Prapati Sherchan, Nepal’s proposed ambassador to Spain, presented her work plan and diplomatic concept to the Federal Parliament’s Parliamentary Hearing Committee on Tuesday, pledging to make the Nepali Embassy in Madrid more active, accessible and result-oriented. She said her priorities would include strengthening relations between Nepal and Spain, advancing economic diplomacy and protecting the interests of workers, while outlining a four-pillar strategy that emphasises economic diplomacy and feminist diplomacy.
A more active and accessible embassy
Sherchan’s commitment places the embassy in Madrid at the centre of her proposed approach. She told the committee she wanted the mission to be more engaged, easier for people to access and focused on tangible results. The plan frames the embassy not simply as a formal diplomatic presence, but as an institution expected to connect Nepal’s bilateral priorities with the concerns of people it serves.
Her description of the mission as active, accessible and result-oriented sets out the standards she said she would seek to pursue if appointed. The presentation also linked the embassy’s role to several areas at once: relations between the two countries, economic engagement and the interests of workers. Those priorities indicate the broad direction of the work plan, though the available account does not set out specific programmes, timelines or measurable targets.
Economic diplomacy and bilateral ties
Expanding relations between Nepal and Spain was one of the central aims Sherchan identified. She also highlighted economic diplomacy as a key component of her four-pillar approach. The emphasis signals that she intends to give economic engagement an important place in the embassy’s work, alongside the wider task of developing bilateral relations.
Sherchan presented the work plan as a strategy with four pillars, but the reported details specifically emphasised economic diplomacy and feminist diplomacy. The other pillars were not identified in the available account, so they cannot be described in further detail. The stated priorities nevertheless make clear that her proposed approach combines country-to-country engagement with attention to the people and interests connected to the relationship.
The economic focus was presented as part of a broader effort to expand Nepal-Spain relations, rather than as a separate objective. In that framework, the embassy would be expected to pursue stronger ties while making its work more responsive and oriented towards outcomes. Sherchan’s presentation put these ambitions before the parliamentary committee as part of her proposed diplomatic agenda.
Workers’ interests and feminist diplomacy
Sherchan also said the interests of workers would be a focus of her work. The commitment gives worker-related concerns a place among the priorities she outlined for the embassy. Her plan thus joins economic diplomacy and bilateral relations with an explicit reference to the people whose interests she said she would seek to address.
The other prominent element she named was feminist diplomacy. Sherchan included it among the themes of the four-pillar strategy she presented to the committee. The account does not provide a definition of the term or specific measures she proposed under it. It does, however, establish that feminist diplomacy is one of the stated emphases of her approach, alongside economic diplomacy.
Work plan presented to parliamentary committee
The presentation was made before the Parliamentary Hearing Committee as part of Sherchan’s proposed ambassadorial role. She used the hearing to set out the broad direction she would take at the Nepali Embassy in Madrid: make the mission more active and accessible, pursue results, expand bilateral relations, focus on economic diplomacy and attend to workers’ interests.
Those commitments offer a summary of the priorities she placed before the committee, rather than a detailed operational programme. The reported account does not specify particular initiatives or explain how Sherchan would measure whether the embassy had become more accessible or result-oriented. Nor does it list all four pillars of the strategy. The presentation’s identified themes nevertheless point to the areas she said would guide her work if she takes up the post.
The four-pillar strategy and Sherchan’s priorities were also covered in a report on her proposed diplomatic approach.
