Development projects in Nepal

A $429,178 Bilateral grant from Nepal-Department of Soil Conservation and Watershed Management to IWMI for Building climate resilience of watersheds in mountain eco-regions

Organization

ICRC Nepal

Budget

USD 429K

Timeline

Jan 15, 2015 → Jul 31, 2019

Coverage

Nepal

A $966,597 Bilateral grant from USQ-University of Southern Queensland to IWMI for Groundwater in Eastern Gangetic Plains

Organization

ICRC Nepal

Budget

USD 967K

Timeline

Sep 1, 2014 → Jun 30, 2019

Coverage

Nepal

Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project

Organization

AidData

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Sep 3, 1996 → Dec 31, 2003

Coverage

Nepal

A $710,934 Bilateral grant from GHD Australia Pty Ltd to IWMI for A gender perspective to understand and enhance the functionality of water supply systems: lessons from Nepal

Organization

ICRC Nepal

Budget

USD 711K

Timeline

Jul 1, 2018 → Dec 31, 2021

Coverage

Nepal

A $320,000 Bilateral grant from New York University to IRRI for Uncovering the molecular mechanisms that integrate nutrient and water dose sensing and impact crop production

Organization

ICRC Nepal

Budget

USD 4K

Timeline

Oct 1, 2019 → May 31, 2024

Coverage

Nepal

South Asia is home to some of the most sensitive socioecological systems in the world, and there is a need for ongoing research in climate change and widespread water insecurity. Social and gendered research is important yet largely absent from climate and water research in the region. Moreover, gender-inclusive participation in science education is a challenge in South Asia, particularly in planetary sciences and engineering. There is a gap in understanding the impact of pedagogy, institutional, and market factors in furthering or constraining interdisciplinary and gendered research and practice in the region. The aim of this project is to understand how such shortcomings affect gender analysis in water and climate science, and whether more gender inclusivity improves gender analysis and high-quality research. It aims to improve tools and methods for postgraduate training and research and strengthen a network for knowledge exchange, advocacy, and mentorship for interdisciplinary research. It will focus on Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal. This project is part of a cohort of seven projects that were selected following the call for proposals to the Gender in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (GIST) Research Initiative. The aim of the cohort is to increase the contribution of science to gender equality. It seeks to advance women’s leadership and participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and to increase gender analysis in STEM research.

Organization

International Development Research Centre

Budget

USD 263K

Timeline

Aug 1, 2022 → Nov 1, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

The 6th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirmed that forest restoration is expected to help limit global warming and that restoration is biophysically feasible for up to two billion hectares of forests in low- and middle-income countries. The World Leader’s Summit at COP26 announced its first major agreement in which 105 countries covering 85% of the world’s forests committed to act on reducing and reversing deforestation. In South Asia, tree planting and other forms of forest restoration have been conducted by most countries for many years. This has been done primarily to increase the production of timber and non-timber forest products to support livelihoods but also to conserve soil and water resources and biodiversity. However, the economics of forest restoration as a carbon-mitigation option and its distributional impacts on gender and marginalized groups remain poorly understood in the region and globally. This research will examine the economics of different types of forest restoration programs (both plantations and natural regeneration) as nature-based carbon-mitigation options in South Asia. It will explore the impacts of such restoration on rural livelihoods, including distributional effects related to gender and to marginalized communities; examine the effectiveness of financing mechanisms for restoring forests; and, based on these findings, propose appropriate institutional and financial arrangements for scaling up forest restoration in South Asia. The research will be conducted in four South Asian countries – Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan. Project outputs will include journal articles on topics related to economics of forest and land restoration and nature-based solutions. Several policy briefs will be produced identifying policy-oriented entry points, to be done in collaboration with national stakeholders and researchers. The research will generate knowledge products and provide an evidence base for informing policies related to forest restoration in the region. It will also develop the research capacity of several junior to mid-career researchers who will be able to conduct similar research in the future.

