short implementing partner presentations on programs of interest

SNV Netherlands Development OrganisationRajeev Munankami

Organizational Profile

Current and Future Programming

• Sustainable Markets• Food Security• Climate Smart

Agriculture

• Sustainable Sanitation and Hygiene for all (Rural and Urban)

• WASH in Schools• Functionality of Rural Water Supply

Services• Sustainable Water Supply Services

in Peri-Urban areas.

• Development of market based solutions for Households and Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) energy services

Potential Project Evaluations

• Consumer Research on different sanitation behavioral attributes• Consumer segmentation taking into account the different needs, preferences and

attitudes towards sanitation services.• Willingness to Pay Study for Faecal Sludge Management services

Urban Sanitation focusing on Faecal Sludge Management

Gross National Happiness Commission, BhutanSonam Tobgyal


Key Functions of GNHC:

• Over all coordinating body for planning, monitoring and evaluation of national development plans and policies

• Resource mobilization and allocation• To ensure operationalization of GNH values


Current Issues:-Youth Unemployment (9.6 % National; 22.8 % Urban) (2013)-Rural-Urban Migration-Rural Poverty -Climate Change

11th Five Year Plan (2013-2018):Overall objective: Self-Reliance and Inclusive Green Socio-Economic Development


1. Meditation Programme in Schools (for psychological wellbeing)

2. Rural Accessibility Programme ( to address rural-urban migration)

3. Internship Programme (to address youth unemployment)

4. Targeted Poverty Programmes (to address rural poverty)

DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING SERVICESMNISTRY OF WORKS AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT

THIMPHU: BHUTANPHUB RINZIN


A professional organization excelling in planning,

Designing and implementation of high quality,

cost effective, safe and sustainable infrastructure

through preservation & promotion of traditional

Bhutanese architecture and innovative leadership.

Engineering Services

Flood Engineering Management

Water and Sanitation

Rural Infrastructure Services

Dzongkhag Engineering Sector

Department of Engineering Services

Project Management Unit (ADB and WB )

Divisions

Engineering Adaption and Risk Reduction

Current and Future ProgrammingSl. no Sub-Activities for master plan for urban amenities

1 Preparation of urban water supply master plans to 10 towns with specialemphasis on sustainability, eco-efficiency, and green-growth concept and approach

2 Preparation of Plans, Survey & Design of Sewer networks with innovative and alternative waste water treatment options to enhance wider coverage, access and sustainability of the system

3 Preparation of Plans, Survey & Design of solid waste management infrastructures/landfills and services and make citizen more aware and responsible on proper waste disposal habits

4 Preparation of Plans, Survey & Design of safe and environmentally sustainable urban roads in 10 designated towns with emphasis on mechanized method of construction.


Open space Lagoons at Bebesa• Capacity: 1.75 mld• Technology: Oxidation pond• Constraint: Space, Open, bad smell during

winter, less capacity


• Waste Water Treatment Plant at BabesaThimphu- DBOT

• Propose Operation period for 10 yrs. • Capacity: 14 mld• Advance technology: Compact covered

electro mechanical process. Sequential batch reactor

• Impact: septic tank, flow to river,

AAM FoundationPayal Mahajan


Scope of Work

Structure

Mission Poverty Alleviation

Registered Charity

Youth

Skill DevelopmentCommunicationCognitiveConscious Choice-making Specific Populace

300 + StaffCEO

Delhi & National Capital Region

Current and Future Programs

Future

Current

International Benchmarking of Graduating Students

125 Learning Centers 11,000 + Students 1 Year Program 6 Days a WeekAbout 2 Hours per DayESL Software WorkbooksGames & Music-based Activities Library Program


Efficiency in Design and Delivery ➡ Impact on Student Regularity and Retention

Student Regularity and Retention ➡ Facilitator-centric Interventions

Support for Network and Extension Help Agency (SNEHA)Ramasamy Krishnan


• SNEHA is an organisation dedicated and committed to providing extension support to empower the poor and to networking among development agencies working with similar objectives. The organisation, which was started in 1999, works in the backward areas of Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Coimbatore, Ootyand Erode Districts

• Vision:• To sustainably improve living conditions for the poor

and vulnerable, concentrating resources on the legitimate needs of the community.


