Nepal: School on Migration Studies (SMS)

  • Start Date
    2022
  • End Date
    2025
  • Project Status
    Active
  • Project Type
    Migration Research and Publication
  • Budget Amount (USD)
    300000.00
  • Coverage
    National
  • Year
    2021
  • IDF Region
    Asia and Oceania
  • Prima ID
    NP10P0528
  • Projects ID
    PR.0217
  • Benefiting Member States
    Nepal
In recent years, migrants have made a significant contribution to the socio-economic landscape of Nepal. However, as migration and sustainable development is an issue which has not yet been addressed in the curricula of Nepali universities, there exists a gap in academic knowledge and a small number of policymakers with expertise on the matter. As a result, stakeholders such as academicians, policymakers and practitioners have limited exposure on an overarching comprehensive and harmonized approach to migration for development. Migration governance thus remains to be mainstreamed in the policies of all three tiers (federal, provincial and local level) of government. In light of the above, the objective of this project is to support the Government of Nepal in addressing migration issues in a comprehensive manner for the benefit of sustainable development through the acquisition of migration knowledge. The project will seek to do so by engaging the government, civil society actors and members of academia to work collaboratively in the field of migration and improve their understanding on the complexity of migration impacts in Nepal. To that end, the project will: establish and hold two editions of the School on Migration Studies (SMS), which will provide an interactive course for the benefit of the aforementioned stakeholders to strengthen their knowledge on migration and sustainable development, addressing various thematic areas on migration; provide grants for students and young researchers to produce novel and local migration research; and produce recommendations to identify and address knowledge gaps, and assess training needs in the field of migration research.