Development projects in 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 14.2M

Timeline

Oct 1, 2014 → Sep 30, 2015

Coverage

Nepal

PURPOSE & AIM: 80% of non-communicable disease deaths globally occur in low- and middle-income countries like Nepal, cardiovascular diseases being most common. We contribute to reduced morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease through increased knowledge transfer by creating, implementing and evaluating a novel digital tool (a serious game) for cardiovascular health promotion.PROJECT ORGANISATION: Sweden: University of Skövde (public health, informatics). Nepal: Kathmandu Medical College (community medicine), Tribhuvan University & Patan Academy of Health Sciences (med. sociology). TIME PLAN & METHODS: 2021: Cross-sectional study; knowledge, attitude and practice of parents and school-children grades 6-10; Assess preparedness for digital health promotion in schools via focus group discussions and interviews. 2022-2023: Develop and pilot a serious game targeting diet and physical activity in a school setting. 2023: Health economic evaluation including measuring Health-Related Quality of Life and Cost Utility Analysis and dissemination. SIGNIFICANCE: We apply a digital tool for health promotion in schools, a new, unique approach to prevent and reduce morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease. This aligns well with Nepal’s plan to prevent and control non-communicable diseases. Our results can be applied in other low-income countries as well as in Sweden. The project contributes to UN sustainable development goals 3, 9 and 17.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2021 → Dec 31, 2025

Coverage

Kathmandu, Lalitpur

Recent decades have witnessed an increasing militarization of wildlife and biodiversity conservation. This trend has been most profound in African countries, where state agencies have responded to heavily armed poachers by providing rangers with more sophisticated and lethal weapons as well as more rigorous military training. The consequences of applying militarized forms of conservation measures have, however, rarely been evaluated in empirical research. The overall objective of this project is to investigate how military style wildlife management affect the effectiveness and legitimacy of conservation efforts in southern Africa. It focuses on the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) – a collaboration that includes five countries that show great variation in terms of the extent to which their conservation policies rely on military approaches – and will conduct in-depth interviews with managers and park rangers as well as implement a large-scale survey questionnaire among local communities and resource users. This unique data, focusing on questions related to perceptions about enforcement frameworks and willingness to comply among local communities, has the potential to generate findings of both theoretical and real-world importance. The project builds on the project participants’ experience of pilot-studies in the KAZA area and a memorandum of understanding with the park authorities is already established.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2021 → End not reported

Coverage

Nepal

The project studies the tension between notions of the Ganges that stem from religious and secular conceptions of it. These are often incompatible and result in dissonant ideas regarding how to manage and respond to its state of pollution, degradation and capriciousness. The Ganges is a principal constituent of the sacred geography of South Asia, particularly to Hindus, at the same time as millions of people depend on it for daily sustenance. This duality informs how India and Bangladesh act to govern the river and seek to mobilise sustainable water management, yet it also affects how individuals and communities relate to the river’s welfare and possible use. Contradicting views of the river are manifest in religious and secular representations broadly and in concrete mismatches between state-level governance and lay beliefs. In order to examine state activities as well as the belief systems of individuals, the project consists of two components. The first probes attempts in India and Bangladesh to make the Ganges integral to development efforts and nation building, and the extent to which these relate to the basic tension. The second stresses how cultural and religious assumptions regarding the Ganges, in the form of lay beliefs, interact with environmental concerns ascribed to it. The objective is to grasp the ways in which discordant ideas about the river are reflected in state activities and in lay beliefs, and where we find overlaps and inconsistencies between these.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2020 → Dec 31, 2024

Coverage

Nepal

The proposed project aims to contribute to the Government of Nepal's priority of enhancing disaster preparedness and response, particularly at the provincial level, through sustainable capacity building and strengthening coordination and information management initiatives.

Organization

IOM Nepal

Budget

USD 1.3M

Timeline

Apr 10, 2023 → Oct 9, 2025

Coverage

Nepal

This project supports the Government of Nepal in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM). IOM aims to support the establishment of a robust legal framework at provincial and municipal levels. Further, this project contributes to strengthening the operational capacity of the National Disaster Management Authority, through trainings to their staff and to elected representatives and government officials, at provincial and municipal levels. Thematics of the trainings will include drafting of DRRM acts and policies, including emergency preparedness.

