Technical Assistance to Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction to Ensure Effective Access of Conflict Affected Persons to Victims Assistance Processes in Nepal

Conflict Affected Persons (CAPs), including IDPs and migrants leaving the country resulting from the 10-year armed conflict in Nepal have been identified to some extent and their information recorded in several databases. The government implemented the Interim Relief Program (IRP) for conflict affected persons and their families which comprised in many cases of one-time cash payments, medical treatment, scholarship grants and vocation training and employment placement programs. However, information about these services is not readily available for any agency to utilize as a baseline to create new programs. Further, the human security needs of CAPs have changed since the commencement of various support programs and need to be reconsidered by giving CAPs a voice to shape future programs.

This project will establish and further strengthen mechanisms and systems of the government which will contribute in effective implementation of relief and victims assistance programs that are being developed and are expected to be rolled out by the fourth quarter of 2015 through the Nepal Peace Trust Fund (NPTF).

Activities will include (1) establishment of a “Centralized Database for Conflict Affected Persons Assistance (CD-CAP)” on past and ongoing victim assistance programs conducted by agencies and organizations in Nepal, (2) development of a human security needs assessment report and (3) enhancement of the capacity of GoN staff through training.