Public-Private Partnerships for Urban Environment (PPPUE) main partners in project implementation are Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FNCCI) and Municipal Association of Nepal (MuAN), who are also its central stakeholders. As an umbrella organization of the private sector, the FNCCI is involved in information dissemination and education on PPP to district Chambers of Commerce & Industries (CCIs) in partner municipalities and “non-project” areas. It has been doing this by organizing regional and district conferences at which knowledge and experiences in the PPP field are shared. FNCCI also takes a leading role in skills development in PPP relevant fields through training programmes and similar capacity development activities.  In addition to that FNCCI’s has a vital role to play in making private sector aware of the opportunities of investment in successful PPP projects in urban service delivery.

The MuAN as the representative organization of Nepalese municipalities plays a leading role in policy formulation guidance in matters affecting municipal local government. Similar to FNCCI, MuAN is also involved in disseminating knowledge about PPP to its members. In terms of leading PPPUE activities in non-project areas, FNCCI and MuAN have already shown initiative in stewarding PPP in two non-project municipalities by each.

PPPUE has successfully initiated or completed partnerships with other UN agencies such as UN-Habitat, ILO, and UNESCAP for enhanced service delivery or other mutual benefits in line with the objectives of those agencies as well. With UN-Habitat, alternative water distribution systems have been put in place in underserved communities in Kathmandu. The project has also started partnership with other UNDP projects in the country. Micro Enterprise Development Programme (MEDEP)   provided ‘Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB)’ training to youth groups of Dhalko bottled drinking water project in Kathmandu.

In order to mobilize resources for PPP projects or PPPUE activities, the project has already started discussing with donors like ADB, KOICA, the World Bank/IFC, FINIDA (SEAM-N) and others. ADB has put some funding to carry out PPP initiatives in four municipalities of Nepal as mentioned in other part of this document. Similarly The Netherland Fund has been mobilised through PPPSD to carry out ISWM project in Biratnagar Sub-Metropolitan City as mentioned earlier. There are common areas of interest between PPPUE and other donor activities, such as solid waste management with ADB, Urban sanitation with FINIDA under its project SEAM-N, Water and Sanitation with UNHABITAT. The PPPSD Global Fund (Regional Centre, Bangkok) and other UN agencies are also potential sources of collaborative funding. Finally, in the PPP modality, the private sector is a source of resources for project specific investment.