Organization

International Development Research Centre

Budget

USD 259K

Timeline

Feb 1, 2022 → Feb 1, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

MetaMeta Research, FutureWater and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development will collaborate in order to address the declining and irregular flow of water springs in Nepal’s mountainous Dhankuta municipality. The project aims to protect and enhance natural springs while ensuring reliable water supplies and maintaining road infrastructure quality by reimagining roads as tools for landscape improvement. The Department of Local Infrastructure will oversee the projects implementation.

Organization

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Budget

USD 243K

Timeline

Jul 1, 2023 → Feb 25, 2026

Coverage

Dhankuta, Koshi

Together with Himalaya Agro-ecology Research and Development and Agro-Eco Advisors, aQysta B.V. is starting a study on the use of an energy-efficient and powerful water pump to irrigate higher-altitude lands and improve soil quality of Nepalese farmland. Combined with increasing the organic materials on the farmlands, it is expected that participating farmers will use 25% less water and increase their income by 200% within two years.

Organization

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Budget

USD 243K

Timeline

Dec 1, 2022 → Jul 2, 2025

Coverage

Nepal

The Partners for Water Program, executed by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and commissioned by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, supports the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and its member countries with expertise and technical support on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) during the preparation phase of ADB’s projects. This assignment is part of this partnership.Currently, the ADB is setting up a Project Preparation Study (PPS) named the Kathmandu Ecological Urban Renewal Project Preparation Study, set to kick-off in March 2024 and initially lasting for eight months. The PPS will promote urban environmental improvement, urban poverty reduction, climate change mitigation or adaptation, and improved environmental governance within urban areas. An ADB-Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) Project Team of consultants will be working on the PPS from late April 2024 in two stages. In this assignment, a hydrogeologist will look at feasibility and identification of NBS measures to support the formulation of next steps in the project.

Organization

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Budget

USD 44K

Timeline

Oct 10, 2024 → Dec 5, 2024

Coverage

Kathmandu, Bagmati

The Partners for Water Program, executed by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and commissioned by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, supports the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and its member countries with expertise and technical support on Nature-based Solutions (NBS) during the preparation phase of ADB’s projects. This assignment is part of this partnership.Currently, the ADB is setting up a Project Preparation Study (PPS) named the Kathmandu Ecological Urban Renewal Project Preparation Study, set to kick-off in March 2024 and initially lasting for eight months. The PPS will promote urban environmental improvement, urban poverty reduction, climate change mitigation or adaptation, and improved environmental governance within urban areas. An ADB-CDIA (Cities Development Initiative for Asia) Project Team of consultants will be working on the PPS from late April 2024 in two stages. In this assignment, a hydrogeologist will look at feasibility and identification of NBS measures to support the formulation of next steps in the project.

Organization

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Budget

USD 44K

Timeline

Sep 16, 2024 → Dec 9, 2024

Coverage

Kathmandu, Bagmati

The project aims to improve the health of poor rural populations in Ramechhap District by providing clean water, sanitation services, and low-smoke cooking technologies for 20,054 women, 16,009 children, and 3,958 men. The project helps communities build and install household toilets, gravity-flow water systems that deliver clean water year-round through public taps, toilets, and smokeless domestic cooking stoves that reduce in-house smoke emission and fuel consumption. It promotes effective use of local resources and involves community participation. The project provides materials and technical support for building low-cost water, sanitation, and cooking facilities. The local communities contribute labour and materials such as sand and gravel. World Neighbours Canada is working in partnership with Tamakoshi Sewa Samiti to implement this project.

