Development projects in Nepal

Women with disabilities organize tailoring training for women to improve their tailoring skills. Attention is given to marketing and selling products.

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2015 → Dec 31, 2015

Coverage

Nepal

Teaching sign language to teachers of deaf children and deaf adults. Income generating activities: raising chicken and growing mushrooms.

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2015 → Dec 31, 2015

Coverage

Nepal

Supporting the education of children with disabilities by informing parents of children's rights, broadcasting a radio show, integrating CWDs to mainstream school and provision of assistive devices to these children with disabilities.

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2015 → Dec 31, 2015

Coverage

Nepal

Nepal is in a post-conflict period of transformation, recovery and reconstruction, following the decade long armed conflict that ended in 2006. The project aims to enhance realisation of people’s right to peace by empowering right-holders and demanding d uty-bearers to link the most vulnerable to the national processes of peace building. The role of the project is to enhance women’s and youth’s decision-making capacities with regard to conflict prevention, resolution and peacebuilding, and to improve t he realisation and protection of human rights and security of women and girls and factors that directly influence them. Emphasis will be given to concretely address the root causes of conflict through FCA’s Right to Livelihood and Education related inter ventions and fostering inclusion and participation. The overall goal of the project is to achieve sustainable peace and just society. The specific objective of the project is to contribute to promote equitable, proportional and meaningful participation of women and youth at all levels of decision-making of conflict transformation and peace building process.Activities: • Develop National Actions Plan (NAP) training manual and train on NAP on UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820 • Evidence based advocacy • NAP implementation monitoring • Women empowerment • Advocacy and networking• Skill training and employment• Support conflict affected children in school • Higher / vocational education support • Strengthening CBOs and their netwo rks • Capacity development for peace and development • Social mobilisation and Community mediationRights-holders /beneficiaries: Conflict-affected women and girls and youthsImplementing partner: World Vision Advocacy Forum (WVAF)

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2013 → Dec 31, 2015

Coverage

Nepal

Vocational training and income-generation for people with disabilities, advocacy work.

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2014 → Dec 31, 2015

Coverage

Nepal

The overal object of the project is to improve the living conditions of children and families in project area in Ramecchap distric. The project aims to improve access of children to education and protection measures at local level improve minimum enabling conditions and quality of education in community schools strengthen local institutions including child clubs for bearing their duties and claiming their rights from local government and service providers and c ommunity mobilization for improved availabilit y and accessibility of basic services at local level with community monitoring and carrying out watch dog roles of CBOs/NGOs.

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jun 4, 2013 → Dec 31, 2015

Coverage

Nepal

Overall objective: Impart marketable skills training psychosocial counselling and job placement support to youths from targeted community who are suffering from unemployment and different forms of economic and socio-political disparities. Specific objectiv es: -Provide quality technical education and vocational training to 240 youths -Empower them with career guidance and soft skill training -Ensure job placement of at least 80 youths (80%) job placement of graduates -Develop confidence on those youths to be self reliant and self dependentIdentify the community based organization or traditional institutions at targeted community to assure the identification of needy youths under this project Coordinate with them (CBOs community level structure for example wom en's group child Clubs) targeted Community VDC and District Level governmental line agencies CBOs and NGOs Develop finalize and share trainees selection criteria with all stakeholders Collect profiles of prospective youths and conduct interview with them S elect and finalize the trainees and arrange their arrival at training centre Orient about the training and enrol them Impart vocational training including soft skills and life skill lessons Conduct exposure visit in related factories workshop and working locations as per training Provide career guidance and psychosocial counselling support Conduct Exposure Visit and arrange OJT Support the graduates

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

May 16, 2013 → Dec 31, 2015

Coverage

Nepal

The overall objective of the project is to create national movement Teach for Nepal of young people to enhance quality of education in public schools in Nepal. The project aims to attract outstanding university graduates and young professionals to teach in public and community schools for two years as Fellows primarily in maths science and English to decrease achievement gaps that exists between private and public schools students. The project will be co-funded with Nepalese private sector companies. Priv ate sector will also offer working placements for the Fellows after their two years engagement is public schools.

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jun 28, 2012 → Dec 31, 2015

Coverage

Nepal

Accountability and legal functions enhanced in a transparent, compliant and risk management-driven manner, promoting Organizational learning, effective internal justice, safety and impact at the country level

Organization

WHO Nepal

Budget

USD 20K

Timeline

Jan 1, 2026 → Dec 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

Strengthened leadership, governance and advocacy for health

Organization

WHO Nepal

Budget

USD 647K

Timeline

Jan 1, 2024 → Dec 31, 2025

Coverage

Nepal

Nepal is a country with a history of conflict lack of education and rule by the few.Our project aims to tackle these issues by strengthening the capacity of a local youth organization - Nepal Scouts - which with 30 000 members working with the youth all ov er Nepal. The objective of the project in the long run is to promote the participation of children and youth gender equality as well as role of the civil society in developing local communities and peace building by strengthening the capacity of Nepal Scou ts. By enabling Nepal Scouts to be more efficient and democratic NGO the project aims to enforce civil participation of Nepalese citizens as well as offer quality non-formal education.The project and it's two hired employees will work from the Nepal Scouts Headquarters in Kathmandu from where they will organize project activities in cooperation with the Nepal Scouts volunteers all over the country.The project's main activities are Youth Participation and Peace Forums Leadership Trainings Trainers' Seminars (ToT) locally organized Community Development Projects and development of Educational Methods. Beneficiaries constitute from young membes of Nepal Scouts volunteering scout leaders scout trainers local community people and key persons of Nepal Scouts.

