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"Strengthening Policy Research: The Role of Think Tank Initiative in South Asia" at TTIX, Bangkok
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About ISET-Nepal

ISET-Nepal was established in 2001 as a non-governmental and not-for-profit organization to study and analyse developmental issues of rapidly changing social and environmental context that demand new insights into the emerging challenges to manage resources for sustainable development.

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Vision

ISET-Nepal envisions a society capable of addressing the emerging social…

Mission

SET-Nepal’s mission is to improve understanding and elevate…

Goal

The primary goal of ISET-Nepal is to conduct academic studies, research..

Recent Projects
Political Economy Analysis to Identify Champions for Freshwater Policy Change and Conservation of Aquatic Biodiversity
Political Economy Analysis to Identify Champions for Freshwater Policy Change and Conservation of Aquatic Biodiversity

The consortium of the Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (ISET-Nepal), Niti Foundation and Nepal Economic Forum (NEF), considers political…

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Multilayered Stakeholders’ Dialogue to Build Support for Sustainable Water Resources Management in Koshi River Basin
Multilayered Stakeholders’ Dialogue to Build Support for Sustainable Water Resources Management in Koshi River Basin

ISET-Nepal and GEAG have initiated a multilayered and multistage dialogue process at local, sub-basin and basin and trans-boundary levels around…

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Sustainable Think Tank
Sustainable Think Tank

Sustainable Think Tank The Sustainable Think Tank project was supported by TTI and Implemented by ISET-Nepal and CSTEP Banglore, India. ISET-Nepal…

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News & Events
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Workshop on Urban DRR: Policies and practices

On 20th August 2019, National workshop on Urban Disaster and Risk Reduction: Policies and Practices was held in Lalitpur (Hotel…

August 20, 2019
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Interaction with elected representatives and staff of Lalitpur Metropolitan City on Disaster Risk Reduction and urban resilience

ISET Nepal provided technical support to Lalitpur Metropolitan (LMC) City Office to organize a workshop on DRR and Urban Resilience. It was organized…

May 31, 2019
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Dialogue with local representative of Bhotekoshi region on Sustainable River Basin Management

ISET-Nepal and Samudayik Sarathi jointly conducted a ward-level dialogue at Nayapul, Sindhupalchowk. The dialogue was supported by The Asia Foundation…

May 13, 2019
Strengthening Policy Research: Role of Think Tank Initiative in South Asia

Strengthening Policy Research: Role of Think Tank Initiative in South Asia is a vivid presentation of the diverse journeys of think tanks under the aegis of the Think Tank Initiative (TTI) programme managed by the International Development Research Centre in South Asia. The book extensively discusses the three areas of TTI support to strengthen think tanks, viz., organizational performance, research quality and policy engagement. It emphatically demonstrates the crucial role of long-term core support in strengthening think tanks for more rigorous research quality as the basis for public policymaking. It presents a rich tapestry of complex pathways that each think...

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Blog
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Community Based Rainfall Measurement: My Journey

Context Nepal is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change. We often hear the news of disasters such…

August 11, 2019
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The climate threat multiplier

Local project-based adaptation may not be enough in dealing with the scale of Nepal’s climate emergency More details: https://www.nepalitimes.com/opinion/the-climate-threat-multiplier/

August 9, 2019
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Challenges of school-based rainfall monitoring program

Context Uncontrolled urbanization and anthropogenic emission of greenhouse gases are threatening our environment by causing fluctuation in rainfall, temperature, and…

July 31, 2019
ISET-Nepal Interactive Map

The map provides socio-economic details based on Central Bureau of Statistic (CBS) 2011 data. Please click on desired district for district-specific socio-economic data.
(Map prepared by AidData USA).

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