ACAR-PD_May'2014-July'2015_FINAL

Himalayan Climate Adaptation Programme
Action Research to Assess Factors that Facilitate or Hinder Adaptive
Capacity of Women and Men to Climate and Other Changes
PROCESS DOCUMENTATION
May 2014 – July 2015
Prepared by
Development Knowledge Management and Innovation Services Pvt. Ltd
Submitted to
International center for Integrated Mountain Development
August 2015

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Acronyms
ACAR Action Research to Assess Factors that Facilitate or Hinder Adaptive
Capacity of Women and Men to Climate and Other Changes
CICERO Center for International Climate and Environmental Research
DADO District Agriculture Development Office
DDC District Development Committee
DeKMIS Development Knowledge Management and Innovation Service Pvt. Ltd
DFO District Forest Office
DSCO District Soil Conservation Office
FGD Focus Group Discussion
GESI Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
HICAP Himalayan Climate Adaptation Programme
HKH Hindu-Kush Himalayas
ICIMOD International Center for Integrated Mountain Development
PD Process Documentation
SG Spider Graph
VDC Village Development Committee
WOCAN Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource
Management

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Table of Contents
Acronyms ......................................................................................................... 1
1. Background.................................................................................................. 3
2. Methodology................................................................................................. 4
3. Process Documentation Objective ................................................................ 5
4. Organization of the processes documentation.............................................. 6
5. Process documentation................................................................................. 6
STEP 1 Activity: Conceptualization of the ACAR and preparation...................................6
STEP 2 Activity: Consultant identification, ToR, and contract. .........................................6
STEP 3 Activity: Identification/Selection of two ACAR sites..............................................7
STEP 4 Activity: ACAR orientation and training women leaders and researchers..........8
STEP 5 Activity: First Round of Focus Group Discussions.................................................9
STEP 6 Activity: Second Round of Focus Group Discussions (...........................................9
STEP 7 Activity: Preparation of field research methodology and training......................11
STEP 8 Activity: Training workshop for field researchers................................................11
STEP 9 Activity: Field data collection by field researchers. ..............................................13
STEP 10 Activity: Three-day field research data sharing and review workshop............14
STEP 11 Activity: Field data translation, tabulation, and preliminary analysis.............14
STEP 12 Activity: Community Sharing and Planning Workshops. .................................16
STEP 13 Activity: Tabulating, finalizing and translating the ACAR action plans. ........18
STEP 14 Activity: Internal reviews of the 3-month action plan implementations. .........20
Table 1: Assessment of 3-month action plan implementation in Kavre ..............................21
Table 2: Assessment of 3-month action plan implementation in Sindhuli ..........................24
STEP 15 Activity: Post-earthquake revisit/reviewing of action plans..............................25
6. ACAR Revised Action Plans (Post-earthquake)....................................................29

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1. Background
The Himalayan Climate Change and Adaptation Programme (HICAP) is a 5-year integrated
programme contributing to enhanced resilience to change, particularly climate change, through
improved understanding of vulnerabilities, opportunities and potentials for adaptation, and the
development of strategies and policies based on scientific and evidence-based knowledge in the
Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region with a special focus on women.
HICAP is implemented as a part of Regional Programme of ICIMOD on ‘Adaptation to Change’
and covers five river sub-basins in HKH region including Upper Brahmaputra (Tibet-China),
Eastern Brahmaputra (India), Koshi (Nepal), Upper Indus (Pakistan) and Mekong-Salween
(China) basin.
HICAP is supported by the Government of Norway and Sweden and implemented in partnership
with ICIMOD, CICERO, and GRID-Arendal. It has seven different components with specific
outputs within HICAP that are implemented in an integrated manner. The components are: 1)
climate scenarios; 2) water availability and demand scenarios; 3) ecosystem services; 4) food
security; 5) vulnerability and adaptation; 6) women in adaptation; and 7) communication and
outreach. All these components are implemented simultaneously, with certain autonomy while
ensuring close collaboration and interactions between and among the components in
coordination with each other in selected research sites.
Work under component 6 of HICAP focuses on the role of gender and women in adaptation. It
aims at understanding and addressing the differences in impacts and adaptive capacities between
and among women and men to climate and other drivers of change as well as identifying
appropriate and sustainable adaptation strategies to ensure equitable access to resources, rights
and opportunities of marginalized, minority and indigenous people, especially women. The
component hopes to enhance the capacity of the mountain communities in general and the
women in particular to understand and integrate the opportunities and risks in order to cope with
and respond to changing socio-economic and environmental conditions.
In order to achieve this, an in-depth action research titled ‘Action Research to assess factors that
facilitate or hinder adaptive capacity of women and men to climate and other changes (ACAR)’
was conceptualized to identify factors that facilitate or hinder adaptive capacity.1
1 For the purpose of the research study, Adaptive Capacity (AC) is defined as “the combination of strengths,
attributes,and resources available to an individual, a community, society, or organization that can be used to prepare
for and undertake actions to reduce adverse impacts, moderate harm, or exploit beneficial opportunities” (IPCC,
SREX 2012).
1) Adaptation is the actual act of adapting or adjusting (the outcome).
2) AC is related to, although not the same as anticipatory capacity (often determined by the following 8
characteristics: good leadership, a vision of the future, environmental awareness, the ability to work together,
agency,learning from the past, agents ofchange, and monitoring change) (Ref: HICAP-COMP 6, Action
Research Concept Note, May 31, 2013)