Organization

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Dec 10, 2009 → Dec 31, 2015

Coverage

Kathmandu, Bagmati

Education; employment; retention; skills needed to deliver

Organization

WHO Nepal

Budget

USD 489K

Timeline

Jan 1, 2020 → Dec 31, 2021

Coverage

Nepal

Agriterra has the ambition to expand its activities and client portfolio in Nepal. In order to realize this ambition, continuous scoping assignments are being enrolled in various parts of Nepal in order to identify ambitious and entrepreneurial farmer organizations with a reasonable business track record and good management potential. In its expansion activities Agriterra has identified potential for support of farmer cooperatives in three main sectors, which are 1) Dairy, 2) Tea, and 3) Vegetables. Currently Agriterra has a portfolio of 4 dairy clients (Annapurna Dairy Cooperative, Lalitpur Dairy Union, Kamdhenu Dairy Union, Dumarwana Dairy Cooperative) and it is expected that this portfolio will grow in the future. To provide specific support to these organizations, Agriterra decided to contract a Nepali Dairy Expert (Raju Sharma) as a consultant for various assignments specified in this ToR. Raju Sharma is a professional and advanced dairy farmer that owns a farm with 40 cows in Nepal. Raju worked for Agriterra before. He conducted 2 company assessments and joined a young farmers study tour to the Netherlands. Through his previous contract he also joined agripoolers and local business advisors for feed feasibility study, record keeping training and so on. null The objectives of the learning trajectory would be threefold: Identify, assess and understand key challenges faced by agri-businesses in providing effective and sustainable agricultural advisory services; Generate concrete areas and operational strategies for the improvement of such agricultural advisory services. Make main insights and general findings available for the wider agricultural development community; Agriterra can specifically use this learning trajectory to : - share best practises of farmer cooperatives - improve its advisory services to support clients in making their extension services more effective and efficient, by developing one or several models and sharing the best practises (for example by improving its current product: workshop sustainable services ) -

Organization

Stichting Agriterra

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

May 25, 2017 → Oct 31, 2017

Coverage

Lalitpur, Bagmati

SFACFL Makwanpur (federation of Agricultural cooperatives) promotes commercial farming among its members, focusing on the innovators and lead farmers of the district. Building the entrepreneurial skills of these farmers will set an example for other farmers, showing them practicaly how to produce in a sustainable way for the market. Focus will be on record keeping at the farm level, bench marking through study groups and collective or cooperative marketing. Focus will be on 8 member cooperatives, those having better access to markets. At the same time, the federation will improve its financial position: if farmers realise and feel the benefits of the services provided by the federation, they will start contributing to pay for certain services. The federation aims to improve its internal income generation with at least 20% (compared to last year) this year. Proposed activities for 2016: 1. Improved Financial sustainability of the federation by offering quality services and developing a business case on seeds- Prepare a businessplan/operational plan on services by the Federation, with earning models related to services- basic financial management training- Propagation and distribution of of improved seed (maize, rice) following a sustainable business plan 2. Services to members to improve commercial farming and cooperative marketing (focus on 8 primary coopertiaves)- Record keeping introduced to 1600 farmers- benchmarking ToT for lead farmers/ field staff- Farmer Field Schools for 320 farmers- Marketing sub committees trained and making marketing plans.- My.coop training on coop marketing and input supply- Local seed improvement of hot pepper and broad leaf mustard 3. Improved lobby/ advocacy for access to finance- participate in FACT trajectory (organised by NACCFL)- improved proposals --> resulting in approved funding/cooperation 1. Improved Financial sustainability of the federation by offering quality services and developing a business case on seeds 2. Services to members to improve commercial farming and cooperative marketing (focus on 8 primary cooperatives) 3. Improved lobby/ advocacy for access to finance

