Development projects in Nepal

ADB and the Government of Nepal are working together to help the residents of the Kathmandu Valley to obtain greater access to clean water on a long-term basis. The Kathmandu Valley Water Supply Improvement Project is working to improve the efficiency and the reliability of the water supply system in the area while at the same time upgrading the infrastructure at the water source areas through a related project that is constructing the Melamchi tunnel and expanding the water treatment plant This project is expanding reservoirs, capacity and providing water connections with a focus on serving the poor and households headed by women. The long-term goal of the project is to provide affordable, clean water to the people of Kathmandu Valley for years to come.

Organization

Asian Development Bank

Budget

USD 80.0M

Timeline

Nov 10, 2011 → Jun 30, 2017

Coverage

Kathmandu, Bagmati

The Project aims to improve the agriculture productivity and sustainability of existing small and medium farmer-managed irrigation systems suffering from low productivity and poverty in Central and Eastern Development Regions thereby enhancing the livelihoods of the poor. This is achieved through (i) providing improved means for WUA empowerment, irrigation infrastructure, agriculture extension, and targeted livelihood enhancement to build the human capital of the poor; and (ii) strengthening policies, plans institutions and their operations for more responsive service delivery and sustainable impacts.

Organization

Asian Development Bank

Budget

USD 20.0M

Timeline

Dec 23, 2005 → Sep 22, 2015

Coverage

Nepal

Tertiary scholarships are offered to partner developing countries to progress development and workforce planning objectives. This activity is for services to select 536 scholars from approximately 23 countries and to place them in New Zealand and Pacific tertiary institutions. All services will be managed by operational partner, Education New Zealand.

Organization

New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Apr 11, 2025 → Jun 1, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

Lhomi Preschool Program in Nepal is a liaison between Wycliffe Finland (WRK) and its partner Nepal Lhomi Society (NELHOS). The main output will be Mother Tongue Based Early Childhood Education program for the Lhomi.The status of children in Nepal is often very poor especially among indigenous people groups. Lhomi children are often discriminated. There is no preschools available and they must start primary school in Nepali language which is unknown for them. This will have a bad effect to their success in t he school and finally it causes exclusion.Providing pre-school opportunity by their mother tongue this project will increase parity in the education levels of children in the target communities with other children in the country. Children's rights will be increased by providing them pre-school education that equip them and easy their transition to the first grade in Nepali instructed primary school. In doing so children will comprehend and learn faster they will stay in school and ultimately will increase t heir self-development. This will be achieved through a well-founded Mother Tongue Based Early Childhood Education (MTB ECE) -program that will be developed in the target language.The project aims to reduce inequality and vulnerability of indigenous childre n. The rights of girls disabled children and low cast children will be emphasized. Moreover gender equality reduction of inequality disability and climate sustainability will be part of the learning material.NELHOS is responsible of project implementation. As an organization they will gain capacity of mother tongue education as well as they become strong advocate of minority language groups and the rights of marginalized groups in Nepal.Main beneficiaries are the Lhomi language speaking children their paren ts and the local education actors who benefit of increased capacity. The government supports mother tongue education and pre-schools but often they do not have resources to start schools in the remote areas.Key activities:- Influencing the attitudes of the stakeholders.- Producing MTB ECE program and material for it.- Training teachers.- Pilot classes.- Capacity building.

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Oct 27, 2016 → Dec 31, 2020

Coverage

Nepal

In Nepal children are not screened for visual or hearing impairments. Knowledge of eye- and ear health is generally poor. Traditional beliefs and treatments can be detrimental to sight and vision. Having a disability is still greatly stigmatised. Although the majority of children in Nepal have access to education differently abled children are still mostly excluded from it. This is a major risk for marginalisation. The project which is a 2-year pilot in Bara district in the Terai region in the south of Nepa l aims to increase the enrollment of 3 to 8-year-old children with vision or hearing impairment in public preschools. The inhabitants of the district are poor and the number of children not attending school is considerable. The majority of pupils in Bara a re boys and the project aims to promote girls' right to education.Grass-root level volunteers are educated to identify children with problems with vision or hearing. The children identified through screening are examined at eye + ear camps to diagnose cond itions affecting sight and vision. It is estimated that most of these children have problems that can easily be cured with simple treatments. Children with a severe visual or hearing disability will undergo a 4-6 month rehabilitation to enable life outside home and attending school. Awareness raising campaigns regarding eye- and ear health as well as rights of disabled children will be organised among local inhabitants during the camps.This project is as a collaboration between a Nepalese NGO B.P. Eye Found ation and PSR Finland. The collaboration was initiated from Nepal. Like the previous work of B.P. Eye Foundation this project aims to screen for and promote treatment of disabling conditions as well as contribute to a change in the Nepalese view on the rig hts of people with disabilities remove barriers and stigmas associated with disabilities and enable children with disabilities to become productive citizens. The Department of Education (DoED) Nepal has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on implementing these pilot protocols in other districts in Nepal.

