Reports

United Nations Peace-Building Strategy for Nepal 2011-12

30 June 2011
Major challenges lie ahead as Nepal works through its transition towards peace. Many of these are laid-out in the recently published Nepal Peace and Development Strategy (PDS) prepared by Nepal‘s international development partners, which takes...
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UN Habitat Report: Country Activities Report 2011

24 June 2011
UN-HABITAT’s country activities are focused on supporting governments in the formulation of policies and strategies to create and strengthen a self-reliant management capacity at both national and local levels. Technical and managerial expertise is provided...
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UNHCR Global Report 2010

20 June 2011
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Global report 2010.pdf

Guidance Note of Disaster Preparedness and Response Planning 2011

17 June 2011
Guidance Note 2011 is formulated for preparing the Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan. This note is prepared from the feedback of all the humanitarian partners. The taskforce was formed under the leadership of Under Secretary/Disaster...
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An Overview of the Western Development Region of Nepal

7 June 2011
The Western Region (WR), one of the five development regions of Nepal spans all three eco zones – mountain, hill and plain. Headquartered in Pokhara, an important tourism hub, the WR comprises of three administratively...
Nepal_Western_Region_Overview_Paper.pdf

A Needs and a Capacity Assessment of Fire Preparedness in the Municipalities of Nepal

31 May 2011
The Ministry of Local Development, with support from UNDP, conducted an assessment of existing capacities of fire preparedness in Nepal while also identifying gaps and proposing a way forward to strengthen fire preparedness...
2012-03-15-fire-preparedness-study-report.pdf

High-level Symposium on Disaster Risk Reduction

31 May 2011
Nepal is among the most disaster prone countries in the world. It had devastating earthquakes in 1934 and 1 988. The 19 34 earthquake measured 8.4 on the Richter scale is estimated to ...
Final Report-High Level Symposium on DRR.pdf

An Overview of the Far Western Region of Nepal

20 May 2011
The Far Western Region covers 19,539 km2 and comprises two zones, the Seti and Mahakali. It has nine districts with the regional headquarters at Dipayal, Doti district. The Far Western Region is remote and developmentally...
Nepal_Far_Western_Region_Overview_Paper.pdf

An Overview of the Mid Western Region of Nepal

20 May 2011
The Mid Western Region (MWR) is the largest of the five development regions of Nepal. It has the same three eco-zones as the other regions: Tarai, hills and mountains. It has some of the most...
Nepal_Mid_Western_Region_Overview_Paper.pdf

An Overview of the Central Development Region

20 May 2011
The Central Region (CR), one of the five development regions of Nepal, spans all three eco zones – mountain, hill and plains. Headquartered in Hetauda (Makwanpur district)1, the CR comprises three administrative zones (Bagmati, Narayani...

An overview of the Eastern Region of Nepal

20 May 2011
The Eastern Region (ER) of Nepal has three eco-zones: mountains, mid hills and the Tarai that vary between an altitude of 60 m and 8,848 m. Administratively, the region is divided into three zones (Mechi,...
Nepal_Eastern_Region_Overview_14 March 2013.pdf

Disaster Risk Reduction in Nepal Flagship Programmes, April 2011

20 April 2011
In May 2009, the Government of Nepal launched the comprehensive Nepal Disaster Risk Reduction Consortium (NRRC). The NRRC is a unique institutional arrangement, bringing together financial institutions, development partners, the Red Cross / Red Crescent...
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The relationship between Transitional Justice mechanisms and the Criminal Justice system

30 March 2011
It has recently been enunciated in Nepal in a number of social, political and legal fora that accountability for conflict related human rights and international humanitarian law violations and abuses cannot be undertaken by the...
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Resident Coordinator’s Annual Report Nepal 2010

10 March 2011
As in 2009, 2010 brought ongoing challenges in the implementation of Nepal’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). The Constituent Assembly (CA) was unable to meet the deadline of May 2010 for drafting the new constitution. Following...

Aid Effectiveness and the Implementation of SCR 1325 in Nepal

3 March 2011
A 2008 study by UNIFEM3 found that efforts of the Government of Nepal (GoN) and donors to integrate gender priorities in peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction processes were limited, and that more harmonization and coordination at...

Nepal Humanitarian Work Plan 2011

2 March 2011
The Nepal Humanitarian Work Plan highlights the need for clear and comprehensive strategic focus for humanitarian action in 2011. Significant issues remain for humanitarian actors in Nepal and the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) requires a...
2011-08-07-Nepal Humanitarian-Workplan.pdf

Nepal Peace and Development Strategy 2010-2015(in Nepali)

12 January 2011
Nepal’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) sets out a peace-building framework for Nepal’s development partners through its ambitious, transformational agenda on equity, inclusion, accountability, good governance and a restructuring of the state. While elaborated in a...

PDS Executive Summary (Nepali and English Version)

12 January 2011
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Nepali Version
English Version

UNICEF Report: Report of the Regional Review of Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) in Five Districts of the Mid- and Far Western Development Regions

10 January 2011
The NDHS 2006 revealed very high levels of malnutrition in the country especially in the Mid- and Far Western Development Regions. To understand and address the situation better, the Government of Nepal and UNICEF...

Carter Center: Brief Overview of Political Dispute Resolution at the Local Level in Nepal

30 December 2010
This document summarizes Carter Center observations to date on methods of political dispute resolution at the district and village level as well as the role of political parties more broadly in local-level conflict resolution. It...