Organization

IOM Nepal

Budget

USD 2.3M

Timeline

Aug 15, 2019 → Jan 31, 2023

Coverage

Nepal

This award is for a staff travel costs of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Organization

USAID Nepal

Budget

USD 578

Timeline

Oct 1, 2014 → Sep 30, 2015

Coverage

Nepal

In February 2016, the first observation ever of wheat blast caused by Magnaporthe oryzae pathotype Triticum (MoT) beyond South America was recorded in Bangladesh. The extent of the wheat blast outbreak in Bangladesh was considerable and rapid, with 15,000 hectares affected between February to March 2016, and is estimated to have affected at least 45,000 farmers, the majority of whom are resource-poor smallholders. Most importantly this first introduction of a highly virulent form of MoT, in heavily populated South Asia represents a serious threat not only for Bangladesh, but also for regional food security in S. Asia, home to 300 million undernourished people and whose inhabitants consume over 100 million tons of wheat each year. The speed by which MoT however spread across Bangladesh in 2016 was alarming, indicating that if blast were to further spread in South Asia, inaction to mitigate the disease could lead adversely affect the food and income security of over a billion people. There is thus an urgent need to characterize these isolates to identify their morphology, virulence, fungicide resistance and genome evolution at various geographical locations. This work which includes disease surveillance, marker development and participatory trials would help researchers and breeders to identify solutions for the sustainable wheat production in the region in presence of this new highly virulent pathogen. This will be critical to avoid a major potential disaster.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2019 → Dec 31, 2024

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

OCIO Cost Recovery

Organization

USAID Nepal

Budget

USD 34K

Timeline

Oct 1, 2021 → Sep 30, 2023

Coverage

Nepal

Nepal witnesses high human mobility in the form of both voluntary and forced migration. The country has extremely high levels of climate risk. Climate change and human mobility is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon that cuts across different policy areas, including but not limited to migration, development, climate change and environment, humanitarian assistance and security. The Government of Nepal is keen to address the issue in an integrated and coherent manner to provide solutions for people to move, people on the move and people to stay. The objective of the project is to support the Government of Nepal’s efforts to respond to challenges along the MECC nexus in a human security-centred and gender responsive manner. The project aims to further strengthen the knowledge base to inform government stakeholders and influence policies related to climate change, disasters, gender, and migration. Along with this, the project will support local governments to draft plans, adopting a human security approach, for gender responsive safe, orderly and regular migration and adaptation to climate change. By engaging with different spheres of government and engaging leading civil society organisations (CSOs) and communities, the project will promote participatory, joint approaches to analyse and address drivers that compel people to move and support the Government in taking climate actions and enhancing adaptive capacities of the population by making migration a choice.

Organization

IOM Nepal

Budget

USD 300K

Timeline

Oct 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2025

Coverage

Nepal

Administrative costs and operating expenses of USAID contributing to Communications, Utilities, and Rental Payments.

Organization

USAID Nepal

Budget

USD 92K

Timeline

Oct 1, 2013 → Sep 30, 2014

Coverage

Nepal

Questions of governance and access to resources have become even more important with new and emerging forms of land control in the global South. These have implications for smallholder livelihoods and forest futures. The analytical approaches used to deal with the processes of deforestation and agricultural changes, i.e. forest and agrarian transition models, are ill equipped to explain the complex interaction of forest conservation initiatives and local smallholding practices. There is a need to better understand the way new forms of land governance, such as REDD+, unfold locally and what effects they have on smallholders’ lifeworlds. An interdisciplinary team of researchers from SLU (Sweden), Nepal, and Brazil are working on these issues through country specific cases and cross-country comparisons. This project intends to strengthen the ongoing collaboration and also draw in Peruvian colleagues to deepen the comparative analysis. The collaboration among the researchers is expected to provide a solid ground for contextually informed relational analysis, producing high quality scientific outputs and cutting edge questions for future research. The proposed activities include analytical workshops, joint field work, stakeholder workshops and seminars in three countries, and will provide more space for networking and collaboration. We also plan to develop further research applications and lay groundwork for writing a book.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2018 → Dec 31, 2022

