Development projects in Nepal

The objective of this Engagement Facility is to support the UNDP Nepal Country Office in operationalizing its digital positioning by translating it into a coherent, cross-portfolio digital transformation agenda and supporting its implementation across the Country Office. The expected output of the Facility is: UNDP Nepal’s digital positioning operationalized, strengthened and resourced through a coherent, cross-portfolio digital transformation agenda, enhanced implementation support. This will be achieved through strategic initiatives in three inter-linked areas: (1) Strategic Advisory and Coordination, (2) Partnerships and Ecosystem Development, and (3) Scalable Digital Interventions

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Apr 20, 2026 → Dec 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

Nepal is warming at nearly twice the global average, with urban areas facing severe heat stress. In the southern Terai, extreme heat and humidity are driving rapid growth in energy demand for cooling, increasing emissions and placing significant stress on energy infrastructure. Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City (DSMC) in Sudurpaschim Province experiences recurrent heatwaves during May–August, with temperatures frequently exceeding 40°C. Climate variability, rapid and unplanned urbanization, loss of green spaces, and limited energy-efficient infrastructure exacerbate risks to public health, livelihoods, and essential services, disproportionately affecting low-income households, outdoor workers, and residents of poorly insulated housing. Impacts include heat-related illness and mortality, school disruptions, and reduced functionality of public facilities. Nepal is warming at nearly twice the global average, with urban areas facing severe heat stress. In the southern Terai, extreme heat and humidity are driving rapid growth in energy demand for cooling, increasing emissions and placing significant stress on energy infrastructure. DSMC experiences recurrent heatwaves during May–August, with temperatures frequently exceeding 40°C. Climate variability, rapid and unplanned urbanization, loss of green spaces, and limited energy-efficient infrastructure exacerbate risks to public health, livelihoods, and essential services, disproportionately affecting low-income households, outdoor workers, and residents of poorly insulated housing. Impacts include heat-related illness and mortality, school disruptions, and reduced functionality of public facilities.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Mar 31, 2026 → Mar 31, 2027

Coverage

Kailali, Sudurpashchim

The TA will pilot the Build4Skills approach at selected project sites to facilitate job placement for local people. It will build on the prior experiences of UNDP, ADB, and Norwegian-funded projects to enhance the livelihoods of women and disadvantaged groups in Jumla, Dailekh, and Kalikot districts. It will also support institutionalizing gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) and implementing the gender action plan linked to the loan.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Mar 19, 2026 → Dec 31, 2026

Coverage

Dailekh, Jumla

This project supports Nepal’s preparation for the 2026 House of Representatives election by strengthening the Election Commission’s capacity to deliver credible, transparent, inclusive, and secure elections. It focuses on improving electoral readiness, enforcing the Code of Conduct, countering misinformation, enhancing voter education—especially for youth, women, and marginalized groups—and strengthening cybersecurity and data protection. The overall goal is to build public trust and ensure meaningful participation in the democratic process.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Jan 1, 2026 → Dec 31, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

Overall aim of the joint project is to support the early implementation of Nepal’s transitional justice process. This initiative aims to provide technical assistance to TRC and CIEDP, strengthen victim participation, and monitor adherence to international standards.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Jan 1, 2026 → Dec 31, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

The project aims to support the conduct of election scheduled on the 5th of March 2026, as well as post election review processes and necessary reforms.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Dec 30, 2025 → Dec 31, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

The project focuses on strengthening the capacities of youth networks, partnering with civil society, academic institutions, and government to foster meaningful youth participation in governance.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Dec 1, 2025 → Nov 30, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

The Joint Project aims to deploy, test and refine innovative, scalable financing solutions in support of local food systems transformation action plans.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Sep 1, 2025 → Feb 28, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

Management project for managing 18XXX fund in United Nations Development Programmes (UNDP) in Nepal.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Jan 1, 2025 → Dec 31, 2035

Coverage

Nepal

OP8 of the GEF Small Grants Programme is about empowering Indigenous Peoples and local communities with direct financing and civic space protections to tackle environmental challenges while advancing human rights and sustainable development.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Apr 20, 2026 → Oct 15, 2028

Coverage

Nepal

The project intervention is expected to improve major trekking trails and enhance various tourist services and facilities, promoting emerging destinations, building local capacities, and digitizing tourism services. These efforts are expected to foster inclusive, sustainable, and resilient economic development by creating tourism-based employment opportunities for women, youth, LGBTIQ people, and people living with disabilities including poor, vulnerable, and marginalized communities, capacity development of the tourism sector workforce, standardization of tourism services, adoption of digitization, and promotion of Nepals tourism sector.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Apr 1, 2025 → Mar 31, 2028