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Nov 4, 2016 → Dec 31, 2020

Coverage

Bara, Madhesh

Inclusive and Accountable Schools is a cooperation project of Loo Niva Child Concern Patan Community Based Rehabilitation and Interpedia Finland Ry. The project running from 2017 to 2020 works in South Lalitpur which suffers from a low rate of public schoo ls and was hard hit by the earthquakes in the spring 2015. This project builds on previous co-operation between Loo Niva and Interpedia with a new partnership with Patan CBR adding expertise in children with disabilities.Previous work aimed to contribute t o strengthening efficient and effective school and local education governance mechanism in South Lalitpur. This project is focused on promoting inclusive and accountable schools as well as advancing the realization of the right to education for marginalize d children who face discrimination particularly due to disabilities or the caste but also due to gender and ethnicity. The goal to increase inclusion of these vulnerable groups of children will be achieved by identifying and finding excluded children; prov iding material and financial support that sustains enrolment to school; sensitizing training and rising awareness about rights needs and potential of marginalized children among children parents and teachers; improving school governance and using local med ia for raising awareness of the importance of education for all children. The three organizations involved have versatile expertise of both advancing the right to education improving governance and advancing the involvement of children from margin groups f or instance children with disabilities and dalit children. Moreover the project has been designed with consultation of children local communities and authorities for ensuring engagement of the local communities as well as the most effective implementation of the project in promoting the right to education. From the beginning the project has been planned in collaboration with local and national level authorities other NGOs and community groups for ensuring the sustainability and continuity of the good resul ts of the project.

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Oct 27, 2016 → Dec 31, 2020

Coverage

Lalitpur, Bagmati

The School Sector Development Plan (SSDP) program covers the entire basic education system in Nepal and is funded jointly by the Government of Nepal and its Development Partners. The program is implemented during the years 2016-2023. Finland supports the p rogram with a total of 20 million euros in the years 2016-2020. In addition Finland also supports a smaller technical assistance based project which supports the achievement of SSDP's objectives. The SSDP is the second phase of the School Sector Reform Pr ogramme which Finland supported between 2009-2016. It is based on the achievements of the first stage of which the most important were the substantial increase in access to education achievement of gender parity in education a decrease in illiteracy and cl assroom size and an increase in the number of educated teachers. In the SSDP there the focus shifts more clearly towards enhancing the quality equitable participation and learning outcomes in education. There is also a stronger emphasis on linking disburse ments of funds to achieved targets as donors will apply Disbursement Linked Indicators (DLIs) to which part or all of their funding is tied. The objectives of the program are divided into four categories: equity quality efficiency and relevance. The progra m aims to enhance these aspects of education on all levels: early childhood education basic education secondary education and lifelong learning. The program strives to ensure that all students in Nepal have equal opportunities to access high quality educat ion. A reform of the governance and management system of the education sector is also part of the objectives of the program. The final beneficiaries of the program are Nepal's around 7.3 million students and almost 29.000 public schools. The Ministry of Ed ucation of Nepal is implementing the program and the Government of Nepal funds at least 80% of its budget. Other development partners who fund the program include the Asian Development Bank Australia the EU the World Bank Norway UNICEF and Global Partnersh ip for Education.

