Development projects in Nepal

This will help Nepal to cope with impacts of climate change (CC) and promote clean development. It will provide strategic support to the Govt of Nepal to design and implement CC policies, to integrate resilience throughout government planning. This will:Improve resilience of 700,000 poor & vulnerable people (especially women) to floods, landslides, droughts in most remote districts;Improve resilience of businesses in 5 growing urban centres & 3 river basins through investments in urban planning, large scale irrigation systems & flood management;Facilitate connection of over 25,000 households to new micro-hydro power installations; connect over 70,000 homes to solar power & install RET in more than 200 schools/health clinics;Develop industry standard for ‘clean’ brick production and enable over half of the brick kilns (at least 400) to adopt more efficient technologies;Improve design of future CC programming & beyond through generation of world class evidence

Organization

FCDO Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Oct 6, 2016 → Jun 29, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

A $68,000 Bilateral grant from Massey University to WorldFish for Antimicrobial Resistance and One Health, including Animal Health, the Environment and Practitioner Engagement (AMROH) South Asia (SA)

Organization

ICRC Nepal

Budget

USD 14K

Timeline

Apr 1, 2024 → Dec 31, 2025

Coverage

Nepal

The program Sowing Diversity = Harvesting Security works with partners in eight countries (China, Laos, Nepal, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Peru and Guatemala) on better access, use and sharing of plant genetic resources (seeds). The program#s ambition is to contribute to a global food system that is just and sustainable, that supports the rights of small-scale food producers - men and women, that guarantees food and nutrition security and that promotes the sustainable management of natural resources and seed biodiversity within the context of a changing climate. Oxfam Great Britain (OGB) country office in Nepal will be the overall project coordinator inNepal while Li-bird will be responsible for the implementation of Pillars 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the project.The Oxfam Country Office will be the grant holder hence will sign contracts with Oxfam Novib on one hand and with Li-bird on the other.

Organization

Oxfam Novib

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2019 → Jun 30, 2024

Coverage

Nepal

A $3,000,000 Bilateral grant from Cargill to IFPRI for ENHANCING NUTRITION THROUGH BIOFORTIFICATION

Organization

ICRC Nepal

Budget

USD 51K

Timeline

Jun 1, 2024 → May 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

Nepal: Community Action for Nutrition Project (Sunaula Hazar Din)

Organization

AidData

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jun 26, 2012 → Jun 30, 2017

Coverage

Nepal

A $59,922 Bilateral grant from GAIN-Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition to IFPRI for POLITICAL ECONOMY DECISION TOOLKIT FOR FOOD SYSTEM PATHWAYS

Organization

ICRC Nepal

Budget

USD 512

Timeline

Jan 8, 2024 → May 31, 2024

Coverage

Nepal

IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources will facilitate the Gangas-Bramhaputra-Meghna CSO network and further build their capacity on TBWG (Transboundary Water Governance) issues, strengthen the regional CSO cohesion and furtherrefine the CSO Vision (from BRIDGE project) and work on its implementation by establishing the National Working Groups. It will parallely engage with the government and other stakeholders and take the work of the GBM CSOs network to the Track IIlevel.

Organization

Oxfam Novib

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Oct 1, 2017 → Mar 31, 2022

Coverage

Nepal

Sida support the ICRC to improve the health situation of vulnerable people, providing protection to adults and children in conflict situations, installing water - and sanitation systems in vulnerable communities, access to detainees around the world, and to continue the dissemination of information and compliance with IHL.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2011 → Dec 28, 2013

Coverage

Nepal

Sida's grant to IFRC through the Swedish Red Cross is expected to contribute towards saving thousands of lives and protecting livelihoods from health crises and disasters in vulnerable communities world-wide. This will be done by strengthening capacities among partners within the RC/RC Movement to mitigate, prepare for and respond to disasters, an deliver critical social and health services.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2009 → Dec 28, 2011

