Updates
IFSD team, associates and partners have been active in a number of areas, and we have below highlights of some activities:
IFSD and SIAS win a grant to advance climate adaptive water management in Nepal
Drawing on the lessons from over five years of research and local engagement on the interrelation of water, urbanization and climate change in three rapidly urbanizing cities experiencing water stress, this project seeks to contribute towards climate adaptive and inclusive water governance through catalysing evidence informed decision making processes at local level and informing provincial and […]
IFSD Director Dr Ojha Contributes to Himalayan Assessment
In a study coordinated by International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), IFSD Director of Research for International Development acted as the coordinating lead author of chapter on Governance. The chapter concludes that the governance of environmental resources holds the key to the future of sustainable development in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH). Four specific […]
IFSD Gender Expert delivering seminar on how disaster management can be made more gender responsive
IFSD Gender specialist delivered a series of seminars and lectures to international participants who attended a training on disaster management, organised by University of Queensland and Scope Global with funding from Australian government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
Catalysing science-policy interface in natural resources management
Achieving Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 is not possible without improving how researchers and scientists interact with policy makers and development practitioners. This is because development and environmental management challenges are complex, and solutions require closer and more interactive interface among science, policy and practice.
In this seminar, he drew on his last decade of work in Nepal in which attempts were made to catalyse science-policy-practice
IFSD team participates in field research in the Himalayas
IFSD team participates in field research in the Himalayas on water security in relation to changing climate
IFSD team works with Nepal partners to understand federalism
IFSD team works with Nepal partners to understand federalism and local democracy reforms in Nepal
IFSD holds meeting with researchers from Nepal and India
IFSD holds meeting with researchers from Nepal and India to analyse the impact of policy on building resilient water management systems in South Asia
IFSD Gender Expert Delivering Lecture at Virginia Tech, USA
Dr. Basundhara Bhattarai, Senior Gender and Development Specialist at IFSD, is delivering a seminar as an invited speaker at Women and Gender in International Development Discussion Series of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and the State University, USA.