• Capacity building for CBOs, NGOs, • Economic development activities• Credit Linkages• Skill training for adolescents / SHG members

Livelihood

• Capacity building for GPs and gross root level support for clean environment.

• Toilet construction, Treating sewage water in schools, SLWM at GP, Municipal level.

• Support to Municipalities, Town Panchayath and GP

Sanitation

• Elimination of child labour,• Awareness raising about education Education


• Assessment of waste management systems at municipal level – policy, governance, sustainability, and safety issues.

• Different methods of solid and liquid waste treatment / management , cost effectiveness, stakeholders involvement at municipal level.

• Comparative study on use of organic manure / bio compost vs chemical fertilizers for different crops.

Athena InfonomicsDeepa KarthykeyanPraveen Ravi


• Athena Infonomics is a Policy and Development Sector consulting firm operating in interfaces between Public Sector, Private Sector and the Community

• We place a strong emphasis on data driven approaches, supported by robust methodologies and transparent inferential logic

• We work across five thematic areas of Urban Services, Education and Skills, Healthcare, Gender, and Energy/ Sustainability

• Over the past four years, we have worked on several challenging mandates in these areas in South Asia and Africa

TNULM

Economic Activities

Basic Services

Social Sector

Social Security

Housing and Shelters

Mobilization and Capacity

• The National Urban Livelihood Mission aims to take a concerted approach towards Urban Poverty reduction across the top 30 – 40 Cities in each State

• The Tamil Nadu Urban Livelihood Mission, moving beyond the NULM, targets all of its 500+ cities for poverty reduction through six groups of identified interventions

• The State has an estimated ~ 73 lakh BPL population in ~ 19 lakh households

• Poverty identification currently is a monolithic structure, with low level of differentiation between various drivers of urban poverty, and very limited impact attributability

• A clear understanding of what interventions work best for what “type” of BPL is required to derive Value for Money from the TNULM (or the NULM) interventions

Potential Project Evaluations (1/2)

Potential Project Evaluations (2/2)

• What are potential filter criteria for identification which are robust and verifiable

• How can the Urban BPL be profiled into cohorts (e.g. current poverty and vulnerability to fallback)

Identification and Profiling of Urban BPL

Preliminary mapping of Interventions to Cohorts

RCT based evaluation of effectiveness of mapping

1

2

3

• How can we assess the differential response of different cohorts to various interventions

• How can preliminary hypotheses be established through dipstick studies for trial design

• How can a test allocation model be designed• What will be the evaluation framework to test the

efficacy of allocation from the trials• How can this be formalized and scaled up

SAATH Charitable TrustNiraj Jani

Organizational ProfileSAATH is a non-governmental organization registered as a public charitable trust in Gujarat, India.

In Gujarati the word Saath means, “together, co-operation, a collective or support.’

Saath’s one-stop, integrated services reached out to over 4,60,576 individuals in states of Gujarat, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. Since 1989, SAATH has facilitated participatory processes that improve the quality of life for the urban and rural poor.

Saath’s approachSAATH pioneered the integrated community development program, an approach that seeks to turn slums into vibrant neighborhoods.

Current Programmes

GOVERNANCE

27,000 households 4 one – stop centers serving 27,000 urban

slum households.

REHABILATION AND

RESETTLEMENT

6,120 householdsResettled households owing to Sabarmati

Riverfront Project are facilitated for proper

resettlement

EDUCATION & HEALTH

5,000+ childrenchildren provided education support through

Saath’s Balghars and Child Friendly Spaces

Programme

AFFORDABLE HOUSING

1,000+ membersMembers in the housing facilitation cell

helping low income people to fulfill their

dream of own house

LIVELIHOODS

51,000+ youthyouth, women and informal sector

workers have gained employable skills.