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Dec 14, 2015 → Dec 31, 2022

Coverage

Nepal

The Technical Assistance for Competence-Based Soft Skills Development in School Education in Nepal (TASS) is the second phase of the Finnish funded TSSP program which was implemented in the years 2012-2015. The aim of the TSSP program was to improve the qu ality of education in Nepal by integrating soft skills into teaching. Soft skills are defined as personal cooperation thinking innovation and business skills. The TSSP project ends in December 2015.The mid-term review of TSSP concluded that the integration of soft skills into the education sector in Nepal is highly relevant as it can improve both the quality and the relevance of education. The evaluation recommended a continuation of the project. The main achievements of TSSP were the approval of new curric ula in six different subjects for grades 9-10 as well as the development of teachers training materials and their testing. The new textbooks for grade 9 will be in schools in 2016 and teachers' training packages have been taught in 40% of Nepal's teacher t raining facilities. The second phase ? the TASS project ? will build on the achievements of the first phase. During the TASS program the update of the curriculum for grades 9-10 moves to the implementation stage. Teaching materials are being developed also for grades 6-8 and work on materials for grades 9-10 continues. The education of teachers and capacity building of relevant institutions regarding the application of soft skills also continues. The beneficiaries of the project are Nepalese students in g rades 6-10. The immediate beneficiaries are the Ministry of Education and regional and district level education directorates and offices. In addition the projects 80 pilot schools and their teachers benefit from focused capacity building support. The Minis try of Education in Nepal implements the project. The proposed budget for the project is 17 MEUR for the years 2016-2018.

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Dec 8, 2015 → Dec 31, 2019

Coverage

Nepal

The project aim is to develop child and environmentally friendly schools in rural Eastern Nepal by supporting school child clubs in their activities and the cooperation between school stakeholders (child club, school management committee, parent-teacher as sotiation, school administration, Village education committee) in preparing school improvement plans (SIP). The project provides capacitation to Child Club board members on child rights, life skills, gender, social inclusion and environmental issues. The s chool stakeholders participate in trainings and workshops to manage the schools efficiently and transparently. Through Child Clubs the youth can contribute to the development of their own shools and communities. There is also hardware components to improve the classrooms, sanitation and safe drinking water facilities in project schools. The project will result in quality rural schools with good environment to study and work. The project is implemented by Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness (ECCA) . http://www.ecca.org.np/home

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2014 → Dec 31, 2019

Coverage

Nepal

UNESCO will work with education institutions, youth organizations, and media partners to support gender-responsive, inclusive Media and Information Literacy (MIL) policies and digital initiatives that strengthen resilience to disinformation, misinformation, and gender-based online hate speech. This workplan contributes to UNESCO’s regional priority on inclusive, safe, and rights-based digital transformation, while strengthening young people’s particularly young women's role as informed, safe, and responsible digital actors.

Organization

UNESCO Kathmandu

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2026 → Dec 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

UNESCO will work with academic institutions, local tech innovators, the Wikimedia movement and indigenous community networks to strengthen capacities to safeguard and promote Indigenous knowledge, cultures and languages through inclusive policies and practical action. This contributes to UNESCO’s regional support strategy by advancing inclusive digital transformation, linguistic diversity and community resilience.

Organization

UNESCO Kathmandu

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2026 → Dec 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

UNESCO will support the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation to advance ratification of the 2005 Convention in Nepal by strengthening the For CCI network to generate evidence, improve coordination and inform policy, in line with UNESCO’s regional focus on cultural diversity and youth engagement.

Organization

UNESCO Kathmandu

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2026 → Dec 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

UNESCO will work with the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, ICIMOD, NEFIN and the Indigenous Nationalities Commission to carry out a scoping study on the traditional knowledge of Indigenous pastoralist and farming communities in Nepal, and its role in safeguarding agricultural biodiversity and cultural diversity. This will support inclusive heritage safeguarding and the regional focus on cultural diversity, youth and community engagement.

Organization

UNESCO Kathmandu

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2026 → Dec 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

UNESCO will support national partners, communities and experts to strengthen the protection and sustainable management of World Heritage in Nepal, with stronger coordination among key stakeholders, including civil society.

Organization

UNESCO Kathmandu

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2026 → Dec 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

In collaboration with the national authorities and other technical partners, provide technical support for the conservation and management of World Heritage Sites in Nepal including capacity building on various pertinent topics. This will contribute to implementing the Regional Framework Action Plan for the Asia-Pacific 2021-2027.

Organization

UNESCO Kathmandu

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2026 → Dec 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

This project enhances the cooperation of the Confederations of Nepal, so that they can formulate joint agenda for the national labour market discussions and development. This way the decent work principles and agenda will prevail.Nepali political situation is providing problems but also opportunities for the trade union movement. Employers are pushing hard flexibility and precarious work forms and contracts. JTUCC is lobbying pro-worker provisions into labour legislation, like the right to strike and to neg otiate, and implementation of a fair social security system. Thus, the cooperation among trade unions and Confederations and strengthening their capacity and representation are very important in this volatile situation. Results of this project will be more effective lobbying of pro-worker labour policies, decent work principles, minimum wage levels, and OHS standards into national legislation. The capacity of interest representation of the trade union movement will be developed through training and the awar eness of the labour and trade union rights will be raised among workers. The main beneficiaries are Confederations, their coordination committee JTUCC, trade union activists, leaders and ultimately the workers. The contract partner is JTUCC. The implementi ng partners are the confederations belonging to JTUCC.