Coverage

Nepal

A $1,859,301 Windows 1 & 2 grant from CGIAR Fund to Bioversity for CGIAR Fund INIT-13- Plant Health and Rapid Response to Protect Food Security and Livelihoods

Organization

ICRC Nepal

Budget

USD 53K

Timeline

Jan 1, 2022 → Mar 31, 2025

Coverage

Nepal

The activity does not have a description. You can contact Sida for more information. Call +46 8 698 50 00 or send an e-mail to sida@sida.se.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2005 → Jun 28, 2007

Coverage

Nepal

A $110,213 Bilateral grant from Australia-DFAT-Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Bioversity for AUSTRALIA - DFAT Strategic Support for Nutrition; Resilience and Conservation Mobilisation of Coconut Genetic Resources

Organization

ICRC Nepal

Budget

USD 16K

Timeline

Sep 1, 2018 → Dec 31, 2019

Coverage

Nepal

A $3,498,944 Window 3 grant from IFAD-International Fund for Agricultural Development to Bioversity for IFAD Use of Genetic Diversity and Evolutionary Plant Breeding for Enhanced Farmer Resilience to Climate Change; Sustainable Crop Productivity and Nutrition under Rainfed Conditions

Organization

ICRC Nepal

Budget

USD 583K

Timeline

May 18, 2018 → Apr 30, 2023

Coverage

Nepal

A $82,870 Bilateral grant from ADB-Asian Development Bank to CIMMYT for Addressing malnutrition through Zinc enriched wheat varieties in Nepal

Organization

ICRC Nepal

Budget

USD 83K

Timeline

Jan 31, 2020 → Dec 31, 2020

Coverage

Nepal

Nepal Health Sector Program Project

Organization

AidData

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Sep 9, 2004 → Jul 15, 2010

Coverage

Nepal

The nutrition transition in South Asia, both in the rapidly urbanizing population and in peri-urban and rural areas, has led to diets that include a high amount of ultra-processed food, including sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). Aggressive marketing of SSB industries, along with inadequate policy, low compliance and weak enforcement of existing policies, is leading to high consumption of SSBs, particularly among children and youth in the countries of focus. Evidence from global research suggests that SSB labels, both text or image-based, reduce young people’s predicted preferences for, and reported probability of purchasing, SSBs. This also influences parents’ willingness to purchase SSBs for their children. Calorie information may also reduce selection and consumption, specifically of SSBs. This project seeks to build momentum for a more effective regulatory and fiscal policy in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and, ultimately, across the region. The project will undertake analysis of current policies and laws as well as SSB marketing practices and then co-create culturally relevant and understandable package labels. This will serve as the basis for policy recommendations for contextually appropriate labelling to inform consumer choice and improve diet-related health outcomes. This project is part of a cohort supporting diverse and multi-actor coalitions that combine collaborative learning networks and communities of practice, operating at multiple scales, to collectively support the production, consumption of and access to healthy diets for all, particularly the most vulnerable, emphasizing sustainable systems that contribute to the health of people and ecosystems.

Organization

International Development Research Centre

Budget

USD 60K

Timeline

Nov 1, 2024 → May 1, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

Trade measures, taxes and subsidies are an important means of enabling access to healthy dietary choices. Ensuring policy coherence, such as aligning domestic agricultural subsidies, taxes and trade policies with interventions for better nutrition, is a complex undertaking. This project will address the research gap on how fiscal and trade policies interact with dietary patterns and consumption choices to impact nutrition and health outcomes. This project aims to develop a South Asian research, policy and practice network for deploying fiscal and trade policies to improve access and affordability of healthy diets. The project team will use scoping reviews and exploratory research techniques to develop country-specific analysis to identify and use fiscal and trade measures to overcome the triple burden of wasting, stunting and obesity, and to promote healthy diets. This analysis will include an assessment on how national food safety requirements are connected to trade policies. The research team will focus on understanding how policy reform can address gender disparities, which are one of the most pervasive forms of inequality and a major cause of poor health and nutrition outcomes in South Asia. This project is part of a cohort supporting diverse and multi-actor coalitions that take on a leadership role to influence policies and transform food systems at the country and regional level in Central and South America, South Asia and Southeast Asia. These coalitions combine collaborative learning networks and communities of practice, operating at multiple scales, to collectively support the production and consumption of, and access to, healthy diets for all, particularly the most vulnerable, emphasizing sustainable systems that contribute to the health of people and ecosystems.

