CARE Nepal's Partnership Objectives are:

• To improve sustainability of development effort
• To increase the scale and scope of programs
• To expand impact by building on synergy of effort and the comparative advantages of organizations
• Value addition (resource, efforts)

CARE Nepal Partnership Principles are:

• Shared vision and goals
• Interdependence
• Mutual trust
• Sharing of resources
• Respect for differences
• Mutual accountability
• Building on learning

Partnership Strategy (June 2003)
CARE Nepal's Partnership Stategy addresses the change in our programmatic shifts (project to program, need based to right based, direct implementation to implementation through partners) and also respond to the change in the operating environment (growth, influence and capacity of civil society organizations, legislative environment and security considerations).

The primary objective of CARE's partnering strategy is to enhance program impact through collaboration with local groups, NGOs and government agencies that have proven expertise in particular areas.

A secondary objective is to support emerging local groups (which may be NGOs) based in communities in CARE project areas which have the potential to address development needs in sustainable and cost-effective way.

The ultimate aim of partnering is to strengthen the impact and institutional sustainability of CARE's efforts to address underlying causes of poverty and denial of rights.

Partners in Development
CARE Nepal works through formal and informal partnerships with communities, local organizations, local and national governments and the private sector. It also cooperates with other international and national development agencies.

Partnering with local institutions has proven to be an important means of increasing the reach and sustainability of CARE programs. Implementing activities through local institutions, particularly local NGOs, has the double benefit of providing services to beneficiaries while increasing the institutional capacity of the implementing organization.

CARE Nepal works through formal and informal partnerships with communities, civil society groups, NGOs and the private sectors. It establishes strong partnerships with the Nepali Government at the national, regional and local levels, to ensure that development activities complements national initiatives and are in accordance with official development plans and policies. CARE Nepal is currently working in partnership with more than 200 local NGOs, 226 community groups, 56 local governments, 19 cooperatives, and 10 different networks to implement on-going programs. CARE Nepal has worked with over 6,000 community groups. These include women's groups, mothers groups; saving and credit groups, user groups that manage shared resources such as water, forests. CARE Nepal works with rural communities to increase their capacity to plan, manage and implement activities on their own. Capacity building has been an efficient and effective method to ensure sustainable development. CARE Nepal places special emphasis on involving women, "dalits" (historically traditionally, socially discriminated " lower caste" or untouchable caste") and marginalized groups in local development processes.

CARE Nepal has worked with over 6,000 community groups. These include User Groups that manage shared resources such as water and forests and Women's Groups.

With resources and planning now decentralized to local government, CARE is working very closely with district, village and municipal governments, in addition to community groups. CARE places special emphasis on involving women, Dalits (people from "low caste" groups) and landless groups in local development processes.

Partnering experiences to date have yielded several lessons learned. Partnering support should include both financial and non-financial assistance, the latter in the form of technical assistance and/or institutional strengthening. To avoid conflicts, it is important of select partner organizations with similar objectives and strategies.

Small community-based NGOs offer a number of advantages as partners, as well as having the greatest need of support. Finally, as each party brings its skills and/or resources to what is essentially a collaborative effort, it should always be remembered that there are opportunities for learning on all sides.

Details of Partner Organization that CARE Nepal is working at present

Profile of CARE Nepal's Project Partners

list of Implementing Partners and their Activities- SAGUN Forestry and BufferZone Component.