Development projects in Nepal

EngageMedia is a non-profit organisation which promotes digital rights, open and secure technology, and social issue documentary. Combining video, technology, knowledge, and networks, EngageMedia supports Asia-Pacific and global changemakers advocating for human rights, democracy, and the environment. In collaboration with diverse networks and communities, EngageMedia defends and advances digital rights. The proposed budget is total US$ 2,166,100, approximately SEK 23,000,000 for 3 year programmes - Year 1 US$660,642, Year 2 US$745,666, and Year 3 US$759,791. EngageMedia's analysis shows that the human rights community in the Asia-Pacific is working amidst a backdrop of large-scale disinformation, rising authoritarianism, intensified surveillance, increased censorship, and surging violent extremism, all exacerbated by advancing unregulated machine learning, increasing weaponization of cyber laws, and weakening democratic institutions. These issues were emphasized across EngageMedia's range of initiatives. To counter digital authoritarianism and the closure of civic spaces, EngageMedia seeks support to contribute to: 1) Greater freedoms for change-seekers, change-makers and filmmakers for climate justice and digital rights; 2) Greater understanding for civil society organizations (CSOs) to engage in public policy development, particularly in countering disinformation, platform accountability, and AI governance; 3) Greater solidarity among digital rights CSOs; and 4) Greater security for human rights defenders through the adoption and development of open and secure technologies. EngageMedia also requests support to develop and implement an updated strategy for 2026-2028 that would position EngageMedia to be more effective and optimal in addressing significant challenges and issues in South and Southeast Asia.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jul 1, 2024 → Dec 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

EngageMedia is a non-profit organisation which promotes digital rights, open and secure technology, and social issue documentary. Combining video, technology, knowledge, and networks, EngageMedia supports Asia-Pacific and global changemakers advocating for human rights, democracy, and the environment. In collaboration with diverse networks and communities, EngageMedia defends and advances digital rights. The proposed budget is total US$ 2,166,100, approximately SEK 23,000,000 for 3 year programmes - Year 1 US$660,642, Year 2 US$745,666, and Year 3 US$759,791. EngageMedia's analysis shows that the human rights community in the Asia-Pacific is working amidst a backdrop of large-scale disinformation, rising authoritarianism, intensified surveillance, increased censorship, and surging violent extremism, all exacerbated by advancing unregulated machine learning, increasing weaponization of cyber laws, and weakening democratic institutions. These issues were emphasized across EngageMedia's range of initiatives. To counter digital authoritarianism and the closure of civic spaces, EngageMedia seeks support to contribute to: 1) Greater freedoms for change-seekers, change-makers and filmmakers for climate justice and digital rights; 2) Greater understanding for civil society organizations (CSOs) to engage in public policy development, particularly in countering disinformation, platform accountability, and AI governance; 3) Greater solidarity among digital rights CSOs; and 4) Greater security for human rights defenders through the adoption and development of open and secure technologies. EngageMedia also requests support to develop and implement an updated strategy for 2026-2028 that would position EngageMedia to be more effective and optimal in addressing significant challenges and issues in South and Southeast Asia.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

USD 59K

Timeline

Jul 1, 2024 → Dec 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

To spur and structure learning and knowledge exchange within EnDev and the SDG 7 community, the EnDev Learning & Innovation Agenda (ELIA) was created in 2020, to facilitate learning and knowledge sharing via regular exchange meetings, as well as to develop knowledge products based on shared experience and research.ELIA encompasses the set-up of a Community of Practice (COP) on specific thematic topics, including Innovative Finance for Energy Access, through which EnDev aims to enhance literacy around the financial tools for energy access, identify important innovations that contribute to closing the financing gap for SDG 7, and understand where more innovation is needed.

Organization

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Budget

USD 3K

Timeline

Mar 1, 2023 → Aug 15, 2024

Coverage

Nepal

EnDev Programme Management, under the mandate of the Consultative Group, contracted the consortium PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory N.V. (PwC), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VUA) and SEO Economics (SEO) to perform a real-time evaluation of the EnDev programme between 2020 and 2023.The three evaluation objectives were to1. assess EnDev against the OECD-DAC criteria and additionality,2. assess the management's fit for purpose, and3. use the results for strategic learning, in order to allow EnDev to refine and reinforce its strategy and implementation.To meet the evaluation's objectives, a performance evaluation and a process evaluation were conducted. The evaluation had a mixed-method nature, and used monitoring data analysis, in-depth case studies, a stakeholder survey, interviews and a systematic literature review.