MICROFINANCE

20,000+ membersMembers in the Urban and Rural

Microfinance Co-operative

HUMAN RIGHTS

9,005 childrenchild labourers were released in Dholka and

Viramgam blocks of Ahmedabad

RESTORING DYING ARTS

20+ artisansRural artisans benefitted through our

marketing and branding platform of

Rweavees.


• URC is a one-stop shop for schemes, services, information from government and private sector. Saath runs 3 URCs in Ahmedabad and 1 in Rajkot

• NIRMAN: Target informal sector workforce to upgrade skills and improve livelihoods

27,000+ slum households covered

1,000 people trained including 100 women

mHS City LabMarco Ferrario

mHS City Lab

• An interdisciplinary action-research organization founded in 2009 to facilitate socially inclusive cities, with focus on housing for the poor.

• Based in Delhi, mHS philosophy is to offer urban poor households a portfolio of housing solutions based on principles of design, community engagement and access to finance or affordability


• mHS dual strategy a) field level incubation with partner NGOs b) policy advocacy, research and advisory work. Areas of work: rental housing, shelter for homeless, security of tenure, access to finance, transit oriented development

• Incremental Housing: Improving quality and safety of houses in informal settlements: The first pilot (DHS) in Delhi bundled access to technical assistance with housing finance provided by MFI.

• Slum Redevelopment: Advocating for low-rise, high density community centric design for low income households: Sundernagari resettlement proposal with SEWA Mahila Housing Trust and DUSIB under Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY)

Disseminate Knowledge on Safe Construction practices in low-income Indian neighborhoods (DRR)


TRAINING AWARENESS TECHNICAL KIOSK• masons working in

informal settlements • training camps off-site

and on-site • innovative

content/modules/ technology

• SAATH NIRMAN: Training informal sector workforce 1,000 people already trained

• low income homeowners

• workshops on safety and quality housing

• posters/media• technology

• low income masons and homeowners

• provide technical expertise on safety and quality housing

• located within SAATH Urban Resource Centers (27,000+ slum households served)

mHS City Lab with SAATH

Parinaam Foundation

Nirat Segal

Organizational Profile• Parinaam Foundation is a not-for-profit, conceived in 2006, to provide critical social

support to the Urban and Semi-Urban economically underprivileged families.

• Mission: Convert stumbling blocks into stepping stones on a pathway of “change” that will have multiple impacts on the poor, and lead to a “better life” for themselves and their future generations.

• Organizational Structure: • - Board of Directors – 6 members• - Parinaam Payrolls – 10 fulltime employees• - Assignees from our partner organization – 65 fulltime assignees

• Strategic Partnership: Ujjivan Financial Services Pvt. Ltd, a leading microfinance company in India

• Funders: Citi Foundation, MSDF, HSBC, Sequoia Capital

• Geographic Scope: All India - 16 States and Union Territories in India

Current and Future Programming• Parinaam provides critical social support in areas of childcare, education and financial

literacy, livelihood, healthcare and community development. We have 2 major programs:

1) Urban Ultra Poor Program- Livelihood & Vocational Training- Childcare and Education- Healthcare- Social Support- Financial Services

Target Audience: Invisible city makers living in Bangalore’s slum communities

2) Diksha Financial Literacy Program - 5 Separate concepts of financial literacy – budgeting; income & expenditure, savings;

borrowings, modern banking facilities & financial products offered by Ujjivan.

Target Audience: Customers of our partner organization, Ujjivan Financial Services

Potential Project EvaluationsUrban Ultra Poor Program (UUPP)• Holistic Interventions aimed at tackling generational and familial poverty rather than providing isolated

individual female support. • Livelihood, Childcare & Education, Healthcare, Social Support, Financial Services.• Pilot Project in the near future – Housing for the Ultra Poor

Urban Ultra Poor Program Update As on 30th September 2013 As on 30th September 2014Total UUPP Communities 8 11Total Primary Beneficiaries 680 1015Total Members under UUPP 2757 4352

Livelihood - Employment Rate (%) 96% 92%

Childcare - No. of Children enrolled into Tuition Center 564 785

Health Care - No. of Medical Interventions 483 752

Financial Services - Total Savings (in Rs.) 5,77,135 7,58,950

Why Evaluate UUPP?• How can we maximize the impact/benefit of the interventions?• Are we meeting all their needs? What more can we do? • Can we scale beyond Bangalore and target a larger audience effectively?• Standardizing metrics to evaluate the program

Piramal SarvajalAnuj Sharma

Who are we? What do we do?