Coverage

Nepal

The Project is aimed to support the communities to recover from the earthquake but also build capacities of the local governments to restore disrupted public services, enhance disaster preparedness and start long-term recovery and reconstruction.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Mar 1, 2025 → Jul 31, 2026

Coverage

Jajarkot, Karnali

The Green Transition in Nepal Portfolio (henceforth termed as Green Transition Portfolio) aims to support municipalities in Nepal in the adoption of green practices, focusing on three interconnected transformation pillars: 1. Developing circularity, and green and inclusive economy, adapted to each municipality’s context 2. Establishing a balanced relationship with nature by implementing sustainable and green municipal infrastructures and services, as well as improving the ecosystem resilience within and around municipalities to mitigate local climate and disaster risks3. Establishing supportive policy and governance environment to accelerate green transition in Nepal. It’s an umbrella portfolio that aims to engage with individual municipalities and build local level portfolios that are co-owned with the local authorities and communities, as well as promote coordination, learning, and sharing between them.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Mar 1, 2025 → Dec 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

The Strengthening Health Resilience in Nepal - UNDP- HIV/TB and ML Project (the Project) will support the Government of Nepal (GoN) to strengthen the country’s resilience and health response and contribute towards a world free of the burden of HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria with better and equitable health care for all. The project’s focus is to address the significant gaps in TB case notification by maximising efforts to reach missing cases with focus on screening among key and vulnerable populations and engaging private service providers. There is a need to improve the capacity of lab network especially in optimising sample transportation, diagnosis, utilisation of GeneXpert and ensuring quality assurance across the diagnostic lab network. Further, the Project will focus on expanding the treatment coverage for DRTB cases and bringing initial loss to follow up cases to radar of health care and treatment. Nepal’s shift to a federal system of governance, as outlined in the Constitution of 2015, has affected human resource capacities of TB and HIV/AIDS programmes, in particular at provincial and local levels. The Project aims to address this by supporting capacity development relevant stakeholders at the sub-national levels, thereby improving resilience of health systems to effectively response to HIV/TB and ML in the country.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Feb 1, 2025 → Jul 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

Nepal faces significant challenges in combating HIV, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria, despite noteworthy progress and achievement in public health and country’s response to health issues. According to the National Center for AIDS and STD control (NCASC), approximately 30,300 people live with HIV with concentrated prevalence among key populations such as sex workers, people who inject drugs, men who have sex with men and migrants who face higher risks due to unsafe practices and lack of targeted interventions. In 2023, 457 people were infected with HIV, a 91% reduction of annual infection rate compared to statistics in 2000. Whereas TB remains a major concern with an estimated incidence of 69,000, with only 69% of infected persons notified,1 and mortality among HIV negative persons of 17,000 Drug resistant TB (DRTB) is an emerging concern, further complicating prevention and treatment efforts. Nepal has started to implement a TB free initiative which has the potential to change the trajectory of the TB burden in the country. However, the initiative is currently limited to 150 out of 753 local governments. Limited or overburdened human resource capacity has markedly reduced the capacity to coordinate the TB programme implementation at the provincial level, and capacity development needs remain high. Further, the weak maintenance system of equipment including calibration, updating software versions and timely repair of equipment and diagnostics further challenge the disease treatment in Nepal. For the last decade Malaria cases have declined significantly but the disease remains endemic in 25 districts with over 1.2 million people who are at risk due to limited access to healthcare, particularly in remote areas of the country. Socio-economic factors, stigma, and poor health infrastructure all play major roles in timely treatment and access to the services. Further, low awareness, risk behaviours and funding gaps hinder Nepal’s ability to effectively prevent, diagnose, and

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Feb 1, 2025 → Dec 31, 2028

Coverage

Nepal

TA will focus on providing technical assistance to the Provincial and Local Governance Strengthening Programme (PLSGP) for the institutional and organizational capacities of Provincial and Local Governments (PLGs) to deliver inclusive basic services (BSD) which benefit all people, especially women, the most vulnerable and marginalized, and for the federal government to develop and implement necessary laws and policies to strengthen inter-governmental relationships. The Government of Nepal and UNDP Nepal cost-shared portfolio will deploy a collaborative capacity development process and a Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) transformative approach to federal state building in all the seven provinces of Nepal. This systemic challenge requires a systems approach, which is best pursued through the framework of a portfolio.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Jan 1, 2025 → Jul 15, 2029

