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Development projects in Nepal
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Global Programme to End Child Marriage
This project supports the United Nations Population Fund and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund Global Programme to End Child Marriage, a multi-donor joint United Nations program. It aims to eliminate child marriage in 12 countries in Africa and South Asia where the rates of child marriage are among the highest: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Yemen and Zambia. The project focuses on enabling girls at risk of child marriage to choose and direct their futures, through activities aimed at bringing about change in the empowerment of girls, with the ultimate aim to prevent child marriage and support already married girls. Project activities include: (1) building the skills and knowledge of girls at risk of child marriage and married girls; (2) supporting girls to enrol and remain in formal and non-formal education; (3) engaging in dialogue with families, communities and leaders to protect girls from child marriage and uphold their rights; and (4) working with health and protection systems to implement guidelines, protocols and standards for girl-friendly health and protection services.
OrganizationGlobal Affairs CanadaBudgetUSD 1.7MTimelineSep 28, 2023 → Sep 30, 2028Complete95% - activeComplete record · 1 source
Improving Reproductive health and Gender equality in Nepal and Vietnam
This project seeks to improve access and the quality of reproductive health services for adolescent girls and women of reproductive age in the Kalikot district of Nepal and the Son La province of Vietnam. The project aims to improve health and gender equality (GE) among adolescent girls and women and reduce incidences of child marriages, a form of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). The project takes an integrated and holistic approach to empower local adolescent girls and women to exercise their reproductive rights and ensure access to health and reproductive services when needed. Project activities include: (1) conduct participatory-action research (PAR) to enable the identification of community-driven solutions; (2) engaging with local community leaders and health system stakeholders to build the capacity of local health workers, administrators, teachers, young people, and other relevant community actors; (3) promoting the quality of reproductive health services and their use by girls and women, especially for marginalized populations; (4) tackling cultural norms that enable SGBV, including child marriages; (5) consult with beneficiaries in the communities to understand their specific need and respond with appropriate curriculum and training on planning, delivering, monitoring and evaluating gender-responsive health services; and (6) developing appropriate curriculum and train teachers & student facilitators to advance the comprehensiveness and effectiveness of the current reproductive health education programs within the communities. The project expects to reach approximately 1,600 adolescent boys and girls (800 in school and 800 from the community) and directly influence 2,500 women and 2,500 men, members of 60 community groups in Vietnam. In Nepal, the project expects to reach approximately 4,500 adolescents women, 2,000 adolescents man adolescents, 30 local health workers, 45 women community health volunteers, 45 community committees, and 25 religious leaders. This project works in partnership with International Nepal Fellowship (INF) in Nepal and the Center for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population (CCIHP) in Vietnam.
OrganizationGlobal Affairs CanadaBudgetUSD 766KTimelineAug 17, 2021 → Dec 30, 2025Complete90% - activeComplete record · 1 source
Centre for International Studies and Cooperation - Volunteer Cooperation 2020-2028
This project supports 1,130 placements and aims to improve the economic and social well-being of the poorest, most marginalized and vulnerable people, especially women and young women in support of the Sustainable Development Goals. In addition to increasing Canadians' participation in international development and global gender equality issues, this project works to improve the performance of more than 100 partner organizations in developing countries, and their ability to address the gender challenges and relationships that hinder women and young women from reaching their full potential. The project also supports partners (women's chambers of commerce, groups of economic actors, etc.) and opinion leaders (journalists, religious leaders, actors, singer-songwriters, etc.) who influence social imaging with regards to the place of women in economic activities. Project activities include: (1) providing training to volunteers on the economic empowerment of women and young women and their rights, while promoting the co-creation of innovative solutions adapted to local contexts and their diversities; (2) developing and implementing plans to improve the performance of local partners; (3) providing training to key market actors and civil society organizations to design and deliver sustainable products and services tailored to the needs of women and young women, as well as to participate in policy dialogue for the empowerment of women and young women; and (4) providing financial and technical support to innovative initiatives for women's and young women's economic empowerment and feminist entrepreneurship.
