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Thematic Areas

The activities of the UN system in Nepal are often linked to global campaigns centered on priority themes, or are organized along thematic areas of particular relevance to the national context. Find out more about these areas:

Millennium Development Goals: World leaders agreed in 2000 to achieve an eight-point road map with measurable targets by 2015. Nepal is a priority country for the MDGs, and because every citizen is central to their achievement, the UN system in Nepal engages civil society and local bodies in its work toward the MDGs, for example through Platform HD2010 which integrates NGO Federation of Nepal (NFN) and National Association of VDCs in Nepal (NAVIN) as coordinating partners.

Nepal Peace and Development Strategy: The PDS articulates how development partners could assist Nepal to realize the development agenda emNepal Peace and Development Strategy: The PDS articulates how development partners could assist Nepal to realize the development agenda embedded in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. The strategy identifies 178 specific areas of support compiled into a companion ‘Plan of Action’.bedded in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. The strategy identifies 178 specific areas of support compiled into a companion ‘Plan of Action’

Disaster preparedness: thousands of Nepalis suffers monsoon floods and landslides every year. Disaster preparedness includes activities such as developing an overall preparedness strategy and institutional structure, and embedding in these warning and forecasting capabilities and sound risk analyses.

Basic Operating Guidelines (BOGs) are a set of measurable working principles that organizations have to apply and advocate on, which codify the impartiality of aid and access to it in Nepal. The term operational space describes the ability of development and humanitarian organizations to assist beneficiaries and implement projects independently of military and political interference. BOGs monitoring is carried out in collaboration by OCHA, DFID, GTZ, Canadian CIDA and SNV
Transition Support Strategy: in response to the specific challenges of a transition situation and the institutional flux that typically occurs in the UN during these phases, a temporary expanded Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office (RCHCO) was established in August 2010 for Nepal. The RCHCO is designed to provide integrated support on a range of peace-building, humanitarian and development issues to the UN Country Team (UNCT), the Government of Nepal (GoN) and Development Partners (DPs).