Development projects in Nepal

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Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2024 → Dec 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

The overall objective of the program is to strengthen the resilience of people and communities to crises, and their capacity to recover afterwards, and to reduce the risk that people and communities are affected by crises and disasters. A novelty of the new agreement period is that three country-projects (Afghanistan, DR Congo and Myanmar) are offered multiyear financing as they are protracted crises with a need for preidictable finansing to secure necessary resources and ensure predictability and contextspecific impact.The SRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement made up of 190 Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Federation (IFRC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Sida provides support to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement through two channels: the ICRC and the SRC. The SRC channels most of Sida's support to national societies, the IFRC and the ICRC and works in longterm partnership with forteen countries: Cameroon, DR Congo, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, DPRK, Myanmar, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, Yemen and Ukraine. The SRC’s strategic cooperation with partners within the movement - with other National Societies (NS), IFRC and the ICRC – is essential and gives the SRC the possibility to work at both global and local levels. The SRC is in addition considered to have systems, expertise and capacity to strengthen the local capacity of NS to predict and prevent disasters, as well as to contribute to rapid humanitarian assistance in sudden crises. The SRC has faced difficulties in demonstrating the humanitarian relevance of the Sida-funded programs as they are often situated between humanitarian action and long-term development. The SRC’s new humanitarian strategy 2016-2019 does, however, put a greater focus on humanitarian operations and this new approach is reflected in the organisation’s application 2017-2019. Several programmes with a long-term development focus have been removed in the application for funding from Sida, and new initiatives with a sharper humanitarian focus have been included, such as Yemen and Cameroon (programme targeting CAR refugees). It will be important to follow up on this positive direction towards a strengthened humanitarian relevance to the Sida-funded projects to ensure its continuation.Support planned for 2017 includes long-term programs in various fields such as health, disaster prevention, resilience, sanitation, organizational development, volunteer development and planning, monitoring, evaluation and results (PMER). The support also includes regional support to the IFRC’s different cluster- and regional offices in Africa, Asia and MENA. Thematic- and capacity enhancement support will in 2017 focus on disaster reduction, volunteering in conflict and disaster, water and sanitation, health, and gender and diversity. Through support in the form of Sida's Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM), the SRC will also be able to respond to rapid onsets of disasters. Out of Sida's initial support for 2017 totalling 167.5 MSEK, 61.4 % (103.5 MSEK) will be channelled to the IFRC and 2.6 % (4,5 MSEK) to the ICRC. Approximately 5.5 % (9.3 MSEK) consists of projects that the SRC supports in consortia and where funds are allocated through partner NS such as British, Australian and Danish Red Cross. Approximately 8.9 % (15.0 MSEK) will be channelled directly to NS (e.g., DRC and Palestinian RC, further contributions go to a number of NS for the management of SRC delegates in-country costs). Approximately 21.6 % (36.3 MSEK) out of the total budget goes directly to the SRC, of which 14.8 % (25 MSEK) for staff costs (technical delegates and program officers) and 7 % to operational support costs (11.3 MSEK).