Organization

Global Affairs Canada

Budget

USD 194K

Timeline

Mar 24, 2010 → Mar 31, 2013

Coverage

Ramechhap, Bagmati

Fish consumption is on the rise in Nepal, especially in urban areas. Presently, with 1.5 kg per person per year, it is still the lowest in South Asia. This is mostly, because seventy percent of the fish available on the market is Indian import of dubious quality. To fulfil the increasing demand for fresh fish, fish farming is on the rise in the lower parts of Nepal (Terai). Some 25,000 farmers have fish ponds, totalling 8,000 ha. The yields are well below South Asia average.The local partner, Himalayan Aqua Agritech Pvt., Ltd started a fingerling ("baby fish") production farm in 2005. She noticed that her customers, the fish farmers, had low yields. This was mostly due too poor quality fish food. Almost all fish food was solid and either disintegrated in the water or sunk to the bottom of the fish pond, unavailable to the fish.The owner was introduced to the applicant, Bokkers Holding B.V., in 2007 and together they looked into the possibilities to produce and sell proper fish food. In 2012, the local partner purchased a small extruder. The feed produced was tested at HAAP and at some customers' fish farms.After this turned out to be successful, they decided to set up a joint venture, Him Dana, to produce fish feed and provide extension services to fish farmers. Taken advantage from the fact that the local partner is a respected female entrepreneur, they want to encourage female farmers to set up fish farms, using Him Dana's fingerlings and fish feed.As fish farming in Nepal is commercially risky business, it is impossible to receive a full loan for investments, especially for setting up the extension services and a trial fish pond.

Organization

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Budget

USD 857K

Timeline

Sep 1, 2014 → Jul 29, 2019

Coverage

Nepal

March, 2013 - The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The Agency is mandated to lead and coordinate international action for the protection of refugees and resolution of refugee problems worldwide. The Agency is working to protect and assist refugees, internally displaced persons and those who are stateless, while searching for lasting solutions to their plight. Main activities include: providing shelter, clothing and other essential non-food items to people of concern; providing adequate sanitation services; working with governments to register asylum seekers and refugees and to help issue identity documents; working to uphold the social and economic standing of persons of concern; and working with governments to support refugee self-reliance and forge peaceful relations between refugees and local citizens. With Canada's support, UNHCR's 2013 emergency operations in Bangladesh, Burma, Colombia, Ethiopia, Iraq, Kenya, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, and Yemen will provide protection and assistance to an estimated 17.8 million displaced people affected by conflict.

Organization

Global Affairs Canada

Budget

USD 488K

Timeline

Mar 28, 2013 → Dec 31, 2013

Coverage

Nepal

With CIDA support, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is working to protect and assist refugees, internally displaced persons and those who are stateless, while searching for lasting solutions to their plight. These funds will contribute to operations in: Bangladesh, Burma, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Iraq, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Yemen. Main activities include: providing shelter, clothing and other essential non-food items to people of concern; providing adequate sanitation services; working with governments to register asylum seekers and refugees and to help issue identity documents; working to uphold the social and economic standing of persons of concern; and working with governments to support refugee self-reliance and forge peaceful relations between refugees and local citizens.

Organization

Global Affairs Canada

Budget

USD 504K

Timeline

Mar 29, 2012 → Dec 31, 2012

Coverage

Nepal

April 2011- In the late 1980s and early 1990s, tens of thousands of ethnic Nepalese were expelled from Bhutan. Most of these refugees settled in camps in eastern Nepal. On 22 March 2011, fires in two Bhutanese refugee camps in Nepal left over 5,000 refugees homeless and in need of urgent assistance. CIDA’s contribution is helping the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to meet the urgent needs of the affected Bhutanese refugees by rebuilding shelter, water and sanitation facilities in the refugee camps, and by providing a small cash grant to each affected refugee household to enable them to replace possessions lost in the fires. Since one of the camps was already scheduled to close before the fire, CIDA’s support is also helping UNHCR cover the costs associated with moving the refugees to new locations, and decommissioning the camp in an environmentally responsible manner.