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2014 → Dec 31, 2019

Coverage

Nepal

The project has four outcomes: facilitate the communities and stakeholders for further improvement of the sanitation situation of the communities (Total Sanitation), institutionalization of the health works particularly maternal and child health. The secon d outcome is related to improving livelihood status of the marginalized ethnic and minority communities which was started in the CHEP III. The third outcome is to continue facilitating the community organizations formed in the earlier project to enable and institutionalize them so that they can sustain the basic development activities in their communities and to realize their fundamental rights. As a fourth outcome, the project will make effort to mainstream key cross cutting issues such as peace, disabilit y, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), gender and social inclusion (GESI). This includes capacity building of the project staff, sensitization of the communities and stakeholders on these issues and incorporating important issues in the project activities.

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2014 → Dec 31, 2019

Coverage

Nepal

On a long-term perspective the project will contribute to creating an environment for a dignified life for persons with disabilities (PWDs), enabling self-reliance and participation in society on an equal basis as others. The main three outcomes are concer ned with the inclusion of PWDs in community activities and services, PWDs acting as change agents for the rights of all PWDs, and increased income and employment rate of PWDs in the targeted districts (Lalitpur, Dhading, Kaski, Banke and Kailali).

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2014 → Dec 31, 2019

Coverage

Dhading, Lalitpur

Community resilience programme: supports rural and remote Nepalese villages in increasing disaster preparedness, decreasing women's vulnerability through skills training and financial suppport for livelihoods. Health promotion and preparedness activities ( including local disaster response supplies and funds) are integral part of the project. Branches of Nepal Red Cross are supported in the target communities.

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2013 → Dec 31, 2019

Coverage

Nepal

School based disaster preparedness projects where local Red Cross youth clubs are set up, equiped and trained. School contingency plans are updated and drills are organized. Pupils and teachers skills are increased through training (including first aid) an d culture of safety is disseminated through peers.

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2013 → Dec 31, 2019

Coverage

Nepal

Finnish water projects have supported the government of Nepal in developing decentralized community based water and sanitation approach and working modalities since 1990. Project in Devchuli Nepal is an extension to WaterFinns NAPA WASH project in Nepal in 2014-2016. There is great potential in developing the area to the next level in water quality and sanitation by capacity building in municipality and ward level trainings and minor construction to ensure the long term sustainability based on self-reliance of the communities. There is a need to increase understanding and awareness of sustainability of WASH services and facilities in user committees ward and municipality level. There is a clear demand for a continuation project after NAPA WASH; Devchuli area has basic level water and sanitation services however the quality of water and skill of maintaining WSP are not still sufficient and therefore causes health issues. The overall project objective is to improve the self-reliance of Devchuli communities to sustain their WASH services at acceptable good level to ensure safe drinking water and healthy hygienic environment for the whole community. This is done by applying tested Operation + Maintenance and Management practices new technologies and capacity buil ding at the community ward and municipality level. The project is situated in Devchuli municipality in Nawalparasi Nepal. Devchuli has a population of 34912 with 6336 individual households which all are direct or indirect beneficiaries of the project. Proj ect management is done by WaterFinns Finland with the local partner Center for Appropriate Technology Nepal (CATN) in Nepal in addition to the Devchuli municipality. Project?s beneficiaries are the users of WASH services in Devichuli Municipality.The proje ct is designed also to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) especially of 5. Gender equality 6. Clean water and sanitation 10. Reduced inequalities and 13. Climate action. The project will integrate Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Re duction measures in the WASH process e.g. the WSP aiming to minimize the impacts of weather induced disasters.

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Dec 3, 2013 → Dec 31, 2020

Coverage

Nepal

Finland has in 2012 agreed to support Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Western Nepal (RWSSP-WN II) with 137 million euros. The overall objective of the project is improved health and fulfilment of the equal right to water and sanitation service s for the inhabitants of the Project area. In the last three years the Project has built 172 water supply schemes which serve approximately 85 000 people. From the 14 districts in the Project area only 3 are still without access to sanitation services. Fin land will support the Project with an additional 1 million euro funding. The additional funding will increase the number of beneficiaries of the Project and guarantee the sustainability of the water supply schemes. With the additional funding (1 million eu ros from Finland and 1 million euros from Nepal) the overall budget of the Project for the years 2013-2019 will be 2423 million euros of which Finland´s share will be 147 million euros. The additional funding of 05MEUR applied for in 2018 will be directed to the project investment funds. The funds will be utilized to complete the already started water schemes conducting Water Safety Plan-trainings and enhancing the capacity of the newly established municipalities' M-WASH-Units.

