RESILIENT MOUNTAIN SOLUTION (RMS)

PROJECT LOCATION	Kavre, Dadeldhura
PROFESSIONAL STAFF	5
OTHER STAFF	N/A
NAME OF CLIENT/DONOR	ICIMOD
START DATE (Month/Year)	1st January 2019
COMPLETION DATE (Month/Year)	30th June 2022
APPROX. VALUE OF SERVICES	USD 300,000
NAME OF ASSOCIATION FIRM, IF ANY:	N/A

NAME OF THE FOCAL PERSON AT CEAPRED HEADQUARTER

Mr. Keshab Datta Joshi, Program Director

NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT:

The Resilient Mountain Solutions (RMS) is a new initiative jointly piloted by CEAPRED and ICIMOD in Kavre and Dadeldhura districts of Nepal. The initiative aims to equip people with simple and affordable technologies and knowledge required to build long-term resilience. Its overall goal is to enhance the resilience of women and men to socioeconomic and environmental changes, including climate change. To operationalize the initiative, it has five major components and one cross cutting component. The five major components are- a) Knowledge generation and application, b) Building resilience through innovative solution packages, c) Gender, social inclusion and governance, d) Scaling and policy uptake, e) Communication and outreach; and the cross cutting component is on Capacity building. The RMS initiative is being implemented by CEAPRED in partnership with ICIMOD for a period of 3-years starting from Jan 2019 to Dec 2021.