Coverage

Nepal

Groundwater in Nepal maintains flows in streams essential for human needs, food production, ecological health, and hydropower production. Baseline data needed to characterize current groundwater conditions are largely unavailable making it impossible to assess the potential for sustainable groundwater development in Nepal. This exposes rural livelihoods to risk under climatic changes. The overall objective of this project is to secure sustainable use and management of groundwater in Nepal through a modernization of monitoring. With a focus on the Tarai and Pahar regions of Nepal, the project will run a series of three workshop activities with distinct follow up plans over three years (1) to catalog existing groundwater data for integration within an online groundwater information system, (2) to train on innovative mobile monitoring technologies utilizing citizen science methods (employment of rural women and youth) for the collection of new hydrogeological information, and (3) to develop synergies among Nepali Ministries and Departments demonstrating the power of data sharing and to enable development of joint applicant(s) for scaling up pilot studies. This project seeks to connect the people of Nepal to their groundwater resources. By leveraging novel technologies and geospatial databases, we hope to unlock the power of data as a central component in Nepal's plan for future climate-resilient and sustainable development.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2017 → Dec 31, 2021

Coverage

Nepal

The time before and after birth, the perinatal period, is the time of an annual 300,000 maternal deaths, 3 million stillbirths and 3 million newborn deaths. There is robust evidence that use of facilitated participatory groups is an effective social innovation to prevent a large proportion of these deaths to happen. No large scale-up of this promising innovation has so far taken place. The aim of this project is to adapt, implement, evaluate and communicate a contextually appropriate social innovation, the PeriScope model, for perinatal health in Vietnam and Nepal representing low - high maternal and neonatal mortality. The project targets primary and secondary health system levels and engage stakeholder groups with more than 5,400 key members, health care staff and managers to identify and act on local challenges, quality of care issues and health system obstacles. The project will be based on problem-solving cycles and study its effect on 388,000 births, to our knowledge the largest implementation study in this field. The PeriScope will make health systems more responsive and sustainable, reduce barriers currently preventing the uptake of safe, efficient and equitable perinatal health services. This project will allow for researcher with complimentary skills to embark on previous achievements and develop a strong collaboration. Lessons from this scale-up can be transferred to other settings, enabled by the active participation of the WHO, the UNICEF, and the World Bank.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2017 → Dec 31, 2020

Coverage

Nepal

ASIA Cost Recovery-funded IT - 2019

Organization

USAID Nepal

Budget

USD 611K

Timeline

Oct 1, 2018 → Sep 30, 2019

Coverage

Nepal

Asia Cost Recovery-funded IT - 2017

Organization

USAID Nepal

Budget

USD 542K

Timeline

Oct 1, 2016 → Sep 30, 2017

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

Shiraka aims to bring about positive change in the MENA region, meaning:• societies that accept cultural and religious differences;• states that respect the rule of law and protect individuals, minorities and human rights;• an economy which fosters prosperity and employment.The broader programme consists of the following two components:• Shiraka Training Programme o The Shiraka Training Programme (STP) is an instrument for implementation of bilateral relations between the Netherlands and eligible countries at government level. o The objective is to train senior public and semi-public officials on matters relevant to furthering public services in the MENA region. o An important aim is to create networks, by bringing the participants together in the Netherlands. o The programme also aims to increase and improve bilateral relations between Dutch line ministries and their colleagues in their respective countries. o Some training programmes also invite people working for semi-public organisations.• Government to government (G2G) cooperation o G2G is an instrument to stimulate structural cooperation between governments in order to offer support in solving issues of reciprocal concern. o Where relevant, the Dutch business community is actively involved.

