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 create policy and legislation to implement the River Basin Management Plan, which is now being elaborated. In particular, local governments will need to implement at watershed level and the provincial governments at sub-basin level. This action will be pursued under the management of the Water and Energy Commission Secretariat (WECS) with the support of the Ministry of Forest and Environment (MoFE), the Ministry of Water Supply (MoWS) and the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (MoFAGA).
