Background
USAID funded Asia’s Linear Infrastructure safeGuarding Nature (ALIGN) Project aimed to enhance the development and implementation of effective, high-quality linear infrastructure safeguards that protect people and nature from harm. One of its major objectives was to support in capacity development of government agencies, national and international financial institutions, private sector (consultants and contractors) and civil society organizations.
WWF Nepal assigned S.W. Nepal Pvt. Ltd. (Scott Wilson Nepal) to conduct training program for key stakeholders from the government agencies, private sector and civil society organizations to promote integration of natural resource safeguards in linear infrastructure development including roads, railways, power lines, and irrigation canals.
Objective of the Assignment
The objectives were to:
- Review and customize the existing training packages to ensure clarity and enhance their use as reference materials.
- Organize and manage two training events for government officials and private sector engineers and one event training for CSOs, focusing on the integration of natural resource safeguards in linear infrastructure development.
Key Activities and Service Provided by SWN
SWN had undertaken the following activities:
- Reviewed and customized the existing training packages to ensure they meet the needs of different stakeholders including session plans and training materials for each training package.
- Organized and delivered 2 three-day residential training programs for government officials from MoPIT and MoEWRI and for engineers and relevant officials from the private sector (consultants and contractors) in Chitwan.
- Organized one-day training program for representatives of CSOs in Kathmandu.
- Prepared comprehensive training report with pre- and post-training evaluation of the participants
Outputs
- Customized training packages with detailed session plans and training materials
- Successful delivery of the two three-day residential training programs for government officials and private sector engineers and officials
- Successful delivery of a one-day training program for CSO representatives.