Organization

International Development Research Centre

Budget

USD 32K

Timeline

Jan 1, 2025 → Apr 1, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

IDRC is embarking on a five-year partnership (Artificial Intelligence for Development: Responsible AI, Empowering People) with the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, also known as AI4D-FCDO, to support policy, innovations and expanded leadership to spur safe and responsible artificial intelligence (AI) development in Africa and beyond. The vision of the program is to support an inclusive and responsible AI ecosystem that improves the quality of life for all in low- and middle-income countries. This project, which is part of AI4D-FCDO, will ensure that sexual, reproductive and maternal health (SRMH) hubs around the world graduate from proof-of-concept to testing and scaling. In South Asia, the AI Sarosh hub has awarded nine grants in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The grants cover areas such as adolescent health, developing affordable colposcopy imaging and digital microscopes, early detection of postnatal depression, risk management for pregnant mothers, AI-enhanced fetal ultrasound services, AI-enabled detection of perinatal depression and early diagnosis of gestational diabetes. The monitoring of these projects has allowed AI Sarosh to identify gaps in policy and regulatory frameworks, implementation challenges, and a lack of an evidence base on the responsible use of AI in health in the region. Through this project, AI Sarosh aims to: generate evidence by supporting field evaluations of the solutions currently in development in real-life settings that can inform scaling; improve understanding of SMRH issues and the potential of AI applications in SRMH through gap analysis; develop strategies to inform policy and regulatory decision-makers and relevant stakeholders; and provide a platform for the sub-grantees to interface with other health and AI experts.

Organization

International Development Research Centre

Budget

USD 80K

Timeline

Sep 1, 2024 → Sep 1, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

In sub-Saharan Africa, indicators for maternal, sexual and reproductive health continue to lag other health indicators. For example, the continent is not on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal’s target of ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services. Artificial intelligence (AI) holds the potential to be a transformative tool in tackling the continent’s ongoing maternal, sexual and reproductive health challenges. However, significant concerns remain about the potential harms and risks of using AI in this sector. IDRC supported the establishment of a Hub for Artificial Intelligence in Maternal, Sexual and Reproductive Health in sub-Saharan Africa, which, among other things, has funded development of a tool for predicting miscarriages among women in Uganda. In this new project, the hub seeks to scale a subset of promising AI innovations for maternal, sexual and reproductive health from the previous project. The new project will also strengthen the capacity of AI innovators to create solutions for local maternal, sexual and reproductive health priorities based on large datasets. By the end of the project, the project teams aim to have AI solutions scaled in five African countries and four new AI innovations developed through an open innovation competition. IDRC is supporting a five-year partnership, called Artificial Intelligence for Development: Responsible AI, Empowering People, with the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to support policy, innovations and expanded leadership to spur safe and responsible AI development in Africa and beyond. The vision of the partnership is to support an inclusive, responsible AI ecosystem that improves quality of life for all.

