HMG Institutions & SME development and innovation programs | Financial Institutions Academic Institutions | Enterprise Clusters | Business Associations | Venture Capital Investors | I/NGOs

The planning grant awarded to ITPF is a study to be done with a more generic goal of developing business innovation and private sector development of Nepal. The planning process should involve people and institutions from various sectors such as HMG, enterprise development projects & institutes, academia, industry, trade associations, local government, financing agencies and venture capitalists, research institutions, private sector and NGOs.

The following are the list of stakeholders initially identified apart from the initial partners and grouped in various categories. The list can be expanded as we can identify more stakeholders & partners.


HMG Institutions & SME development and innovation programs

• Department of Cottage & Small Industry (DCSI)
  
• Department of Industry (DOI)
  
• Industrial Enterprise Development Institute (IEDI)
  
• Industrial District Management Center (IDM)
  
• Micro-Enterprise Development Programme (MEDEP) / UNDP
  
• Ministry of Finance (MOF)
  
• Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Supplies (MOICS)
  
• Ministry of Science & Technology (MOST)
  
• National Agriculture Research Council (NARC)
  
• National IT Center (NITC)
  
• National Planning Commission (NPC)
  
• Poverty Alleviation Fund (PAF)
  
• Private Sector Project (PSP) / GTZ
  
• Research Center for Applied Science & Technology (RECAST)
  
• Royal Nepal Academy for Science & Technology (RONAST)
  
• Rural Urban Partnership Project (RUPP) / UNDP
  
• SME Development Project (SMEDP) / FNCCI
  
• Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Project
  
• Trade Promotion Center (TPC)
  

Financial Institutions

• Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  
• Cooperatives
  
• Finance Companies
  
• Nepal Rastra Bank
  
• Rural Finance Nepal (RUFIN)
  
• Rural Micro-Finance Development Centre Ltd. (RMDC)
  
• Small Farmer Development Bank
  

Academic Institutions

• Ace Institute of Management (AIM)
  
• Butwal Technical Institute (BTI)
  
• Council for Technical Education & Vocational Training (CTEVT)
  
• Institute of Engineering (IOE)
  
• Kathmandu College of Management (KCM)
  
• Pokhara University (PoU)
  
• Purbanchal University (PuU)
  
• Training Institute for Technical education (TITI)
  
• Tribhuvan University (TU)
  
• University Grant Commission (UGC)
  

Enterprise Clusters

• Amatya Group
  
• Chaudhary Group
  
• Jyoti Group
  
• Khetan Group
  
• Sharda Group
  
• Vaidya Group
  

Business Associations

• Carpet Association of Nepal (CaAN)
  
• Computer Association of Nepal (CAN)
  
• Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FNCCI)
  
• Federation of Nepalese Cottage & Small Industry (FNCSI)
  
• Garment Association of Nepal (GAN)
  
• Handicraft Association of Nepal (HAN)
  
• Pasmina Byabasai Sangh (PBS)
  
• Women Entrepreneur Association of Nepal (WEAN)
  

Venture Capital Investors

• Ace Group
  
• Lotus Group
  
• Soaltee Group
  

I/NGOs

• Danida/Private Sector Development Program
  
• DFID
  Finnida
  
• Helvetas
  
• JICA
  
• National Dalit Organization
  
• SDC
  
• SNV/Private Sector Development
  
• UNDP
  
• USAID