Organization

Stichting Agriterra

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Dec 5, 2015 → Feb 8, 2018

Coverage

makawanpur, Bagmati

NACCFL has its roots in the Small Farmers Development Program which was implemented by the Agricultural Development Bank in 1975 for the development of the small and marginal destitute in rural areas. The sub project office became a Small Agriculture Cooperative Ltd (SFCL) in 1993, the moment in which the ownership of the project was handed over to the farmers. In 2008 the farmers felt that they were facing different problems which could be better addressed by a federation and formed the NACCFL in January 2008. NACCFL is an umbrella organization of various Small Farmer Agro Cooperative Limited (SFACL). At the moment 615 SFACL are member of NACCFL in 64 different districts across the country covering 530,000 individual farmer members. NACCF provide services to SFACL and the SFACL is responsible to provide the services to the groups and cooperatives. The mission of NACCFL is to provide appropriate non-financial services to the member organizations for their institutional development and for the socio-economic development of the small farmers and deprived people. The three objectives aim to (1) to improve the efficiency and autonomy of the members cooperatives through capacity building; (2) to advocate for the inclusion of deprived sector in the national budget and (3) to increase its membership through the establishment of new cooperatives. In addition to the projects focussing on farmer-led economic development, Agriterra and NACCFL took the initiative mid-2014 to collaborate in a separate project to strengthen and improve the NACCFL-PMEL system and tools. This trajectory starts with and is supported by the expertise of an external local PMEL-expert. Based on the M&E health check, a M&E SWOT analysis and the M&E workshop held in Manila in March 2014, the following can be concluded about the M&E capacity of NACCFL: - There is a will to do M&E but a lack of human resources to conduct systematic M&E at all levels of NACCFL. - There is a membership database software system designed but not yet operational. NACCFL is keen to make this membership data base operation as registration of members and their characteristics is crucial to further improve service provision to members. - In general, NACCFL prepares plans and budget but M&E is not systematically addressed, good indicators are missing and there is a lack of information of te members at the individual level or group level. From the above analyses and taking into account the context described and the development stage and mission of NACCFL, both NACCFL and Agriterra agreed upon the following priorities related to strengthening the M&E capacities and system of NACCFL for the period August 2014 to December 31, 2014 --> A. Database: development of a membership registration database maintained by, owned and supported at both the local, district and national level. B. M&E on Agricultural activities: the developed membership registration database should include agricultural details/characteristics of the members. These data should be directly linked with the member registration for as such it allows for a comprehensive M&E system focusing on agriculture. NACCFL has requested the support of Agriterra to make their current ACCESS-system operational. This requires two approaches: 1. Datacollection at grass root level be done (what data must be collected, how, how often and by whom). 2. What data are need at the national level, for what purpose and how to make the database operational (design, responsibility and consolidation of data). Concerning the process To ensure data collection and absorption, it is important to have the commitment of members/groups at all levels. Commitment is linked to social, economic and intrinsic factors. The intrinsic factor can be stimulated by asking only the relevant data, and make it clear and understandable why the data are needed and what they mean (the feedback). The social factor is about trust and loyalty among the members. A transparent way of working, involving the local people can ensure openness and commitment to provide the data and to collect the data. With economic factors we refer to economic incentives that motivate people to collect the data. Not necessarily salaries, but a small remuneration for the SFACFL staff that compile the data. Agriterra is willing to support NACCFL to make the membership database system operation and ensure feeding the system with relevant agricultural information important for the members and the organisations itself. In the detailed action plan and budget, the most important steps (actions) are described. A local advisor with expertise and experience in the field of M&E and membership registration will support NACCFL for the period of August to December. NACCFL has the capacity and committment available to adhere to this M&E trajectory. From the above analyses and taking into account the context described in paragraph 1 and the development stage and mission of NACCFL we (NACCFL and Agriterra) agree upon the following priorities related to strengthening the M&E capacities and system of NACCFL: I. Membership registration: further development of a membership registration database maintained by, owned and supported at both the local, district and national level. II. M&E on Agricultural activities: the developed membership registration database should include agricultural details/characteristics of the members. These data should be directly linked with the member registration for as such it allows for a comprehensive M&E system focusing on agriculture. The trajectory entails the remaining of 2014, August 2014 to December 31, 2014. The details of the priority areas are worked out into the action plan, see paragraph 6. NACCFL has requested the support of Agriterra to make their current ACCESS-system operational. This requires two approaches: 1. Data collection at grass root level be done (what data must be collected, how, how often and by whom). 2. What data are need at the national level, for what purpose and how to make the database operational (design, responsibility and consolidation of data).

