National Consultant for Nepal

Result of Service

Under the direct supervision of the responsible project officer, and in coordination of the project’s Regional Consultant, and the National Focal Point, the National Consultant for Nepal will be responsible for the following components: 1. Coordinate the project inception meeting and fact-finding mission in Kathmandu in collaboration with the Regional Consultant 2. Provide support to the Regional Consultant as needed to establish the Technical Advisory Group 3. Collect data and assist with analysis as needed on local context to assist Regional Consultant’s Assessment Report of resilient rural-urban and active mobility plans with utilization of digital technologies using SUTI+ 4. Collect data and assist with analysis as needed to support Regional Consultant’s Just Transition analysis and labour force implications of the digital transformation, with a special focus on employment opportunities for women in digital mobility services 5. Support a national stakeholder consultation and capacity building workshop to identify local challenges and issues, and to strengthen the capacity of stakeholders to improve peri-urban mobility, enhance resilience and social inclusiveness 6. Initiate the development of a local resilient and inclusive peri-urban mobility plan enabled by digital technologies/platforms (MaaS, DRT, shared mobility). This plan will be co-developed with local authorities and in collaboration with the Regional Consultant. The plan will build upon previous ESCAP knowledge products such as the Regional Guidelines for Social Inclusion and Innovations in Urban Transport, the Public Transport Integration Guidelines and the Regional Road Map on Smart Transport and build on/expand existing mobility plans and polices in the respective cities. This deliverable would continue under a contract extension, subject to successful performance.

Work Location

Remote

Expected duration

20 Jul 26-19 Jul 27

Duties and Responsibilities

ESCAP’s Technical Cooperation Project entitled “Strengthening the capacity of transport policymakers to utilize digital technologies to develop resilient and inclusive mobility policies and plans to improve public transport infrastructure and services in peri-urban areas” aims to introduce demand responsive and shared mobility services using digital technology in peri-urban areas in Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Nepal, and Tonga. The project is expected to enable vulnerable and marginalized communities to have improved and resilient access to essential services, and potential new employment opportunities generated from digital platforms and operation of new public transport services. Additionally, the regional guidelines and cooperative platform developed by the project will be useful for wider application in the region. Provision of resilient and inclusive mobility is an often overlooked aspect of transport development in peri-urban areas in most Asia-Pac...