Social Enterprise

Drinking Water

For-Profit Approach

Est. in 2008

Patented Technology

Water ATMs

6 States, NCR

150 Franchisees

Reaching >1,60,000 people daily

Collaborators:Govt, Multilateral

Org., CSR, Individual

>10,000 Water ATM users

Our Approach

RURAL

Villages

Local Entrepreneur

Patented Technology

Real Time Remote Monitoring

Assured Water Quality

Assured Functionality

150 Franchisees

>1,20,000 Consumers

URBANSlums/Hospitals/Schools

Partnering with Govt

Water ATMs

24/7 Availability

Solar Powered

Smart Card (RFID based)

Real Time Quality/Quantity

>50 Water ATMs operational

>10,000 registered users


Piramal Sarvajal’s Urban Water ProjectsIn collaboration with Delhi Jal Board, DTC and other organizationsPrimarily in slums/resettlement colonies, bus depotsWhere alternate water source is either sporadic or unreliableStarted in 2012

Why?Water ATMs give us never-before-accessible complete transaction data for each consumerWe aim to reach allBy increasing water uptake

Swasth IndiaPranay Bhatia


Our Mission: “To ensure access to affordable and quality health services to 10 million low-income people by 2018”

Problem Statement: Health shocks are the single largest reason for impoverishment in India, taking more than 32 million lives below poverty line every year and substantially reducing quality of life.

Theory of change: Research indicates that access to affordable primary care is a key lever to reduce impoverishment due to health shocks. Reducing the financial barrier to primary care can reduce health shocks by ~84%.

Our Solution: Operate a network of Swasth Health Centers (SHCs), providing access to primary health services at 50% of market rates.

Scale and Scope: 15 centers in Mumbai, each of which has a catchment of ~100,000 people. We currently see ~100,000 patient visits a year.


1. Swasth Health Centers: Convenient access to comprehensive primary health services, namely the 5 Ds - Doctor, Diagnostic, Drugs, Day Care and Dental Care - at half the market rates

2. Community Outreach: Our network of community-based outreach workers conduct home visits and health camp with a focus on preventive / promotive health issues and diagnosis of chronic conditions. In addition, we conduct school health camps which focus on deworming and anemia

Future plans: Cover 3/4th of Mumbai’s 8 million strong slum population by 2017, by scaling to 60-80 centers


1. Impact on final health outcomes / health expenses.

- How does easily accessible and affordable primary care impact final outcomes?

2. Willingness to pay for primary care insurance / prepaid cards (particularly relevant for chronic conditions)

Government of NepalMinistry of Urban Development

Department of Urban Development & Building Construction

Secondary Towns Integrated Urban Environmental Improvement Project

Integrated Urban Development ProjectProject Coordination OfficeBabar Mahal, Kathmandu

Mani Ram Gelal

Project Objectives• The Project intends to directly benefit the urban populations in

the selected six + four municipalities, with improved quality oflife and higher and more socially inclusive economic growth.

• The people in the Project Municipalities would be benefittedby improved and affordable municipal services deliveredeffectively, efficiently and reliably by accountable Projectmunicipalities.

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Geographic Locations

Dhulikhel Banepa

ButwalBirganj

Biratnagar

Kavre Valley

Nepalgunj

Siddharthanagar

Janakpur

Dharan

IUDP Project Towns

STIUEIP Project Towns

About Us

Project Cost and Sharing

STIUEIPIUDP

About Us

GoN19.7 19%

OFID Loan17

16%

Municipality/ Users9.6

9%

ADB Loan6056%

Current and Future Programming(STIUEIP)S.N. Municipalities Activities

Budget (million US$)

1. Biratnagar 25 km surface drainage and 64 km sanitary sewerconstruction, sewage treatment plant construction – 1, 64km road construction and rehabilitation, communitydevelopment activities.