Organization

Stichting Agriterra

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Oct 2, 2015 → Mar 19, 2018

Coverage

Nepal

The Small Farmer Agriculture Cooperative Federation (SFACF) in Dhading district was established in 1993. I, it is an umbrella organization affiliating 37 Small Farmer Agricultural Cooperatives Limited (SFACL), one per Villa Development Committee (VDC). The cooperative has 20748 shareholders (11.535 women). Dhading district covers 50 VDC from which until now 37 are covered by SFACF. SFACF Dhading is a member of the Nepal Agricultural Cooperatives Central Federation (NACCFL). Main aim of NACCFL is to support small farmers to improve their livelihood. Through the formation of cooperatives, initially focussing on saving and credit, small farmers get access to the small farmers agricultural development bank (SKBB). The cooperative members can take loans under fair conditions to invest in agriculture. The SFACL are shaerholder of SKB Bank. NACCFL has developed a replication strategy that aims to involve those VDC where small farmers cooperatives do not exist yet . Under this strategy, groups, intergroups and finally a VDC level cooperative will be formed. Once the cooperative is meeting the criteria to be handed over to the bank, members have access to Agricultural loans. Main objective is to increase the income of the farmers by improving the production, increasing the skills of the farmers in entrepreneurship management and getting access to the markets. SFACF Dhading aims to reach 12 VDCs in Dhading district in particular: 6 VDCs in which the replication process of group, intergroup and cooperative establishment started last year (project 5905) and 2 VDC in which the replication will start this year; and 4 VDC in which the cooperatives are already functioning but where specific support will be provided to stimulate commercial farming. Focus of this project is to improve the agricultural productivity and support small farmers producing for the market by providing additional capacity building and technical support through local social mobilisers. At the end of the project it is expected that 6 cooperatives are formally registered cooperatives and handed over to the small farmers development bank (SKKB), and thus have access to finance. The total number of new groups formed will be 100 and 250 groups continue to receive technical support from SFACF Dading with an exclusive focus on improved productivity and access to markets for four selected Agricultural commodities: dairy(milk), goat (meat), coffee and vegetables. Several training and extension programmes will be implemented related to these four commodities, such as Farmer Field schools, technical trainings, marketing trainings etc. Attention is paid to further strengthening the primary cooperatives and the groups. This involves trainings reated to leadership, financial management, cooperative management etc. The establishment of the groups will directly increase the membership of SFACF with 6 new cooperatives and at least 1750 women farmers. This project is a continuation of project 5905, the first year of cooperation between SFACF Dhading and Agriterra. Main results of the first year projects is that in 6 new VDC the process of establishing Agricultural cooperatives has been initiated and alot of capacity building took place focusing on improving the productivity and income generating capacities of the members . Focus was especially on youth and women, providing opportunities to have accesto loans and skill improvemnet related to several income generating activities. Location of the Project Activities Dhading district of Nepal Goal The overall goal of the proposed project is to "improve the economic status of farmers through improved agricultural practices, access to the market and finance." The objectives of the project are as follows: 1. Strengthen new and existing cooperatives 2. Increase the agricultural production of cooperative members 3. Youth community and cooperatives members serve SF members with technical and entrepreneurial skills and knowledge. 4. Facilitate access to the market. 5. Strengthen the capacity of SFACF Dhading. Project Outputs 1. Two new SFACL, will be formed and 6 replication VDCs further strengthened and handed over to Small farmers development bank. 2. Cooperative members will have improved managerial skills so that newly formed and existing cooperatives will be managed effectively. 3. Improved production (quality and quantity) of four selected commodities by commercial/lead farmers of groups, resulting in better income 4. Commercial farmers sell their products in the market either individualy or through the cooperatives. 5. Board and staff of SFACF Dhading have improved their management skills and SFACF is able to provide better quality services to its members. Budget Total Budget:€ 110,162 Agriterra Contribution: € 96,587 SFACF and Community contribution: €13,574 Selected value chains are : dairy /milk; goat; vegetables and coffee. Activities: see project proposal for detailed description of all activities. Goal The overall goal of the proposed project is to "improve the economic status of farmers through improved agricultural practices, access to the market and finance." The objectives of the project are as follows: 1. Strengthen new and existing cooperatives 2. Increase the agricultural production of cooperative members 3. Youth community and cooperatives members serve SF members with technical and entrepreneurial skills and knowledge. 4. Facilitate access to the market. 5. Strengthen the capacity of SFACF Dhading.

