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Pratik Kunwar

Delegate Speaker for the Conflict Prevention Challenge

Pratik Kunwar, a social innovator from Nepal, is the founder of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI). CEI's flagship project, Shaasan (meaning governance advances civic engagement, public accountability, and responsive governance in Nepal through civic technology, digital media, and grassroots development. Shaasan was hailed as 'national changemaker' by Accountability Lab (2020), and selected as Top 50 Global Solutions for the SDGs by the United Nations SDSN (2020). In 2021, Shaasan was a finalist for the CIVICUS Innovation Award for ‘protecting and promoting digital civic space’ (2021). Pratik’s work has been featured in the UN Youth Solutions Report, UNDP RESPOND Report, Accountability Lab Podcast, Feedback Labs, and various inter/national outlets. Pratik has been a Daayitwa National Public Service Fellow (2018), Feedback Labs Accelerator (2021), OC Fellow (2022) and currently serves on the Impact Council of the World Economic Forum's Global Shapers Community.