Nepal - Kathmandu
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1. Country Profile
Nepal
​​​Status: Finished
2. Toolbox
​​​Status: Ongoing
3. E-learning
​​​​Status: Ongoing
4. Action Tracker
​​​​Status: Ongoing
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1. Capacity Building
​Status: Ongoing
2. Urban Change Maker
​Status: Ongoing
3. City-to-City Partnerships ​
​Status: Ongoing
4. Regional Replication
​​Status: Ongoing
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1. Policy Assessment
​Status: Finished
2. Project Development
​Status: Ongoing
1. Project Scoping: Scaling up E-mobility for public transport in the Kathmandu Valley
3. Policy Recommendations
​Status: Work in progress
4. Funding Solutions
​​Status: Ongoing
1. Implementation Facility
​Status: Ongoing
2. Action Plans
Status: Ongoing
1. Pilot Project: E-mobility in public transportation in Kathmandu
2. Pilot Project 2: E-tuk-tuks: Safa Tempo
3. Bankable Projects
​Status: Work in progress
4. Implementation Support
​Status: Work in progress
The Kathmandu Valley
Kathmandu is the country’s capital and the largest city (population of 1 million), followed by Pokhara, Lalitpur, Bharatpur and Birgunj metropolitan cities (population above 200,000). The Kathmandu valley includes 3 cities – Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur with total area of 570 sq. km. The population of the valley is 2.5 million with annual growth rate of 4.63% (3.5 million unofficial). This represents 9.32% of entire population of country. Some of the initiatives on energy generation/conservation, sustainable transport and waste management in the valley are discussed below.
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Toolbox
​Status: Ongoing
The factsheets provide a basic introduction to specific measures in the areas of energy, mobility and waste management, which aims to provide a basket of possible solutions to partner cities.
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E-learning Programme
Status: Ongoing
E-learning programme builds on the toolbox and factsheets and aims to provide a better understanding of possible actions, highlighting the experiences from the implementation of measures in other cities building on the wealth of knowledge of international experts. ​
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Action Tracker
Status: Ongoing
The Urban Pathways Action Tracker provides an overview of the project’s activities in the cities and reflects on the various action areas. The main objective of this is to share learnings with other cities and identify opportunities for synergies with other projects and initiatives.
City-to-City Partnerships
Status: Ongoing
The partner cities will be supported by exchanging ideas with their peers in other cities who have developed successful urban mobility, energy and resource management solutions. 
24 participants from 10 Asian countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Vietnam) joined the training course on urban mobility, and discussed on modes, options and strategies for sustainable, safe, accessible, and innovative urban transportation in global as well as in the context of Asian cities. 
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Capacity Building
Status: Ongoing
Urban Pathways Action Planning Days 2019
7-8 February 2019, Berlin By invitation
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Urban Change Maker
Status: Ongoing
​The Urban Change Maker Programme actively trains and involves motivated junior and senior experts to contribute our joint effort of delivering on the New Urban Agenda with concepts for low-carbon urban energy, mobility and waste management systems.
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Regional Replication
Status: Ongoing
Urban Pathways events on mobility and waste under ‘environMENTALISE’ initiative
Urban Pathways is organising several events under an initiative ‘environMENTALISE –co-creating safe, friendly and green neighbourhoods’ in cities in Latin America, Africa and Asia that contribute to raising awareness about the environmental, health, social and economic benefits of non-motorised transport, as well as of waste reduction. 
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Project Development
Status: Ongoing
The Kathmandu valley includes 3 cities – Kathmandu (the capital city), Lalitpur and Bhaktapur and has the population of 2.5 million with annual growth rate of 4.63% (3.5 million unofficial). Air pollution is the leading cause of death in the valley, including pollution due to fossil-fuel run transport. Air pollution in Kathmandu is very high with average annual PM2.5 levels that are five times higher than WHO guidelines. Also Nepal imports 100% fossil fuels which has many issues including energy security. The Government of Nepal is supporting promotion of electric vehicles in the country through favorable policies and actions. Beside few electric cars and buses, E tuk-tuk named ‘Safa Tempo’, with a seating capacity of max. 11 people is running in the valley. It is considered as an easy and affordable means of public transport which can pass through narrow streets of the city and stops at shorter distances (Shrestha, 2018).