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The Development Knowledge Management and Innovation Service Pvt. Ltd (DeKMIS) was
contracted as the consultant by ICIMOD to carry out the ACAR in Nepal.
The general objective of the ACAR was to understand (assess, monitor, communicate, prepare
for, and enhance or contest) the socio-cultural and institutional dynamics that shape gendered
capacities to adapt to climate change. The term “gendered capacities”, refers to a broad
conceptualization that looks at gender in combination with age, class, caste, ethnicity,
(dis)ability. It is assumed here that individual identities are always co-constituted (meaning a
woman is also part of a certain class or caste, and with a certain age) and often discussed under
the notion of “intersectionality”.
The process documentation (PD) was prepared as one of the deliverables as per the contract
between ICIMOD and DeKMIS. It aims to capture and document the stepwise processes
involved in carrying out the action research and covers the period May 2014 to July 2015.
2. Approach and Methodology
The research study used combination of methods to assess adaptive capacity. The methodology
provided by ICIMOD and CICERO was adapted and expanded by using the participatory
approaches tied with coaching and mentoring of the local women leaders promoted by Women
Organizing for Change and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN).
The local women leaders who were selected to support the field research were already trained by
WOCAN and familiar with the participatory research methods. These women leaders were
further trained to lead the field research and facilitate the implementation of the Action Plans
(Adaptive Capacity) developed by the community.
Further, male youths were identified and trained to join the field research team. They were
consciously included to reach out and bring in male perspectives and also to increase their
understanding of climate change and gender issues and support the climate change adaptation
initiatives in their community.
The key methodology and approaches for data collection were participatory and empowering. It
was further:
 Consultative, flexible and determined at each step in consultation with the consultant and
according to the context. The local women leaders and youth researchers were consulted and
engaged at each steps and the methodology modified and adapted accordingly.
 Key informant interviews were not part of the main research – but the women leaders said
that the focus group discussions alone cannot include all the groups – particularly very poor
men and women particularly from socially disadvantaged groups; households living in the
outskirts of the village; male politicians and elites-too busy to join the focus groups etc. so
they decided to include individual level key informant meetings and developed criteria and
questions together with the consultant. The trainings also had to be made more rigorous to
ensure clear understanding of the adaptive capacity and methodology; the training had to be
tied with close mentoring and coaching which increased interaction with the consultant and
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 For the data collection, local women leaders and male youths were trained and coached to
lead field research (particularly – key informant interviews, focus group discussions/spider
graphs and mobilize the community to develop the action plan) and facilitate the
implementation of the Action Plans.
Key steps for the action research included:
i) Preparation
ii) Identification of 2 field sites (2 villages in 2 districts of Koshi Basin in Kavre and
Sindhuli)
iii) Training 6 grassroots women leaders and local male youths to carry out fieldwork in the 2
villages
iv) FGDs to do initial assessment of adaptive capacity (testing)
v) Training of local researchers (grassroots women leaders and male youths), based on the
analysis of FGD with women leaders to understand the facilitating and debilitating factors
for developing adaptive capacity
vi) Data Collection included development of the methodology, training of grassroots women
leaders for further data collection; and actual data collection and recording.
vii) Data Analysis included data analyses and presentation of the findings by the consultant and
the field researchers; and sharing of the analysis and findings with the community by the
consultant
viii) Development of Action Plan: development of micro plans in 2 villages with community to
enhance adaptive capacity
ix) Supporting and hand holding of the community in implementation of the micro plans
x) Reassessment of the adaptive capacity through spider graph
xi) Wider sharing of the findings and up-scaling of learning from the action research
xii) Review of the implementation of the action plan with the community after three months.
xiii) Review and revisiting of the action plan post-earthquake to assess how the adaptive
capacity plans helped to cope with the earthquake and to make the plans relevant to the
post-earthquake scenario in the communities.
3. ProcessDocumentationObjective
The general objective of the process documentation was to document the stepwise processes
involved in undertaking the action research in order to achieve it’s objective.
Specifically the Process Documentation aims to:
 Capture, describe and document the stepwise processes and the outputs/outcomes in
summary; and
 Produce an action research’s process documentation that can be used in future for similar
research works as a reference and for a peer reviewed article.

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4. Organizationof the processes documentation
Stepwise processes that were involved in implementing the AR have been documented to
capture the following specific aspects.
1. Steps
2. Activities
3. Location of activities and date
4. Resources and participants
5. Outputs
5. Processdocumentation
In line with the organization of the process documentation, the stepwise process documentation
for the period May 2014 to July 2015 are as tabulated below.
STEP 1 Activity: Conceptualizationof the ACAR and preparation of the
ToR by ICIMOD and CICERO.
Location/Date
ICIMOD (Kathmandu, Nepal) and CICERO (Oslo, Norway) offices (April 2014).
Resources/Participants
Climate change and gender specialist and consultant researchers from ICIMOD and CICERO.
Outputs
Concept note on the ACAR and the ToR were drafted and finalized. (See Annex 1).
STEP 2 Activity: Consultant identification, ToR, and contractfor
undertaking the ACAR.
Location/Date
ICIMOD, Kathmandu (May-October 2014).
1 Senior Gender Specialist, ICIMOD; 1 Senior Senior Gender and Social Inclusion Specialist
(GESI) Specialist/ACAR Coordinator from DeKMIS; DeKMIS management.
Outputs
The ToR for the ACAR was finalized and contract signed to carry out the ACAR by DeKMIS
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STEP 3 Activity: Identification/Selectionoftwo sites in a rural and semi-
urban setting for the ACAR.
Location/Date
April 2014, ICIMOD/DeKMIS, Kathmandu.
ACAR lead from ICIMOD and the ACAR Coordinator from DeKMIS.
Outputs
Two sites in Kavre and Sindhuli districts identified as the ACAR sites. These two sites were
selected due to the following reasons:
 It had local women leaders trained by WOCAN and different organizations and actively
engaged in conservation and development of their respective villages;
 Kavre was rural and Sindhuli semi-urban;
 Both villages were affected by climate change and had increasing male outmigration;
 Maximum concentration of Dalits and Tamangs in Kavre and Brahman/Chettris in Sindhuli.
 The Phulbari VDC in Kavre district is located about 2 hours drive from Patan, Lalitpur
(where the DeKMIS office is located). Sindhuli district is about 4-5 hours drive from Patan.
The Kamalamai municipality is located about half-an-hour drive from the district
headquarters.
Map showing location of Phulbari VDC in Kavre

