International donors have poured money into developing Nepal’s irrigation infrastructures since late-1950s, but results remain only partly successful. The Irrigation Water Resources Management Project is one of the latest international aid efforts aimed to developing irrigation facilities while improving Nepal’s institutional framework pertaining to water infrastructure projects. The importance of adequate and timely finance, well-defined administrative roles and institutional capacity building are part of key lessons learned from this project.
O&M training is an important tool for the durability of projects and for local capacity building.