33.81

2. Birgunj 18 km surface drainage and 63 km sanitary sewerconstruction, sewage treatment plant construction – 1, 11km road construction and rehabilitation, solid wastemanagement with construction of sanitary landfill site andcommunity development activities.

44.74

3. Butwal Water Supply Improvement and Extension in Ward no 9 &10 (61 km), solid waste management with construction ofsanitary landfill site, Autovillage Infrastructure Improvementin PPP model and community development activities.

12.39

4. Kavre Valley Water Supply Improvement and Extension ( 194 km) andKavre Valley Water Supply Management BoardEstablishment

12.07

Current and Future Programming(IUDP)

S no Municipalities Activities Budget(Million US $)

1 Dharan 381 km Water Supply Improvement, Rehabilitation and Construction

22.07

2 Janakpur a) 19 km new storm water drainage and rehabilitation of 26 km existing drainage

b) 16.5 km of road improvementc) Integrated Solid Waste Management with Sanitary Landfill Site

19.04

3 Siddharthanagar a) 13 km new storm water drainage and rehabilitation of 35 km existing drainage

b) 9 km of road improvementc) Integrated Solid Waste Management with Sanitary Landfill Site

17.18

4 Nepalgunj a) 17 km new storm water drainage and rehabilitation of 46 km existing drainage

b) 10.1km of road improvementc) Integrated Solid Waste Management with Sanitary Landfill Site

19.68

S.N.

Municipalities

Work Progress

1 Biratnagar • Contract Award for Sewerage and Drainage Network. Around 8 km of surface drainage work completed and earthwork of Sewerage Treatment Plant being carried out.

2 KavreValley

• Construction of Slow Sand Filter, Distribution line, Sedimentation ongoing . Around 12 K m of Pipe laying completed.•Construction of Reservoir Tank ongoing in Kups and Thakuri villages. Access Road to Regional treatment plant in Devisthan village completed.


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Issues Actions taken to address the issues

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Water Right Issues raised by stakeholders ofthe water source VDC in Kavre Valley Integrated Water Supply Project

Delay in evaluation of assets and liabilities of NWSC, Kavre

Contract award of Water Supply Subporject of Butwal Ward No 9 & 10 delayed due to different issues raised among users.

Unavailability of Construction materials( aggregates, sand, boulders etc) could hamper the construction work ( esp Biratnagar and Birgunj)

- Meeting and Discussions are ongoing .

- Steering committee meeting held for coordination with NWSC

- Project Coordination office coordinating with TDF, Ministry of Urban Development and Municipality.

Field inspection performed in local level after collection of information from MoSTE and High Level Commission for Chure Protection . Issue to be addressed from Central Level

ISSUES

Environment and Public Health Organization (ENPHO)Bipin DangolMingma G. Sherpa

ENPHO• Established in 1990 as a Non-Profit Organization• 93 Members & 87 Staff (44% female)

VisionCreating Eco Societies

MissionDevelop and Promote Appropriate Technologies to

Enable Communities become eco-friendly


1) Assessment of efficiency and impact of promotion of Biosand Filter (BSF) through social marketing modalities:i) Is this decentralized approach of BSF promotion actually working? What are the strengths and limitations of this approach?ii) What are the major impacts (health, social,

economic) seen at communities and people BSF?, iii) How to reach out to the poorest of the poor population?

2) Social Marketing of PIYUSH• PIYUSH – chlorine solution for household use

since 1994;• Currently marketed by CRS company (Social

marketing agency);• Avg. annual sale = 100,000 units;

i) Users perception - how the product is being used/handled by users?, ii) Is there a health impact of using this product compared to other similar products in the market, iii) Feedback to improve the product and outreach in the country.