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Policy Recommendations
Status: Pending​
Policy measures at the local and national level can be critical to the transformation of urban energy, mobility and resource sectors, for example they regulate systems, provide technological standards, generate funding, impose taxes and set policy objectives. As part of the cooperation with the partner cities, Urban Pathways provides on-demand policy advice. 
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Funding Solutions
Status: Ongoing
An overview of funding solutions is provided in the toolbox. This section includes updates on the specific funding options that are considered for the partner city.  
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Policy Environment Assessment
Status: Finished
Action Plans
Status:  Ongoing
While the Safa Tempo are providing a valuable service, they need improvements both in terms of their technical performance and their looks and comfort. The Safa Tempo use lead acid batteries which are not very efficient and need to be replaced every year or so. Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries last much longer and give a longer range so that the batteries do not need to be changed mid-way during day as it is currently done. Converting Safa Tempo battery to Li-ion will therefore improve performance as well as profitability and make them more sustainable. Many Safa Tempo owners also want to replace their batteries with Li-ion batteries, but the high upfront cost of Li-ion batteries is holding them back. Furthermore, there is also a need for suitable policies and standards on electric vehicles and charging equipment, as well as local capacity to operate and maintain EVs, to scale up their use. This project is therefore designed to address these issues related to e-mobility by helping improve the performance of Safa Tempos, develop appropriate standards and local capacity to operate and maintain the EVs.
"Giving the residents Kamalamai a great sense of security and well-being”

The municipality of Kamalamai (Nepal) faces some major issues, including insufficient Solid Waste Management and the lack of street lights in urban areas.  Kamalamai municipality is in the process of soliciting technical and financial resources from national and international agencies so that it is able to adequately manage solid waste, install solar street lights and maintain overall city hygiene and general cleanliness – Ashish Gajural, Senior Manager, Project Development and Management, Accelerating Public and Private Investment in Infrastructure Component (APPIIC) Nepal: Nepal and Raju Neupane, Nepals’ department of Urban Development and Building Construction both support the municipality’s call-for-support.

Urban Pathways has developed a concept note that has been forwarded to the Kamalamai municipality authority for approval. ​
Options under consideration include the provision of waste collection bins for recycling to be strategically situated in public places of significant citizen and foot-traffic; implementing a waste-to-energy pilot programme; and installation of solar lighting in public places.  These projects have the potential to contributed to the UN’s New Urban Agenda and to the Sustainable Development Goals – leapfrogging Kamalamai municipality towards providing better services to its communities in a sustainable and progressive manner. 
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Implementation Facility
Status: Ongoing
The Implementation Facility coordinates the delivery of the project and creates synergies with other initiatives working in the Urban Pathways areas and regions. The facility focuses on knowledge exchange, co-creation and collaboration with partner projects working in the Urban Pathways cities.  
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Bankable Projects
Status: Pending
In Kathmandu, a demonstration action will contribute to create an ecosystem for electric mobility by demonstrating different EVs to enhance public transport, suitable charging solutions and services. It will support the integration of several innovative last-mile solutions such as 30 new and 50 remodelled E-3-wheelers s (for public transport) and 20 E-scooters (provided by the city/ Valeo) with 5 E-minibuses, (e.g. 8 meter length) (co-funded by the city), the buses in use currently and forthcoming E-buses. 2 diesel buses will be converted to E-buses replacing the drive system (motor, transmission and rear axle) and the suitable business model will be developed. The E-buses/E-minibuses and E-3-wheelers (refurbished and new with an innovative Valeo 48V all-electric prototype) are planned to run on the existing routes.
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Implementation Support
Status: Pending
The Urban Pathways team actively support partner cities in the implementation of urban energy, mobility and waste management solutions. This support includes activities jointly initiated under this project and other relevant actions currently on-going in the partner cities.