Organization

Stichting Agriterra

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Aug 27, 2013 → Mar 19, 2018

Coverage

Dhading, Bagmati

Project proposal received on 21 May 2013: NACCFL has its roots in the Small Farmers Development Program which was implemented by the Agricultural Development Bank in 1975 for the development of the small and marginal destitute in rural areas. The sub project office became a Small Agriculture Cooperative Ltd (SFCL) in 1993 moment in which the ownership of the project was handed over to the farmers. In 2008 the farmers felt that they were facing different problems which could be better addressed by a federation and formed the NACCFL in January 2008. Eight district federations triggered its establishment. This is a umbrella organization of Small Farmer Agro Cooperative Limited (SFACL). SFACL are the agriculture microfinance cooperatives (credit for entrepreneurship, i.e investment in agricultural production, transformation and commercialization) which are fully owned and managed by the local community. At the moment 467 SFACL are member of NACCFL. NACCF provide services to SFACL and the SFACL is responsible to provide the services to the groups and cooperatives. The Central Federation is focused on the provision of non-financial services to their members, the services are provided through programs, focusing on capacity building, policy advocacy and co-operative network expansion. The mission of the organisation is: To provide appropriate non-financial services to the member organization for their institutional development and for the socio-economic development of the small farmer and deprived class people. Three objectives aims to achieve: • To improve the efficiency and autonomy of the members cooperatives through capacity building. • To advocate for the inclusion of deprived sector in the national budget • To increase its membership through the establishment of new cooperatives. Agriterra came into contact with NACCFL through the SFACL Dhading (cooperation since mid 2012) in December 2012. The organisation passed the quick scan and was invited to submit a proposal. In April 2013, the LO visited NACCFL and Makawanpur district, to better understand how NACCFL works and interacts with the district and local level.). The way of working is very similar to the PFEIP approach promoted by team 2: individual farmers are organised into into small producer groups, and focus on one particular value chain to improve production and marketing of the product. The producer groups become member of the VDC level cooperative (vertical linkages and through this enhance the opportunities for collective access to finance, services and marketing. The SFACL are members of the District level SFACL. The national level federation is supporting all the districts that are members and is being steered by the small scale farmer. Main target group are women farmers, as they have proven to be more reliable and serious implementers of the activities as individuals but also in groups. What are the goals, expected output and impact? Membership increase: yes Increase of number of organized local groups: yes, with 370 new groups Economic initiatives aimed at market access or production enhancement:yes Clustering (horizontal) (collaboration between producer groups): yes, through FFS and by creating SFACL at VDC level Clustering (vertical) (collaboration with other chain actors): yes, the SFACL become member of the Dhading SFACL. Establishing primary co-operatives (business planning): yes APPLICATIE - STEP 2 Which is the most relevant FFP work area & deliverable WA 4 supported by WA 1 Estimated outreach? Direct beneficiaries (add individual no): 4297 at local level - Men: 250 - Women: 4047 - Vulnerable groups : Y (94% are women) Local and sub national level outreach (tick mark only): Local:X Sub national: X National: only monitoring role Number of local groups involved: (add no)It is expected that 399 existing groups will be further strengthened in their economic activities, and 330 new groups will be established. The groups comprise 6-7 persons on average. So total 729 Groups can be reached Indicate relevant sectors: dairy, seeds (vegetables), goat, bee products Nepal Agriculture Cooperative Central Federation Ltd. (NACCFL) is the umbrella organization of Small Farmer Cooperative Limited (SFCL) and similar other agriculture cooperatives. SFCLs are agricultural microfinance cooperatives which are fully owned and managed by the local community. They have their origin in the Small Farmers Develop¬ment Program (SFDP) which had been implemented by the Agricultural Development Bank Ltd. (ADBL) in1975. As of Aug 2012, local communities in 404 VDCs have formed their own SFCLs spread in 60 districts throughout the country. Among these SFCLs, 11 SFCLs have been performing limited banking operations with the permission of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB). The formation of the NACCFL was based on the felt need of all local federations to have a national representation and followed a bottom-up approach. Vision: We want to emerge as a leading and capable federation for the self-sufficiency and sustainable development of small farmer run small farmer Agriculture co-operatives and other co-operatives of similar nature so as to reduce existing poverty. Mission: We want to provide appropriate non-financial services to the member organizations for their institutional development and for the socio-economic development of the small farmers and deprived class people. 3. Problem Statement and Objectives: Small farmer’s cooperatives also face challenges in producing above subsistence levels as well as accessing markets for commercialization. With the inability to access markets, many of the cooperative members are forced to sell through middlemen around the country and receive less than adequate prices for the surplus produce. Given that the majority of the producers in Nepal are subsistence oriented, there is a need to support agriculture commercialization where possible. Support is needed for enhancing the scale of production, post-harvest operations, processing and trade. There is a need to link farmers to markets and develop each step in the value chain for various commodities that will eventually connect with domestic, the Indian market, and with other international (niche) markets. Cooperative development completed five decades in Nepal. There are more than 2700 cooperatives societies are in existence in different forms. Despite the existence of cooperatives for more than five decades, these organizations could not meet the objective of cooperatives to promote agriculture activities such as avail seed, agriculture equipment, seed money and appropriate technology and commercialize the agro product. Regular profit and proper utilization of the profit is assurance of sustainability. But unfortunately, most of cooperatives in rural areas fail to adopt this modern concept. They still depend upon grants rather than self dependency. Although the farmers are involved in vegetable, dairy, meat , honey and spices production they are not getting good price compared to the real market price due to low access to proper market and its knowledge Similarly there were abundant bio resources such as butter tree and sugar free potato nearby forest, these are not in use. If farmers get appropriate technology for processing the same, there income generating activities will be increased. Proposed project will be helpful to address the problem by achieving its objectives that is increased income and capabilities of SFACLs engaged in production, processing and marketing on a sustainable way. Objectives: The main objective of the project is to improve the living condition of rural population through smallholder value chain development in order to provide solutions that increase the income and capabilities of Small Farmers Agricultural Cooperatives (SFACL) engaged in production, processing and marketing on a sustainable basis. Sub objectives are: 1. Agriculture Market Development – The aim of this component i