Organization

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2021 → Dec 31, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

Energising Development (EnDev) promotes sustainable access to modern energy technologies and services for households, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, schools, health centres and community centres in developing countries as a means to inclusive social, economic and low carbon development. EnDev's projects take place in 20 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.EnDev is a strategic partnership of dedicated donors, partners and individuals. The partnership is the driving force behind EnDev's success. Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Switzerland work together to speed up energy access and socio-economic development. The German Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) jointly co-manage the programme.Building on the primary focus on promoting sustainable access to modern energy services, EnDev focuses on three impact areas1. Energising Lives,2. Energising Opportunities, and3. Energising Climate.EnDev contributes to achieving the Agenda 2030, in particular Sustainable Development Goal 7, and the Paris Agreement by contributing to keeping the increase in global average temperature to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and by strengthening the ability of countries to deal with the impacts of climate change. EnDev grows and strengthens markets for modern energy services and products at scale, in particular for the poor, ensuring no one is left behind. EnDev seeks to stimulate social and economic development.EnDev is committed to:• contribute to energy sector transitions, taking a market-based approach;• promote sustainable access to modern energy services as the means for higher level impact;• coordinate closely with local communities and stakeholders, building local and national capacity;• share lessons from implementation and learn from the work of others in the field;• support gender equality;• team up with international partners to increase its impact and relevance;• accurately account for its results;• work efficiently, tr

Organization

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jul 1, 2023 → Dec 31, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

Natural Hazard Mitigation Global Technical Assistance

Organization

USAID Nepal

Budget

USD 832K

Timeline

Oct 1, 2016 → Sep 30, 2024

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

The present project focuses on understanding the processes that govern the variability of the South Asian Monsoon over various time-scales from days to decades. We have chosen to focus primarily on the monsoon impacts in Bhutan, with a planned extension of the study area to neighbouring Nepal: this region is mainly affected by the Indian Monsoon subsystem, but it is likely to be influenced by the South-East Monsoon subsystem as experienced e.g. in Thailand. We emphasise in particular the use of stable water isotopes (SWI) to better understand and constrain processes in the atmospheric water cycle. The suggested approach combines ground- based (precipitation sampling, shallow ice-cores) and remote-sensed (tropospheric vapour) ob- servations with global and regional climate models with embedded SWI diagnostics. The periods of interest cover present-day, recent (1981-2010) and future (2021-2050) Mon- soon variability. Beyond the inherent scientific challenges in improving our understanding of the Asian Monsoon, the present project is highly relevant for supporting sustainable develop- ment policies in the partner countries. Analysing the regional SWI signature will also contribute to a refined interpretation of isotopic climate archives in Southern and Eastern Asia.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2014 → Dec 31, 2017

Coverage

Nepal

Pilot a new WHO manual involving focused psychosocial interventions for emergency-affected adults in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Organization

USAID Nepal

Budget

USD 1.7M

Timeline

Sep 1, 2015 → Aug 31, 2019

Coverage

Nepal

Macro Grant to UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)

Organization

USAID Nepal

Budget

USD 810K

Timeline

Jan 1, 2015 → Sep 30, 2020

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

USD 7K

Timeline

Jan 1, 2003 → Jun 28, 2005

Coverage

Nepal

Taxus baccata L. subsp. wallichiana (Zucc.) Pilger, commonly called as Himalayan yew and locally ?Lauth Sallo? is one of the notable species of Nepal. Various parts of this species are used for food, medicine, fuel and other domestic purposes. Himalayan yew, known for the treatment of ovarian and breast cancer has been overexploited and smuggled heavily from eastern Nepal. Ethanol extract of its leaves is heavily exported for manufacturing cancer curing chemical called taxol. The present application is to identify Himalayan yew genotypes with enhanced taxol production for their exploitation through plant cell culture. To achieve this gold we will, first, study the genetic diversity within and across populations of Himalayan yew using SSR markers to identify genetically related groups (genetic structure) across Nepal, second apply plant cell culture to identify yew genotypes with enhanced taxol and baccatin III production within each genetic group and third, establishment of a germplasm bank in Nepal for future evaluation of taxol production and for diversity conservation purposes.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2013 → Dec 31, 2015

Coverage

Nepal

USAID/OFDA COOP FOR URBAN SEARCH & RESCUE

Organization

USAID Nepal

Budget

USD 6.5M

Timeline

Mar 1, 2015 → Sep 30, 2021

Coverage

Nepal

An intercultural leadership programme that aims to lay a foundation for dialogue and knowledge sharing among young leaders from South Asia

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2015 → Dec 31, 2015

Coverage

Nepal

Administrative costs and operating expenses of USAID contributing to Claims, Income, and Refunds.

Organization

USAID Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Oct 1, 2013 → Sep 30, 2014

Coverage

Nepal