Nepal has recognized the importance of gender inclusion at all levels of governance. The country's constitution includes provisions for gender equality and women's rights. Climate change and development policies also promote gender integration. Nepal's experience with its National Adaptation Programme of Action and the National Climate Change Support Programme demonstrate approaches that target women as vulnerable groups and prioritize their development through capacity building projects. These programs also aim for equitable benefit sharing and 50% representation of women on committees. Moving forward with developing its National Adaptation Plan, Nepal will establish a standalone gender working group as well as a cross-cutting gender group to integrate gender into seven thematic areas. The groups will ensure stakeholder representation and coordination across sectors to build

1. Addressing Gender and
Other Guiding Approaches
NAP Nepal
NAP Expo: Advancing NAP post-Paris
11-15 July 2016, Bonn
Akhanda Sharma
Senior Divisional Engineer
Ministry of Population and Environment

2. Supportive country context
Constitution of Nepal, 2015 : Has provisioned for
• Article 18 -- 'right to equality’ with positive
discrimination to empower women
• Article 38 -- 'rights of women' to participate in all
bodies of the State on the basis of principle of
proportionate inclusion
Climate change and other policies, strategies and
guidelines : Address -- gender inclusive development
• Promote gender integration, gender equality and
gender participation in various level of
development activities

3. Supportive country context
Planning and monitoring system : Enforced
• Gender budget code for channelling &identifying
gender responsive funding and budgeting
Implementation level :
• Gender focal persons active in all line ministries
• Committees formed at various level (national,
district and local) to enhance gender integration
• Separate ministry established -- “Ministry of
Women, Children and Social Welfare”
“Nepal has recognised gender at every level of
governance for achieving goal of overall

4. NAPA experience & implementation
• Gender & Social Inclusion (GESI) issue was
evaluated important and dealt in cross-cutting
manner
• Women were identified as climate vulnerable
group and their overall development were
prioritized by developing number of projects
• One of the NAPA project – LAPA was
implemented targeting capacity building of
women for participation in adaptation activities
and building resilience to adverse impacts of
climate change

5. GESI approaches in NCCSP
• NCCSP has adopted gender equity approach in
executing climate change adaptation programs
• Program targets equitable benefit sharing
• Various capacity building programs for gender are
conducted
• Gender Empowered by addressing their specific
needs, and enforcing 50% representation in
Committees at various level
• Gender--disaggregate data are generated and
reported employing Management Information
System (MIS)

6. Recognition of NCCSP
• Approach of integrating adaptation into
local level planning process was recognised
within 5, out of 170 submissions from
several countries, under the Nairobi Work
Programme, in Paris in 2015
• Received ‘People’s Champion’ award from
Adaptation Funds in 2016 Global Photo
Contest
• Three adaptation implementation photos
received ‘Honourable Mentions’

7. Hariyo Ban experience
• Aims in reducing threats to biodiversity due to
adverse impacts of climate change
• Gender & social inclusion are considered cross--
cutting theme
• Targeting for achieving social justice
• Improving planning environment (developing
& implementing) for gender equality
• Ensuring equitable benefit sharing adopting
systematic effort
• Promoting gender mainstreaming in policy
and institutions

8. Moving towards NAP process
• MoPE have launched the NAP formulation process
in September 2015
• Employing the concept of Thematic and Cross--
cutting working groups as per experience of NAPA
• Gender and social inclusion will be achieved by
Stand alone working group and work as a Cross-
cutting group to Integrate gender into agreed 7
thematic areas
• The Ministry of Women, Children and Social
Welfare will coordinate this working group

9. GESI cross-
cutting
Working
Group will
ensure
representation
from
stakeholders

10. Guiding approach for NAP
• Establishing working groups to coordinate the
thematic areas/sectors
• Utilising existing coordination mechanism and
employ inter sector collaboration for improving
effectiveness and building synergy
• Building capacity and employing enhanced
understanding on climate change adaptation
• Building ownership and avoiding duplications
• Promoting multi-stakeholder participation
• Aligning with national policies and linking with
recent initiatives (DRR and SDGs)

11. Guiding approach for NAP
• Ensuring gender sensitivity and inclusiveness
• Focusing for poor and rural people
• Generating, communicating and utilizing
knowledge and good practices available
• Adopting “Development first” with integration of
adaptation actions
• Emphasizing traditional and local knowledge on
ecosystem--based and community--based
adaptations activities
• Making infrastructures adaptive and climate
resilient

12. Conclusion
• Consultation & interaction will be the backbone
of NAP process. Outcome document ( as--
stocking, vulnerability assessment, identification
and prioritization of adaptation report etc.) will
be agreed by stakeholders following extensive
consultation & addressing valuable comments
• Extensive consultation & interaction will help to
• Developing ownership and reducing conflict
• Achieving accountability & responsiveness
• Accessing necessary participation and
transperancy

13. • Thank you for -
“Valuable Attention”
Akhanda Sharma
Senior Divisional Engineer
Ministry of Population and Environment, Nepal