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Dec 20, 2012 → Dec 31, 2020

Coverage

Nepal

The unions participating in the project continue organizing forest workers, with the aim of getting 10?000 new members in four years. Occupational health and safety measures continue to reduce the number of accidents and injuries in forestry work. The unio ns advocate for legislation that influences interest representation of forestry workers, and participate in cooperation with environmental organizations to promote sustainable green jobs. The major problems of the forestry sector are unstable work relatio nships and dangerous working conditions. Awareness of rights, collective bargaining and union density have before the project been low, and before 2016 workers of the sector were not even officially recognized as workers. The project activities have brough t around 20?000 new members to the unions, and close to 12?000 people have participated diverse types of trainings and advocacy work. Almost 2?000 people have through cooperatives gained additional income to supplement the forestry work, making use of othe r products of the forest, such as tree leave plates, mushrooms, berries and honey. The cooperation with environmental organizations, especially WWF, has reduced tensions between forestry workers and environmentalists by fitting together sustainable forestr y and conservation, as well as nature tourism. This last project phase ensures the continuity and sustainability of the work done in the current target regions and through spreading the successful models of action to a few new districts. The project benef its Nepalese forestry workers and their families through improved income and safety, as well as the participating unions through strengthened membership base, negotiation position and cooperation in advocacy work. The main actors of the project are BWI NAC (Building and Wood Workers’ International Nepal Affiliates Committee) as the coordinating cooperation body and its affiliates CAWUN (Construction and Allied Workers’ Union in Nepal), CUPPEC (Central Union of Painters, Plumbers, Electro and Constructio n in Nepal) and ANCWU (All Nepal Construction Workers’ Union) that implement the project in cooperation with WWF Nepal.

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2012 → Dec 31, 2019

Coverage

Nepal

Strengthening Education Policies and Ensuring the Right to Education ?project has been planned by Loo Niva Child Concern Group and Interpedia expert NGOs on child rights and education. The NGOs have previously partnered in the Far-West Dadeldhura district through Concern for Education -projects in 2012-2014 and 2015-2017.Dadeldhura is one of the least developed areas in Nepal where vulnerable groups such as girls ethnic minorities and Dalits face discrimination and have lower access to education. The projec ts have improved the status of education through sensitizing children parents teachers and local authorities on their role in promoting education; strengthening child participation in society; forming and supporting local action groups for supervising and promoting quality education and raising awareness about good educational practices. The projects have also promoted peaceful education and avoiding misuse of schools as an instrument of politics.This project works at local municipal and provincial levels w ith the objective of enabling efforts on realizing the right to education in the new provincial structure of Nepal. In 2015 Nepal ratified a new constitution and the recent federalization process has reformed structures related to education policy shifting decision making to local and provincial levels. The civil society now has an opportunity to strengthen its role in policy-making and to advance the democratization process.The project will work to ensure better educational policies and programs at provinc e No. 7 and two municipalities through training local government leaders and provincial assembly members. For ensuring good practices developed are sustained and spread this phase will focus on empowering and engaging local civil society to ensure the sust ainable redistribution of roles and responsibilities. In addition the project will improve learning achievements and reduce dropouts in two municipalities reaching over 4000 school-going children in 32 schools their families and 60 teachers. The project is in line with Finnish development policy objectives has a strong rights-based approach and focus on gender + reduction of inequality

