Our Projects

Poverty Reduction

  • Micro Enterprise Development Programme (Phase III)

    The Micro enterprise Development Programme is creating employment and income opportunities for the rural poor by providing skill and business training and other support, mainly for women and poor and disadvantaged people to set up micro-enterprises; helping establish business support services and representative organisations for micro-entrepreneurs; and working with the government to improve the policy environment.

  • Livelihoods Recovery for Peace Project

    In 2009, the Livelihood Recovery for Peace project (LRP) was launched in the three poorest and most conflict-affected districts of the Terai. Sarlahi, Mahottari and Rautahat are the districts where poverty, conflict and natural disasters most hinder development.

  • Strengthening Planning and Monitoring Capacity of NPC

    The Strengthening Planning and Monitoring Capacity of NPC project is supporting the apex national planning body to make Nepal’s planning and monitoring development results-oriented, evidence-based, MDG sensitive and gender and social inclusion responsive.

  • Enhancing Access to Financial Services

    The Enhancing Access to Financial Services (EAFS) project is extending access to formal financial services for micro and small enterprises and low income households in line with the Government of Nepal's banking and microfinance sectors- the Nepal Rastra Bank with support from UNDP and UNCDF.

  • Public Private Partnership for Urban Environment

    Since 2002 the Public-Private Partnerships for Urban Environment project has worked with the Ministry of Local Development, municipalities and the private sector (FNCCI and district and city chambers of commerce) under the PPPUE project to build an enabling policy environment and the human resources to implement public private partnerships.

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Democratic Governance

  • Developing Capacities for Effective Aid Management and Coordination

    The Developing Capacities for Effective Aid Management and Coordination project helps localise the Paris Principles to make official development assistance produce more results. It will assist the Government to implement the recommendations of the 2007 and 2010 surveys and help establish the mechanisms for involving all main stakeholders in more effectively managing aid.

  • Local Governance and Community Development Programme

    The Local Governance Community Development Programme (LGCDP) began in 2008 as the first nationwide integrated support programme for local government in Nepal. It is going ahead under the government leadership across all Nepal's District Development Committees, Village Development Committees and Municipalities.

  • The Electoral Support Project: Institutional Strengthening and Professional Development Support for the Election Commission of Nepal

    The Electoral Support Project (ESP) aims to build up the capacity of the Election Commission to efficiently hold participatory, peaceful and credible elections. It is a new kind of initiative developed to provide the Election Commission sustainable and enduring institutional and professional support in line with the electoral cycle approach.

  • Support to Participatory Constitution Building in Nepal

    Since April 2008, the Support to Participatory Constitution Building in Nepal project (SPCBN) has provided valuable support for inclusive and participatory constitution building.

  • Enhancing Access to Justice through Legal and Judicial Reforms Project

    The A2J project supports the Government of Nepal to carry out a comprehensive programme to strengthen justice system in order to support the peace process in the country. The project aims strategically addressing three critical areas: 1) Transitional Justice; 2) Gender Justice; 3) Access to Justice at the local level.

  • Strengthening the Capacity of the National Human Rights Commiission

    From 2002, the multi-donor funded Capacity Development of the National Human Rights Commission project, supported the commission to fulfil its mandates for the protection, promotion and full respect of the human rights enshrined in the constitution, national leigslations and international human rights instruments that Nepal is party to.

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Crisis Prevention and Recovery

  • UN Interagency Rehabilitation Programme

    UNIRP’s main objective is to support the transition of the discharged VMLRs from military to civilian life by providing them with training and education to access employment and livelihood opportunities.

  • Conflict Prevention Project

    UNDP’s Conflict Prevention Programme (CPP) is working on the two complementary pillars of promoting collaborative leadership and dialogue amongst Nepalese leaders and institutions, and mainstreaming conflict sensitivity and the ‘Do No Harm’ approach into development programmes.

  • Crisis Prevention and Recovery Support to Nepal

    The Crisis Prevention and Recovery Support to Nepal (CPRSN) project aims to provide support to UNDP Nepal in two phases, with the goal of strengthening the promising but still fragile peace process.

  • Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Programme

    The Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Programme is strengthening the capacity for disaster risk management in line with the recommendations of the national strategy.

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HIV and Development

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Environment and Energy

  • Renewable Energy for Rural Livelihood

    The RERL project started in April 2011 to as an extension of the successful partnership between the government and UNDP in the renewable energy sector to consolidate the best practices from REDP and continue scaling up access to energy.

  • Conservation and Sustainable Use of Wetlands in Nepal

    The overall goal of the project is to ensure maintenance and enhancement of wetland biodiversity and environmental goods and services for improved local livelihoods in Nepal.

  • GEF Small Grant Programme

    Since it was set up in 1996, the Nepal Small Grants Programme has funded 102 local initiatives for environmental conservation.

  • Ecosystem based Adaptation in Mountain Ecosystems in Nepal

    The Ecosystem Based Adaptation (EBA) Project for mountain Ecosystems is a global project being implemented in Nepal, Peru and Uganda, and aims to strengthen the capacity of these countries, which are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts, in ecosystem based adaptation approaches. The project targets to strengthen the resiliency of ecosystems within these countries and reduce the vulnerability of local communities with particular emphasis on mountain ecosystems.

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Kathmandu, Nepal Phone: 977-1-5523200
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