Organization

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Budget

USD 23K

Timeline

Apr 1, 2020 → Nov 6, 2024

Coverage

Nepal

The objective of this evaluation is, on the one hand, to generate learnings which contribute to the knowledge gained from previous evaluations. The aim is to complete the evaluation of the EnDev portfolio when it comes to effectiveness, relevance, coherence, sustainability and impact and to shed special light on the newest strategic priorities, and by doing so to close the gap between what was already concluded by previous studies and what was still not evaluated in depth. On the other hand, this evaluation will be forward-looking, assessing the EnDev instruments against the needs of the sector and build on these learnings to benefit the sector as a whole and for a potential future programme.

Organization

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Budget

USD 43K

Timeline

Sep 1, 2025 → Oct 1, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

In recent years, migrants have made a significant contribution to the socio-economic landscape of Nepal. However, as migration and sustainable development is an issue which has not yet been addressed in the curricula of Nepali universities, there exists a gap in academic knowledge and a small number of policymakers with expertise on the matter. As a result, stakeholders such as academicians, policymakers and practitioners have limited exposure on an overarching comprehensive and harmonized approach to migration for development. Migration governance thus remains to be mainstreamed in the policies of all three tiers (federal, provincial and local level) of government. In light of the above, the objective of this project is to support the Government of Nepal in addressing migration issues in a comprehensive manner for the benefit of sustainable development through the acquisition of migration knowledge.The project will seek to do so by engaging the government, civil society actors and members of academia to work collaboratively in the field of migration and improve their understanding on the complexity of migration impacts in Nepal. To that end, the project will: establish and hold two editions of the School on Migration Studies (SMS), which will provide an interactive course for the benefit of the aforementioned stakeholders to strengthen their knowledge on migration and sustainable development, addressing various thematic areas on migration; provide grants for students and young researchers to produce novel and local migration research; and produce recommendations to identify and address knowledge gaps, and assess training needs in the field of migration research.

Organization

IOM Nepal

Budget

USD 300K

Timeline

Feb 1, 2022 → Jan 31, 2025

Coverage

Nepal

Building upon the partnership between Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and IOM globally, this project aims to strengthen Nepal's migration governance through enhanced coordination mechanisms, and the promotion of safe, orderly and regular migration practices. The project envisages collaborative efforts among the government, civil society actors, private sector and academia, fostering a deepened understanding of migration impacts and the integration of safe migration practices across sectors. The project will support the government with the development of a comprehensive GCM National Implementation Strateguc Framework. This will involve the establishment of a multistakeholder coordination mechanism and knowledge sharing and management through Migration School. Policy briefs and dialogues on migration and development will be important outputs. The project prioritizes gender mainstreaming, ensuring a gender-responsive approach in capacity-building, policy dialogues, and ethical recruitment practices. It also emphasizes inclusivity by considering the youth and addressing their challenges, promoting environmental sustainability through climate change adaptation, and ensuring benefits extend to those left behind. The emphasis on regular pathways promotes legal and safe migration, contributing to a transparent and secure framework. These cross-cutting considerations enhance the overall effectiveness, inclusivity, and sustainability of migration governance initiatives in Nepal.

Organization

IOM Nepal

Budget

USD 170K

Timeline

Apr 15, 2024 → May 14, 2025

Coverage

Nepal

This application will build understanding of the uncertainties that poor rural households face in South Asian Mountains and how they respond to them. The collaboration aims to shift thinking away from a risk to an uncertainty framing of the hazards of mountain lives, paying attention to the time preference behavior of poor people and generate new research capacities, proposals and deliberative policy approaches to respond to this. Mountains are centers of social marginality and are deeply affected by climate change. Uncertainties cannot be given probabilities in contrast to risks and can be a threat or an opportunity. The challenge is to understand how households navigate hazards and the conditions that might allow them to build transformational resilience capacities. The collaboration with partners in Nepal, India and Bhutan will foster debate, learning and develop new methods of understanding of uncertainty and its sources in different mountain contexts. Key collaboration activities will include meetings in each country research site. These will involve joint field visits, analytical workshops for sharing new learning and planning research outputs, seminars with relevant partners and deliberative policy engagement activities with selected policy makers. Virtual writing workshops will support writing processes and new research proposals. During the two year collaboration we will visit each partner country site exploring the contextually specific nature of uncertainty.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2023 → Dec 31, 2025