Organization

Global Affairs Canada

Budget

USD 313K

Timeline

Apr 20, 2011 → Dec 31, 2011

Coverage

Nepal

May 2015 - On 25 April, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Nepal, with the epicentre 81 km northwest of Kathmandu. The earthquake has affected over 8 million people, displaced 2.8 million, and has left more than 3.5 million Nepalese in need of food assistance. On 12 May, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, northeast of Kathmandu, and near its border with China. This aftershock caused additional damage and loss of life, including throughout many areas already impacted by the April 25 earthquake. In response to the crisis, DFATD is deploying emergency relief items from its stockpile, managed by the Canadian Red Cross, to help meet the immediate needs of up to 25,000 affected people. The relief items are being provided to those who are most in need, in coordination with the Government of Nepal and the wider humanitarian community. The relief items include: (1) tents and tarpaulins to help provide temporary shelter; and (2) basic household items such as blankets, kitchen sets, and hygiene kits (which include items such as soap and toothbrushes), as well as jerry cans and buckets to safely transport water.

Organization

Global Affairs Canada

Budget

USD 2.6M

Timeline

Aug 20, 2015 → Mar 31, 2016

Coverage

Kathmandu, Bagmati

May 2015 - On April 25, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Nepal, with the epicentre 81 km northwest of Kathmandu. The earthquake has affected over 8 million people, displaced 2.8 million, and has left more than 3.5 million Nepalese in need of food assistance. To date, the Government of Nepal has confirmed over 8,600 deaths and 16,800 injured. On May 12, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, northeast of Kathmandu, and near its border with China. This aftershock caused additional damage and loss of life, including throughout many areas already impacted by the April 25 earthquake. With DFATD's support, the Centre for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI) is helping to meet the water, sanitation, hygiene and shelter needs, and support the livelihoods of up to 25,000 people affected by the earthquake. Project activities include: (1) distributing emergency shelter kits; (2) providing emergency relief supplies and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) items; (3) providing psychosocial support and referral services; and (4) training to households on livestock and agriculture management.

Organization

Global Affairs Canada

Budget

USD 567K

Timeline

Apr 30, 2015 → Feb 29, 2016

Coverage

Kathmandu, Bagmati

May 2015 - On April 25, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Nepal, with the epicentre 81 km northwest of Kathmandu. The earthquake has affected over 8 million people, displaced 2.8 million, and has left more than 3.5 million Nepalese in need of food assistance. To date, the Government of Nepal has confirmed over 8,600 deaths and 16,800 injured. On May 12, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, northeast of Kathmandu, and near its border with China. This aftershock caused additional damage and loss of life, including throughout many areas already impacted by the April 25 earthquake. With DFATD's support, CARE Canada is helping to meet the emergency shelter, water, and hygiene needs of up to 10,000 earthquake affected people. Project activities include: (1) distribution of emergency shelter, household, and hygiene kits; (2) provision of household water containers and water treatment supplies (water purification solutions); and (3) delivery of hygiene promotion training.

Organization

Global Affairs Canada

Budget

USD 1.1M

Timeline

Apr 30, 2015 → Apr 30, 2016

Coverage

Kathmandu, Bagmati

May 2015 - On April 25, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Nepal, with the epicentre 81 km northwest of Kathmandu. The earthquake has affected over 8 million people, displaced 2.8 million, and has left more than 3.5 million Nepalese in need of food assistance. To date, the Government of Nepal has confirmed over 8,600 deaths and 16,800 injured. On May 12, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, northeast of Kathmandu, and near its border with China. This aftershock caused additional damage and loss of life, including throughout many areas already impacted by the April 25 earthquake. With DFATD's support, Samaritan’s Purse Canada is helping to meet the shelter, hygiene, and household items needs of up to 30,000 earthquake-affected people. Project activities include: (1) distribution of emergency relief supplies, including tarps, blankets, jerry cans, cooking kits, and hygiene items; and (2) distribution of emergency shelter kits and tools.

Organization

Global Affairs Canada

Budget

USD 1.1M

Timeline

Apr 30, 2015 → Oct 31, 2015

Coverage

Kathmandu, Bagmati

This project aims to identify the economic opportunities and challenges for Dutch businesses, businesses in developing countries and developing country's national development strategies towards the circular economy. In the short term, this entails organising and coordinating Dutch input for WTO events in the fall of 2019.The output of the project is also an assessment of CE development in conjunction with WTO rules, together with the WTO secretariat, and contributing to discussions on this topic in the Committee on Trade and Environment of WTO.The project will further develop and establish a network of WTO members committed to creating an international circular economy. The results can be used as input for the World Circular Economy Forum 2021, organised in the Netherlands by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (MinIenW).

