This document highlights the background, progress of PEER Institutionalization, and good practices in Nepal as discussed in the first PEER-PAC meeting.

1. 4 August 2021
Prof. Dr. Pradeep Vaidya
Institute of Medicine
Kathmandu, Nepal

2. Country Updates
on
Institutionalizatio
n, Good Practices
and Approaches

3. Background
• Nepal Joined the PEER program in 1998
• Ministry of Home Affairs is a PEER nodal agency, partner agencies include
Ministry of Health and Population, Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine,
Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, Nepal Army, Red Cross and National
Society for Earthquake Technology.
• PEER has been instrumental in building institutional and individual capacity
to help prepare communities, government and health professionals to better
prepare for disasters.
#PEERTrained (as of July 2021)
Responders Instructors
760 468

4. PEER Institutionalization
Highlights from the Country Institutionalization Process

5. Strengthening Institutional Capacity
Highlights from the Institutionalization Process
Adapted Curricula
70%
• All the four curricula has
been revised and adapted
considering the local context
and country requirements.
These courses have been
translated into Nepali
language as well.
National
Standards
65%
• National PEER training
standards has been
developed and the
endorsement is in the
process.
Integration in to
DRR Strategies
70%
• National Policies have
recognized PEER delivered
trainings as a key
instrument for capacity
building
• The disaster risk reduction
national strategic plan of
action (2018-2030), national
DRM Policy, NRCS
strategy, etc. have
emphasized trainings as a
key priority action for DRR.

6. Strengthening Institutional Capacity
Highlights from the Institutionalization Process
75%
• Key agencies including
MoHA (Nepal Police and
APF), NRCS and IOM has
owned and adapted PEER
courses as a major capacity
building tool into their
regular programs.
• NRCS has embedded
CADRE course as a regular
capacity building tool into
their 22 DRR/M related
programs
80%
• Partner agencies have
identified their own funding
sources for the
sustainability.
• APF, Nepal Police and IOM
have their own funding
source from the government
• NRCS institutional funding
to implement CADRE as
part of their strategy and
programs
65%
• Agencies such as IOM,
Nepal Police, Nepal Army,
APF, Nepal Red Cross have
certified and running the
PEER courses within their
organization.
Integration in
Insitutional
Programs
Funding
Sources
Accreditatio
n

7. Strengthening Technical Capacity
Highlights from the Institutionalization Process
50% 75%
• NRCS, APF, Nepal Police
and IOM has embedded the
PEER courses within their
training programs.
• Each agencies are going to
identify potential
opportunities to engage
trained HRs during the
emergency situations.
• However, most of the
agencies lack formal plans
of engagement and there is
a leveraging point.
55%
• PEER graduates regularly
take part in regional learning
events and have been
involved in Knowledge
sharing and mutual learning.
However, need to establish
a formal knowledge sharing
and learning platform at
national level..
Instructors
Maintenance
Engagement
Plan of
Trained
Personnnel
Community of Practice for
Learning & Sharing
• Need to train more instructor
who are available at the
provincial and local levels
and working with the training
institutions to transfer the
technical knowledge and
skills at decentralized level.

8. Measurement Tool: Presentation of results
0
10
20
30
40
50
National
Curriculla
National
Standards
DRR
Strategies
Resources
Training
Plans
Instructors
Accreditation
Engagement
Plan
Community
of Practice
Institutionalization Score

9. Issues & Challenges
Subtitle
RESOURCES
Limited resources in
order to administer the
training following the
PEER standards
INTEGRATION PARTNERSHIP
Inadequate coordination
among the key
stakeholders and
agencies
STANDARDIZATION
Difference in local
context and availability
of resources and
adequate instructors.
ADVOCACY
Frequent changes of
government officials
and individual
understanding of
decision makers.
Conflicting priorities of
agencies and partner.
Sometimes, difficult to
find a convergence
point

10. Immediate
Actions
Next 6 months
1 Basic and instructor training for each courses
Development of the case studies, Endorsement of revised training courses
Regional learning and exchange programs
Thematic and policy dialogues at national/ sub-national levels
2
3
4

11. Priority Areas & Way
Forward
Beyond 2021 (January – December 2022)
Advocac
y
Continue to advocate with
MoHA and other agencies to
sustain the outcomes of the
initiative through other projects
and joint initiatives.
Partnershi
p
Strengthening partnership among
concerned stakeholders through
joint initiatives and knowledge
transfer.
Integration
Integrate PEER curricula as a major
training tools to APF,NRCS, Nepal
Police and IOM.
Minimum
Instructor sustained
Organize basic and instructor
trainings to ensure minimum
required instructors are available
at the provincial/local level
Sustainabilit
y
To ensure the sustainability
of the effort we will work with
our key partners to identify
funding sources.
Recognitio
n
We will work with partner
agencies to ensure that all
the 4 courses are
recognized and endorsed by
the concerned agencies.

12. Thank You