Coverage

Nepal

Supports the following illustrative program-funded costs: salaries of US, FSN, and TCN and other staff such as PSCs, RSSAs, PASAs, CASUs working for the US Government managing, administering, and supporting programs and their program-funded benefits such as housing, travel, transportation, education allowances etc; institutional contractors that provide such staff, rent, IT services, the program-funded share of utilities, staff training costs and the cost of developing and administering training programs, equipment and supplies, ICASS, vehicle fuel and maintenance, maintenance contracts, janitorial services, operational unit web page development and maintenance, outreach such as publications and the cost of their preparation (including staff costs), and technical assistance to ensure USG compliance with regulations.

Organization

USAID Nepal

Budget

USD 669K

Timeline

Oct 1, 2022 → Sep 30, 2023

Coverage

Nepal

Supports the following illustrative program-funded costs: salaries of US, FSN, and TCN and other staff such as PSCs, RSSAs, PASAs, CASUs working for the US Government managing, administering, and supporting programs and their program-funded benefits such as housing, travel, transportation, education allowances etc; institutional contractors that provide such staff, rent, IT services, the program-funded share of utilities, staff training costs and the cost of developing and administering training programs, equipment and supplies, ICASS, vehicle fuel and maintenance, maintenance contracts, janitorial services, operational unit web page development and maintenance, outreach such as publications and the cost of their preparation (including staff costs), and technical assistance to ensure USG compliance with regulations.

Organization

USAID Nepal

Budget

USD 346K

Timeline

Oct 1, 2015 → Sep 30, 2016

Coverage

Nepal

This proposal deals with the study of novel 2D materials, which are considered to be highly potential candidates for future nanoelectronics.In this project, we will carry out detailed theoretical investigations of several important properties of graphene and other 2D materials (silicene, germanene, boron nitride) by ab initio density functional theory. The theoretical studies will be intimately connected to in-house experiments carried out in Uppsala from the point of view of spectroscopy and defect induced changes in the structures and transport properties. In our constellation, the participation of researchers of various expertise in ab initio theory, molecular dynamics, magnetism and spectroscopy will be extremely valuable in the understanding of the properties of these 2D materials. The present proposal is very significant to diversify the scope of scientific research and training of young researchers by establishing collaboration with the research group in Tribhuvan University in Nepal. The project will be carried out by means of collaborative visits, training of young students by arranging schools and workshops, joint scientific publications and organization of international conferences in both countries.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2014 → Dec 31, 2016

Coverage

Nepal

SI Leader Lab is a leadership training for young civil society leaders to strengthen the capacity of civil society organisations to drive successful advocacy work for promoting just, peaceful and inclusive societies

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2022 → Dec 31, 2022

Coverage

Nepal

This mechanism is used to hire staff for technical leadership and technical expertise. Staff will assist in: providing technical leadership and field support, supporting evaluations, research, learning, outreach, and for building USAID expertise in this area. Because this mechanism is in procurement development, the following key information has not yet been determined: Mechanism No. (Award #), Prime Partner, Start and End dates, Total estimated cost.