Coverage

Nepal

Financing Agro-chemical Reduction and Management Plus (FARM+)1 proposes a multi-focal area approach to ensure that interventions supported in the agricultural sector are mutually reinforcing and beneficial, add up to more than the sum of their parts, and do not cause unintended harm in other focal areas.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Jan 1, 2025 → Sep 12, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

The project will provide technical support to create enabling environment as well as strengthen capacity of government and other stakeholder to mobilise and manage development finance to support the achievement of SDGs, contributing to improve people’s social and economic rights thereby contributing in promoting human rights based approach.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Jan 1, 2025 → Dec 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

Accelerating the Localization of Integrated Climate Actions in Nepal,” a joint project of UNDP, WFP, and UN-Habitat, aims to contribute to the Climate Change and Biodiversity Accelerator/Transition by supporting Nepal in becoming a climate-resilient, low-carbon society that is sustainable, prosperous, and inclusive.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Aug 1, 2024 → Jan 1, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

The project is designed to support the transition to a circular economy by improving plastic waste management, promoting recycling, and reducing plastic leakage into the environment.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Nov 1, 2024 → Oct 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

The Accelerating Decent Jobs and Social Protection in Nepal is a Joint Programme (JP) developed as a catalytic approach to unlock a structural transformation towards a more productive, inclusive, and green economy, that provides equitable access to decent employment opportunities and social protection for all.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Jul 1, 2024 → Dec 31, 2025

Coverage

Nepal

Through this Initiation Plan, UNDP Nepal aims to support Ministry of Health and Population, Government of Nepal by strengthening its capacity to combat TB and HIV cases and equipping the relevant entities with health and non-health drugs, diagnostics, and equipment. This Initiation Plan is specifically focused to support the transition of procurement of drugs, diagnostics, and equipment under the costed extension of Global Fund Grant Cycle 6, to be implemented by Save the Children and funded by the Global Fund.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Jul 1, 2024 → Jan 1, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

The Biodiversity Finance Initiative – BIOFIN – is a global programme that developed, piloted, and is continuously improving a methodology to measure existing biodiversity expenditure levels, assess future financial needs, and design comprehensive plans to use finance tools and solutions that increase financing, effectiveness and efficiency of biodiversity management in up to 132 countries. BIOFIN’s first phase (2012-2018) enabled full assessments and initial implementation of finance plan elements in target countries. Significant scaling up of finance solutions is required in all countries to address the biodiversity finance challenge.BIOFIN’s second phase enables up to 132 countries to complete the design and implementation of priority finance solutions and allowed a further 11 countries to undertake the assessments and create the finance plan. At the central level, knowledge management platforms will be expanded and additional guidance produced for most valuable finance solutions.The project aims to achieve the above-mentioned objectives through the following pathways and results:• Output 1: Effective advocacy and partnership strategy informs biodiversity finance practices• Output 2: Knowledge management infrastructure in place to generate and share knowledge on biodiversity finance that capacitate practitioners and decision makers• Output 3: Enhanced data and market intelligence database and index for biodiversity finance practitioners• Output 4: Prioritised biodiversity finance solutions create improved institutional and market frameworks to sustainably manage biodiversity at the national level• Output 5: BIOFIN process implemented at the national level in additional new countries• Output 6: Technical capacities for biodiversity finance assessment and planning process strengthened(non BIOFIN countries)

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Jun 11, 2024 → Dec 31, 2030

Coverage

Nepal

This global programme will support countries in revising and updating their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) in order to align with the recently agreed upon Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, and enable effective implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at the national level. In addition, this grant supports countries in preparing and submitting their 7th National Report on the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

May 24, 2024 → Nov 24, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

Building on past urban preparedness and drawing learnings from recent disasters, the action aims to institutionalize operational urban and earthquake preparedness and response in targeted provinces and municipalities and link it with federal mechanism. With inclusion at the heart of the action, addressing specific needs of vulnerable groups especially women, children and persons with disabilities, it also intends to upscale interventions in project area and beyond. The key result areas: i)Government-led operational system for urban and earthquake preparedness institutionalized at provincial and local level for effective response ii) Coordination and information management strengthened at provincial and municipal levels, aligned with national framework, for disaster risk governance; iii) Enhanced policy engagement for scalability of disaster preparedness and response mechanism at federal, provincial, and local levels.It has been identified based on deeper risk analysis, consultation with federal, provincial, and municipal governments and development partners engaged in similar interventions, lessons learned from the recent earthquakes including Jajarkot earthquake & learnings from SUPER. Under the leadership of the NDRRMA, provincial government and municipalities, the project will be implemented by a UNDP led consortium with UNICEF and UN WOMEN and HI, and in close coordination with RCO, WHO, PIN, NRCS, CSOs and other development partners and will engage parliamentarians, various association of municipalities, government training institutions, media and private sector. In the ongoing federalization context, the Action aims to institutionalize urban preparedness including continuity of essential services such as ambulance, fire service, water supply, electricity, access for relief etc. through policy and procedures, knowledge transfer and capacity development, financing arrangement and partnership and will contribute to create environment for upscaling.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Aug 1, 2024 → Jul 31, 2026