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Map showing location of Kamalamai Municipality in Sindhuli
STEP 4 Activity: ACAR orientation, induction and introducing and
training women leaders and researchers fromthe two projectsites.
Location/Date
Social Work Institute, Patan, Lalitpur (19-20 May 2014).
Resource required included costs for the training space, food, transportation and per-diem for the
participants from the two ACAR sites.
Participants were: 1 Senior Gender Specialist and 1 Gender Specialist from ICIMOD; 1 Senior
Researcher/Professor and 1 Research Student from CICERO; 1 Senior GESI Specialist (Lead
Researcher/Coordinator for ACAR) from DeKMIS; and 4 each local women leaders (field
researchers) from Kavre and Sindhuli.
Outputs
Consultants and the women leaders/Field Researchers (FRs) from the two districts were oriented
and inducted on ACAR concept and generic methodology. Issues of climate change and the need
for activities like ACAR were discussed with the field researchers. The field researchers were
further given training on the use of Spider Graph (SG) for gender analysis and climate change
with regard to adaptive capacities. {See Annex 3a (19 May) and 3b (20 May) for the detail
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STEP 5 Activity: First Round of Focus Group Discussions (FGDs)in the
two ACAR sites.
Location/Date
Kamalamai municipality in Sindhuli district (16 May 2014); Phulbari village (now Kashikhadka
Municipality, Ward 3, Phulbari) of Kavre district (21-22 May 2014).
Resource required included costs for research team’s transportation, lodging/food and per-diem;
tea/snacks for FGD participants from the villages.
Research team included: 1 Gender Specialist from ICIMOD; 1 Senior Researcher/Professor and
1 Research Student from CICERO; and 1 Leader Researcher/Coordinator/GESI Specialist from
DeKMIS.
In Sindhuli in one FGD there were 26 participants with 21 women, 2 young men, and 3 children.
In Kavre in two FGDs (continuation of 1st day) on 21 May 2014 of the 30 participants 19 were
women and 11 men. On 22 May 2014 of the 26 participants 16 were women and 10 men.
Outputs
Two ACAR FGDs were conducted in the two ACAR sites. The ACAR was able to obtain the
first round of preliminary data from the FGDs on the adaptive capacity of the two
sites/communities under the eight domains framework for assessing the adaptive capacity by the
ACAR. {See Annex 4a (Sindhuli), 4b1 and 4b2 (Kavre) for the FGDs notes}.
STEP 6 Activity: SecondRound of Focus Group Discussions(FGDs)in the
two ACAR sites.
Location/Date
Second round of FGDs were conducted in Sindhuli for two days on 6 and 7 June 2014. In Kavre
for one day on 11 June 2014.
The FGD on 6 June 2014 in Sindhuli required resources such as costs for research team’s
transportation, lodging/food and per-diem; tea/snacks for FGD participants from the ACAR site
communities.
Research Team included: 1 Gender Specialist from ICIMOD; 1 Research Student from
CICERO; 1 Leader Researcher/Coordinator/GESI Specialist and 1 Research Associate from
DeKMIS. Participants included altogether 23 women and men from the municipality, of which
17 were women and 6 men.
On 7 June 2014 FGD in Sindhuli resources required and the research team was same as on 6
June FGD. On the second day FGD there were 9 participants of whom 7 were women and 2
men.
The Second Round of FGD in Kavre took place on 11 June 2014. It required resources such as
costs for research team’s transportation, lodging/food and per-diem; tea/snacks for FGD
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Research Associate from DeKMIS. Total number of participants from the village were 14, of
whom 10 were women and 4 men.
Outputs
Three second round of ACAR FGDs in two ACAR sites were conducted.
{See Annex Annex 5a1 (6 June) and 5a2 (7 June) for FGD notes in Sindhuli); See Annex 5b for
the FGD notes in Kavre (11 June)}. Consolidated SG analysis of the first and second round of
FGDs were as follows.
For detail scoring and analysis see Annex 6.
0
1
2
3
4
1.    Listening and…
2. Respecting…
1.    Should be able…
2. Corruption
1.    Learning and…
2.    Sharing and…
1.    Technical…
2. Self Awareness
1.    To voice out and…
2.    Knowledge…
1.    Thoughts for…
2.    Learning to…
1.    Planning for the…
2.    Increasing…
1.    Finding about…
2.    Instruments for…
Men
Women
Sindhuli/Kamalamai Municiplaity
0
1
2
3
4
1. The power of
listening and patience
2. Working together
1. Knowledge and
patience
2. Making the right
decision
1. Training
opportunities
2. Curiosity about
new knowledge
1. Technical
instruments and skills
2. Knowledge about
environment
1. Understand and
demand for our rights
2. Knowledge about
law and rights
1. Learning and
teaching new things
2. Become the
representative for…
1. One thought about
the environment
2. Knowledge about
conservation of…
1. Knowledge about
monitoring in the…
2. Technique for
monitoring
Men
Women
Kavre/Fulbari VDC

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STEP 7 Activity: Preparationand adaptation of field researchmethodology
and training for field researcherfor household survey.
Location/Date
Took place on 3-5 August 2014 at DeKMIS.
Resources required included venue for the meeting and tea/coffee.
Participants included: 1 Senior Gender Specialist and 1 Gender Specialist from ICIMOD; 1
Senior GESI Specialist (Lead Researcher/Coordinator for ACAR), 1 Senior
Researcher/Manager, 1 Research Associate from DeKMIS.
Outputs
ACAR training methodology (sample size), household survey checklist, and a 5-day training
programme/module for the field researchers were developed. The field researchers from the two
ACAR sites, two women and one man each from the two sites, who were to be invited for the
training and work as field researchers were identified. (See Annex 7 for the training workshop
meeting’s note held on 5 August).
STEP 8 Activity: Training workshopfor field researchers.
Location/Date
5-day training workshop for the field researchers 6-9 August 2014 at DeKMIS.
Resources required included costs for venue, stationeries, equipment, lunch/tea/snack;
transportation and per-diem for the trainees from the two ACAR sites.
Field researcher training at DeKMIS
The lead facilitator was the ACAR Lead Researcher/Coordinator from DeKMIS supported by
Senior Gender Specialist and Gender Specialist from ICIMOD, and the Senior Researcher and
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Field researcher training at DeKMIS
Participants in the training included 2 women and 1 man each from the two ACAR districts,
altogether 6.
Outputs
Six field researchers were trained on collecting household survey data for the ACAR from two
ACAR sites in two districts. They were trained the field data collection methodologies,
techniques and plans. Training methods was based on adult learning principles and included
techniques like hands-on and role-plays. Sample size or number of households for the field data
collection was also discussed and finalized. It was decided to conduct the household survey in 25
households in Kavre and 28 in Sindhuli. (See Annex 8 for the training workshop notes)

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STEP 9 Activity: Field data collectionby field researchers.
Location/Date
The six field researchers after the training went back to the ACAR sites and collected data from
11 August – 9 September 2014.
Field data translation (in English) and recording
Resources required included allowance for field researchers and NRs. 100 was given to each
household interviewed for data collection.
ACAR Lead Researcher/Coordinator from DeKMIS constantly mentored and guided the field
researched leads in both the districts.
Altogether as planned 25 households in Kavre and 28 households in Sindhuli participated in the
household survey.