3) DEWATS in Nepal• Decentralized wastewater

treatment system (DEWATS)• First Dewats established in

1996• There are over two dozens

established at households, institutions, communities

• We want to understand:• The Institutional, financial and

social impact of establishing Dewats systems at different levels: households/communities and local authorities

• Provide evidence to show that Dewats is a viable alternative for emerging towns and settlements to treat domestic wastewater

• Develop a scaling up model

4) San-Mark City Intelligent Design, Bangladesh

• Location: urban slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh• Project duration: 2014-2015• Objective: to locally adapt, test and validate four different on-site sanitation

technologies: i) Tiger Toilet, ii) En-Biolet, iii) Bio-fill and iv) Sun-Mar• We want to:• Conduct a rigorous evaluation of the technologies and recommend the best

feasible option to GoB and sector stakeholders

En-Biolet Bio-fill Tiger System Sun Mar

Nepal GoodWeave FoundationLubha Raj Neupane

Organizational ProfileNepal GoodWeave Foundation (formerly Nepal RugMark Foundation) is an NGO established in 1995 in collaboration among carpet entrepreneurs, child rights NGOs, and international development organizations to address the issue of child labor in the carpet industry.

Mission: GoodWeave ensures ethical production reducing child labor and enhancing socio-environmental (social and environmental) aspects of carpet and other industries.


Structure: Nepal Goodweave is an active affiliate of GoodWeave International (GWI) that holds the certification mechanism. It leverages with market driven model.

Programmatic Scope: Child Labor, migrant workers, monitoring/auditing and voluntary certification, industrial sustainability

Geographic Scope: Based in Kathmandu valley with the coverage of 11 districts of Nepal (Source districts of child labor and districts having carpet and brick industries)

Current and Future Programming• Current Programs

• Industry auditing, child labor monitoring and voluntary certification/consumers labeling

• Child labor preventive and rehabilitation programs (Day Care and Early Childhood Development Activity, Sponsored Education Program, Child labor removal and rehabilitation- transit home, residential schooling program)

• Awareness and advocacy programs (Radio programs, workers awareness program in carpet industry)

• Industrial support programs (Health and safety support- health camps, distribution of PPE materials, Training and skilled manpower supply)

• Future Programs• Better Brick Nepal Project (workers awareness, producers

support/trainings, market promotion) • Expanded standards certification program in carpet sector

(Moving from principle 1 to 7) • Capacity building program (Producers technical support and workers

awareness activities)


• Weaving Economic Opportunity Program (Skilled Labor Supply and Retaining)

• New Standards Implementation Project • BBN Project (GoodWeave Model Replication)

Mercy CorpsJeffrey Shannon


• Mercy Corps is a global humanitarian agency saving and improving lives in the world’s toughest places.

• Based in Portland, OR, USA and Edinburgh, Scotland, working in 40 countries worldwide

• Mercy Corps began its operations in Nepal in 2005.

• Goal: Build absorptive, adaptive and transformative potential of vulnerable individuals and communities

• 33 districts in all five regions (9 new, 22 current and 2 former)


• Economic Development and Opportunity: Agriculture, Financial Services, Market Systems Development

• Climate Change, Natural Resource and Disaster Risk Management: Disaster Risk Reduction, some Emergency Response

• Youth Engagement in leadership, social entrepreneurship, job creation, skills and migration, and gender integration

• Urban Programming (new and of interest): Climate change adaptation/livable cities, clean production (EC SWITCH), urban youth, improved emergency response, DRR, and economic development

Potential Project EvaluationsEC SWITCH: Enhancing Sustainable Profitability of the Carpets and Pashmina Sectors in the

Kathmandu Valley:

Behavior change – Technology – Governance – Clean Production – Market Development

Reduce intake of non-renewable resources Reduce air- and water-borne contaminants Increase efficient, effective, transparent representation and voice (governance) Advocate for industry-wide acceptance of Clean Production guidelines and adherence Advocate for government-level supportive environment, followed by fair regulatory regime Increase SMEs’ access to service providers, appropriate technology and financial services Support targeted marketing.