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Nov 9, 2011 → Dec 31, 2022

Coverage

Dadeldhura, Sudurpashchim

This continuation project has its former partner organisation and a new content digital journalism. The immediate objective of this project is to impart digital investigative journalism skills to journalists. This 2017-2020 project is a) to create a pool o f investigative journalists skilled in the use of multi-media and data journalism tools b) to spread that know-how to the regional media and strengthen their investigative journalism content. Nepal's media landscape is diversifying with the arrival of new media platforms including online news portals and social media providing an effective alternate medium. To stay effective and relevant in this changing landscape investigative reporters need to adapt to and adopt these skills. The former project 2013-2015 taught basic skills in investigative journalism to 70 journalists in various regions of the country. The shifting eyeballs towards digital portals in the past years has shown Nepalis now have an alternative outlet of publication and syndication of investig ative stories that would otherwise have been sensitive for the corporate media. However the use of digital interfaces that use multimedia and datajournalism tools is deficient. The evaluation report of the earlier project between CIJ and VIKES has stated n ecessity for a training based on feedback from trainee reporterstrainers and editors working in various Nepali media. Accordingly the proposed project aims at training journalists to adopt digital tools for investigating and reporting on matters crucial to common interest. The project will also support CIJ to develop its own capacity to train and mentor investigative journalists in the use of multimedia and datajournalism techniques. Democratic ownership of development is a crucial element in human rights -based development. For citizens to know their rights and be able to exercise them they need an independent and critical media that serves their right to information. This is effectively being done in developed countries through promotion of investigativ e journalism. The project aims to do the same in Nepal through its activities.

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Dec 10, 2009 → Dec 31, 2019

Coverage

Nepal

Nepal has a variety of development challenges related to the nonfulfillment of human rights that need to be addressed. This Country Programme aims to catalyse and equip the local churches and other civil societies to act as strong societal advocates to ful fil the rights of vulnerable children and youth. In local partnership with AGN churches, Rescue Nepal, Relative Nepal, Transformation Nepal and New Life Service Association, the Country Programme improves children and other beneficiary rights, especially i n regards to their rights to health, education, and adequate living standards. The health component of the Country Programme is addressing the health situation, hygiene and sanitation, and unsafe drinking water that have resulted in the poor health situati on in village development areas of Basauti, Pabera, Gadariya, Pahalmanpur and Udasipur in the Kailali district. The Education component of the Country Programme is addressing the improvement on the quality of basic education, school management skills, know ledge and skills of parents in schools, and village development areas of Ishworpur Muncipality in Sarlahi district, in Ramgorpalpur and Hattisarwa in the Mahottari district, Janakpur Muncipality and in Bateshwar, Bagchaura, Mithileshwar Nikas, Bhutahi Pate rwa, Lagmagadhaghuthi and Tulsiyahi Nikash in the Dhanusha district. The adequate standard of living component of the Country Programme addresses the strengthening of institutional facilities and providing awareness and skills to improve livelihood of the families in Pokali, Ragani, Khijichandeshwori, Khijifalate and Khijikati village development areas of the Okhaldhunga district. The capacity building and advocacy components of the Country Programme are implemented with and within the AGN Church denominati on. On the grass root level, the AGN church partner is a motivated social and development actor throughout Nepal. The Country Programme is expected to directly benefit 57 000 people and 305 000 people indirectly already during the Programme period. Moreove r, the Programme will have many multiplier effects for the development of Nepal.

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Mar 15, 2007 → Dec 31, 2019

Coverage

Okhaldhunga, Dhanusha

UNESCO will support the Ministry of Science and Technology and Innovation (MoSTI) in Nepal to strengthen open, inclusive and evidence-based science policy including improved indicators and research capacity for evidence-based decision-making and sustainable development.

Organization

UNESCO Kathmandu

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2026 → Dec 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

This project supports Member States in protecting, safeguarding and promoting Indigenous knowledge, cultures and languages through collaborative research, knowledge-sharing, capacity-building and policy support. Building on UNESCO’s work with Indigenous Peoples and local communities, it promotes the transmission and revitalization of Indigenous knowledge and languages, including through the opportunities offered by digital technologies and information and communication tools. The project contributes to the implementation of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022–2032) by supporting initiatives that strengthen the visibility, use and intergenerational transmission of Indigenous languages, while fostering ethical and inclusive approaches to the documentation, preservation and sharing of Indigenous knowledge in the digital age. By encouraging inclusive policies, knowledge-sharing and collaboration among Indigenous Peoples, governments and partners, the project contributes to ensuring that Indigenous knowledge, cultures and languages continue to enrich societies and strengthen resilience.

Organization

UNESCO Kathmandu

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2026 → Dec 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

Support to strengthen STEM education capacities and to advance scientific collaboration, knowledge sharing, and innovation

Organization

UNESCO Kathmandu

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2026 → Dec 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organisation dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people. For specific details on the populations supported in this operation, please use the document link "Populations".

Organization

UNHCR Nepal

Budget

USD 3.0M

Timeline

Jan 1, 2024 → Dec 31, 2024

Coverage

Nepal