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Mar 28, 2017 → Oct 1, 2022

Coverage

Nepal

The overall objective of the program is to strengthen the resilience of people and communities to crises, and their capacity to recover afterwards, and to reduce the risk that people and communities are affected by crises and disasters. A novelty of the new agreement period is that three country-projects (Afghanistan, DR Congo and Myanmar) are offered multiyear financing as they are protracted crises with a need for preidictable finansing to secure necessary resources and ensure predictability and contextspecific impact.The SRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement made up of 190 Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Federation (IFRC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Sida provides support to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement through two channels: the ICRC and the SRC. The SRC channels most of Sida's support to national societies, the IFRC and the ICRC and works in longterm partnership with forteen countries: Cameroon, DR Congo, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, DPRK, Myanmar, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, Yemen and Ukraine. The SRC’s strategic cooperation with partners within the movement - with other National Societies (NS), IFRC and the ICRC – is essential and gives the SRC the possibility to work at both global and local levels. The SRC is in addition considered to have systems, expertise and capacity to strengthen the local capacity of NS to predict and prevent disasters, as well as to contribute to rapid humanitarian assistance in sudden crises. The SRC has faced difficulties in demonstrating the humanitarian relevance of the Sida-funded programs as they are often situated between humanitarian action and long-term development. The SRC’s new humanitarian strategy 2016-2019 does, however, put a greater focus on humanitarian operations and this new approach is reflected in the organisation’s application 2017-2019. Several programmes with a long-term development focus have been removed in the application for funding from Sida, and new initiatives with a sharper humanitarian focus have been included, such as Yemen and Cameroon (programme targeting CAR refugees). It will be important to follow up on this positive direction towards a strengthened humanitarian relevance to the Sida-funded projects to ensure its continuation.Support planned for 2017 includes long-term programs in various fields such as health, disaster prevention, resilience, sanitation, organizational development, volunteer development and planning, monitoring, evaluation and results (PMER). The support also includes regional support to the IFRC’s different cluster- and regional offices in Africa, Asia and MENA. Thematic- and capacity enhancement support will in 2017 focus on disaster reduction, volunteering in conflict and disaster, water and sanitation, health, and gender and diversity. Through support in the form of Sida's Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM), the SRC will also be able to respond to rapid onsets of disasters. Out of Sida's initial support for 2017 totalling 167.5 MSEK, 61.4 % (103.5 MSEK) will be channelled to the IFRC and 2.6 % (4,5 MSEK) to the ICRC. Approximately 5.5 % (9.3 MSEK) consists of projects that the SRC supports in consortia and where funds are allocated through partner NS such as British, Australian and Danish Red Cross. Approximately 8.9 % (15.0 MSEK) will be channelled directly to NS (e.g., DRC and Palestinian RC, further contributions go to a number of NS for the management of SRC delegates in-country costs). Approximately 21.6 % (36.3 MSEK) out of the total budget goes directly to the SRC, of which 14.8 % (25 MSEK) for staff costs (technical delegates and program officers) and 7 % to operational support costs (11.3 MSEK).

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

USD 326K

Timeline

Mar 28, 2017 → Oct 1, 2022

Coverage

Nepal

Asia Disaster Preparedness Center, ADPC, has applied to Sida for funding of 5 933 000 USD (54 million SEK) to carry out the "Building resilience through inclusive and climate-adaptive disaster risk reduction in Asia-Pacific" in Asia and Pacific during the period 2017-2022. The five-year program aims to enhance regional capacity for cooperation on disaster and climate risk management with an overall objective of building resilience of people in the Asia-Pacific region. This will be achieved by building on current good practices and providing technical assistance to select governments, civil society organizations and regional bodies. Key focus areas of the program include: emergency preparedness and humanitarian response management; facilitating the use of risk information and sex-age-disability-disaggregated data by policy makers and disaster managers; integrating disaster and climate change concerns into development policy and programs; promoting inclusion and protection-sensitive approaches in risk reduction and disaster preparedness, promoting gender equality and women leadership for risk resilience; and enhancing the role of the Regional Consultative Committee on Disaster Management (RCC) to support member countries on implementing global frameworks and serving as a conduit for South-South learning, transboundary risk reduction and knowledge sharing. ADPC will implement the intervention together with the Swedish Contingency Agency, MSB, Stockholm Environment Institute –Asia, and the Raul Wallenberg Institute.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Nov 29, 2017 → Dec 31, 2023

Coverage

Nepal

Asia Disaster Preparedness Center, ADPC, has applied to Sida for funding of 5 933 000 USD (54 million SEK) to carry out the "Building resilience through inclusive and climate-adaptive disaster risk reduction in Asia-Pacific" in Asia and Pacific during the period 2017-2022. The five-year program aims to enhance regional capacity for cooperation on disaster and climate risk management with an overall objective of building resilience of people in the Asia-Pacific region. This will be achieved by building on current good practices and providing technical assistance to select governments, civil society organizations and regional bodies. Key focus areas of the program include: emergency preparedness and humanitarian response management; facilitating the use of risk information and sex-age-disability-disaggregated data by policy makers and disaster managers; integrating disaster and climate change concerns into development policy and programs; promoting inclusion and protection-sensitive approaches in risk reduction and disaster preparedness, promoting gender equality and women leadership for risk resilience; and enhancing the role of the Regional Consultative Committee on Disaster Management (RCC) to support member countries on implementing global frameworks and serving as a conduit for South-South learning, transboundary risk reduction and knowledge sharing. ADPC will implement the intervention together with the Swedish Contingency Agency, MSB, Stockholm Environment Institute –Asia, and the Raul Wallenberg Institute.

