Organizations

**For up-to-the-minute exports from OpenStreetMap in a variety of formats for GPS and GIS, visit http://export.hotosm.org** Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) acts as a bridge between the traditional humanitarian responders and the OpenStreetMap Community. HOT works both remotely and physically in countries to assist the collection of geographic data, usage of that information and training others in OpenStreetMap.

The official local chapter of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) in Nepal, a community of geospatial enthusiasts dedicated to creating , promoting and supporting the use of open source geospatial technologies in Nepal.

Local NGO in Nepal supporting community-based development and capacity building of grassroots groups.

Nepali NGO working on community development and women's empowerment in the Tarai and hills.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country. It also has a mandate to help stateless people.

###**Mission**### IFPRI’s mission is to work with partners to provide research-based policy solutions to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods, contribute to empowerment for all, and promote sustainable, climate-resilient food systems. ###**What we do**### Established in 1975, the International Food Policy Research Institute provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. Together with our partners, we generate needed evidence for country- and region-led policies that contribute to poverty reduction and help ensure that all people have access to safe, sufficient, nutritious, and sustainably produced food. Through multisectoral research and engagement with stakeholders, IFPRI informs effective policies, programs, and investments that contribute to productive livelihoods and sustainable, resilient, and equitable agriculture and food systems. IFPRI is a Research Center of CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural innovation network, and the only CGIAR center solely dedicated to food policy research. The Institute currently has more than 480 employees from around the world working in over 70 countries, with about half of our research staff based in developing countries. IFPRI’s research aims to achieve progress in CGIAR’s five impact areas: nutrition, health, and food security; poverty reduction, livelihoods, and jobs; environmental health and biodiversity; gender equality, youth, and social inclusion; and climate adaptation and mitigation. To address challenges in these areas, IFPRI’s experts work with partners around the world to identify, assess, improve, and adapt policy, institutional, and governance responses that can drive transformative change. IFPRI implements this work through six research units focused on: Agrifood Innovation and Resilience (AIR); development strategies and governance; foresight and policy modeling; markets, trade, and institutions; nutrition, diets, and health; and poverty, gender, and inclusion. IFPRI’s researchers work across a range of disciplines and with a wide array of local and national partners in developing countries, as well as research, scaling, advocacy, and funding partners, to provide rigorous, policy-relevant evidence and recommendations to policymakers, donors, the private sector, and civil society. Our regional and country programs in Africa, Asia, and Latin America respond to national demand for holistic food policy research and strengthen local research and policy analysis capacity. By informing better policy decisions, agenda setting, and investments in sustainable equitable food systems, IFPRI’s research has contributed to policies and programs that benefit millions around the world. IFPRI is a nonprofit corporation incorporated in the District of Columbia in 1975. It is classified by the Internal Revenue Service as a charitable organization under Section 501(c)(3). It is not a branch, division, or agency of the United States government. In 1982, IFPRI was granted recognition as an international organization solely for U.S. tax and immigration purposes.