Nepal

5 toomas-tartes-yR-HkrZb81A-unsplash

5 hem-poudyal-59O6r36dAmQ-unsplash

The Nepal Quality for Trade Platform serves as a one-stop quality shop allowing registered users to: discover quality requirements, connect with relevant institutions and individuals, seek pathways to improvements and gain insights from those who have already experienced success. The platform will complement in-country initiatives as an information resource that allows work to continue long after face-to-face trainings are complete.

Please click the button and submit the subsequent form to tell us your story. We will review your story and, if selected, it will be published!

The Nepal Quality for Trade Platform has been developed by the International Trade Centre under the EU – Nepal Trade and Investment Programme with the support of the European Union.

<div>The Nepal Quality Compass tool has been developed by the International Trade Centre. The tool offers users quality-related guidance for specific products in select markets. Discover and learn about quality requirements for your product, whether they are related to mandatory legal requirements, key standards, or preferences in the market.&nbsp;</div>

<div>The Nepal Quality Connect tool has been developed by the International Trade Centre. The tool serves to connect a regional network of quality-experts, quality-related service provider institutions and other individual members.</div>

<div>The Nepal Quality Success tool has been developed by the International Trade Centre. The tool serves to showcase Success Stories and allows users to gain insight from those who have already achieved success.<br><br>We welcome you to share your own Success Stories for publishing consideration using the form found at the bottom of the page.</div>

Supporting Quality Management for Trade Success

QUALITY CHAMPIONS

flag

2 pexels-m-d-fahmi-5547266

Discover mandatory requirements, key standards and market preferences for select product-market combinations. Currently mapped products: Coffee, green or roasted

Quality Compass

Connect with relevant institutions or individuals who can offer help or quality-related services.

Quality Connect

COMING SOON: Access a central repository for quality-related information, share best practices and seek pathways to improvement.

Quality Insights

Share success stories and gain insight from those who have already achieved success.

Quality Success

Access user-friendly information about quality requirements at the product-market level.

SMEs

Benefit from enhanced access to tools and capacity building services. Better promote services and link up with other institutions toward common goals.

Quality-related service providers

Access ITC support & certification, share best practices and lessons learned, market services and connect with an expert community.

Quality experts

Discover the world of quality in trade and begin your quality journey.

Quality learners

logo

1024px-Emblem_of_Nepal.svg

EU_emblem_funded by

1200px-International_Trade_Centre_Logo.svg

cgkmu8dlhigwu3u7fakq_400x400

sustainabilitymap-logo

Nepal Trade Information Portal Logo

<p>Nepal's esteemed Quality Champion, Ms. Enusha Khadka, had the privilege of attending the 4th Social Enterprise Advocacy and Leveraging (SEAL) Asia Conference as a distinguished speaker. The conference took place in Bangkok, Thailand, from the 22nd to the 24th of March, 2022. The Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia (ISEA), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP), and Catalyst 2030 organized this exceptional event in collaboration with the Asia Pacific Regional Civil Society Engagement Mechanism-Social and Community Enterprise Constituency, Association of Progressive Communications, Oxfam in Asia, Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok, and Social Enterprise Thailand.</p>
<p>During the conference, Ms. Khadka presented on the successful implementation of LEAN tools within Nepal's Coffee Value Chain, with the support of the International Trade Centre in Nepal. Her presentation focused on highlighting the effectiveness of LEAN tools in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), as they have been globally recognized for their impact in both the manufacturing and service industries. Moreover, she provided a concise overview of the efforts undertaken by Quality Champions in Nepal to enhance the quality and productivity of Coffee-based SMEs. Additionally, she emphasized the role of LEAN in aligning with the conference theme, "Social Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Partnerships: Towards Inclusive Recovery and Accelerating the Sustainable Development Goals," underscoring how LEAN contributes to achieving the SDGs.</p>
<p>This remarkable forum assembled a diverse team of participants from ASEAN countries and beyond, all dedicated to the development of social enterprises in various aspects of inclusiveness, decent work, technology adaptation, and innovation, with the common goal of accelerating the SDGs. Given the enthusiasm surrounding the implementation of LEAN tools in SMEs to boost productivity and quality, Ms. Khadka's presentation was eagerly anticipated.</p>
<p>This was not Enusha's first time presenting at the SEAL conference. At the 3rd forum titled "Social Enterprise and Rural Revitalization: Context, Trends, and Best Practices in Nepal," she presented an overview of the Quality Champions program in Nepal, covering the selection process, course overview, and implementation as part of the training. As a result of her outstanding contribution, she was granted this opportunity to share more about the Quality Champions Journey.</p>