Organization

Sida / Sweden

Budget

USD 880K

Timeline

Nov 29, 2017 → Dec 31, 2023

Coverage

Nepal

Support costs incurred for direct support of volunteers in Nepal, including allowances, travel, supplies and equipment. Excludes costs for training or medical support costs.

Organization

Peace Corps

Budget

USD 263K

Timeline

Oct 1, 2024 → Sep 30, 2025

Coverage

Nepal

Overseas program support costs in Nepal. Includes costs related to HQ salaries and benefits for direct overseas support, travel, rent, communications, printing, supplies, equipment, and computer/technical support.

Organization

Peace Corps

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Oct 1, 2021 → Sep 30, 2022

Coverage

Nepal

Support costs incurred for direct support of volunteers in Nepal. Includes overseas staff salaries and benefit costs, leases, staff travel, communications, conferences, supplies, equipment and International Cooperative Administrative Support Services (ICASS). Excludes costs for training, medical and security.

Organization

Peace Corps

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Oct 1, 2021 → Sep 30, 2022

Coverage

Nepal

All costs incurred for in-service training of volunteers in Nepal during their service, including language tutoring, workshops, and conferences.

Organization

Peace Corps

Budget

USD 254K

Timeline

Oct 1, 2018 → Sep 30, 2019

Coverage

Nepal

Overseas program support costs in Nepal. Includes overseas staff salaries and benefit costs, leases, staff travel, communications, conferences, supplies, equipment and International Cooperative Administrative Support Services (ICASS). Excludes costs for training, medical and security.

Organization

Peace Corps

Budget

USD 344K

Timeline

Oct 1, 2020 → Sep 30, 2021

Coverage

Nepal

Support costs incurred for direct support of volunteers in Nepal, including allowances, travel, supplies and equipment. Excludes costs for training or medical support costs.

Organization

Peace Corps

Budget

USD 42K

Timeline

Oct 1, 2020 → Sep 30, 2021

Coverage

Nepal

The project objective is to improve the delivery of cash-based social safety nets in pilot districts of Nepal through technical assistance and capacity building to the Ministry of Local Development.

Organization

World Bank Trust Funds

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Dec 24, 2010 → Dec 19, 2014

Coverage

Nepal

Disbursements to CSCF grantees

Organization

Triple Line & Crown Agents (Joint Venture)

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Timeline not reported

Coverage

Nepal

Disbursements to CSCF grantees

Organization

Triple Line & Crown Agents (Joint Venture)

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Timeline not reported

Coverage

Nepal

Disbursements to CSCF grantees

Organization

Triple Line & Crown Agents (Joint Venture)

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Timeline not reported

Coverage

Nepal

Disbursements to CSCF grantees

Organization

Triple Line & Crown Agents (Joint Venture)

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Timeline not reported

Coverage

Nepal

Collaborative research award between KMC and UWE, UK

Organization

Kathmandu Medical College

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Mar 1, 2020 → May 31, 2021

Coverage

Nepal

The Interim Facility seeks to minimize disruptions and loss of hard-earned gains in institutional and productive capacity namely:1) Improved trade environment conducive for inclusive and sustainable growth of the LDCs; and2) Increased exports and access to international markets for the LDCs.

Organization

Enhanced Integrated Framework

Budget

USD 100K

Timeline

May 2, 2024 → Sep 30, 2025

Coverage

Nepal

ReCAP brings together current and formerly DFID funded research programmes in rural roads and transport services. The aim of the partnership is to improve accessibility of the rural poor in Africa and Asia to economic opportunities and social facilities through improvements to infrastructure and transport.

Organization

Cardno Emerging Markets

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Feb 16, 2014 → Dec 30, 2020

Coverage

Nepal

The project will assist stakeholders in the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs) value chain from the private sector, including business service providers, as well as from relevant government entities in the implementation of the action plan as derived from the NTIS. This assistance will be given in the form of training, workshops, technical assistance and advice. To ensure tangible results the project will work with associations and federations that are capable of implementing these activities and that have been engaged in respective activities in the past. Among other activities, the project will upgrade the MAPs value chain by introducing new marketing strategies, such as organic certification, trademarks or geographical indications, and by qualifying local producers to deliver on the respective requirements. The target group includes owners and employees of Small and Medium Enterprise (SME), suppliers and producers, in particular community forest groups, women and traditional knowl