Organization

International Development Research Centre

Budget

USD 13K

Timeline

Aug 1, 2025 → Aug 1, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

A $703,895 Bilateral grant from University of Oxford to IFPRI for OUR PLANET OUR HEALTH

Organization

ICRC Nepal

Budget

USD 59K

Timeline

Apr 1, 2017 → May 30, 2022

Coverage

Nepal

A $70,756,850 Windows 1 & 2 grant from CGIAR Fund to IFPRI for CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

Organization

ICRC Nepal

Budget

USD 5.9M

Timeline

Jan 1, 2017 → Dec 31, 2021

Coverage

Nepal

A $1,658,000 Window 3 grant from EC-European Commission to IRRI for Improved crop management and strengthened seed supply system for drought-prone rainfed lowlands in South Asia under the Programme Putting Research into Use for Nutrition, Sustainable Agriculture and Resilience (PRUNSAR) (the “Project”) (funded by EC)

Organization

ICRC Nepal

Budget

USD 553K

Timeline

Jun 1, 2016 → Mar 31, 2020

Coverage

Nepal

A $340,000 Windows 1 & 2 grant from CGIAR Fund to IRRI for Other PPA Activities - Germplasm Health Unit (GHU) (Genebank Conservation Module)

Organization

ICRC Nepal

Budget

USD 4K

Timeline

Jan 1, 2017 → Dec 31, 2022

Coverage

Nepal

As the world’s most populous region, South Asia also has some of the world’s highest rates of unplanned pregnancies, maternal deaths, unsafe abortions, child marriages and sexual violence. There is also a mismatched demand and supply of sexual, reproductive and maternal health (SRMH) services. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools hold enormous promise for improving public decision-making, increasing productivity and overcoming human resource constraints in public health. However, using these tools carries risks, especially for vulnerable groups in the form of biases arising from the data and models being used and the decisions that they may drive. This project aims to create a research network titled Artificial Intelligence for Sexual and Reproductive Health for South Asia (AI-SAROSH, which translates to “Oh Angel” in Farsi) for identifying, supporting and encouraging cross-learning between multidisciplinary initiatives targeting key issues in SRMH using AI that is ethical, rights-based and inclusive. Expected outcomes include improved understanding of needs, agents, and solutions pathways; strengthened national AI innovation ecosystems in SRMH; and actionable knowledge feeding into policy and practice channels, leading to improved outcomes in SRMH in South Asia. The network will be managed by a consortium between PHC Global, a private limited company in Pakistan, and GTA Foundation, a non-profit based in Nepal. The project is a part of a CAD15.5 million collaborative investment in the Artificial Intelligence for Global Health (AI4GH) initiative.

Organization

International Development Research Centre

Budget

USD 98K

Timeline

Aug 1, 2024 → Jun 1, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

A $2,500,000 Window 3 grant from IFAD-International Fund for Agricultural Development to ICARDA for Enhancing Food and Nutritional Security and Improving Livelihoods through Intensification of Rice-Fallow Systems for Pulse Crops in South Asia (Bangladesh, India and Nepal)

Organization

ICRC Nepal

Budget

USD 833K

Timeline

May 23, 2016 → Dec 31, 2020

Coverage

Nepal

Humanitarian support to UNICEFs country programs during 2014-2017 in nutrition, health, child protection, WASH and emergency education.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2014 → Jun 30, 2019

Coverage

Nepal

Humanitarian support to UNICEFs country programs during 2014-2017 in nutrition, health, child protection, WASH and emergency education.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

USD 2.0M

Timeline

Jan 1, 2014 → Jun 30, 2019

Coverage

Nepal

After mitigation and adaptation, loss and damage emerged as the third pillar for international climate negotiation. Loss and damage refer to irreparable losses (such as loss of species, or land taken over by rising seas) and recoverable damages (damaged buildings, roads, power lines, etc.) from climate change. Research investments in the Global South that inform global negotiations on loss and damage are limited, resulting in a lack of evidence to support policy development and a lack of clarity on how vulnerable countries can formulate policy responses at the national level. It is critical for loss and damage to be addressed with a greater sense of clarity at the 2023 global stocktake of the Paris Agreement. This requires a large-scale effort to systematically document a vast number of losses and damages associated with climate change extremes and slow-onset events. There is a risk that many important facets of losses and damages will be missed, such as how slow-onset events are causing loss of culture and human health, or how the species loss of plants and animals will jeopardize rural women’s livelihoods. This project will support the development of country-level loss and damage policy and implementation mechanisms in the Global South. It will use a three-pronged collaborative research strategy: critical review of documented knowledge and discourse; country-level diagnostic studies and collaborative pilot policy actions; and a series of dialogues and knowledge exchange forums. The project will illuminate how strategies of loss and damage can be instituted in different policy and socio-environmental contexts, including lessons that can be learned from pre-existing risk governance systems.