OrganizationGlobal Affairs CanadaBudgetUSD 2.5MTimelineMar 31, 2020 → Dec 31, 2027Complete95% - activeGood record · 1 source
Nepal in Business (NIB) Programme
The Nepal in Business programme will unlock economic prosperity by generating inclusive growth, expanding businesses, and addressing income poverty in Nepal. The programme will do this by supporting and financing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to build organisational effectiveness through improved management and productivity, to achieve business growth and create jobs. It will partner with government to create a more conducive business environment in Nepal, delivering the reforms that matter to improve the ease of business. It will establish a recyclable fund to improve access to finance for SMEs by crowding-in commercial finance.
OrganizationFCDO NepalBudget— · n/aTimelineMay 17, 2023 → Mar 31, 2031Complete75% - activeComplete record · 1 source
Business Support Facility and Business Environment Reform Facility (BSF/BERF)
The BSF/BERF will aim to maximise the programme’s ability to create jobs and improve productivity and competitiveness by ensuring policy bottlenecks are identified and resolved to improve conditions for doing business.
OrganizationFCDO NepalBudgetUSD 12.0MTimelineOct 23, 2024 → Mar 31, 2031Complete95% - activeComplete record · 1 source
Small and Medium sized Enterprises Finance Facility (SMEFF)
The facility will ensure both financial and value additionality, particularly by i. providing finance that is not provided by the market ii. Mobilizing resource from the private sector and adding value beyond providing financial support by mitigating risks, helping SMEs achieve higher standards (i.e., on gender practices, sustainable business practices, ESG performance) or building capacity or transferring knowledge and know how.
OrganizationFCDO NepalBudgetUSD 20.0MTimelineOct 14, 2024 → Mar 31, 2031Complete95% - activeComplete record · 1 source
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Facility (MELF)
The overall aim of this component to collect data about the scale and quality of programme activities and the extent to which they are producing the expected shifts in attitudes, behaviours and wider social norms as well as increasing the capacities of vulnerable communities
OrganizationFCDO NepalBudgetUSD 203KTimelineJul 19, 2023 → Mar 31, 2031Complete95% - activeGood record · 1 source
Policy Influencing Facility (PIF)
This component involves influencing and policy reform activities of NIB in target sectors, working with government agencies and private sector associations.
OrganizationFCDO NepalBudget— · n/aTimelineJul 19, 2023 → Mar 31, 2031Complete70% - activeGood record · 1 source
Security and Justice Programme 2
Security and Justice Programme (SJP) ultimately aims to help to enhance public safety in Nepal and improve people’s trust in a key institution: the police. It will contribute to increased responsiveness of security and justice providers, particularly gender-based violence (GBV) and increased prevention of GBV and wider public safety problems. Understanding and influencing different social and organisational norms will run through the whole programme to address the prevalence of violence against women and girls. The programme also has a particular focus on the organisational development of the Nepal Police, investigation capability, problem-solving community policing and better climate-resilient solar-powered infrastructure for service delivery, notably police women and children service centres (WCSCs).
OrganizationFCDO NepalBudget— · n/aTimelineApr 12, 2022 → Dec 31, 2027Complete75% - activeComplete record · 1 source
College of Policing (CoP)
UK College of Policing will support elements of the programme that assist in the development of the Nepal Police. Thematics for the partnership will be Women in policing, Community policing, Gender based violence (GBV) investigation.
OrganizationFCDO NepalBudgetUSD 224KTimelineJul 10, 2025 → Dec 31, 2027Complete95% - activeComplete record · 1 source
Capacity and responsiveness of security and justice duty bearers
This programme aims to strengthened capacity and responsiveness of security and justice providers including prevention of GBV and wider security and justice problems.
OrganizationFCDO NepalBudgetUSD 12.3MTimelineMay 10, 2024 → Dec 31, 2027Complete95% - activeComplete record · 1 source
Support to end Gender Based Violence in Nepal
This project aims to empower voices and supports to end Gender-Based Violence ensuring that Individual community members have the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and effective collaborative mechanisms to prevent and respond to GBV. The project also aims to systematically support stakeholders to have the capacity and coordination to advocate for, develop and deliver GBV prevention and response services.
