Business Mentorship and Youth Training for Drone Ecosystem Acceleration in Nepal Tender

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Country : Nepal

Summary : Business Mentorship and Youth Training for Drone Ecosystem Acceleration in Nepal

Deadline : 17 Mar 2025

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 115760711

Document Ref. No. : 0002014556

Competition : ICB

Financier : World Bank (WB)

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Nepal has seen significant growth in the use of drone technology across various sectors, including agriculture, disaster management, and environmental monitoring. Despite the progress made in the drone ecosystem in Nepal, there are far fewer local pilots and geospatial analysts who can meet this growing demand. In addition, most drones, analytics, and auxiliary services are imported, which is often costly, causes delayed deployment, and needs more contextualization. Also, drone policies and regulations are restrictive due to privacy and security concerns, owing to challenges such as regulation enforcement and compliance monitoring limitations and the absence of accredited training for pilots. Therefore, the World Bank, through grant funding provided by the Korea-World Bank Partnership Facility (KWPF), is supporting the Drone Ecosystem Acceleration Program (DEAP) in Nepal to enhance the drone ecosystem in Nepal by building institutional, sectoral, and individual capacity to accelerate drone adoption for Green, resilient and inclusive development. The project will lay the groundwork for implementing long-term and sustainable capacity building and support curriculum, policy, and regulation recommendations to harmonize drone training and capacity building and enhance the safe adoption of drones across various sectors in Nepal. The project will also enhance youth employability by building a pipeline of talent needed to bridge the skill gap to meet the growing demand for drone pilots, data analysts, and engineers and scale drone applications and services in Nepal.The Nepal Drone Ecosystem Assessment undertaken under the DEAP revealed the growing drone private sector service providers face resource, operational, institutional, and safety challenges, including the limited availability of qualified and competent drone pilots, analysts, and technicians, as well as financial and equipment limitations to scale their operations. The Terms of Reference aim to (i) further foster i...

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