Organization

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Budget

USD 352

Timeline

Oct 1, 2019 → Dec 18, 2020

Coverage

Nepal

Water and Agriculture for Livelihood of Rural Women Programme

Organization

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Mar 31, 2012 → Feb 11, 2016

Coverage

Dhading, Bagmati

The objective of this assignment is to assess and describe adaptation impact induced by EnDev interventions. The assignment would focus on four use-cases: 1) powering ventilation; 2) water pumping / irrigation; 3) powering communication; and 4) clean cooking. The assignment will include case studies in two EnDev countries that are highly vulnerable to climate change and where chances are high that measurable impact may be achieved through EnDev activities. In these countries and for these use-cases, the assignment aims at first describing the links between the activities and impacts and providing more detailed insights about the magnitude of EnDev’s contribution to adaptation to climate change of EnDev target groups. Furthermore, the assignment aims to investigate which indicators would be relevant to measure adaptation impact for these use-cases and related additional monitoring requirements. Thirdly, the assignment includes the identification of relevant partners in the climate adaptation-energy interconnection, at national and international level. Finally, the study aims to identify potential future supplementary measures of EnDev activities to augment adaptation impacts.

Organization

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Budget

USD 6K

Timeline

Dec 2, 2024 → Nov 24, 2025

Coverage

Nepal

Sustained use of safe water and sanitation services and adoption of hygiene practices and strengthened systems for a clean and safe environment for all children, women, girls and boys, particularly the most disadvantaged and those affected by humanitarian situations. Results will be derived and assessed based on the annual thematic results report by UNICEF for Goal Area 4 - "Every Child Lives in a Safe Clean Environment" results and progress within the global WASH programs. For the period 2020-2022, Sida and other donors requested the Global Annual Results Report to include greater details on the following: UNICEF will continue including examples, case studies and progress on new, key areas such as Climate Resilience WASH, WASH in Institutions, urban WASH, strengthening systems and enabling environment, UNICEF will strive to strengthen the financial report to include analysis of funding gaps by regions and countries in the Annual Results Report, as part of UNICEF wide ongoing effort on funding gaps analysis as part of the Structured Funding Dialogue of the Executive Board. Data (knowledge) management: Recommend UNICEF to explore current partnerships and collaboration to help strengthen the country level data management, including areas as data quality, capacity, analysis and use, flow. Bilateral or multi-partner consultations: Recommend UNICEF to organize bilateral or multi-partners consultations on key thematic areas such as sustainability, Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM), enabling environment, innovative financing, climate, water scarcity in relation Humanitarian WASH in Health, WASH in Education, and the funding gap analysis. Demonstrating Strategic partnerships: Recommend UNICEF to build further on the strong and close collaboration at the global levels and explore ways to demonstrate collaborative approach for WASH results at the country level, including continue to involve key humanitarian WASH focal points from UNICEF and resource partners in further work on humanitarian development nexus and MTR shift on linking lifesaving needs with sustainable solutions Defining how to measure indirect results: Recommend UNICEF to develop the WASH results ladder. UNICEF to convene lead multi-partners team to further develop the methodology for measuring "indirect results" on the ground...

