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 review the existing gender equality and social inclusion policies (GESI), strategies and guidelines and to develop new GESI mainstreaming guideline specific to supporting meaningful implementation of IWRM implementation at federal, province and local government level. In addition, a crucial step for this action is to build the capacity at all levels to internalize and apply the guidelines in the relevant tasks at the units of all levels of government.
