #faf7f7\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 21px;vertical-align: top;border-color: #565a5c;background-color: #faf7f7\"><span style=\"color: #565a5c\"><strong>Main industries of assignments since 1997<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 21px;vertical-align: top;border-color: #565a5c;background-color: #faf7f7\"><span style=\"color: #565a5c\">Education (29 %), Food (23 %), Tourism (11 %), Management (7 %)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #faf7f7\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 75px;vertical-align: top;border-color: #565a5c;background-color: #faf7f7\"><strong><span style=\"color: #565a5c\">Swisscontact in Nepal<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 75px;vertical-align: top;border-color: #565a5c;background-color: #faf7f7\"><span style=\"color: #565a5c\">Since 1991<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #565a5c\">6 projects are currently running<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #565a5c\">Learn more about Swisscontact&#8217;s activities in Nepal:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swisscontact.org\/en\/countries\/nepal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nepal &#8211; Countries &#8211; Site<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Nepali hospitality \u2013 A diverse multicultural country with 126 ethnic groups and 123 local languages. It has SMEs with young entrepreneurs, who are eager to learn from Swisscontact SEC Experts.&#8221;, says Neeraj about the uniqueness of Nepal. 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