OrganizationFCDO NepalBudgetUSD 10.1MTimelineMay 10, 2024 → Dec 31, 2027Complete95% - activeComplete record · 1 source
Launching Project for Security and Justice Programme 2 (SJP 2)
This project will ensure sustainability of key interventions from the first phase of the Integrated Programme for Strengthening Security and Justice and to maintain the relationship and trust developed with Nepal Police and key ministries during IPSSJ implementation.
OrganizationFCDO NepalBudgetUSD 254KTimelineDec 21, 2022 → Sep 30, 2025Complete85% - activeComplete record · 3 sources
Enhanced Education for Resilience of Tibetan Youth
This project aims to improve the educational attainment levels of Tibetan youth living in Nepal and India to help them access post-secondary education and improve gainful employment opportunities. Project activities include: (1) technical training, mentoring and pilot programs as well as small grants and scholarships targeting girls; and (2) to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic through a mixture of technical support, coaching, provision of supplies and improved internet connection. Beneficiaries consist of 64 schools with a student enrollment of 15,155 students (7,800 boys and 7,355 girls). For the additional activities to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the total reach will be 15,556 students, teachers, counsellors and parents.
OrganizationGlobal Affairs CanadaBudgetUSD 105KTimelineMar 9, 2022 → May 31, 2024Complete95% - activeComplete record · 1 source
Forest Carbon Partnership Facility - Readiness Fund
This project represents CIDA’s contribution to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility’s (FCPF) Readiness Fund. The FCPF is a World Bank-managed global partnership that assists developing countries in tropical and sub-tropical regions in their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. It promotes forest conservation, sustainable management of forests and the enhancement of forest carbon stocks (amount of carbon stored in forest ecosystems). Through the Readiness Fund, developing countries receive technical and financial assistance to help them in the development of strategies, policies, and systems to address deforestation and forest degradation.
OrganizationGlobal Affairs CanadaBudgetUSD 859KTimelineFeb 2, 2011 → Dec 31, 2022Complete95% - completedComplete record · 1 source
Nepal Pilot Project for Seismic School Safety in the kathmandu
The overall objective of the proposed program is to reduce Nepal’s risk from earthquakes and especially the vulnerabilities of public schools by strengthening the capacity of the Government of Nepal to implement school retrofitting programs. This objective willbe achieved through (i) the development of capacity to assess the structural integrity of schools; (ii) training of local engineerscomma foremen and masons in seismic safe construction techniques; (iii) support to contingency planningcomma and (iv) sensitization of localofficials and communities.Key Outcome Indicators:(i) Increase in the school population housed in structurally safe buildings;(ii) Increased capacity of public officials and local engineers to assess structural integrity of public buildings;(iii) Increased number of local engineerscomma foremen and masons trained in seismic safe construction techniques;(iv) Increased number of communities with contingency plans;(v) Increase in awareness of seismic safe standards among local officials and at the community level.
OrganizationWorld Bank Trust FundsBudget— · n/aTimelineJul 23, 2012 → Nov 14, 2014Complete85% - activeComplete record · 1 source
Nepal Housing Reconstruction Project
This project supports the Government of Nepal's Housing Reconstruction Program through a contribution to a Multi-Donor Trust Fund managed by the World Bank. The Housing Reconstruction Program is rebuilding approximately 490,000 houses destroyed by the April and May 2015 earthquakes, using earthquake resistant techniques. Project activities include: (1) supporting the establishment of the national disaster risk mitigation, preparedness and response systems in line with global best practices; (2) providing technical assistance to trainers to train over 40,000 masons, artisans and 5,000 engineers in earthquake resistant building techniques; (3) updating and disseminating earthquake resistant construction standards; (4) monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the Housing Reconstruction Program; and (5) providing housing grants for the reconstruction of earthquake resistant housing units. The implementation of the Housing Reconstruction Program is a critical component of Nepal's reconstruction efforts.
