Oxfam Novib

Stockholm International Water Institute will undertake : i) Legal and policy mapping # of relevant and applicable human right to water entitlements and obligations, and transboundary water laws, policies, programmes and strategies; ii) Mapping the duty bearers/key actors and stakeholders; and iii) undertake a PEA #Reflective Analysis# to identify specific and tailored interventions to relevant target groups to fill gaps, level the playing field and strengthen existing initiatives among the identified keyactors.

Worldwide Wildlife Fund, Inc will i) identify high conservation-value tributaries (wild rivers) in the Mahakali basin; ii) series of dialogues with government, private sector, CSOs and local basin communities on conservation needs; and iii) develop updated tools and approaches as well as practitioners# guidelines.

The program Sowing Diversity = Harvesting Security works with partners in eight countries (China, Laos, Nepal, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Peru and Guatemala) on better access, use and sharing of plant genetic resources (seeds). The program#s ambition is to contribute to a global food system that is just and sustainable, that supports the rights of small-scale food producers - men and women, that guarantees food and nutrition security and that promotes the sustainable management of natural resources and seed biodiversity within the context of a changing climate. Oxfam Great Britain (OGB) country office in Nepal will be the overall project coordinator inNepal while Li-bird will be responsible for the implementation of Pillars 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the project.The Oxfam Country Office will be the grant holder hence will sign contracts with Oxfam Novib on one hand and with Li-bird on the other.

This is a FPIC Research follow-up/advocacy strategy. Oxfam together with Community Self Reliance Centre (CSRC), and with research by Dr. Navin Rai, examinedthe International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) and FMO’s (Dutch Development Bank) implementation ofits Free,Prior and Informed Consent commitment at the Upper Trishuli-1hydroelectric project.IFC is the lead arranger ofthe debt package for the UT-1 project involving eight other lenders among them the Dutch Development Bank, FMO. The financing is provided to the privately-owned Nepal Water and Energy Development Company (NWEDC) that is majority owned by the Korean Southeast Power Corporation.The research assessed and compared the extent to which the NWEDC’s interpretation of FPIC aligns with best practice and the Oxfam definitionof FPIC, and whether NWEDC behavior and process aligns with FPIC requirements as defined in IFC’s performance standards 7 on indigenous peoples. IFC’s performance standards 7 on indigenous peoples will be the primary standard against which FPIC implementation will be evaluated, since FMO has adopted IFC’s performance standards. This researchprovided communities with the opportunity to expresstheir views on howagreement-making with communitieshas taken place, how consent has been reached, and how FPIC has been implemented. Documenting and sharing lessons learned with stakeholders nationally and globally is key in improvingthe situation for the affected communities of the Trishuli dam, as well asFPIC practices in Nepal, and around the world. This report follows and builds on research, carried out by LAHURNIPin 2017,in Rasuwa District. This research highlighted key concerns from communities related to inadequateconsultation and engagement in decision making. In 2018 in a three-monthperiod, an FPIC process took place, even though we can challenge the fact that the Free and Prior components were already violated, as land was acquired already back in 2011 and 2012. This research contributes to Oxfam’s work on FPIC and financial institutions under the SIDA2GROW plan focusing on Leveraging progress within one IFI to encourage more IFIs to follow suit, with a specific emphasis on strengthening policy and/or practice regarding FPIC andmeaningful consultation for Indigenous Peoples and/or Local communities.

International Rivers Network will i) connect Salween communities, activists and academic supporters across the three countries of the shared river; ii) advance community voice in transboundary mainstream and tributary rivers of the Brahmaputra and Ganga;and iii) support multi-stakeholder dialogues and visioning for river governance.

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development will work on three interlinked components: i) building research capacity for higher education institutions in the target countries; ii) sharing experience of good practices of community led water managementthrough the case of community based early flood warning system; and iii) convening knowledge sharing events and science # policy dialogues to promote joint learning across the region and beyond.