Resolutions under MDG

Assessment of Contributions

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Targets under the MDG for 2015 (Status as of 2005 NDG-Report)

Main contributions to MDGs

1

Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

Major direct focus of Helvetas Nepal

To be tackled through improving access, better services, improved technologies and skills with explicit focus on social inclusion and the development of local service providers.

1.1

1.2

Halve the 1990 proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day

(Status: Likely going to be achieved; supportive environment fair)

Halve the 1990 proportion of people who suffer from hunger

(Status: Potentially can be reached; supportive environment fair)

q Improved access to services and markets through rural infrastructure (rural roads, trail bridges, small-scale irrigation, market centers)

q Increased incomes from market-oriented production in agriculture, forestry and livestock.

q Increased incomes from employment arising from improved skills and small enterprise development.

q Increased food sufficiency from improved on-farm and off-farm practices particularly in remote areas

q  Accredited service providers offer support for infrastructure and skills development, agricultural extension and other services demanded by communities or other local actors

2

Achieve universal primary education

Ensure that children, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling

(Status: Unlikely to be achieved; supportive environment strong)

Not a direct focus

Other projects and agencies focus directly on primary schooling.

q    Indirect contributions are made through better access to schools through trail bridges and rural roads, increased incomes in remote areas and social mobilization to remove non-physical barriers for socially disadvantaged. Also part of HA-support in conflict areas.

3

Promote gender equality and empower women

Integral focus under various projects

Tackled through specific initiatives linked to social mobilization, skills development and through mainstreaming a gender approach in all activities. Support to various local advocacy organizations.

3.1

Eliminate gender disparity in all levels of education

(Status: Potentially can be reached; supportive environment fair)

q    Non-formal education and functional literacy classes as integral parts of initiatives such as savings and credit and road construction.

q    Increased gender equity in sharing family income.

q    Livelihoods of female headed households improved through increased access to assets and reduced vulnerability

q    Increased representation, by equity and gender, in all decision-making bodies at local levels

q    Women’s concerns promoted through local advocacy organizations.

4

Reduce child mortality

Reduce by two-thirds the 1990 under-five mortality rate

(Status: Likely to  be achieved; supportive environment strong)

Not a direct focus for Helvetas Nepal

Other projects and agencies focus directly on child mortality.

q    Contributions are made through better access to health posts through trail bridges and rural roads, access to save drinking water and sanitation, improved nutrition from vegetable production and food security projects in remote areas, and social mobilization of women and the poor.

5

Improve maternal health

Reduce by three-quarters the 1990 maternal mortality rate.

(Status: Potentially can be reached; supportive environment weak but improving)

Not a direct focus for Helvetas Nepal

Other projects and agencies focus directly on maternal mortality

q    Support is provided for advocacy on awareness on women’s reproductive health issues (e.g. uterus prolapse), better access to health posts through trail bridges and rural roads, reduced work load through better access to water and improved agricultural practices.

6

6.1

6.2

Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other illnesses

Have halted and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS.

(Status: Unlikely to be reached; supportive environment weak, improving)

Have halted and begun to reverse the spread of malaria and other major diseases.

(Status: Potentially can be reached; supportive environment weak, improving)

Not a direct focus but integral part of various activities

q    Other projects focus directly on these infectious diseases.

q    Contributions are made on HIV/AIDS through awareness raising and prevention campaigns as an integral part of various projects at the field level (e.g. water and sanitation projects, rural road building, skill training for employment, etc.)

7

Ensure environmental sustainability

Major direct focus

q    Tackled through sustainable agricultural practices, community land management, integrated water resource management, drinking water and sanitation promotion and bio-engineering in road construction.

7.1

7.2

7.3

Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs, and reverse the loss of environmental resources.

(Status: Potentially can be reached; supportive environment fair)

Halve the 1990 proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water.

(Status: Likely to  be reached; supportive environment fair)

Have achieved by 2020 a significant improvement in the lives of (at least 100 million world wide) slum dwellers

q    Sustainable agricultural practices used by farmers for food and cash crop production.

q    Community forest management and equitable use of forest resources expanded.

q    Service providers in agriculture integrate sustainable management practices into their activities.

q    Support sector policies to develop and adopt Integrated Crop Management (combine crop, soil, pest and water mgt)

q    Implementation of drinking water systems forms part of integrated water resources management.

q    Increased number of rural households with access to community-managed drinking water and irrigation systems.

8

Develop a global partnership for development

Integral focus of some activities

8.1

Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system.

Not a direct focus for Helvetas Nepal

Supported through other initiatives in Nepal

8.2

8.3

Address the special needs of the least developed countries.

Address the special needs of land-locked countries and small island developing states.

q     Activities for promotion of agricultural and forest production linked to market opportunities in neighboring countries or overseas with emphasis on low volume/high value.

q     Support business-related linkages between local commodity production, national quality standards and external private traders or processors of various commodities (e.g. ginger, non-timber forest products, vegetable, vegetable seed, coffee, etc.)

8.4

Deal comprehensively with the dept problems of developing countries through national and international measures in order to make debt sustainable in the long term

Not a direct focus

Addressed through dialogue under the Nepal Development Forum

8.5

In cooperation with developing countries, develop and implement strategies for decent and productive work for youth

q  Youth going for overseas employment have improved skills and achieve better working conditions and higher income.

q  Accredited skills training agencies in Nepal available which develop in collaboration with employment agencies manpower.

8.6

 8.7

In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications technologies

Supported through other initiatives in Nepal