OrganizationGlobal Affairs CanadaBudgetUSD 11.1MTimelineMar 30, 2016 → Dec 30, 2024Complete95% - activeComplete record · 1 source
Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - DELHI - 2015 to 2016
The Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) supports small projects proposed and implemented by local organizations in India, Bhutan and Nepal. The CFLI contributes to the overall goal of reducing poverty by providing funding for small projects that offer direct social, economic or technical assistance to local populations. The CFLI retains the same broad themes set out since 2016, which align closely with the six pillars of the Feminist International Assistance Policy. This allows flexibility to respond to and focus on themes relevant to local needs. The six thematic priorities include: (1) contributing to inclusive governance, including diversity and LGBTQ2, democracy, human rights and the rule of law; (2) contributing to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls; (3) contributing to peace and security, with a focus on conflict prevention and building peace; (4) contributing to growth that works for everyone, including women’s economic rights, decent jobs and entrepreneurship, investing in the poorest and most vulnerable, and safeguarding economic gains; (5) contributing to environment and climate action, focusing on adaptation, mitigation and water management; and (6) contributing to human dignity, covering health, education and nutrition.
OrganizationGlobal Affairs CanadaBudgetUSD 139KTimelineApr 1, 2015 → Mar 31, 2016Complete90% - completedGood record · 1 source
Project Coordination Units (PCUs)
As Nepal transitions to a federal republic, FCDO, Nepal (British Embassy Kathmandu) will set up Provincial Coordination Units (PCUs) to build relationships with the new provincial and local Governments; develop an understanding of their needs and the political context they work in; coordinate FCDO programmes in the province and link the provincial and local Governments with technical assistance through existing programmes to support the newly elected officials to create effective, accountable and inclusive institutions. The PCUs will ensure that FCDO has the political understanding required to enable FCDO, British Embassy’s current and future programmes to operate effectively within the new system.
OrganizationFCDO NepalBudget— · n/aTimelineOct 31, 2018 → Mar 27, 2024Complete65% - completedComplete record · 1 source
Project Coordination Unit
This activity Project Coordination Unit is a component of Project Coordination Units (PCUs) reported by FCDO with a funding type of 109 - Multilateral organisation and a budget of £4,062,123. It works in the following sector(s): Decentralisation and support to subnational government, Public sector policy and administrative management.
OrganizationFCDO NepalBudgetUSD 5.7MTimelineSep 27, 2018 → Sep 30, 2025Complete85% - activeGood record · 1 source
The Evidence Fund - 300708
The Evidence Fund procures and manages research and evaluations that primarily benefit ODA eligible countries. Most research and evaluations paid for by the Evidence Fund are country-specific, and all respond to requests for evidence to inform programme or policy decisions. Primarily serving research requests from HMG’s Embassies and High Commissions in ODA eligible countries, and from HMG policy and strategy teams, the Evidence Fund strengthens the evidence behind the UK’s priority international development investments and development diplomacy. The Evidence Fund also invests modest amounts of non-ODA, to strengthen the evidence behind wider UK foreign policy.
OrganizationFCDO NepalBudget— · n/aTimelineJul 30, 2020 → Mar 29, 2027Complete65% - activeComplete record · 1 source
British Embassy Kathmandu Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Mainstreaming - Thematic Evaluation
To help the British Embassy Kathmandu and FCDO more broadly understand what works in Gender Equality and Social Inclusion mainstreaming.
OrganizationFCDO NepalBudgetUSD 338KTimelineOct 5, 2022 → Sep 30, 2025Complete95% - activeComplete record · 1 source
Influencing pilot - Nepal
This activity Influencing pilot - Nepal is a component of The Evidence Fund - 300708 reported by FCDO with a funding type of 104 - Procurement of Services and a budget of £109,324. It works in the following sector(s): Public sector policy and administrative management.
OrganizationFCDO NepalBudgetUSD 81KTimelineFeb 17, 2022 → Sep 30, 2024Complete85% - activeComplete record · 1 source
Capitalizing on Climate Finance
This activity Capitalizing on Climate Finance is a component of The Evidence Fund - 300708 reported by FCDO with a funding type of 104 - Procurement of Services and a budget of £52,831. It works in the following sector(s): Environmental policy and administrative management.