Organization

USAID Nepal

Budget

USD 1.4M

Timeline

Sep 30, 2015 → Sep 29, 2021

Coverage

Nepal

Sida assesses that the Swedish Partnership Program (SPP) has high relevance for both target areas of the CSO strategy, i.e. strengthened capacity of actors in developing countries and promotion of a favorable social climate for civil society organizations in low- and middle-income countries. The program can be expected to contribute to all goal formulations within the goal areas, especially those relating to the rights perspective, awareness/commitment/capacity and diversity. ForumCiv's efforts to strengthen its platform for cooperation for both capacity development and advocacy work have good potential to contribute to strengthened cooperation between civil society actors. ForumCiv estimates that 300-400 organizations will have agreements with Swedish organizations within SPP. Over the years, ForumCiv has played a unique role within the CSO strategy through its strong and broad anchoring in Swedish civil society. The breadth of Sweden has enabled collaborations with a great diversity of civil society actors in low- and middle-income countries - including grassroots organizations. ForumCiv has contributed to strengthened capacity of rights holders and civil society organizations to demand their rights and there are good examples of their work influencing policies and legislation. An external evaluation from 2021 further confirms that Swedish organizations within SPP overall have a clear added value and contribute to the results achieved. Before the new program period, ForumCiv has developed a common and cohesive structure for all development cooperation. A range of new policies, working methods and tools will be launched with the new programme. Results follow-up, learning and integration of development perspectives are some areas where major changes will be implemented. Sida's overall assessment is that ForumCiv has systems in place to carry out operations, report on results, ensure good internal management and control, and has raised its ambitions in terms of performance management.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Feb 22, 2023 → Jan 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

Contribution to the frame-organisation Swedish mission council according to agreement for development cooperation and development education for 2009.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2009 → Aug 28, 2010

Coverage

Nepal

Contribution to the frame-organisation Swedish mission council according to agreement for development cooperation and development education for 2009.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2009 → Aug 28, 2010

Coverage

Nepal

Sida assesses that the Swedish Partnership Program (SPP) has high relevance for both target areas of the CSO strategy, i.e. strengthened capacity of actors in developing countries and promotion of a favorable social climate for civil society organizations in low- and middle-income countries. The program can be expected to contribute to all goal formulations within the goal areas, especially those relating to the rights perspective, awareness/commitment/capacity and diversity. ForumCiv's efforts to strengthen its platform for cooperation for both capacity development and advocacy work have good potential to contribute to strengthened cooperation between civil society actors. ForumCiv estimates that 300-400 organizations will have agreements with Swedish organizations within SPP. Over the years, ForumCiv has played a unique role within the CSO strategy through its strong and broad anchoring in Swedish civil society. The breadth of Sweden has enabled collaborations with a great diversity of civil society actors in low- and middle-income countries - including grassroots organizations. ForumCiv has contributed to strengthened capacity of rights holders and civil society organizations to demand their rights and there are good examples of their work influencing policies and legislation. An external evaluation from 2021 further confirms that Swedish organizations within SPP overall have a clear added value and contribute to the results achieved. Before the new program period, ForumCiv has developed a common and cohesive structure for all development cooperation. A range of new policies, working methods and tools will be launched with the new programme. Results follow-up, learning and integration of development perspectives are some areas where major changes will be implemented. Sida's overall assessment is that ForumCiv has systems in place to carry out operations, report on results, ensure good internal management and control, and has raised its ambitions in terms of performance management.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

USD 186K

Timeline

Feb 22, 2023 → Jan 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

Data and Evidence for Education Program (DEEP)

Organization

USAID Nepal

Budget

USD 1.2M

Timeline

Aug 27, 2018 → Sep 30, 2024

Coverage

Nepal

Around the globe, 168 million children are in work. The term 'child labour' refers to when children are too young to work, or do work that is too hard or too dangerous for them, and this work prevents them from receiving a proper or any education.Due to the lack of education for example, child labour hampers the development of individual children and of society as a whole. This means child labour is not only a consequence of poverty, it is also a significant cause.In the UN Sustainable Development Goals, it has been agreed that child labour should be eliminated by 2025 (SDG 8.7). Entrepeneurs and business can contribute to this goal through the Fund against Child Labour.The Fund from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Fund makes subsidy possible for projects aimed at Due Diligence (OECD Guidelines) and local multistakeholder projects on (production)location. The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) is administering the fund.

Organization

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Nov 12, 2016 → Dec 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

This award is for a direct administrative costs or operating expenses of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Organization

USAID Nepal

Budget

USD 601K

Timeline

Oct 1, 2012 → Sep 30, 2018

Coverage

Nepal

The LEAP award will support continued delivery of learning, evaluation, and analysis services of economic growth programming, including of the Agency's priority Feed the Future initiative. These services are required to enable the Agency to monitor key results and analyze projected impacts from hundreds of millions of dollars of planned investments to promote economic growth in USAID recipient countries.