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Outputs
ACAR was able to collect primary data from 25 and 28 households respectively from Kavre and
Sindhuli districts, totaling from 53 households.
STEP 10 Activity: Three-day field researchdata sharing and review
workshop.
Location/Date
The 3-day workshop was organized from 10-12 September 2014 at DeKMIS.
transportation and per-diem for the field researchers from the two ACAR sites.
Field data sharing workshop at DeKMIS
The workshop was facilitated by the Lead Researcher/Coordinator from DeKMIS supported by
the ACAR Senior Researcher and Research Associate from DeKMIS. The Senior Gender
Specialist and the Gender Specialist from ICIMOD also participated in the workshop.
Outputs
In the 3-day workshop 10 each (from Kavre and Sindhuli) household field data collected by the
field researchers were shared, reviewed and discussed. The experience and the challenges faced
by the field researchers in conducting the field data collection and issues that required clarity
were also discussed in the workshop. (See Annex 8 for the sharing workshop notes)
STEP 11 Activity: Field data translation, tabulation, disaggregation, SG
and preliminary analysis.
Location/Date
September 15 – 31 October 2014 (intermittent), DeKMIS, Kathmandu, Nepal
Outsourced to translate the field data in Nepali into English. Leader Researcher, Senior
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Outputs
The 25 and 28 household field data (total 53) were translated into English (see Annex 10a and
10b). The data from the field was translated and recorded into English, tabulated and disaggregated
gender, caste/ethnicity and social status wise. (See Annex 10c).
Data tabulation
The data was further tabulated for Spider Graph Analysis and presentation and for preliminary
analysis in terms of ‘Enabling Factors’ and ‘Challenges.’ The framework used for preliminary
analysis is included as Annex 11. Instead of 5 ranking as done in the preliminary SG analysis, 3
level rankings of good, okay and not good) were used to carry out the SG analysis of the field
data. Also, the women leaders by now understood the 8 characteristics and used them as against
the 16 used earlier in the SG analysis. The detail narrative pre-analysis for Kavre and Sindhuli
are included respectively as Annex 12 and 13. See Annex 14 for detail Spider Graph Analysis of
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STEP 12 Activity: Community Sharing and Planning Workshops in Kavre
and Sindhuli.
Location/Date
A 3-day sharing and planning workshop from 19-21 November 2014 was organized in Phulbari
village Kavre.. A 2-day sharing and planning workshop from 1-2 December 2014 was organized
in Kamalamai municipality in Sindhuli.
Resources required included costs for research team’s transportation, lodging/food and per-diem;
per-diem (transportation) and tea/snacks/lunch for the participants from the ACAR communities.
0
5
10
15
1.
Environmen…
2. Vision
3. Change
Monitoring
4. Leadership5. Unity
6. Agency
7. Sharing
New…
8. Learning
from the Past
Kavre
Good Male
Good Female
Okay Male
Okay Female
Not Good Male
Not Good Female
0
5
10
15
20
1. Environmental
Awareness
2. Vision
3. Change
Monitoring
4. Leadership5. Unity
6. Agency
7. Sharing New
Knoweldge
8. Learning from
the Past
Sindhuli
Good Male
Good Female
Okay Male
Okay Female
Not Good Male
Not Good Female

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Community sharing and planning workshops in Kavre
The ACAR Lead Researcher from DeKMIS was the lead facilitator supported by the Senior
Researcher, Research Associate from DeKMIS and the field researchers. The HICAP
Coordinator and an intern along with the Senior Gender Specialist also participated in the
sharing workshop in Kavre.
Community sharing and planning workshops in Sindhuli
In Kavre there were total 31 participants in the planning workshop including 17 men and 14
women. In Sindhuli there were a total of 30 participants in the planning workshop including 4
men and 26 women.
Spider Graph analysis sharings
Outputs
The community-planning workshop to prepare the micro and 3-month plans was combined with
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research data collection the planning workshop was organized.
The planning workshop included group works, presentations, planning methodology adapted
from WOCAN’s module, and plenary discussions. The stepwise framework for the planning
workshop was:
 Situation Analysis: Identification of problems with regard to climate change impacts and
adaptive capacities (What is the current situation)
 Development of Objectives: Setting goal and objectives to address the problems (what
change you want to achieve?).
 Development of Activities: Identifying activities (How will you achieve these changes?)
 Development of Inputs: Resource, responsibility and time planning (what do you need to
achieve these changes?)
 Development of Indicators: Setting indicators (How will you know if you have achieved
these changes?)
The community participants first developed a long-term micro-plan (more than 1 year) and from
the micro-plan a 3-month action plan was derived. Thus for the two ACAR sites inputs for two
long-term and 3-month short-term plans were received.
See Annex 15 and 16 for detail reports on the two sharing and planning workshops in Kavre and
Sindhuli respectively.
STEP 13 Activity: Tabulating, finalizing and translating the ACAR action
plans.
Location/Date
DeKMIS Office, 5 December 2014 – 15 January 2015.
The ACAR Lead Researcher, Senior Researcher and Research Associate from DeKMIS were
engaged in tabulating, editing and final documenting the long-term and short-term 3-month
adaptive capacity action plans for the two ACAR sites. The final plans in English were translated
into Nepali.
Outputs
ACAR adaptive capacity long-term and short-term action plans for two sites were documented
and translated into Nepali and given to the communities in Kavre and Sindhuli for
implementation. The ACAR communities were first asked to try implement the short-term 3-
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Action plans in English
The detail report capturing the process for formulating the action plans and the actual actions
plans for Kavre and Sindhuli are attached as Annex 17 and 18. The Nepali versions of the plans
for Kavre and Sindhuli are attached as Annex 19 and 20.
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STEP 14 Activity: Internal reviews of the 3-month action plan
implementations in the two ACAR districts.
Location/Date
 Kavre: The internal review workshops were organized in Kavre for two days on 4th and 5th
April 2015 in Phulbari village.
 Sindhuli: For Sindhuli it was organized on 23rd and 24th April in Kamalamai municipality.
Internal SG review of 8 characteristics in Kavre after implementation of 3-month action plan
Resources required included costs for research team’s transportation, lodging/food and per-diem;
tea/snacks for the participants from the ACAR communities.
The ACAR Lead Researcher, Senior Researcher and Research Associate from DeKMIS
facilitated the internal review workshops with local level coordination support by the field
researchers.
In Kavre in the general internal review participants from the communities included 15 women
and 9 men 24. In the controlled group session there were 11 women, 3 girls, 4 men and 2 boys
totaling 20. In Sindhuli the review workshop included in the general internal review there were
19 women, 2 men and 1 boy totaling 22, and in the controlled group there were 6 women, 5 men
and 1 girl totaling 12. Two field researchers each in the two districts were interviewed
separately.
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Outputs
 In Kavre the community has formed an Environmental Committee that is membership based
and requires a monthly contribution of NRs. 10 every month by a member
 The Environmental Committee has implemented activities such as making the village free
from plastics (village cleaning campaign); plastic ponds for collecting rainwater; more
awareness raising through regular meetings and discussions; project on improved compost;
and have visited the local line agencies and shared the action plan for potential supports.
 The 3-month action plans were found to be implemented solely by the villagers without any
external help. Table 1 below presents detail assessment of the implementation of the 3-month
action plan.
Table 1: Assessment of 3-month action plan implementation in Kavre
Objective Activities Status
 To increase access to local and
district level resources (financial,
technical knowledge, technology)
of men and women.
 To establish a system of
capitalizing the different knowledge
of men and women and
exchanging/sharing knowledge
within the village for addressing the
impact of climate change.
 Form community
environment
group/committee
DONE
 Conduct monthly meeting
for exchange and sharing of
information and knowledge
DONE
 Organize leadership training
especially for women and
excluded groups
NOT DONE
 There will be effective discussion
and sharing meetings held at the
village to exchange knowledge and
skills.
 Conduct community
meetings
DONE
 Training on green or bio-
fuels or energy such as
Improved Cooking Stove
(ICS), bricket making and
actual installation bio-energy
Training for bricket
making and bricket
making machine to be
provided shortly
within this year
 Environment related street
plays
NOT DONE
 Forming a committee for
conservation of water
DONE
 Water source protection DONE
 Training regarding water
management
 Start a community fund for
water management
DONE
 Technical knowledge of men and
women of the village in forest
management will be improved and
increased.
 Strengthening the forest
group having equal men and
women members
NOT DONE
 Effective collaboration and
engagement with Ranger
Post and District Forest
Office
DONE
 Leadership and GESI in
forest management training NOT DONE

