Integrated Water Resource Management Program (IWRMP)
Executive Summery
IWRM Programme is a project of Helvetas Nepal supporting the government of Nepal in its initiatives to improve water supply, sanitation and hygiene in the country. It evolved in 2017 based on the experience and learning from its predecessor projects implemented in Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector in the past. The IWRM Programme supports the local governments to prepare their Water Use Master Plan (WUMP) or WASH plans, implement water supply schemes/multiple water use schemes, promote hygiene and sanitation and enhance capacity of the local people and organizations. It, thus, directly contributes to achieving the SDG 6 and realizing the rights to access to safe drinking water and sanitation enshrined in the constitution of Nepal. Sundar Nepal Sanstha working as implementing Partner of Helvetas/IWRMP for Surkhet and Salyan districts of Karnali Province at Lekbesi, Gurvakot, Chingad, Simta and Kalimati.
Project duration: Initial phase (August 2025-July 2026)
Project Goal:
To enable women and men in the target area, particularly economically poor and socially marginalized, to lead dignified lives through improved water resource management.
Key Objectives of the program
- Increase access of rural marginalized communities to safe drinking water and improved water services.
- Build capacity of local people and institutions for water resource planning, management and implementation of strategies for sustainable use.
- Promote participatory water governance (including vulnerable/marginalized groups, women, Dalits) and ensure fair allocation/use of water resources among competing demands
Expected Outcome of the Project:
- Outcome 1: Increased and sustainable access to safe drinking water, improved sanitation, and hygiene facilities at home, in schools, and other public places for all people in the working areas.
- Outcome 2: People conserve water sources, implement climate-resilient water initiatives, and utilize additional water from multiple-use water systems for irrigation and other income-generating activities.
- Outcome 3: Enhanced capacity, knowledge, and skills of sector agencies, especially at the local level, to plan and implement WASH-led integrated water resource management in their respective areas.
- Target Beneficiaries: We will fully devote ourselves for achieving the outputs to serve 6500 populations from 12 schemes of target palikas
Funding Partner: Helvetas Nepal/IWRM
Approved Budget: NPR: 2,40,37,314