Organization

Stichting Agriterra

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

May 28, 2013 → Mar 19, 2018

Coverage

Dhading, makawanpur

The Small Farmer Agriculture Cooperative Federation (SFACF) in Dhading district was established in 1993, it is an umbrella organization affiliating 37 Small Farmer Agricultural Cooperatives Limited (SFACL), one per Villa Development Committee (VDC). The cooperative has 20748 shareholders (11.535 women). In Dhading district there exist 50 VDC from which until now 37 are covered by SFACF, and within this project SFACF aims to reach 5 VDC of the 13 remaining. In the 5 VDC will be established 250 new groups and 5 new cooperatives, one per VDC. The establishment of the groups will directly increase the membership of SFACF with 5 new cooperatives and at least 1750 women farmers. Another objective of the project is to increase the income of the farmers by improving the production, increasing the skill of the farmers in entrepreneurship management and getting access to the markets. Youth and women farmers will be central in the project, creating opportunities for them through the different trainings planned and the establisment of cooperatives. Expected results 1. Small farmer communities are organized and are capable making informed choices and actively participate to optimize their livelihood. 2. 80% of the participants trained will be employed by their cooperatives 3. farmers increase their incomes by 33% from Rs 1500 to Rs 2000 per month. 4. increase in the production and farmers fulfill market demands. 4. increase in the access of farmers to micro credit 4. farmers products are sold through the collection center property of the cooperative at a favorable price 5. Improved relationship between farmer and buyer. 6. Both newly formed and existing cooperatives are well managed In order to achieve these results the following activities will be performed: a. For the new cooperatives the following trainings will be performed: account keeping, leadership, cooperative education and registration training, management of savings and credit training. 13 support staff will be enrolled, one per new cooperative b. In order to improve entrepreneurship skills of youth farmers: training on wiring, animal heath, technical aspects of agriculture, goat raising c. to improve the production of vegetables and goats: acquisition of equipment for agro vet services (microscope will be purchased and given to 10 cooperatives), a buck , improved seeds, micro-irrigation, d. To improve the access to market: three collection centers will be set up. The direct participants of the project will be 1920 farmers from which 95% will be women (1832) at the local level. At least 250 groups will participate in the activities of the project , and representatives of 19 cooperatives. The total budget for this project amounts to €65.440, €5.049 will be contribution of SFACF, €5.975 contribution of the community and €54.416 is requested to Agriterra. to optimize performance of Ndumberi dairy in order to increase its business in terms of supplying farmers, volumens of milk and market outlets and to set the stage for a successful merger between Kiambaa and Ndumberi.

Organization

Stichting Agriterra

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jul 1, 2012 → Mar 19, 2018

Coverage

Dhading, Bagmati

This is a description of the two main activities/programmes that will be supported by Agriterra in 2012: Mutual Aid Services (micro-insurance) NEFSCUN Mutual Aid is a co-operative based financial security system. It is aimed at pooling resources among members those are excluded from formal social protection mechanism under co-operative principles & values. In 2012 we plan to expand services reaching bigger SACCOS, and having sold over 5000 policies reaching breakeven point. CSP policies, in 2013 this will be 7700and in 2014 this must be 9700 policies. We will do this by providing active follow-up by visiting those SACCOS that have received orientation, expressed interest in providing CSP to their members, and focusing the programme in the bigger saccos who have larger number of members to this date already 88 SACCOS signed the MoC (memorandum of Cooperation) and 66 SACCO started selling and/or sales promotion. CSP will be promoted as complementary service to traditional savings and credit services and part of the financial solutions SACCOS can provide to their members. Microfinance NEFSCUN’s microfinance is based upon Credit Union Microfinance Innovation (CUMI) method. Which aims to provide sustainable financial services to the poor by promotion of savings, provision of affordable terms of loans, entrepreneurship development training and providing general credit union financial solutions to the poor. Focused on the long-term well-being CUMI offers many advantages to the low-income poor, integrating low-income members into the mainstream of the society by contribution to their wealth building capacity. CUMI is the component in Micro finance services focusing on Women Entrepreneurs within the CUMI/microfinance groups. By the end of 2012 we want to enroll a cumulative 100,000 low income members, mainly women. This means an additional 24.380 (90% Female) new members for 2012. Our core services are: 1. Central Finance Facility Interlending (CFFI), 2. Training and Education 3. NEFSCUN Mutual Aid (‘micro-insurance’), 4. Stationery services. 5. Cooperative Banking Software Solutions 6. Microfinance services CFFI was initiated in 1996 and its objective is to provide share, savings and loan facilities to member SACCOS. Through Training and education services NEFSCUN aims to strengthen the capacity of SACCO's staff and leaders which must lead to improvement of performance of the SACCOS operations. NEFSCUN Mutual Aid is a co-operative based financial security system. It is aimed at pooling resources among low-income members, who are excluded from formal social protection mechanism, under co-operative principles & values. Through our stationary services we provide all required materials for registration of SACCOS data as well as educational publications and posters, by ordering stationary centralize we can provide materials at reduced rate to our members. Cooperative Banking Software Solutions aims to assist SACCOS in digitalizing their operations and increasing efficiency in serving their members with up-to date account data, software also serves to provide fast and up-to date statements and management reports. Since most of the individual members are low-income people there is a big demand for microfinance services, we promote and capacitate the SACCOS to provide these services to existing and new members on the basis of the CUMI methodology. In September 2009 NEFSCUN committed itself, in front of the annual Forum of the Association of Asian Confederation of Credit Unions (ACCU), to reach, in the period from 2010-2012, 100,000 low income people (of which 80% women) with our microfinance services and contribute to building their wealth. We plan to do this by providing microfinance services applying the Credit Union Microfinance Innovations (CUMI) methodology (for more about CUMI methodology, see box under chapter 3, Objective 1). In 2012 we plan to provide CUMI based microfinance services to 25000 new members. Apart from our core business NEFSCUN is working in the following fields: advocacy & networking, policy support, Microfinance and business development services, ACCESS branding, financial intermediation, alternative energy promotion and organizing its resources to become a recognized information center for savings and Credit Cooperatives in Nepal. We are putting our utmost efforts to Credit Union development in Nepal. We realize that there remains much work to be done. We have ambitious objectives for ourselves and our members. These include: providing additional services, capacity strengthening, diversifying our existing products & services, strengthening monitoring & supervision, implement computerized grading system and increasing our membership base. Our goals are ambitious but with the help of our members & development partners we know we can achieve them. Agriterra is requested to support especially the mutual aid and CUMI programme in 2012 (as in previous years) Expanding Mutual Aid services and reaching break even point in this business and expanding microfinance services to a total of 100.000 women.