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 Forest fire control
demarcation and
management training and
implementation
The forest in our area
are too small for
making fire control
pits, we need to find
alternative ways to
control fire
 Local and traditional crops and
cattle rearing are resilient to climate
change and productive.
 Awareness about pesticides
with posters, hoarding
boards and pamphlets
NOT DONE
 Study visits (within and
outside districts) NOT DONE
Other Activities that were done which was not included in the 3 months Action Plan
Activities Status
Cleaning Campaign DONE
Environment Awareness Classes for students and teachers of the village
school. (lead by Nima and Shiva Hari)
DONE
Improved Shed Management and Manure Management for DONE
Songs with climate change were sung during mass get-together DONE
 There were still some activities that needed to be done to complete the 3-month actions plan.
 Some of additional inputs/resources required were: technical advice and expertise; new
initiation for water source conservation; proper identification of water sources; Leadership
trainings for women; exposure visits; and technical trainings.
 The action plans in Kavre were shared with local line agencies including: Soil Conservation
Office (DISCO); District Forest Office (DFO); District Agriculture Office (DAO); Livestock
Office; Ranger Post; District Drinking Water Office; and RIMREK (NGO).
See Annex 21 for detail reports on the general internal review, controlled group discussion and
key informant interviews with the field researchers.
 In Sindhuli it was found that the ACAR community has formed an Environmental
Committee within the Tole Sudhar Committee through which they distributed the micro plan.
Everyone involved in the Tole Sudhar Committee are members of the environmental
committee, which is about 50-60 households. There are 9 members in the working committee
of the Environment Committee and they have had 2 meetings so far. Also there was a general
discussion with all the members including the 50-60 households.
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 The working committee of the Environmental Committee shared the Action Plans with the
local agencies such as DISCO, DDC, Livestock Office, Drinking Water Office, District
Agriculture Office, District Vet nary Office and the Municipality Office.
 The Environmental Committee in Sindhuli was able to get a commitment of a contribution of
NRs. 50,000 from the Kamalamai Municipality Ward Office for the construction of the
community hall.
 The DFO office has also committed to provide the community with plants, saplings and tress.
Drinking water office has committed 500 meters water pipes for the successful construction
of 500 toilets in the village.
Internal review control group FGD in Sindhuli
 The Environmental Committee has organized a cleaning campaign and have made some
regulations regarding fine for anyone found littering in the area.
 The community in Sindhuli was also able to get an exposure visit through the livestock office
through which one of the elder members of the Environmental Committee was able to
participate in an exposure visit to Pokhara, Bandipur, and Chitwan.
 The Committee has also organized activities to clean water sources in the village.
 Some of the major activities, which required additional resource and inputs, include the
construction of the community hall. The community’s estimate is about NRs. 200,000 and so
far they have been able to raise NRs.50,000.
Internal review field researcher key interviews in Sindhuli
 There are still challenges like the participation of the community in the Environment
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 The ACAR has been able to organize the community to discuss environmental and climate
change issues but there is still the challenge of local level political support and endorsement.
Table 2 below presents detail assessment of the implementation of the 3-month action plan in
Sindhuli.
Table 2: Assessment of 3-month action plan implementation in Sindhuli
Objective Activities Status
 To establish a community mechanism
to discuss environmental issues.
 Community needs technical knowledge
on forest management.
 Establishment of Tole Sudhar
Samitee and working
committee within it on
environment and forest.
DONE
 Forest related exposure visit One Exposure visit
organized by Livestock
Office
 Plan for drinking water NOT DONE
 Improved toilet campaign ONGOING
 Availability of hybrid and
improves seeds
NOT DONE
 To improve community participation
by improving the community’s
knowledge and information.
 Establishment of Tole Sudhar
Samitee and within that a
working committee on
environment
DONE
 Cleaning water sources
programme
DONE (1-2 TIMES)
 Toilet building campaign ONGOING
 Availability of improved seeds Seeds (maize) provided
by the DFO
 Monthly exposure visits Monthly exposure visit
of the local community
forest conducted.
 To have timely access to information
on development resources available in
the district or municipality and to
improve the technical knowledge of the
community on agriculture.
 Formation of community
environment group
DONE
 Regular visit to and meetings
with the DDC and municipality
NOT REGULARLY
 Regular contact with the
municipality ward secretary
NOT REGULARLY
 Meetings of Tole Sudhar
Samitee
ONGOING
 To improve the leadership quality and
community’s knowledge and skills on
environmental management.
 Formation of environmental
committee within the Tole
Sudhar Samitee
DONE
 Community training on
environmental management
NOT DONE
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ACTIVITIES STATUS
Contribution of NRs. 50,000/-from the Municipality for the construction of
community hall
DONE
Commitment of500 meters pipe from the Drinking Water Office on the
completion of500 improved toilets in the village
ONGOING
Cleaning Campaigns with rules and regulation offine for any littering in the
village
DONE
NRs. 25/- collected from the members ofthe Environment Committee to buy
stationary for Community meetings
DONE
Community utensils were bought with contribution from the Environment
Committee members
DONE
See Annex 22 for detail reports on the general internal review, controlled group discussion and
key informant interviews with the field researchers.
STEP 15 Activity: Revisiting/Reviewing the ACAR Action Plans post-
earthquake in Nepal.
Location/Date
The revisiting/reviewing of the action plans workshop in the context of post-earthquake was held
for two days on 21st and 22nd April 2015 at DeKMIS.
transportation and per-diem for the trainees from the two ACAR sites.
Post-earthquake reviewing and revisiting workshop with Kavre field researchers
Participants in the workshop included the ACAR Lead Researcher, Senior Researcher and the
Research Associate from DeKMIS; Research Intern from ICIMOD; and 3 field researchers from
Kavre and 2 from Sindhuli.
Outputs
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 Discussing the effects of the earthquake, the situation of the villages in the present context
and coping with the disaster.
 The ACAR Action Plan and its effectiveness during the earthquake specially with reference
to the 8 domains listed by the project (Leadership, Unity, Environment Awareness, Agency,
Learning from the Past, Sharing Knowledge, Monitoring Change and Vision)
 Post-earthquake Reviewing and revisiting workshop with Kavre field researchers
 The Sharing Workshop scheduled for early this year has been now transferred to sometime
next year.
 Also discussing the situation of the village with reference to making the field trips for ACAR
reviews and interviews.
Identification of Problems and Activities
Phulbari VDC, Kavre District
 ure animal sheds.
 Toilets that have been destroyed need to be reconstructed. At the moment there is lack of
cleanliness due to open deification and the main reason of it being the toilets being too far
away from the makeshift houses.
 Lack of mobilizing local human resources due to lack of skills and training for constructing
houses. Increase of youth migration as migration seems to be the only option.
 Under or no productive utilization of the 15,000/- provided by the government for the
victims of the earthquake. There seems to no monitoring of the distributed relief funds.
 No maintenance for water resources, rain water harvesting tanks, biogas, improved cook-
stoves etc. that have been affected by the earthquake.
 Lack of personal awareness, disaster management and psychosocial problems, which shows
increase in domestic fights, domestic violence and also negative impact on the children.
Community related problems/issues were:
 People became selfish and self-centered during the resource distribution. They forgot the
idea of sharing. Community work, which is otherwise very good, was a little off during the
disaster.
 There has been a decrease in the community work and also interest in community work after
the earthquake.
 Damage of community property like school and community hall
 Increase of deforestation in both community forests and private forests, but no afforestation.
People are also resorting to illegal means to get the fuel-wood and there has been increasing
problem with the availability of land for use.
 There is no solid plan and hence the relief resources are being underutilized. There seems to
be no initiation for monitoring if the utility of the distributed relief materials.
 Technical experts required to evaluation of land for re-settlement
 Technical experts required to access water level and constantly monitor sources of water and
other important things.
Some of the opportunities and achievements identified by the workshop were:
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 Previously we only had maize seeds but there has been a new mechanism for seed bank (200
seeds to be distributed later double the amount of seeds to be collected then that 400 seeds to
be distributed in the community again and so on). This program is started with a NGO called
Naudana, so post earthquake we also got the opportunity to gain new mechanisms and
knowledge.
 There is also an increase in the confidence and agency of women in the community. There
has been emergence of new women leaders.
 There is also an increase in the recognition and exposure of the women from the community.
Now even the ward and the municipality have acknowledged our hard work.
Kamalamai Municipality, Sindhuli
 Training for building temporary shelters
 Addressing the problem of contagious diseases (cold, cough, diarrhea, etc.) especially
focusing on the disabled and children
 Building Community or Public toilets
 Building a community hall to stay together during disasters
 Precaution measures for landslides
 Maintenance and maintenance training for Biogas
 Temporary shelters for the disabled and the single women
 Mental or Psychological counseling specially focusing on pregnant women and children
 Monitoring and proper distribution mechanism for Government relief aid
 Arrangement for educating the orphans (due to the earthquake)
 Problems of drinking water caused due to the cracking of the wells, damage of water sources
and having to resort to rain water
 No participation for planting trees in the community forests
 Requirement of engineering experts to check lands for relocating purposes
 Inflation of wage labor
 Damaged irrigation channels for agriculture, depending on rainwater harvest.
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Outputs from post-earthquake reviewing and revisiting workshop
See Annex 23 for detail report on the workshop.
The Action Plans for the two ACAR sites or districts were revised as given below