Organization

USAID Nepal

Budget

USD 381K

Timeline

Sep 30, 2011 → Mar 31, 2015

Coverage

Nepal

(USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security (RFS)): Purpose: USAID seeks to strengthen its commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) in the workforce and across its partnerships and programming through deliberate and intentional efforts. The purpose of this activity is to improve global food- and water-security through the empowerment of individuals from backgrounds underrepresented in the agriculture, natural resources and related science fields..Activities: .This activity supports the professional development of underrepresented minorities and increases awareness of career and partnership opportunities within the climate, agriculture, food security and water sectors..Activities include:.In-person and virtual engagements facilitated between development practitioners, academic and professional organizations, and students from underrepresented minority backgrounds, including intersectional identities such as LGBTQI+ and persons with disabilities, that include technical presentations and professional development trainings.Trainings and resource materials, including on gender and social inclusion in food and water security programming, disseminated in various fora targeted at underrepresented minorities.Global and food security programming, events and opportunities promoted through digital and print materials targeted at minorities underrepresented in agriculture, natural resources, and related sciences, including integration of gender into that programming .A Global Empowerment Fellows Leadership Program implemented to prepare undergraduate and graduate students for international development fieldwork and global citizenship through training and experiential learning..Benefitting Countries: Global.

Organization

USAID Nepal

Budget

USD 16.5M

Timeline

Sep 10, 2021 → Sep 9, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

USAID Asia Learning and M&E Support Project

Organization

USAID Nepal

Budget

USD 589K

Timeline

Sep 23, 2014 → Feb 22, 2024

Coverage

Nepal

It is always the skilled and educated individuals who carry a culture forward. And, with a nominal investment in terms of Western education, young Nepali adults who have not achieved their School Leaving Certificates can gain the sort of vocational training that will launch them on solid careers. When a young man or woman can support his or her own life, they will often share their profits with their families, thus raising the entire family unit into a more sound and stable economic situation.

Organization

GlobalGiving

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Aug 20, 2013 → Jul 22, 2020

Coverage

Nepal

Service for Peace/GPConnect! is an international NGO that furthers the growth and development of individuals and communities through the shared experience of voluntary service. In Nepal, where Maoist rebels and govn't forces fought for a decade, we are working to address the aftermath of the civil war, focusing on the plight of women and orphaned children. Beginning in the town of Sarlahi, we have introduced a community-based approach involving an orphanage, literacy education, and goat farming.

Organization

GlobalGiving

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Dec 9, 2011 → Oct 15, 2013

Coverage

Sarlahi, Madhesh

Educating and enabling families to keep their young daughters at home, having the girls attend school, while affording the families' sustainable ways for the successful eradication of this practice.

Organization

GlobalGiving

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 17, 2005 → May 21, 2008

Coverage

Nepal

More than half of the children aged 10-14 in Nepal are working; many employed in conditions classified as 'the worst forms of child labour'. This project provides vital support to child labourers in western Nepal and prevents other vulnerable children entering exploitative and hazardous employment, through education, training, family support and awareness raising.

Organization

GlobalGiving

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Nov 17, 2011 → Oct 26, 2012

Coverage

Nepal

On the banks of the heavily polluted Bagmati river there is a slum, with tin shanty "homes' having no toilets, floors, heat or lights. Everyday, 140 children walk from this slum to Koseli School where they bathe, brush teeth, change into clean school uniforms, have a hearty breakfast and begin to study. It's a place of miracles, there's no other way to state it. It costs just over $1.00 a day to feed, educate and provide clothing for these kids, an incredibly cheap cost.

Organization

GlobalGiving

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Nov 9, 2011 → Sep 24, 2012

Coverage

Kathmandu, Bagmati

This project helps to construct a school building and supply with necessary materials to provide education for children residing in the poor community of Madhuban, Bara district Nepal.

Organization

GlobalGiving

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Aug 2, 2011 → Feb 28, 2012

Coverage

Bara, Madhesh

At Orchid Garden Nepal, young girls come to school everyday but are facing sexual abuse in the home. In some cases the parents are working until late evening and the abuse is at the hands of neighborhood boys, in the most extreme cases, it is a family member. We noticed grades falling off considerably when this began and have now moved some of these girls to a hostel where they can be safe. We need support to continue to provide a safe place for these young girls to live.

Organization

GlobalGiving

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jun 24, 2011 → Apr 2, 2014

Coverage

Nepal