INTRODUCTION

Information Dissemination Initiatives Pvt. Ltd. (IDI) is a service-oriented company equipped with resourceful professionals representing a broad spectrum of expertise. IDI has a list of roster of multi-disciplinary professional staff having long working experience with NGOs, INGOs, private and Government sector. 

IDI is a full-time, well-organized and structured company, which envisages its resource in handling projects in most comprehensive manner.  IDI is committed to fulfilling all-round requirements of its client with a guarantee of satisfaction. IDI offers reliability and trustworthiness. It aims at promoting goodwill and cordial relationship with its clients through most efficient service.  

The company offers technical services for a multitude of activities related to Information Dissemination through various medias such as workshop, seminar, conferences, research, training, publication and Audio Visual jobs. 

IDI envisages providing support services in the area of information dissemination as mentioned above. Its major target group is development workers and institutions working for and with National/International agencies.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE  

IDI has conducted number of activities related to information dissemination services in a short period with the help of its committed and long experienced professional team. Following are some of the key activities accomplished. 

PUBLICATION 

'Development Insight'-- A Quarterly Development Journal of Nepal  

The objective of Development Insight is to create a medium through which development workers and researchers/academicians exchange and share technical know-how, skills and professional knowledge. It is also expected that the journal will contribute to promoting indigenous, appropriate and applied technologies. Further, it intends to increase the access of development practitioners to in-depth information about development practices and issues and technological and institutional innovations to solve development related problems. 

The journal primarily targets development practitioners.  It would be of interest to engineers, architects, geologists, geographers, environmentalists, planners, surveyors, social workers, industrialists, policy makers and all professionals concerned with development works.  

The major departments of Development Insight are; Articles/Features, paper, Discussions; Book Reviews, Training/Workshop/Conference/Events, Face to Face, Landmarks, Project Profiles, Thesis Abstracts, Photo Feature. The magazine also includes Special Reports, Information on Career/Training Opportunities, Technical crosswords, News Watch, Leisure, Fond Memories, Expatriate Column. 

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'Sahari Bikas' 

IDI took the responsibility of publication of special edition of ‘Sahari Bikas' a half yearly bulletin of Department of Urban Development and Building Construction. Basic objective of the bulletin is to disseminate information of current activities of DUDBC. In addition, it also aims at providing floor for technical discussion on urban development issues. Latest issue of it focused on Habitat agenda. 

Brochures 

IDI has published brochures of Bagmati Area Sewerage Improvement Project and Society of Public Health Engineers Nepal (SOPHEN). 

WORKSHOPS, TALK PROGRAM AND SEMINARS 

Panel Discussion on Urban Water Pollution: Issues and Control Measures 

The objective of the panel discussion program is to create awareness among the stakeholders to address and resolve urban water pollution with a common consensus and information to general public at large. Experts, academicians, resource persons, policy-makers and concerned professionals participated in the program. The panelists were Mr. Dinesh Chandra Pyakurel, Secretary, Ministry of Works and Physical Planning (MoWPP), Mr. Janak Raj Joshi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Population and Environment (MoPE),, Mr. Kaushal Nath Bhattarai, General Manager, Nepal Water Supply Corporation (NWSC), Dr. Roshan Raj Shrestha, Executive Chairman, Environment and Public Health Organization (ENPHO)

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Seminar on “Water and Wastewater Management” 

In an effort to disseminate the state-of-the-art information on the latest development on water and wastewater management and create a forum for the interaction among various professionals, researchers and academicians, IDI organized a seminar on "Water and Wastewater Management" on 15 April, 2002.

Mr. Keshab Raj Sharma, Ph.D Candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, The Hongkong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hongkong presented paper on "Frontiers of Wastewater Treatment Technologies".

Speaker: Dr. Nawa Raj Khatiwada, Visiting Faculty, School of Environmental Management and Sustainable Development, Gongabu, Kathmandu, Nepal presented paper on Holistic Approach for Urban Water Management 

Mr. Robin Lall Chitrakar, senior divisional engineer at the Department of Water Supply and Sewerage, chaired the session and in the concluding remarks opined that people should realize the saving strategy. New technologies cannot be always beneficial, so traditional approaches should not be overlooked, says Mr. Chitrakar. 

Seminar on "Adopting Economic Tools For Environment Policies" 

A seminar on "adopting economic tools for environment policies" as an alternative means of environmental management was organized on 24th June 2002. At the programme, John Adams, a visiting scholar at the Center for South Asian Studies, University of Virginia, USA shared his experience in India to find a practical solution to the environment issue.  

Sugandha Dhar Tuladhar talked about traditional regulatory approaches also referred to as command and control approach and incentive-based mechanism. His presentation was focused on the use of the mechanisms/tools in Nepal, the Nepalese environmental legal framework and the use of Market Based Incentives (MBIs). 

On the occasion Manik Duggar, the programme manager of South Asian Network for Development and Environment Economics (SANDEE), presented paper on various issues related to the management of environment policies.  

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Workshop on "Nepal Drinking Water Quality Standards" 

World Health Organization (WHO) guideline values are being adopted to meet the quality standards of drinking water in Nepal. The setting of drinking water quality (DWQ) standards directly influences the cost of development projects. As stringent standards are not affordable at earlier stages of the development, it is desirable to establish affordable and realistic DWQ standards. Realizing these facts, a considerable effort have been made to develop Nepal DWQ standards by various agencies such as Ministry of Population and Environment (MoPE), Department of Water Supply and Sewerage (DWSS), Nepal Bureau of Standards (NBS) and other institutions in the country. The main objective of the workshop was to augment and further improve on the previous studies and efforts made by various agencies in identifying parameters with their values for adopting Nepal DWQ standard and make a consensus among stakeholders.  Information Dissemination Initiatives Pvt. Ltd (IDI) organized the above workshop in which five papers were presented. About 76 participants from various institutions participated in the workshop. The workshop was able to gather major stakeholders in the water sector, experts and individuals working on water quality, GOs, NGOs and private sector participants.  

Seminar on “Seminar on Policy Issues on Infrastructure Development in Nepal” 

IDI Pvt. Ltd in association with Asian Institute of Technology Alumni Association (AITAA), Nepal organized one-day seminar on 'Policy Issues on Infrastructure Development in Nepal'. In this seminar Dr. Surya Raj Acharya, a Researcher in a Tokyo-based policy research institute (Institution for Transport Policy Studies) presented paper on 'Official Development Assistance (ODA) and Infrastructure Development: Opportunity and Challenges for Nepal'.  Mr. Deepak Chalise, senior divisional engineer at Ministry of Works and Transport, HMG/Nepal presented paper on 'Road Transport Development and Poverty Alleviation'. Similarly, Mr. Bhim Prasad Upadhyaya a Senior Divisional Engineer at Ministry of Local Development, Department of Local Infrastructure Development and Agricultural Roads (DoLIDAR) presented paper on 'Rural Infrastructure Program (Rural Roads) and Donor Assistance under DoLIDAR'.

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