Organization

Stichting Agriterra

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Feb 17, 2012 → Mar 19, 2018

Coverage

Nepal

Nepal will utilize two pronged approaches: (i) Deepening and diversifying the ongoing work of SDHS in two districts of SudurpaschimProvince as a core impact site; and (ii) Expanding in a new district in Karnali Province as a scaling out/up site. The project will benefit a total of 15,000 beneficiaries (2,500 direct and an additional 12,500 indirect beneficiaries) through partnerships with governments (local to national), CSOs and networks, and development partners with similar priorities active in the regions. In 2024, the project will establish partnerships with government, National Federation of Farmers Group (NFGF), Community Seed Bank Association of Nepal (CSBAN), Land Rights and Right to Food Networks, and value chain actors and private sectors. Global Partners and Allies will include (1) Agroecology Coalition: The program partner (LI-BIRD) will join the Agroecology coalition and contribute to the Agroecology Campaign by sharing the ground evidence and documentation and forge collaboration to strengthen the Agroecology movement in Nepal. (2) Farmer Managed Systems Group led by Oxfam Novib and CRS: The program will actively contribute on issues related to farmer-managed seed systems by sharing Nepal learnings in Farmer's Variety Registration and Source Maintenance Forum. The program will actively participate and engage in organising workshops and side events in relevant international forums such as CBD and ITPGRFA. (3) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD): IFAD is supporting Nepalgovernment in developing a project based on agroecology entitled ‘Resilient High-Value Agriculture Project (R-HVAP)’ to be implemented in Sudurpaschim, Karnali and Lumbini Provinces. LI-BIRD contributed significantly to the design of this project, and expects to collaborate during the implementation phase.

Organization

Oxfam Novib

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Apr 1, 2024 → Jul 31, 2026

Coverage

Lumbini, Karnali

Through this Country Programme Outcome, the ILO will strengthen the capacity of workers’ organisations in Nepal to engage in effective, evidence-based social dialogue, with a focus on promoting an adequate and fair wage system. Building on the 2025 trainings on formalization and ToT for sanitation and domestic workers, unions will be supported to develop their own wage negotiation modules, integrating macroeconomic and wage literacy. The programme will promote the modernization and digitalization of trade union operations through the use of digital tools and applications for training and wage analysis. This approach will enhance outreach, improve coordination, and attract greater engagement of youth and women leaders. Through these efforts, the ILO will contribute to stronger collective bargaining and more inclusive wage-setting mechanisms in Nepal. In line with the Constitution of Nepal 2015, the Labour Act 2017 and Decent Work Country Programme 2023-27, the ILO develops a comprehensive programme to support workers' organizations in strengthening institutional, technical and representational capacities to enable them to defend their rights and to influence policy at all levels of government. Given the new federal structure of Nepal, and the enactment of the two key legislations on labour rights and social security in 2017, it has become imperative for trade unions to expand their membership coverage at provincial and local levels in diverse sectors in line with the new governance system. The strategy focuses on enhancing technical capacity to engage with workers in the informal sector where majority of workers especially women workers are engaged. It also focuses on developing technical capacity of workers' organizations at the provincial level for effective social dialogue. This initiative benefits the workers' organizations in reducing industrial conflicts and unfair labour practices and promote decent jobs for all.

