The contribution of international development agents to conflict transformation in Nepal For ten years the armed conflict has dictated constraints and opportunities to the action of the international community in Nepal. The characteristics of the Nepalese conflict must be shortly described in order to understand the experiences made in this country and to assess their relevance for other situations. By/Source: Jörg Frieden, SDC-Nepal, March 2007 Download: (PDF, 42 KB) [en]
The vicissitudes of empowerment in conflict-afflicted Nepal Paper presented at The Third International and Interdisciplinary Trauma Research Net Conference on Trauma – Stigma and Distinction: Social Ambivalences in the Face of Extreme Suffering, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 14-17 September 2006. By/Source: Barbara Weyermann, December 2006 Download: (PDF, 119 KB) [en]
Nepal : Staying Engaged in Conflict Experiences and lessons learnt from Conflict Sensitive Programme Management (CSPM) in fragile context with armed conflict By/Source: Thania Paffenholz, December 2006 Download: (PDF, 635 KB) [en]
SDC experience in conflict sensitive program management Summary of main results of the CSPM mission to Nepal By/Source: Thania Paffenholz, May 2006 Download: (PDF, 123 KB) [en]
Annual Report on RHDP 2007-08 Rural Health Development Project promotes social change by facilitating participatory processes aimed at empowering women, children, adolescents, and men to enhance their health status and improve their quality of life through improved health service delivery at the local level. It places special emphasis on empowering communities, particularly the most 'disadvantaged groups' through targeting and incentives, specific trainings and programs, and participation in decision-making processes. This report presents the performance of the Rural Health Development Project (RHDP) from 16 July 2007 to 15 July 2008. By/Source:RHDP, November 2008 Download: (PDF, 4.6 MB) [en]
Factsheet on Female Community Health Volunteers RHDP Working Experience By/Source: RHDP, March 2008 Download: (PDF, 63 KB, 100 KB) [en & g] ]
Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHV): RHDP working Experience RHDP phase 6, engages in yearly Action Learning Research activities, to facilitate improved program implementation and impact, sharing with other external development partners and the Government of Nepal, and effectively advocating for policy changes. The field staff undertook the second Action Learning Research in Dolakha Ramechhap and Okhaldhunga Districts in May 2007 on Female Community Health Volunteers Program. The findings indicate that FCHVs are ‘frontline health resource persons at local level,’ bridging the gap between government health care and rural communities hence focus should be made on enhancing their capacities to better perform their task. By/Source:RHDP, October 2007 Download: (PDF, 547 KB) [en]
Annual Report on Rural Health Develpment Project - phase 6 (RHDP) RHDP promotes the process of social change by facilitating participatory processes aimed at empowering women, children, adolescents and men to enhance their health status and improve their quality of life through improved health service delivery at the local level. This report reviews activities implemented under RHDP Phase VI, highlighting major output and outcome level achievements on the level of behavior change and thus show an impact on the overall health status of the people living in Dolakha, Ramechhap and 10 VDCs of the western part of Okhaldhunga District. By/Source:RHDP, October 2007 Download: (PDF, 4312 KB) [en]
Community Drug Programme Fact sheet Action Research in Ramechhap and Dolakha, Nepal By/Source: RHDP, SDC-Nepal, June 2007 Download: (PDF, 218 KB) [en & g]]
HIV/AIDS Prevention and Reproductive Health Project Learning & Capitalization Study By/Source: Nepal Red Cross Society, April 2007 Download: (PDF, 991 KB) [en]
HIV Prevention & Community Involvement Briefing Paper By/Source: Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS), April 2007 Download: (PDF, 201 KB) [en] [g]]
HIV Prevention & Youth Involvement Briefing Paper By/Source: NRCS, April 2007 Download: (PDF, 146 KB) [en] [g]]
Teaching Sexual & Reproductive Health Briefing paper By/Source: NRCS, April 2007 Download: (PDF, 203 KB) [en] [g]]
Asia Brief: In Defense of Human Rights in Nepal - Partnership Results Many Nepalese recognize the recent Swiss role in favour of human rights. Although many changes are still necessary and many improvements will take a long time to be introduced and implemented, the rule of law, the access to justice, the respect for human rights, and the promotion and inclusion of discriminated people are better ensured today than a few years ago. By/Source: Swiss Cooperation Office Nepal, November 2007 Download: (PDF, 149 KB) [en]
Kulturwandel : vom Informationsaustausch zum Wissensmanagement Erfahrungen des Koordinationsbüro Katmandu By/Source: Geneviève Federspiel, January 2008 Download: (PDF, 12 KB) [de]
