Country Strategy Nepal 2016 - 2020

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Summary

• Covers the period 2016 to 2020

• Works towards all women and men in Nepal, especially those who

are economically poor and socially marginalized, having dignified lives.

• Aligns with sustainable development goals, government and donor

priorities

• About 15 million CHF annual budget

• Six interlinked programmes

• Project implementation, technical advisory and advocacy

• Working in all 75 districts, focusing on 13 districts in the hills and 8

districts in the Tarai

Our History

• Started working in Nepal in 1956• 4th country strategy• Builds on the learning from previous

strategies

Our Development Goal

All women and men in Nepal, especially those who are economically poor and socially marginalized, have dignified lives.

Alignment

Aligned with• Government of Nepal Thirteenth

Plan 2013/14 – 2015/16

• Selected Sustainable Development Goals

• Swiss Cooperation Strategy

• HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Strategy

Theory of Change

Advocacy

Implementation Advisory

Innovation and Learning

Capacity Development

Synergy and Collaboration

Women and Men

Programmes and Outcomes

Cross-cutting Programme 2:

Climate change and disaster risk management

Cross-cutting Programme 1:

Gender equality and social inclusion

Cross-cutting Programme 3:

Good Governance

Programme 1: Food security and nutrition

Programme 2: Integrated water resources management

Programme 3: Economic growth and decent employment

Independent projects under working areas

1. Food security and nutrition

Women and men farmers implement sustainable and resilient food production and marketing systems that foster increased productivity and production.

2. Integrated water resources management

Women and men in rural and urban settlements maintain adequate and sustained access to water for drinking and irrigation and to sanitation.

3. Economic growth and decent employment

Private sector entities of different sizes provide opportunities to adequately skilled women and men for decent wage and self-employment.

4. Gender equality and social inclusion

Women and Dalit access equal and just opportunities in political, economic and public life.

5. Climate change and disaster risk management

Women and men, particularly from vulnerable communities, reduce their vulnerability and increase their resilience to the effects of climate change and disasters.

6. Good Governance

Institutions at different levels are effective, transparent and accountable to the rights of women and men and ensure inclusive and responsive decision making.

Outcome indicator statementsSN Indicators

6.1 Priority based planning and resource allocationNumber of local administrative units in the working areas implement each at least 80 per cent of the annual plan activities based on development periodic plan priorities and allocate development budget accordingly.

6.2 Disclosure of informationPercent of all local government institutions collaborating with different HELVETAS initiatives provide publicly available information through different means.

6.3 Targeted resource allocationNumber of local government units in the HELVETAS working areas have allocated at least 40 per cent of their resources to effectively respond to the issues of marginalised groups, especially women and Dalits.

6.4 Affirmative perception on service deliveryPercent of all local institutions collaborating with different HELVETAS initiatives are perceived by the primary stakeholders to provide effective, transparent and responsive services.

6.5 Affirmative perception on governance practicesLocal institutions collaborating with different HELVETAS initiatives are not considered to be corrupt.

Geographic Coverage

Major Shifts/Changes• From Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development

Goals • Shift towards more programmatic approach• More efforts on knowledge management and policy engagement • From a heavy focus on implementation to increase advocacy and

advisory services with a careful balance of pilot project implementation.

• Continued promotion of gender equality and social inclusion with additional efforts

• Increased contribution to sustainable systems development with existing actors

• Increased private sector engagement• Strengthened monitoring and learning• Support on issues related to peri-/urban areas• More emphasis on disaster risk management in all initiatives

HELVETAS’ Engagement in Governance Sector

Strengthening local good governance and partnership with local bodies to build ground for local development as one of the strategies of Helvetas Nepal

Working on issues of common priorities, strengthening of participatory planning practices, provision of optimal support, linking central level policy with local one, complementarities etc. as the approaches

Strengthening good governance : an important element in the Helvetas Nepal Country Programme (2006-2010) and the HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Nepal Country Programme (2011-2015)

Governance: a cross-cutting theme, but a short term dedicated governance project implemented in 2008

Good governance : One of the cross-cutting programmes in the new Nepal Country Programme (2016-2020)

Background

Some Core Activities in Governance SectorS Core Activities Achievements1 Close involvement of

local/ central government in project governance

MoUs and agreements with the concerned ministries & DDCs, Involvement in Project Steering Committees, Participation of DDCs/line agencies in project planning & monitoring,

2 Support for development of sector plans

District transport master plans (DTMPs), Pedestrian bridge construction plan (Bridge Long List), Water use master plans (WUMPs), District agriculture perspective plan (DAPP), Greenery sector development plan,

3 Establishment & institutionalization of local funding mechanism

Farmers to Farmers (FtF) Fund for agriculture extension services, Micro enterprise development (MED) Fund, Operation & Maintenance Fund, Joint funding in bridge, demand Responsive Service Provider (drSP) Fundm decentralization of extension services through AFEC

4 Sub-sector policy formulation

Sector policies on trail bridges, drinking water, DTMP preparation et

5 NGO/project governance Strategic planning of local NGOs, formation of district level INGOs forums, project governance assessment practice

6 Promotion of transparency & accountability

Sharing of annual plans, progress reports & fact sheets, Development of manuals on public audit practices & its extensive practices, dedicated third party monitoring project

7 Plan formulation by local bodies

Periodic district development plans, Periodic village development plans,District profiles/VDC profiles/NGOs profiles preparation & publication, Review of periodic plans, cluster coordination mechanism

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