To revitalize the cooperative leaders in Nepal, the National Cooperative Federation of Nepal (NCF) conducted a three-day virtual Cooperative Leaders’ National Forum 2021 from September 27-29 with the theme "Empowering Leaders for Enlightened Futures".

The forum aimed to explore the latest trends, developments and challenges in cooperative organizations in the new normal, increase leadership knowledge and assess innovative strategies for the development of self and different level cooperatives, learn and implement the hidden possessions of a good leader, identify future directions and strategies to enhance cooperation and leadership across diverse stakeholders, and share experiences and showcase practices in cooperative governance.

It was attended by more than 175 prospective leaders from across the county.  The forum also provided an opportunity to share the exclusive experience of leaders through the presentation of papers by national and international resource persons which included

• Cooperative's growth on Visionary Leadership by Mr. Balu Iyer, Regional Director, ICA-AP
• Transformational Leadership: A key to success by Mr. Indra Gurung, Master Consciousness Coach,Visionary International Pvt. Ltd.
• Cooperatives: Current Trends Issues and Challenges by Ms. Chitra Kumari Thamsuhang Subba, General Manager, NCF, Nepal
• Traditional Versus High-Performance Leadership by Mr. Mahesh Dahal, Former Ambassador, Embassy of Australia
• Cooperative Legislation in Federal Structure by Mr. Man Bahadur Aryal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs
• Cooperative Governance: Heart of members' Satisfaction by Mr. Rameshwor Khanal, Former Secretary, Ministry of Finance 

The forum focused on the aspects of great leadership, its importance and ways to be a great leader. It was recommended to adopt the change process in cooperative evolution, demonstrate soft skills, implicit knowledge and positive attitude in the workplace, rule out leadership development crisis, analyze current cooperative trends, choose common interests, develop member and community-centric governance and focus on youth and women.