ABSTRACT
International Water Management Institute—in partnership with the Department of Irrigation, Government of Nepal, Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York and the Institute of Water and Human Resource Development, Nepal—undertook action research on Community-based Integrated Natural Resource Management from April 2005–November 2008. The primary objective of the action research was to identify and implement the mechanism for the formation of the sub-basin level committee to help facilitate the implementation of the National Water Plan (NWP). The District Water Resources Committee is to co-ordinate the activities of both the sub-basin committee and the development agencies through the Water Assembly at the district level for the implementation of the NWP. The ad-hoc committee prepared the constitution of the "Platform," for recognition as legal entity, which was approved by the stakeholders' meeting. The present set-up, at the national, district and local levels, shows that there are no institutions at the sub-basin level with a mandate to oversee the management of natural resources.
