Preface – Werner Thut, Vice President, Forum of Federations, Ottawa, July 2011
Excerpt: The study titled Transition to Federalism in Nepal: Lessons from Comparative Processes in Spain, South Africa and Ethiopia was produced by the Forum of Federations as part of its Nepal program… The program’s activities included a two-day conference … … held in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 27-28, 2010… Through a comparative approach the Forum hopes to contribute to a debate about how a vision of a federal Nepal can be turned into reality.