Other non-funded, not yet projectized possibilities in urban project design/proposal development research around in-/out-migration of youth, more livable urban contexts, urban resilience, youth self-efficacy

Ministry of EducationShankar Bahadur ThapaSushil Babu Khanal

Organizational Profile• The vision of the education sector is to ensure the equitable access of good

quality education at all level by making educational institution as a center of excellence to ensure conscious, competent and productive citizens and human resources acceptable to the demand of the national and international market.

• Mission:-Prepare the equal opportunity to all through the key policy goals: literacy for all in general and deprived group in particular, ensure the quality free and compulsory basic education

• Type of projects implemented :- Formal and Non-formal school level education for all communities and societies

• Structure:- the implementation structure is; community/schools, resource centres, district education offices, regional directorates, department of office and ministry of education

• Structure and size:- education programme has been covered in the whole country.


• School Sector Reform Program• Scholarship, Free textbook, Per Capita Funding (salary and

non salary), School Physical Facility Improvement, Mid-day Meal, Early Childhood Education and Development, National Assessment on Student Achievement etc.

• Technical Education and Vocational Training (Soft Skills)

• Annex Program, Enhanced Vocational Education and Training, Skill Development Project

• Early Grade Reading Program• Literacy Campaign• Special Education

Potential Project EvaluationsImpact study of • the activities implemented under School Sector Reform Program

• Scholarship, Free textbook, Per Capita Funding (salary and non salary), School Physical Facility Improvement, Mid-day Meal, Early Childhood Education and Development, National Assessment on Student Achievement, Continuous Assessment System, Use of Local Curriculum,

• Out of School Children Initiatives, • NGOs and Local Government Contribution on Education • Literacy Campaign• Teacher Training Programs • Teacher Management and Development• Letter grading system• Performance of Public Schools Vs Institutional School• Student Support (Cash Transfer Vs Voucher System) (Need to modify the policy

and activities)

• Devolution of School Education in Local Bodies (Need to modify the policy and activities)

Practical ActionShirish Singh


Mission – to contribute to poor people's wellbeing using technology tochallenge poverty by:

• building the capabilities of poor men and women,• improving their access to technical options and knowledge, and• working with them to influence social, economic and institutional

systems for innovation and the use of technologyProgrammatic areas – (i) Energy, (ii) Agriculture, (iii) Urban Water,Sanitation and Waste, and (iv) Disaster Risk Reduction. Climate changeand markets are two cross-cutting issues including Gender and SocialInclusion, integrated in all of these programmatic areas;Geographical coverage – With the offices in Kenya, Zimbabwe, Senegal,Peru, Bolivia, Sudan, Nepal, India and Bangladesh, Practical Actionworks directly in more than 45 developing countries across the world.


Programme aims to achieve sustainable urbanwater, sanitation and waste management for all• Sustained services aiming for post ODF status

(FS………..);• Increased resource allocation and clear policy targets

for WASH and waste for urban poor;• Inclusive governance and participation of the urban

poor in decision-making about WASH;• Technology choices;• Recognition of role of the informal sector in WASH

service provision and pro-poor business models;• Integrate DRR and climate change into urban WASH to

make it resilient to shocks;


SWASHTHA project - completedin December 2014 with anintegrated approach to improvethe health of urban poor

Gulariya ODF project (August2014 – July 2016) with threemajor outputs:- ODF declaration by 2015;- Post ODF (total sanitation)

in selected poor clustersand piloting Fecal SludgeManagement

- Inclusive/goodgovernance throughparticipatory planning andresource allocation

UN-Habitat & Sajha YatayatBhushan Tuladhar


• UN-Habitat - UN Agency working for a better urban future. Mission: to promote socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements development and the achievement of adequate shelter for all. HQ in Nairobi & Asia Pacific Office in Fukuoka

• Sajha Yatayat: A public transport cooperative established in 1962 to provide efficient and affordable public transportation to commuters in Kathmandu Valley, as well to inter-district travelers.


• UN-Habitat is supporting central and local government, and communities in implementing projects related to water and sanitation, mobility, shelter and climate change in Nepal.

• Sajha Yatayat is operating 16 large (55 seaterbuses) along two routes in Kathmandu providing improved public transport services.

