SNV – ‘Global Presence - Local Impact’

SNV Netherlands Development Organisation is an international development organisation that is dedicated to a society where all people can enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development.  SNV contributes to this by strengthening the capacity of local organisations.  SNV delivers advisory services to almost 3,000 clients in more than 30 different countries across Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Balkans. In Asia, SNV provides capacity development services to government, non-government and private sector organisations in , , , Laos PDR, , and as well as to a number of regional organisation and networks. SNV seeks to achieve its overall strategic goal of poverty reduction and good governance by focussing on:

• Improving the access, coverage and quality of basic services
• Increasing production, income and employment opportunities for the poor

Type of Assistance and Programming
SNV Nepal does not implement development projects itself; rather it works to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of key local organisations and government bodies.  This way, implementation is placed in the hands of local actors. This SNV characteristic contributes to sustainable and nationally owned impact on development leading to lasting poverty reduction, as well as fulfilling the MDGs.   SNV Nepal’s assistance to any local or national actor revolves around four services:

• The provision of advisory services - SNV 's core business - to carefully selected key actors in development at the sub-national and national level.
• Knowledge brokering and networking to increase access to a wider body of knowledge and to foster learning at the country, regional and global levels.
• Initiate or support the establishment of adequate funding mechanisms for local capacity development.
• Advocacy support

Total staff of SNV Nepal is around 65, of which 45 are professional advisors (international and national).  In addition, SNV works increasingly through local providers of capacity development services and in partnership with other international organisations like World Tourism Organisation, UNDP, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, and Fair Trade Labelling Organisations.

In addition, SNV Nepal administrates two large funded programs in the renewable energy and forestry sectors, as well as holding the secretary of the Norwegian funded Social Inclusion Research Fund.