Pro-poor urban governance through Poverty Mapping and Gender Assessment in eight municipalities, viz. Bharatpur, Hetauda, Ratna Nagar, Banepa, Dulikhel, Panuti, Bidur and Kamalamai under the Urban Environment Improvement Programme towns and two towns Itahari and Attariya under Urban Development Programme.

Community-managed water bottling system for urban poor communities in Kathmandu Valley envisioned to benefit more than 2000 population. Treated drinking water is being made available to the poor communities for a nominal charge of about US$0.04 per liter.

Thrust on capacity building of municipal officials and civil society organizations in selected nine small towns has become a source of good practices for the government, communities and the NGOs.

Rainwater harvesting promoted as a viable alternative to meet the growing water demand especially in the urban areas.

Tools for mapping the poor, gender assessment and Initial Environment Examination (IEE) as part of a model sanitation master plan for low-income settlements have been quite useful.

Other on-going initiatives include Water and Environmental Sanitation Improvement in peri-urban communities in Kathmandu Valley and poor clusters of two municipalities (Bharatpur and Hetauda); demonstration of ecological sanitation in Small Town Project Towns; demonstration of water bottling systems for pro-poor service delivery in Kathmandu Valley; Capacity Building of Municipalities on Biogas Systems to address the climate change issue; support in preparation of detailed land use map of Kathmandu Valley; and national level Arsenic Testing and Mitigation Programme.