In 2022, under the Government of Nepal with the support of a team of water experts and a Task Force Team, a number of consultation workshops were organised with the participation of stakeholders from the government, non-government, academia, private sector and multi-lateral development partners. As a result, the Action Plan was developed with the objective to optimise the utilization of its water resources for a socially equitable and inclusive, environmentally secure and economically prosperous Nepal and to implement concrete actions for advancing Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). The following action was defined as part of that process and identified as a priority action included in the action plan.
The purpose of this action is to encourage citizen’s science in hydro-meteorological and water quality monitoring. It aims to achieve this goal by attracting citizen groups, community-based organizations, and local schools to collaborate in the establishment, monitoring of hydro-meteorological, and water quality stations. The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) will oversee this action, coordinate with the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (MoFAGA) and archive the data to make them accessible to all concerned bodies.