Organization

ILO Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2026 → Dec 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

A recent review on Nepal’s social security coverage shows that only about 31 % of the population is covered by at least one benefit in 2023/24. 64% children are covered by social protection, 14% through income support schemes. Working age population in any social protection scheme is considerably low, less than 14% are benefiting from one of the schemes targeted to working age populations. With almost 15% of the national budget of 2023/24 allotted to over 80 schemes, without effective coordination mechanisms resulting to low coverage and benefit levels heavily skewed towards old age, while investments in children remain significantly low. This represents a challenge for Nepal in the achievement of the SDGs, particularly SDG Target 1.3. The GoN has set ambitious targets for social protection in its 16th National Plan, aiming to increase coverage to 60 per cent of the population by 2028. Extending social protection coverage is critical, particularly for those with lower levels of access to schemes and/or with access to only limited or inadequate benefits. Among these, extending the social protection coverage among children would benefit the largest group of the population leading to better educational outcomes and higher life-long earning capacity. Similarly, extending social security coverage to workers in the informal economy, would offer protection to the workers that have the largest decent work gaps. The ILO is supporting the GoN to improve the coverage and effectiveness of its social protection programmes, working with key institutions, such as the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, the Social Security Fund (SSF) and the National Planning Commission, as well with social partners. The work in 2026-27 biennium will be focusing to bring more informal workers and MSMEs under social security coverage, modernizing SSF’s MIS system and implementation of National Integrated Social Protection Framework.

Organization

ILO Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2026 → Dec 31, 2027

Coverage

Nepal

Country portfolio budget - CPB Nepal 2024-2028 Provide nutrition-sensitive school meals in targeted food-insecure areas and technical and operational assistance to strengthen the Government’s capacity to implement the national school meals programme as part of the national social protection framework

Organization

World Food Programme Nepal

Budget

USD 13.7M

Timeline

Jan 1, 2024 → Dec 31, 2028

Coverage

Nepal

Les crédits globaux pour petites actions permettent le financement d’opérations ponctuelles, peu coûteuses, significatives en termes de développement, à composantes diverses (techniques, sociales, organisationnelles et de gestion, politique, économique, informative, etc.)

Organization

Swiss Development Cooperation

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Nov 1, 2022 → Oct 31, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

Les crédits globaux pour petites actions permettent le financement d’opérations ponctuelles, peu coûteuses, significatives en termes de développement, à composantes diverses (techniques, sociales, organisationnelles et de gestion, politique, économique, informative, etc.)

Organization

Swiss Development Cooperation

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Nov 1, 2022 → Oct 31, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

Les crédits globaux pour petites actions permettent le financement d’opérations ponctuelles, peu coûteuses, significatives en termes de développement, à composantes diverses (techniques, sociales, organisationnelles et de gestion, politique, économique, informative, etc.)

Organization

Swiss Development Cooperation

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Feb 1, 2019 → Dec 31, 2024

Coverage

Nepal

Les crédits globaux pour petites actions permettent le financement d’opérations ponctuelles, peu coûteuses, significatives en termes de développement, à composantes diverses (techniques, sociales, organisationnelles et de gestion, politique, économique, informative, etc.)

Organization

Swiss Development Cooperation

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Feb 1, 2019 → Dec 31, 2024

Coverage

Nepal

An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck Western Nepal in November 2023, leaving 154 people dead and 375 injured. It was estimated at the time of writing that over 62,000 houses and 600 schools were damaged. Building on the experience in recovery initiatives after the 2015 earthquake, this project will augment governments efforts in reconstruction of public infrastructure such as schools and provide vocational training on earthquake-resilient construction to masons in the affected area.

Organization

Swiss Development Cooperation

Budget

USD 428K

Timeline

Jan 1, 2025 → Dec 31, 2025

Coverage

Nepal

The overall goal of the project is for Nepalese youth to benefit from quality Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and better employment prospects. To achieve this, the project will support the federal, provincial and local governments of Nepal to establish an accreditation and coaching system so that TVET schools can improve and meet national quality requirements. The project capitalises on Switzerland’s long-standing and unique expertise in TVET federalisation.

Organization

Swiss Development Cooperation

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jun 1, 2021 → Jul 15, 2026

Coverage

Nepal

Based on Swiss expertise in Technical and Vocational Education and Training, the projectcontributes to establish a federal vocational qualifications system. The NVQS will increase thetransparency on the labour market for employers and workers, improve official recognition ofworkers competencies in hospitality, construction and automobile sectors and allow links betweenTVET and general education to access higher level qualifications for better employment indomestic and international labour market.

Organization

Swiss Development Cooperation

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jul 16, 2020 → Jul 15, 2024

Coverage

Nepal