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2018 → Jun 30, 2025

Coverage

Nepal

Sustained use of safe water and sanitation services and adoption of hygiene practices and strengthened systems for a clean and safe environment for all children, women, girls and boys, particularly the most disadvantaged and those affected by humanitarian situations. Results will be derived and assessed based on the annual thematic results report by UNICEF for Goal Area 4 - "Every Child Lives in a Safe Clean Environment" results and progress within the global WASH programs. For the period 2020-2022, Sida and other donors requested the Global Annual Results Report to include greater details on the following: UNICEF will continue including examples, case studies and progress on new, key areas such as Climate Resilience WASH, WASH in Institutions, urban WASH, strengthening systems and enabling environment, UNICEF will strive to strengthen the financial report to include analysis of funding gaps by regions and countries in the Annual Results Report, as part of UNICEF wide ongoing effort on funding gaps analysis as part of the Structured Funding Dialogue of the Executive Board. Data (knowledge) management: Recommend UNICEF to explore current partnerships and collaboration to help strengthen the country level data management, including areas as data quality, capacity, analysis and use, flow. Bilateral or multi-partner consultations: Recommend UNICEF to organize bilateral or multi-partners consultations on key thematic areas such as sustainability, Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM), enabling environment, innovative financing, climate, water scarcity in relation Humanitarian WASH in Health, WASH in Education, and the funding gap analysis. Demonstrating Strategic partnerships: Recommend UNICEF to build further on the strong and close collaboration at the global levels and explore ways to demonstrate collaborative approach for WASH results at the country level, including continue to involve key humanitarian WASH focal points from UNICEF and resource partners in further work on humanitarian development nexus and MTR shift on linking lifesaving needs with sustainable solutions Defining how to measure indirect results: Recommend UNICEF to develop the WASH results ladder. UNICEF to convene lead multi-partners team to further develop the methodology for measuring "indirect results" on the ground...

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

USD 1.9M

Timeline

Jan 1, 2018 → Jun 30, 2025

Coverage

Nepal

ICIMOD has applied for support from Sida amounting to 150 000 000 SEK for implementation of ICIMOD's operations in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region, according to the plan "Medium Term Action Plan, 2018-2022". ICIMOD is an intergovernmental organization which through regional cooperation generates and shares knowledge to promote sustainble development in the region. The organization's member countries are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. The ICIMOD's programs contribute to reduced poverty, reduced physical and social vulnerability and improvement of ecosystem services for men, women and children in the region. The Swedish contribution is given as overall program support in order to harmonize the support as far as possible for the effective implementation of the five-year plan. Program support includes support for regional programs, - innovation and integration as well as institutional functions. Planned strategic results are: - Dissemination of innovations and practices developed by ICIMOD and partners for adaptation to changes that result in positive results for men, women and children. E.g.: flood early warning systems and climate change adapted value chains. - Significant progress in the generation and use of relevant data, knowledge and analysis. E.g.: Measure, monitor and manage air pollution levels. - Significant progress in approaches and knowledge supporting gender equality and inclusive development. E.g.: Strengthen women's capacity and leadership roles in agriculture and local decision making bodies. - Significant progress in human and institutional capacity. E.g.: Strengthen the member countries' environmental management authorities. - Significantly affected policies through ICIMOD and partner organizations work. E.g.: contribute to improved environmental legislation in the region. - Strengthened regional cooperation related to sustainable development in mountain areas. E.g.: promote technical exchange between countries and joint management of transboundary natural resources. - Global awareness of the importance of mountain areas for improved and resilient living conditions and ecosystems. E.g.: influence at the global climate negotiations. The Swedish contribution will fund the completion of the current phase in 2017 and a broad program support for ICIMOD's five-year plan 2018-2022. Funding of the new five-year plan is planned with support from 8 donors where Sweden is included. In addition, smaller amounts will be provided from the eight member states. ICIMOD retains approximately 70% of the budget for regional programs and transmits about 30% to partner organizations. Sweden is a longstanding cooperation partner of ICIMOD, and Sweden has during the period 2012-2016 financed two of ICIMOD's initiatives, the climate change adaptation initiative HICAP and the Atmosphere initiative. ICIMOD performs annual audits of third party organizations that receive funds exceeding SEK 505,000. The environmental economics network SANDEE, which has for 15 years been supported with good results under Sweden's Strategy for Research Cooperation, will from 2017 be integrated into ICIMOD and take part of Sweden's new programme support to ICIMOD. SANDEE's results will continue to contribute to the Research Strategy. Sweden will also separately finance a Bilateral Associate Expert (BAE) position at ICIMOD, in the field of water and climate adaptation.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