Coverage

Jajarkot, Karnali

The purpose of the Initiation Plan Document is to outline UNDPs efforts with the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security (MoLESS), private sector, and civil society organizations (CSOs) in Nepal to establish the basic foundation and introduce necessary processes and procedures to advance Business and Human Rights in Nepal, including by widely disseminating the National Plan of Action (NAP) on Business and Human Rights in support of its effective implementation. Through the Initiation Plan, UNDP will also make particular efforts to promote and protect human rights of women and the most marginalized and vulnerable groups in the private sector in Nepal, taking into account specific issues and concerns.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Jun 1, 2024 → Dec 24, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

Through this initiation plan, UNDP Nepal aims to support the Public Service Commission of Nepal in strengthening its capacity to upscale and update its work on the Assessment Center Methodology (ACM). By implementing this Plan, UNDP intends to build on its past support through its Project to PREPARE Public Administration for State Reform (2013 - 2017) and its achievements. With UNDP support, the Commission introduced the ACM in 2013-2014. This Initiation Plan will contribute to making Nepal’s public administration more efficient, agile, and results oriented as envisaged by the current 15th Plan of the Government of Nepal and the UNSDCF Outcome 4/UNDP Nepal Country Programme Document (CPD) Outcome 2 on Governance, federalism, participation and inclusion. Specifically, it will contribute to achievement of the CPD Output 2.3: Improved mechanisms for promoting transparency and public participation.The Initiation Plan will be implemented for a maximum of 18 months. Within this time, the aim is also to develop a more comprehensive long-term project for 4-5 years for system strengthening of the Commission. The project will also explore for future partnerships with the seven Province Public Service Commissions (PPSCs) in the full-fledged project and subsequent resource mobilization. Though the PPSCs are autonomous institutions, they closely follow the standards and practices of the Public Service Commission. In the federal context, and in the spirit of the 2015 Constitution, the improved recruitment processes also aim, in the long run, to contribute to proportional representation of women and marginalized groups in state mechanisms.

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Apr 1, 2024 → Jun 1, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

The purpose of this Engagement Facility is to support efficient management and implementation of the UNDP Nepal CO Country Programme (2023-2027), with the expected output of: UNDP Nepal is increasingly recognized as a development partner of choice and quality programming standards increasingly applied This will be achieved through strategic initiatives in three inter-linked areas: (a) Better foresight and analysis of development challenges leading to identification of new program opportunities, enhanced portfolio integration, integration of cross-cutting approaches into all UNDP programmes and projects, and enhanced partnership; (b) Enhanced gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) responsiveness and integration across UNDP programming, including with focus on youth and persons with disabilities; (c) Enhanced development communication, visibility, and knowledge management, and (d) Enhanced monitoring and evaluation, social and environmental standards, and risk management practices and capacities of UNDP co

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Jan 1, 2024 → Dec 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

This Initiation Plan has been developed to achieve national priorities set by the Government of Nepal (15th Development Plan) and UNDP Country Program Document (2023-2027) on environmental management and sustainable livelihoods. This will be attained through different collective methods that includes i) portfolio approach on circularity and green economy; ii) research and development; and iii) co-financing innovative initiatives of Accelerator Lab in Nepal. The Initiation Plan aims to explore integrated approach to create synergy between different programmatic interventions on achieving common goals related to healthy and sustainable future directly contributing to 12 out of 17 SDGs. There are four specific objectives that this initiation plan fosters to structure, to be followed by detail project document after monitoring the progress within the next 18 months. (1). Enhance and scale integrated technologies and innovation on circularity and green economy through policy driven, community-led and economically

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Sep 1, 2023 → Jan 1, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

SDGs financing and Acceleration (Engagement Facility) is to integrate SDGs in development policies andplans including 16th development plan as well as help government to formulate financing strategies andinstruments including the development of Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF).

Organization

UNDP Nepal

Budget

USD 0

Timeline

Jan 1, 2023 → Dec 31, 2026

Coverage

Nepal