Implementing the Nibuwa-Tankhuwa Watershed Management Plan

About the workshop

The Koshi Basin Initiative under ICIMOD’s River Basins and Cryosphere Regional Programme and Dhankuta Municipality are organising this training workshop to build stakeholder capacity for implementing the Nibuwa-Tankhuwa Watershed Management Plan in Dhankuta. The training will provide stakeholders with a detailed understanding of springshed and watershed management and implementation.

The Nibuwa-Tankhuwa Watershed Plan (NTWMP) was prepared based on research and multistakeholder consultations involving communities and other key stakeholders from 2018-2020. The plan was handed over to the local municipalities by ICIMOD in 2021.

The watershed management plan will help decision makers and practitioners at the ward, municipality, basin, and national levels to understand the status of the watershed; problems, issues, risks, and opportunities; and leverage investments for watershed management in the short and long term.

Objectives

The overarching objective of the workshop is to enhance the capacity of stakeholders to implement the watershed management plan.

The specific objectives are:

• To sensitize newly-elected local government representatives and stakeholders in implementing the management plan
• To provide hands-on training for discharge measurement and implementation of recharge interventions
• To integrate the work of springshed management committees with the watershed management committee

Target audience

• Dhankuta Municipality
• Chhathar Jorpati Rural Municipality
• Newly-elected local government representatives from the watershed
• Springshed management committees
• Divisional Forest Office
• Local NGOs
• Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Office, Dhankuta Municipality
• Ward representatives
• Watershed Management Committee, Dhankuta Municipality and Chhathar Jorpati Rural Municipality

Expected outcomes

• Awareness among stakeholders of the activities and integration of activities in their annual plans
• Upskilled local communities with the required technical skills for implementation of recharge interventions such as pits and trenches
• Increased awareness among leaders on activities and on the need to allocate adequate funds for implementation
• Opportunities for involvement of other stakeholders and interested implementing partners in the upcoming years

Agenda