6. ACAR Revised Action Plans (Post-earthquake)
The Action Plans were reorganized and updated for Sindhuli and Kavre in the context of recent earthquake in Nepal.
Note: The new and immediate activities are in bold and italics. Rest of the work plan remains as it is which the community will carry out as per the
need and available resources.
1. SINDHULI
Problem: Lack of community level discussion and forum (group) on environmental issues and lack of technical knowledge regarding forest
management.
Indicators:
Objective Activities Inputs Time Responsible/Partnership
 To establish a
community
mechanism to
discuss
environmental
issues.
 Communities have
technical
knowledge on
forest
management.
 Establishment of Tole
Sudhar Samitee and
working committee
within it on environment
and forest.
 Community coordination and
participation
< 3 months  Community
 Tole Sudhar Samitee
 Forest related exposure
visit
 Construction of
makeshift homes for
immediate rehabilitation.
 Budget
 Decision by the group who
will participate
< 3 months  Tole Sudhar Samitee
 DFO
 Community groups
 Other organizations
 Leadership training  Budget
 Trainer
> 1 year  Tole Sudhar Samitee
 Plan for drinking water
 Technical expert to
support/ survey and
inspect potential
drinking/irrigation water
sites and wetlands for
protection/revival and
use.
 Community participation
 Technical Expert
(ICIMOD/DDWD);
 Budget/materials