Organization

Enhanced Integrated Framework

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 14, 2014 → Sep 12, 2018

Coverage

Nepal

The project will build sustainable capacities within the National Implementation Unit and other relevant entities through their active involvement in each step of the project cycle. The aim is to support Nepal’s efforts in advancing its trade-related development agenda. At the sector level this initiative will play a key role in allowing CP exporters to brand, position and promote their newly designed products, while also creating new market links with overseas buyers. The newly created CP trademark will be promoted in priority markets and domestic industry surveillance established. The project will also contribute to find pilot solutions for adding increased value in the local wool industry by building the necessary capacities at the Nepal Pashmina Industry Association to analyse backward linkages, i.e. the fibre supply situation and to develop business plans and project proposals that address value addition at farm level and linking farmers to processors. It is expected that these will be taken on by other potential donors such as e.g. the ADB-financed HIMALI project. Thus, NPIA will be strengthened to support the sector’s export development in a sustainable manner. The project office will therefore be located in NPIA. The implementing team will work closely with the NIU, the EIF Focal Point, other Governmental entities and support institutions (at national and sector level) to bring about the project’s objectives. In order to assure country ownership and an effective day-to-day support for project related tasks inside of Nepal, a National Project Coordinator will be hired and located within the NPIA. The approach rests in “learning by doing”, with local TSIs and firms taking an active role in delivering project activities. Synergies and complementarities between the current project and other similar initiatives developed by international bilateral and multilateral development agencies will be promoted. As an EIF project, existing local institutions will be given preference as implementing partners, if and where deemed sufficiently effective.

Organization

Enhanced Integrated Framework

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jun 17, 2013 → Oct 17, 2017

Coverage

Nepal

Increase the income level of ginger farmers through improvements in Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) arrangements and value addition for exports.

Organization

Enhanced Integrated Framework

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jun 8, 2012 → Dec 31, 2015

Coverage

Nepal

The project is designed to strengthen national arrangements of the EIF to enhance Nepal's ownership of TRTA and maximize the benefits that the country can derive from participation in international trade. To do so, the project will support GoN to formulate and implement national development strategies, in which trade has been mainstreamed, in accordance and adherence with NTIS recommendations and principles of Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.

Organization

Enhanced Integrated Framework

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Mar 30, 2010 → Aug 31, 2018

Coverage

Nepal

The project's expected deliverables include: (1) an eTrade Readiness Assessment; and (2) one national workshop to validate the eTrade Readiness Assessment.

Organization

Enhanced Integrated Framework

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jul 5, 2017 → Nov 30, 2017

Coverage

Nepal

Board and staff of FNCCI

Organization

DECP

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2018 → Dec 31, 2022

Coverage

Nepal

Board and staff of FNCCI

Organization

DECP

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2020 → Dec 31, 2020

Coverage

Nepal

SAWDF organized a three day “International Women Entrepreneurs Summit - 2018” with the theme “Equality begins with Economic Empowerment”, from 3rd – 5th September, 2018 in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Organization

South Asian Women Development Forum

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Sep 5, 2018 → End not reported

Coverage

Kathmandu, Bagmati

Since the last five years, South Asian Women Development Forum has been organizing its annual International Women Entrepreneurs Summits, playing the role of a catalyst for policy advocacy on gender neutral trade policy in promoting women entrepreneurship, initiatives on innovative projects, transfer of technology and skills, collaborations and partnerships. This year the “International Women Entrepreneurs Summit- 2019”, with the theme “Harnessing Economic Empowerment” is scheduled for September 13th- 14th in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Organization

South Asian Women Development Forum

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jul 1, 2019 → End not reported

Coverage

Kathmandu, Bagmati

As a member of WAI, RUAF participates in the WASH SDG programme. In 2018-2020 focus is on Bangladesh, Nepal and Uganda. RUAF supports the development of sustainable WASH with focus on demand creation, business development and enhanced governance by stimulating synergies along the WASH-Food-Energy nexus, more specifically on the Safe and Productive Use of Wastes in cities and towns, stimulating innovations in service and value addition along the (urban) sanitation chain. RUAF is a member of WAI, and is represented in the Technical Advisory Board (TAB).

Organization

RUAF Foundation

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Nov 30, 2017 → Apr 1, 2022

Coverage

Nepal

Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.

Organization

Department For Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Budget

USD 3K

Timeline

Jul 1, 2020 → Sep 30, 2021

Coverage

Nepal