Organization

International Development Research Centre

Budget

USD 233K

Timeline

Nov 1, 2022 → Mar 1, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

The Accelerating Progress toward the Economic Empowerment of Rural Women is a global programme of the FAO, IFAD, WFP and UN Women. Implemented in Ethiopia, Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Nepal, Niger and Rwanda, the Joint Programme seeks to improve rural women’s food and nutrition security, increase their income to sustain livelihoods, enhance their participation in decision-making, and create a

Organization

UN Pooled Funds

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Oct 15, 2012 → Dec 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

Action Against Hunger (AAH) is a global humanitarian organisation that takes action against the causes and effects of hunger and malnutrition. AAH is composed of AAH entities from France (Sida agreement partner), India, United Kingdom, Spain, USA and Canada. Each of these members are separate legal entities, but share a common charter of principles, strategy and areas of intervention. All members of the network are committed to bringing coherence and enhancing efficiency to better serve those in need of nourishment , and to adhere to the AAH principles for which it stands. These principles are: moral and financial independence, strict political and religious neutrality, non-discrimination, free and direct access to victims, professionalism and transparency. The principles are outlined in an agreement (the International Global Protocols), which is signed by all AAH members. Through this contribution, Sida will be supporting AAH with funding which will allow for AAH to provide humanitarian assistance to affected population in more than 20 countries worldwide, through flexible, programme-based funding. While the specific objective of each intervention might differ, AAH's main mandate is within the nutrition sector, with the mission to "save, improve and protect lives by eliminating hunger through the prevention, detection and treatment of undernutrition, especially during and after emergency crises caused by situations of conflict, displacement, poverty, discrimination, inequality, or natural disaster". Nutrition interventions are complemented by activities which seek to ensure that people have access to clean water, food, healthcare and protection. By being present before and after disaster strikes, AAH is committed not only to respond to emergency needs, but also to build and to strengthen the capacity and resilience of the local communities. In line with the Sida humanitarian strategy, the objective of the response is to save lives, alleviate suffering and uphold human dignity for the benefit of people in need who have been, or are at risk of becoming, affected by armed conflicts, natural disasters or other disaster emergencies. AAH's long-term planning and performance monitoring process is laid out in a five-year International Strategic Plan (ISP), which is prepared by the AAH international network. The current International Strategic Plan (ISP3) covers the period 2021-2025 and reflects AAH's priorities. To meet the overarching impact of collective and inclusive action that empowers 25 million people to overcome hunger in 2025, the key priorities to be addressed by AAH are to: 1) Save lives: Lives are saved and immediate needs are met in an effective and inclusive manner in emergency contexts; 2) Collectively build resilience: People and communities are better able to withstand future shocks. Mitigation of the climate crisis and of gender inequality is embedded in the fight against hunger; 3) Connect and mobilize: Citizens, communities, civil society and actors at all levels are mobilized as part of a collective movement to end hunger; 4) Create and share knowledge: Best practice in the fight against hunger is developed collaboratively by a diversity of actors and shared for the empowerment of all. In 2024, Sida supports AAH's humanitarian interventions in 25 specific contexts including 11 multi-year humanitarian programmes and 8 annual humanitarian programmes. Sidas contribution also supports AAH's capacity to implement life-saving responses through the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) in 12 contexts (as of September 2024) as well as capacity building for protection integration and humanitarian access.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2021 → Dec 31, 2026

Coverage

Nepal