WhatsApp Image 2023-04-03 at 11.18.38

Quality Champion Ms. Enusha Khadka shares her expertise at the prestigious 4th Social Enterprise Advocacy and Leveraging (SEAL) Asia Conference.

Sharing the Journey as Quality Champions at the 4th Social Enterprise Advocacy and Leveraging (SEAL) Asia Conference

<div>The Quality Champions Programme of Nepal has completed the first phase of the programme, with the culminating training workshop on Lean Green Belt taking place from 17-23 May, 2022 in Kathmandu.&nbsp;</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>This workshop introduced the Quality Champions to many topics of the Lean Green Belt Training, including:</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Process Excellence Energiser Simulation</li>
<li>Basic Data Analysis and Visualisation</li>
<li>Levels of Improvement and Toyota Kata</li>
<li>Identify Value and Eliminate Waste</li>
<li>Bringing Out the Best in People</li>
<li>How to Win Friends and Influence People</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>The Lean Green Belt Training workshop was preceded by four others that took place from August 2021-January 2022 on topics ranging from implementation of ISO 9001:2015 for Small Enterprises, Food Safety, Good Hygienic Practices (GHP), Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) to Soft Skills.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Now, the Quality Champions of Nepal are shifting their focus to the implementation of quality improvement projects in SMEs. The Quality Champions will use all of the skills they have acquired during the theoretical portion of the programme and apply these to the context of the enterprises to which they will be paired.&nbsp;</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div><em><strong>Expect great things and many successes on the horizon for the Nepal Quality Champions and the supported businesses!</strong></em></div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>

6eee00d5-38cf-44d3-bc4e-279306832317

Next Step: Project Implementation in SMEs

Nepal Quality Champions Complete 5th and Final Workshop

2 benjamin-grant-tfrPp1hmaLw-unsplash

5 sanjay-hona-BV7vOrBSfbM-unsplash

5 sergey-pesterev-dstd4DoLQ90-unsplash

6 thom-masat-8kLFdQh6scA-unsplash

azin-javadzadeh-DucJ7oBHxFE-unsplash

giuseppe-mondi-xyE1p1rG04U-unsplash

gokyo-ri-4692458_1920

kite-771772_1920

madhushree-narayan-CadLQADJKzQ-unsplash

meghraj-neupane-YtEzq-hnv5k-unsplash

nepal-398_1920

nepal-406_1920

nepal-2184940_1920

pexels-bimal-ranabhat-2177708

pexels-james-wheeler-1531660

pexels-pritush-munankarmi-4277491

pexels-saheb-santanu-4614927

pexels-sparsh-karki-2456439

sajan-rajbahak-6R-jSDKf8Y4-unsplash

street-market-1283306_1920

3 prasesh-shiwakoti-lomash-7XvputByH_M-unsplash

3 elton-sa-flRN2i8sbOE-unsplash

2 nepal-790335_1920

4 deepal-tamang-yHrJc55WeFk-unsplash

4 prijun-koirala-w4h3uFoqdLQ-unsplash

5 pexels-ashok-j-kshetri-4185836

5 prasesh-shiwakoti-lomash-S8fzd3zrQFQ-unsplash

The International Trade Centre is developing and qualifying experts in quality management together with leading institutions in the field of quality. These experts are called Quality Champions. Quality Champions are trained using the latest tools and techniques for ensuring quality and food safety in a business and implement quality improvement projects in enterprises.

Find the service providers you need by browsing categories listed below. To view those of a different country, please use the search fields.