USD 1.2M

Timeline

Sep 25, 2017 → Jun 30, 2023

Coverage

Nepal

ICIMOD has applied for support from Sida amounting to 150 000 000 SEK for implementation of ICIMOD's operations in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region, according to the plan "Medium Term Action Plan, 2018-2022". ICIMOD is an intergovernmental organization which through regional cooperation generates and shares knowledge to promote sustainble development in the region. The organization's member countries are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. The ICIMOD's programs contribute to reduced poverty, reduced physical and social vulnerability and improvement of ecosystem services for men, women and children in the region. The Swedish contribution is given as overall program support in order to harmonize the support as far as possible for the effective implementation of the five-year plan. Program support includes support for regional programs, - innovation and integration as well as institutional functions. Planned strategic results are: - Dissemination of innovations and practices developed by ICIMOD and partners for adaptation to changes that result in positive results for men, women and children. E.g.: flood early warning systems and climate change adapted value chains. - Significant progress in the generation and use of relevant data, knowledge and analysis. E.g.: Measure, monitor and manage air pollution levels. - Significant progress in approaches and knowledge supporting gender equality and inclusive development. E.g.: Strengthen women's capacity and leadership roles in agriculture and local decision making bodies. - Significant progress in human and institutional capacity. E.g.: Strengthen the member countries' environmental management authorities. - Significantly affected policies through ICIMOD and partner organizations work. E.g.: contribute to improved environmental legislation in the region. - Strengthened regional cooperation related to sustainable development in mountain areas. E.g.: promote technical exchange between countries and joint management of transboundary natural resources. - Global awareness of the importance of mountain areas for improved and resilient living conditions and ecosystems. E.g.: influence at the global climate negotiations. The Swedish contribution will fund the completion of the current phase in 2017 and a broad program support for ICIMOD's five-year plan 2018-2022. Funding of the new five-year plan is planned with support from 8 donors where Sweden is included. In addition, smaller amounts will be provided from the eight member states. ICIMOD retains approximately 70% of the budget for regional programs and transmits about 30% to partner organizations. Sweden is a longstanding cooperation partner of ICIMOD, and Sweden has during the period 2012-2016 financed two of ICIMOD's initiatives, the climate change adaptation initiative HICAP and the Atmosphere initiative. ICIMOD performs annual audits of third party organizations that receive funds exceeding SEK 505,000. The environmental economics network SANDEE, which has for 15 years been supported with good results under Sweden's Strategy for Research Cooperation, will from 2017 be integrated into ICIMOD and take part of Sweden's new programme support to ICIMOD. SANDEE's results will continue to contribute to the Research Strategy. Sweden will also separately finance a Bilateral Associate Expert (BAE) position at ICIMOD, in the field of water and climate adaptation.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Sep 25, 2017 → Jun 30, 2023

Coverage

Nepal

This research is about wetlands as nature-based solution (NBS) in the Global South. It aims to explore the content of gendered traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) around wetlands and also identify forms, pathways and processes through which this gendered TEK can be utilized for policy and action towards restoration, conservation and management of wetlands. The research is important because local communities in several low income countries depend on and live in close association with wetlands and consequently possess rich relevant TEK. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands recognizes the importance of TEK in wetland protection, but there remains a wide gap between policy and practice, these remaining undocumented and unutilized. Wetlands are an important NBS that support water sustainability through multiple pathways and given a worsening context of degraded and disappearing wetlands, and water quality and quantity-related challenges in global South, water-related sustainability becomes the key to poverty reduction and sustainable development. The research will be carried out through a comparative case study analysis based in India where 3 case studies located in diverse geo-climatic and hydro-ecological settings will be explored through an empirical multi-disciplinary methodology combining ethnographic community-based research with participatory GIS and other tools. Finally, findings will be validated in neighboring low-income country Bangladesh through stakeholder workshops.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2023 → 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

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