The Story on the Herculean Task of Cleaning up the Asian Brick Industry This book is about how – agonisingly slowly, yet always firmly – it is possible to convert and clean up an entire activity – traditional brick firing – and the hundreds of thousands of people involved in it. By/Source: Urs Heierli and Sameer Maithel, December 2007 Download: (PDF, 148 KB) [en]
External Review of Nepal Swiss Community Forestry Project This project phase has included a period of heightened conflict (project started in July 2004, major conflict escalation from February 2005 to April 2006, seriously affecting operating conditions). The project responded by deepening its work to support the livelihoods and inclusion of disadvantaged households. By/Source: Mary Hobley with Jagadish Baral, Narendra Rasaily, Bihari Shrestha, June 2007 Download: (PDF, 380 KB) [en]
Vertical Shaft Brick Kiln (VSBK) and Cost Effective, Socially and Economically Friendly (CESEF) External Review By/Source: VSBK, March 2007 Download: (PDF, 1.71 MB) [en]
Satya Narayan Brick Industry – The VSBK Champion The six shaft VSBK kiln has a daily production capacity of 30,000 bricks. The advantage of VSBK is in its unique design of the furnace for firing bricks, which can be operated in monsoon. By/Source: Anil D. Bhatta and Urs Hagnauer, May 2006 Download: (PDF, 72 KB) [en]
The Way Paved by TfE Launched in 2000, Training for Employment (TfE) project successfully completed its programs and has been able to establish various bases for creation of skilled human resources, which is suited for national and international labor market. The booklet is an overall picture of achievements and future lessons learned by TfE over the years. By/Source: TfE (January 2000-March 2008), June 2008 Download: (PDF, 2.95 MB) [en]
Training for Employment Brief on the new initiative in Vocational Education By/Source: TfE (January 2000-March 2008), June 2008 Download: (PDF, 1 MB) [en]
Employment Fund Operating Guideline These guidelines and procedures relate to operationalizing employment fund for contributing to increasing skill training linked to employment and is based on the piloting experiences of the F- Skill project on outcome financing model. By/Source: SDC, March 2008 Download: (PDF, 69 KB) [en]
SKILL Insight A newsletter compiled by SKILL-Nepal (Vol. 1/ Issue 5) By/Source: SKILL-Nepal, September 2007 Download: (PDF, 234 KB) [en]
F-SKILL Update Quarterly Newsletter of F-SKILL Activities By/Source: F-Skill, July 2007 Download: (PDF, 522 KB) [en]
Technical Education and Vocational Training – Skills Development Discussion Paper By/Source: SDC-Nepal, July 2007 Download: (PDF, 74 KB) [en]
Vocational Pathways Conceptual Framework of Education, Vocational Training and Learning for Nepal By/Source: Training for Employment (TfE); SDC-Nepal, July 2007 Download: (PDF, 7302 KB) [en]
TITI: External Review of Project Phase IV Assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of the TITI Support Project during the current phase on purpose and output level and to assess the capitalization of assets generated through the Project support over the last four phases. By/Source: Gerhard J Kohn on behalf of SDC, May/June 2007 Download: (PDF, 175 KB) [en]
SKILL Insight A newsletter compiled by SKILL-Nepal (Vol. 1/ Issue 4) By/Source: SKILL-Nepal, June 2007 Download: (PDF, 380 KB) [en]
F-SKILL Update Quarterly Newsletter of F-SKILL Activities By/Source: F-Skill, January 2007 Download: (PDF, 164 KB) [en]
Technical Education and Vocational Training in Nepal 'Capitalisation on supported projects and future scenario of SDC’s position in the emerging TEVT market': A report on stocktaking and planning activities. By/Source: Gunter Kohlheyer, August/September 2006 Download: (PDF, 974 KB) [en]
Need of the Hour: Technology and Profession Oriented Education Article in the Himal Magazine By/Source: Himal Khabarpatrika, March 2006 Download: (PDF, 705 KB) [g]]
Territorial vs. Ethnic and Personal Federalism: Issues & Practices One of the most difficult questions when introducing federalism is: What is the major basis of federalism? How shall the federal sub-units be designed? Shall the rights to self-rule and shared rule be given to a territorial entity or to a group of people? By/Source: Dr. Günther Baechler, January 2008 Download: (PDF, 6385 KB) [en]
Nepal – on the road to sustainable peace? The peace process will not be stable until a new constitution for all institutions is elected. Rehabilitation and the reconciliation process will require another two to three years, so at least five years will have passed by without there being any equitable peace – in the extensive sense – to talk about. Its contours will take shape after ten years at best. Switzerland’s role: retain long-term and reliable commitment, and make coherent and – as a tendency – increased use of all foreign policy resources available. By/Source: Dr. Günther Baechler Download: (PDF, 29.4 KB) [en]
