Nepal Urban Resilience Programme
The Sudridh – Nepal Urban Resilience Programme (NURP) is funded by UK Aid from the UK government and works with Nepal’s national, provincial and municipal governments to support green, resilient, and inclusive urban development. We enhance urban resilience by supporting inclusive economic growth, improving urban planning for green development, and increasing the effectiveness of institutions to support green investments.
Strengthening the resilience of growing urban areas
Sudridh-Nepal Urban Resilience Programme (NURP) is a 5-year programme (2019-2024) funded with UK Aid from the UK government to support Nepal’s national, provincial and local governments in strengthening the resilience of growing urban areas through inclusive local economic development, green infrastructure development, and improved institutional governance.
Working under the umbrella of its implementing partner, ICF Consulting Services Ltd., NURP’s activities are designed with an integral focus on Green, Resilient and Inclusive Development (GRID), gender equality and social inclusion (GESI), and local governance capacity support.
We follow a participatory, demand-led system in our approach to providing technical assistance to the municipalities we work with – Butwal, Janakpurdham and Pokhara. Adaptively responding to requests and priorities, we plan and implement GRID-aligned projects focused on building the resilience and capacity of local municipal governments. Our work spans:
- Strengthening inclusive, locally driven economic development through increases in productivity and investments in green, resilient and inclusive projects
- Enhancing infrastructure resilience through planning and investment in green, sustainable, and inclusive projects
- Improving federal and municipal institutional governance and capacities with a GESI-centric approach.
- Creating stronger coordination and collaboration among all three spheres of the government through knowledge-generation and -sharing linked with the green, resilient and inclusive projects supported by NURP.
The ICF Consulting Services Ltd. led consortium is supported by our trusted partners Action Aid, Support for Development Initiatives Consultancy (SDIC), and University College London (UCL).
Core Areas of Work
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Insights and Impact
Sudridh-NURP regularly tracks the impact of our interventions and shares guidance based on our experience to improve sustainable urban development, enhanced governance, and inclusive economic development outcomes. This includes regular thought pieces and Stories of Change, accessible on our insights and impacts page.
Explore our Resources
Sudridh-NURP is committed to the long-term accessibility and usefulness of the reports and documents we develop for our project MCs. Throughout the project, newly developed documents will be housed here and later transferred to systems managed by the municipalities after project closure.