 Village secretary
 Village leaders

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 Tree plantation
programme – Not a
priority at the moment
 Tree sapling
 Public land
 Community participation
> 1 year  Community forest groups
 Community
 DFO
 Regeneration and
conservation of drinking
water sources
 Technician
 Technology
 Expert/Trainer
 Fund
> 1 year  Community
 DDWD
 Improved toilet campaign
 Maintenance and
reconstruction of toilets
damaged by the
earthquake
 Technical experts and
construction materials
 Community
 Availability of hybrid and
improves seeds
 Awareness campaign for
contagious/transferable
disease
 Budget
 Expert
 Community
 DADO
Problem: Lack of community participation in community development works due to lack of knowledge and information.
Indicators:
 To improve
community
participation by
improving the
community’s
knowledge and
information.
 Building community
hall with community
toilets
 Fund
 Construction workers
 Construction materials
> 1 year  Municipality
 Building drinking
water tank at the water
source
 Repairing the
damaged wells
 Fund
 Construction workers
> 1 year  Municipality
 DDWD
 Establishment of Tole
Sudhar Samitee and
within that a working
committee
 Conduct monthly
 Community mobilization and
participation
 Meeting hall – construction
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meetings for the
environment
committee
 Cleaning water sources
programme
 Cleaning materials

 Environmental
awareness raising
 Fund
 Trainer/environmental educator
> 1 year  Community groups
(I/NGOs)
 Media activities (radio
and print) on the works
done by the
community
 Training for
construction of
earthquake safe
houses
 Fund
 Media service provider
(I/NGOs)
 Media and media
organizations
 Toilet building
campaign
 Repairing the broken
bio-gas
 Awareness raising unity
mobilization and participation
 Materials such as posters
 Individual household and
community
(I/NGOs) who work on
WASH (Water, Sanitation
and Health)
 Availability of
improved seeds
 Coordination with DADO
 DADO
 Monthly exposure
visits
 Land survey to check
for safe land to
relocate
 Fund
 Decision by the community
group on who will participate
< 3 months  Community group
 DFO
Problem: No timely access to information and knowledge about development resources in the district or municipality, and lack of technical
knowledge in agriculture.
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 To have timely
access to
information on
development
resources available
in the district or
municipality and to
improve the
technical
knowledge of the
community on
agriculture.
 Formation of community
environment group
 Psycho-social counseling
training for teachers and others
 Community
mobilization and
participation
 Regular visit to and meetings
with the DDC and municipality
 Regular contact with the
municipality ward secretary
 Community leadership < 3 months  Community
 Environmental group
 Meetings of Tole Sudhar
Samitee
 Community
 Meeting place/hall
 Meetings for Tole Sudhar
Samitee
 Community
participation
<3months  Community
 Community hall construction  Fund
 Land
and workers
 Community
participation
>1 year  Community
 DDC, Municipality
(I/NGOs)
 Agriculture training for the
community
 Earthquake safety training
 Fund
 Resource
person/trainer
 DADO
> 1 year  Environment group
 DADO, Municipality
(I/NGOs)
Problem: Lack of transparency in leadership and lack of knowledge and skills on environment on specific sectors such as water and
agriculture.
Indicators:
 To improve the
leadership quality
and community’s
knowledge and
 Formation of environmental
committee within the Tole
Sudhar Samitee
 Leadership training for single
 Register
 Meeting hall/place
 Community
coordination and
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skills on
environmental
management.
women participation
 Community training on resource
mobilization and governance
accountability
 Fund
 Training hall
 Resource
person/trainer
 Municipality, DDC
(I/NGOs)
 Community training on
environmental management
 Fund
 Training hall
 Resource
person/trainer
< 3months  Community groups
 Municipality, DDC, DADO
(I/NGOs)
 Good Governance training for
community leaders and
community
 Fund
 Training hall
 Resource
person/trainer
 Municipality, DDC
(I/NGOs)
2. KAVRE
Problem: Limited sharing of information, knowledge and lack of transparency in decision-making system.
Indicators:
 To increase access
to local and district
level resources
(financial, technical
knowledge,
technology) of men
and women.
 To establish a
system of
capitalizing the
different knowledge
of men and women
and
 Form community environment
group/committee (Done)
 Through local
coordination and
participation
<3 months  Existing local groups,
including youths and
excluded groups
 Conduct monthly meeting for
exchange and sharing of
information and knowledge
(On-going)
 Through local
coordination and
participation
<3 months  Existing local groups,
including youths and
excluded groups
 External organizations like
ICIMOD for technical inputs
 Document information for
sharing on climate change and
install hoarding boards (for
providing information and
awareness on climate change
issues)
 Fund
 Technicians on rain
pattern monitoring
 Technologies (rain
gauge etc.)
> 1 year  Community environment
group
 VDC, DADO, MOEST
 External organizations such
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exchanging/sharing
knowledge within
the village for
addressing the
impact of climate
change.
 Organize leadership training
especially for women and
excluded groups
 Fund
 Resource person
>3 months  Community environment
group
 DDC, VDC, WDO,
ICIMOD, REMREC
 Exchange/exposure visit for
obtaining information and
knowledge on income-
generation, enterprise
development related to climate
change adaptation. – Not
immediately, only during the
winter
 Fund > 1 year  Community environment
group
 DDC, VDC, DADO, WDO
 ICIMOD, JICA and other
I/NGOs/donors
 Purchase computer for recording
information and Internet for
communications. – Not a
priority, shift activity to next
year
 Fund
 Training on using
computer/internet
group
I/NGOs/donors
 Establish/conduct
environmental/climate change
education/awareness
 Training for government
officials, private organizations
and the community (sometime
early September) with regards
to the recent earthquakes
 Fund
 Teacher/trainer
group
 DDC, VDC, DADO, WDO
I/NGOs/donors
 Conduct social audit – for
transparency of resources and
contribution for the
environment. Orientation and
benefit sharing
 Visits to monitor the utilization
of relief funds and materials.
1) Auditor or finance
expert
> 1 year  DDC, VDC
 ICIMOD and concerned
NGOs
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Indicators:
 There will be
effective discussion
and sharing
meetings held at the
village to exchange
knowledge and
skills.
 Construction of community
hall with community toilets for
monthly meetings
 Repair of the damaged
community hall
 Fund
 Community
participation (labor)
for meeting hall
 Builder
group
 DDC, VDC, DFO, DADO,
DSCO
I/NGOs/donors
 Love Green Nepal, Japanese
Embassy
 Conduct community meetings
(On-going)
 Through local
coordination and
participation
<3 months  Community environment
group
 Conduct environmental (forest,
water, soil) trainings for the
community three times a year-
Not a priority
 Trainings to test earthquake
safe lands (one to be done
immediately)
 Fund
 Resource person
 Community
participation
>1 year  Community environment
group
DSCO
I/NGOs/donors
 Start trainings/awareness
regarding climate change in
schools, male and female groups
(Done once)
 More training and materials
for environment awareness
 Fund
 Resource person
 Community
participation
group
DSCO
I/NGOs/donors
 Start IPM classes for farmers
 Biogas, ICS repair trainings
 Fund
 Trainer
group
 DADO
 Start seed banks (Done with
maize seeds)
 New initiative form Naudana
 Community
participation
 Knowledge on seed
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(NGO) to start 7 types of
vegetable seedbanking
banking  Technical expertise from
outside
 Daily climate
monitoring/measurement – Not
a priority
 Fund
 Climate monitoring
training and devices
group
 ICIMOD
 Training on green or bio-fuels or
energy such as Improved
Cooking Stove (ICS)-on-going,
bricket making and actual
installation bio-energy
 Planting more trees
- Technician and trainer
- ICS and bricket
building tools,
machines and
materials