How can donors support the incipient peace process in Nepal? The present development environment and recommended donors approach By/Source: SDC-Nepal, May 2006 Download: (PDF, 32 KB) [en]
We are in a stop-and-go situation Talk given by Jörg Frieden of SDC-Nepal and Armin Hofmann of GTZ to Nepali Times, about the impact of recent political events on aid. By/Source: Nepali Times, April 2006 Download: (PDF, 330 KB) [en]
Joint Financial Arrangement for Peace Trust Fund Press Release By/Source: Ministry of Finance, Government of Nepal, March 2007 Download: (PDF, 8 KB) [en]
Rotary International World Understanding & Peace Day: Peace Building in Nepal Contribution to the Rotary Conference on Peace and Development, Kathmandu, Nepal, 23 February 2007 By/Source: Dr. Günther Baechler, March 2007 Download: (PDF, 33 KB) [en]
Understanding Poverty In Nepal, poverty reduction has been the core thrust of all periodic development plans since 50’s. However, the trend of poverty reduction remained sluggish and is still a major challenge. By/Source:Yamuna Ghale, Swiss Cooperation Office Nepal, April 2008 Download: (PDF, 28.5 KB) [en]
Influencing policy in a pro-poor manner Interview with Geneviève Federspiel, Deputy Country Director, Swiss Cooperation Office Nepal By/Source: poverty-wellbeing.net, January 2008 Download: (PDF, 32 KB) [en]
Influencing policy in a pro-poor manner Interview with Jörg Frieden and Dibya Gurung, SDC By/Source: poverty-wellbeing.net, January 2008 Download: (PDF, 42 KB) [en]
F-SKILL’s experiences of working with the psychosocial approach By/Source: F-SKILL Employment and Training Programme, October 2007 Download: (PDF, 37 KB) [en]
Asia Brief: Nepal - Roads to Prosperity Partnership Results The Swiss experiences in road construction have influenced Nepal’s sector policies in many cases. The road programme has introduced worker welfare, maintenance policies, land compensation, conflict-sensitive project management and public hearings and audits, and has been successful in achieving wider acceptance of these policies countrywide. By/Source: Swiss Cooperation Office Nepal, March 2008 Download: (PDF, 304 KB) [en]
Rural Infrastructure for Reducing Poverty and Improving Livelihoods An Overview of the Decentralised Rural Infrastructure and Livelihoods Project (DRILP) in Nepal By/Source: Swiss Cooperation Office Nepal, January 2008 Download: (PDF, 2.49 MB) [en]
The Prize Award goes to build a Community Learning Centre (CLC): A Report DRSP participated in SDC's world wide competition on "Stories about Sustainability" and won a first prize of US$ 10,000 in August 2003. By/Source: Kamana Dhakhwa, August 2006 Download: (PDF, 455 KB) [en]
The road ahead for Nepal Leave road maintenance to local communities and feel the difference By/Source: Nepali Times, August 2006 Download: (PDF, 224 KB) [en]
Asia Brief: Trail Bridges in Nepal - Partnership Results Constructing a bridge means contributing as a social group towards an important shared goal, and having the bridge means connecting people and making their lives, commuunication and work much easier. By/Source: Swiss Cooperation Office Nepal, June 2006 Download: (PDF, 850 KB) [en]
Orientation and management of the Swiss assistance to Nepal in 2007 Outline By/Source: SDC-Nepal, March 2007 Download: (PDF, 9 KB) [en]
Human and Institution Development (HID) Strategy For the SDC Cooperation Office Nepal (Coof), SDC projects working under the Swiss umbrella & Partner Organizations By/Source: SDC-Nepal, January 2007 (last updated) Download: (PDF, 166 KB) [en]
Work Force Diversity To capitalize on the strengths of diversity, SDC-Nepal makes conscious efforts towards inclusion of people from diverse backgrounds in its staff composition. By/Source: SDC-Nepal, January 2007 (last updated) Download: (PDF, 423 KB) [en]
Public Hearing / Public Audit Tool to empower community in monitoring projects By/Source: SDC-Nepal, October 2006 Download: (PPS, 2674 KB) [en]
Disadvantaged Groups (DAG) Mapping Poverty together with social and gender discrimination in the society form a group of people called disadvantaged group (DAG). In this report, an attempt has been made to trace out such group of people based on the available data. By/Source:Swiss Cooperation Office - Nepal, June 2008 Download: (PDF, 2.01 MB) [en]
Workforce Diversity in International Agencies in Nepal Recognizing that the greatest asset of an organization is its people and that greater diversity can contribute immensely to the development of Nepali society, this survey was conducted in an effort to better understand the existing level of diversity in the international agencies in Nepal. By/Source: Social Inclusion Action Group (SIAG) - Nepal, May 2008 Download: (PDF, 182 KB) [en]
Social Inclusion: Harnessing the Strength of Diversity Social inclusion promotes diversity. Diversity in state governance, judiciary, workplace and household relations strengthens recognition, identity and consequently harmony and co-existence. By/Source: Yamuna Ghale, SDC-Nepal, March 2008 Download: (PDF, 29.5 KB) [en]
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