OrganizationFCDO NepalBudgetUSD 72KTimelineOct 7, 2021 → Nov 30, 2023Complete95% - activeGood record · 1 source
Least Developed Country (LDC) Graduation Impact for Nepal
This activity Least Developed Country (LDC) Graduation Impact for Nepal is a component of The Evidence Fund - 300708 reported by FCDO with a funding type of 104 - Procurement of Services and a budget of £59,761. It works in the following sector(s): Public sector policy and administrative management.
OrganizationFCDO NepalBudget— · n/aTimelineSep 27, 2021 → Sep 30, 2023Complete70% - completedComplete record · 2 sources
UNFPA -Comprehensive Sexuality Education Program - Phase 2
UNFPA Nepal with the funding support from the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) initiated a project on Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) since 2016 in five districts, namely Bajhang, Baitadi, Rukum, Sindhuli and Udayapur in Nepal.The project aims to ensure young people (in/out of school) have adequate information and knowledge on various dimensions of gender equality and sexual and reproductive health to empower and enable them to make informed decisions about their lives.Building on the successes and lessons learnt over the years, both from UNFPA’s CSE programs and the Gender Based Violence Prevention and Response (GBVPR) Programme – the new phase of the programme aims to tackle the root causes of gender based violence. It will do so by expanding CSE for increased awareness amongst relevant population to challenge the social norms and strengthening a multi-sectoral approach by leveraging role of the Education sector in the GBV prevention land
OrganizationDFAT Australian AidBudget— · n/aTimelineJan 1, 2020 → Jun 30, 2020Complete80% - completedComplete record · 2 sources
Direct Aid Program Activities - Nepal
The Direct Aid Program (DAP) aims at advancing developmental outcomes in Nepal with projects primarily focussed on practical and tangible results at the local communities. DAP projects aim to enhance people-to-people linkages between Australia and Nepal through community level activities. DAP project activities promote disability inclusion, gender equality and sustainable transfer of information into communities by providing equal opportunities for participation, contribution, decision-making, and social and economic well-being. The total estimated value of this investment is $0.9 million to be expensed over 6 years, starting during the 2019-20 financial year.
OrganizationDFAT Australian AidBudget— · n/aTimelineJul 1, 2019 → Jun 30, 2020Complete80% - completedComplete record · 2 sources
She Leads Nepal
She Leads is International Foundation for Electoral System ( IFES) women’s leadership training that builds the capacity of women to become leaders and advance their electoral and political knowledge through a unique multi-modular approach. The project is targeting to achieve the following outcomes: Outcome 1: Newly elected women engage effectively in political dialogue. Outcome 2: Family members, including men and community leaders, support and encourage women’s political participation. Outcome 3: Political parties support women's involvement in political discussions and dialogues at the local level. The total estimated value of this investment is $1.8 million to be expensed over 2 years, starting during the 2018-19 financial year.
OrganizationDFAT Australian AidBudgetUSD 1.3MTimelineFeb 1, 2019 → Jun 30, 2020Complete95% - completedComplete record · 2 sources
Technical Assistance for MEDPA
Technical Assistance for Micro Enterprise Development for Poverty Alleviation, (MEDPA-TA) project will be fully anchored within government’s ongoing MEDPA programme to support its effective and efficient implementation. The project team will work closely with the federal and provincial level government officials designated to work for MEDPA in rolling out MEDPA implementation in all 753 local governments through allocations of budgets, provisions of micro-enterprise development policies and guidelines, building capacities and strong collaboration between local, provincial and federal governments.
OrganizationDFAT Australian AidBudgetUSD 782KTimelineOct 12, 2018 → Jun 30, 2020Complete95% - completedComplete record · 2 sources
Australian Aid: Friendship Grants
Australian Aid: Friendship Grants is a three-year, $10 million small grants program which will engage a diverse group of Australian community organisations (ACOs) in the delivery of Australia’s aid program. The program will provide small grants of between $30,000 and $60,000, in three annual grant rounds, to Australian organisations who are not currently partnering with DFAT to expand or enhance their international development work in the Indo-Pacific region, including through new projects. Friendship Grant recipients are also required to provide a 20 per cent contribution to the activity, either in-kind or financially.
OrganizationDFAT Australian AidBudgetUSD 132KTimelineJul 1, 2018 → Jun 30, 2020Complete85%
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