< 3 months
(training)
> 1 year
(actual
installation)
 VDC, DDC, DFO
 Resource Management and
Rural Empowerment Center
(REMREK), Nepal
 ICIMOD, IWMI, JICA and
other I/NGOs
 Sharing platform of traditional
knowledge (On-going)
 Training to compile long term
planning for the village
 Involvement of the
older generation
 Community
participation
group
 Environment related street plays
songs and poems (Done)
 Community
participation
<3 months  Community environment
group
Problem: Lack of technical skill, technique, technician and technology to manage drinking water and irrigation.
Indicators:
Objective
 To overcome
problems of
drinking water and
irrigation by
developing skills
and techniques.
Activities Inputs Time Responsible/Partnership
 Forming a committee for
conservation of water
 Community
coordination and
participation
< 3 months  Community environment
group
 Community
 Water source protection
 Registering the environmental
group
 Tool for cleaning
(shovel, spade etc.)
 Community
participation
(voluntarism)
 Technical support
from DDWD
group
 Community
 DDC, VDC
 Training regarding water
management – Not a priority
 Survey for drinking water and
 Fund
 Resource person
 Training space
group
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its sources  Community
participation
other I/NGOs
 Construction Maintenance and
repair of existing rain-water
collection tank
 Fund
 Technician
 Technical support
 Building materials for
tank construction
group
 DDC, VDC, DDWD
other I/NGOs
 Training regarding identifying,
budgeting, evaluating and
managing resources
 Training for 10 youth on
construction of earthquake safe
household
 Fund
 Resource person
 Training materials
 Record books for
database
 Water measurement
device
 Community
participation
group
 DDC, VDC, DDWD
other I/NGOs
 Start a community fund for
water management (Done)
 Record and account
keeping training
 Saving collection
mechanism
 Donations
group
 Water Conservation
Committee
 Community
 DDWD
Problem: Lack of skill, technique, technology and collective action in forest and environment management.
Indicators:
 Technical
knowledge of men
and women of the
village in forest
management will be
improved and
increased.
 Strengthening the forest group
having equal men and women
members – Not a priority
 Engineer and expert to estimate
and provide earthquake budget
safe housing structures
 Mobilization and
participation of the
community
group
 Forest group committee
 Community
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engagement with Ranger Post
and District Forest Office
(On-going)
of the forest user
groups and
committees
group
 Community
 Leadership and GESI in forest
management training – Not a
priority
 Training for the Tole leaders
who can serve as trainers for
the community
 Fund
 Trainer
group
 DFO
I/NGOs/donors
 Soil erosion monitoring, bio-
engineering/landslide prevention
training
 Fund
 Trainer
 DSCO
group
 DSCO
I/NGOs/donors
 Herb identification and
management training – Not a
priority
 Resource person
 Herbal plant nursery
group
 DFO
I/NGOs/donors
 Orientation workshop for forest
users on community forests
policies – Not a priority
 Resource persons
(trainer)
 Constitution or policy
on community forest
 Forest User Group
(committee)
 DFO
group
 Range Post, DFO, Forest
User Group, FECOFUN
I/NGOs/donors
 Training on climate resilient
crops and plants – Not a
priority
 Fund
 Resource person
(technician)
 Creating nursery to
provide climate
group
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resilient plant saplings
 Distribution of
saplings
 Forest User group
 DDC, DFO
I/NGOs/donors
 Exposure/study visits during
winter in regards to earthquake
safety
 Identification study
visit site
 Fund (travel,
hotel/food etc.)
 Resource person
(guide)
 VDC
group
 DFO
I/NGOs/donors
 Forest fire control demarcation
and management training and
implementation
 Plantation as a precaution for
landslides
 Technician and
resource person
 Tools (spade, shovel
etc.)
 Forest User
Committee
 Forest Range Post,
DFO and DDC
< 3 months
> 1 year
 Community environment
group
 DFO
 Range Post, DFO and Forest
User Group
Problem: Lack of information, knowledge, skill, technology for climate resilient agricultural practice.
Indicators:
Objective Activities Inputs Time Who/Partnership
 Local and
traditional crops and
cattle rearing are
resilient to climate
change and
productive.
 Organizing soil test camps
and trainings on producing
composts fertilizers. – To
be done next year
 Fund
 Resource person
group
 DSCO, DADO
I/NGOs/donors
 Training on improved crop
identification, plant pest
and disease identification,
use of pesticides and on
 Resource person
(trainer/technician)
 Fund
group
 DADO

of 40
Integrated Pest
Management (IPM). - To
be done next year
 Equipment, improved seeds I/NGOs/donors
 Awareness about pesticides
with posters, hoarding
boards and pamphlets - To
be done next year
 Fund for designing and
printing and installing the
awareness raising materials
group
 DADO
I/NGOs/donors
 Veterinary camps, animal
waste/manure testing and
information on animal
diseases. (Done)
 Resource person
 Fund
 Equipment, improved seeds
group
 DADO
I/NGOs/donors
 Planting improved
(nutritious) fodder.
(On-going)
 Training to identify
improved fodder
 Provision of improved
fodder saplings
group
 DADO, DFO
I/NGOs/donors
 Training on improving
cowsheds (Done), cattle
insurance schemes,
identification of animal
diseases
 Resource person
 Fund
 Equipment, improved seeds
group
 DADO
I/NGOs/donors
 Study visits during winter
(within and outside
districts) focusing on the
recent earthquake
 Identification study visit
site
 Fund (travel, hotel/food
etc.)
 Resource person (guide)
 VDC
group
 DFO
I/NGOs/donors

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