Potential Project Evaluations• Expansion of Sajha Yatayat’s public transport

services• Planning to add 20 new buses within the next six months

to provide efficient, safe and comfortable public transportation services

• Pedestrianization of Kathmandu’s core area• Restrict the movement of cars an promote walking in non-

motorized transport in the core areas of Kathmandu to make it more people friendly and environment friendly

• To be implemented by Kathmandu Metropolitan City with partial support from ADB

• Community consultation and detail plans being prepared

SNV NEPAL

Kabir RajbhandariSenior Advisor, WASH

SNV Nepal

• Already provided basic information on SNV by Rajeev Munamkarmi (SNV Bangladesh) in his presentation.


• SNV Nepal is implementing SUSTAINABLE SANITATION AND HYGIENE FOR ALL – SSH4A in 7 districts of Nepal for 4 years from April 2014 to March 2018 with an aim of enhancing access of 250000 people of these 7 districts to sanitation and hygiene facilities

Potential Project Evaluations(Possible topics for research works)

1) Socio=Economic and cultural barriers in Terai ecological zone (5 districts out of 9 terai districts) to accelerate sanitaiton and hygiene intervention in Nepal.

(Note: Terai plain are the lowest in sanitaiton access and coverage)1) 2. Behavioral aspects that hinders the sustained hygiene

behavioral practices lining with consumers’ preferences (demand) on sanitation and hygiene for effective promotion of hygiene intervention (Note: hygiene study could be focused on hand washing with soap (HWWS) in Nepal’s context.

2) Research on the capacity enhancement of the clients (principal actors) by SSH4A programme in delivering the sanitation and hygiene services with improved multi stakeholders platforms at the local governance level

The World BankRam K RijalSaurav D Bhatta


• Twin Goals : (a) Eradicate extreme poverty; (b) Promote shared prosperity.

• Provides loans/grants • Operates in 188 countries• In operation since 1944; Nepal – 1961


• WB engagement in Nepal’s education sector• School education

• ECED, basic education, scholarship, textbooks, construction, salary, school management

• Technical and vocational education & training/Skills development

• Agriculture, Electrical, Health, Construction, tailoring/garment

• Higher Education • Research, systemic/institutional reform, academic reform and

relevance, equity


A. With intervention support• Early grade reading• ICT in education • Cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes• Retention and dropout

B. Without intervention support• Post training support• Soft skills in vocational training

IFMR LEAD

About IFMR LEAD

We are dedicated to leveraging evidence-based research to further economic and financial development of poor people living in India and other low-to-middle income countries.

Our vision is to foster improved financial access, better legal and physical infrastructure, and targeted social services for individuals, households, and enterprises, to help them attain their socio-economic aspirations.

Our Focus AreasCredit SME Finance

Savings Policy & Regulationavings

Insurance & Pensions Environment & Sustainable Finance

Livelihoods Infrastructure &Governance

Our Capacity

-Provide end to end research support to external and internal Principal Investigators-Presence in 17 states in India-More than 70 experimental studies completed and ongoing in collaboration with leading academics, government institutions and non-governmental organizations across India.-Also conducts quasi-experimental and non-experimental studies including Policy Research -Recognized by Policy Makers (Ministry of Finance, State Govts etc) and Bankers-Knowledge Partners to the Micro Finance Industry Associations and Capacity Building Institutions-Training providers to Policy Makers and Practitioners

Expansion Plan• Similar cultures. So our field work experience very relevant.• We can leverage our field work skills to setup solid teams and can work with

affiliated PIs interested in financial inclusion in South Asia• Will expand the network of faculty we work with.• Can introduce training and courses on M & E to local Universities and implementing

partners• Sri Lanka and Nepal have been more successful in certain interventions related to

infant mortality, maternal health, general hygiene. India has been more successful in certain areas of financial inclusion, less in others. Great possibility for cross learning and running experiments across countries with similar problems but very different Govt policies.

• New research problems at the intersection of finance, political conflict and livelihoods can be looked. The problems will be very relevant to India as well.

• All South Asian countries could benefit from shared learning in terms practice and policy in financial inclusion

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