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The Step Up project improves existing support services in the employment ecosystem and facilitates entrepreneurship and self-employment in thriving economic clusters.
To this end, it provides capacity building of existing public and private labour market insertion providers, especially regarding the provision of timely and relevant information on job, business, and demand-based training opportunities.
To improve jobseekers’ access to entrepreneurship and self-employment opportunities the project strengthens business platforms and networks such as the Chambers of Commerce and industry associations. With their networks and industry-based knowledge, they can support jobseekers to seize self-employment and entrepreneurship opportunities within thriving economic sectors.
Lastly, the project strengthens business development support services and business incubators that help entrepreneurs to start, improve and sustain their businesses.
The project aims to benefit jobseekers in the project areas with a particular focus on women, returned migrants and those who have lost their jobs due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The StepUp project is financed by the Happel Foundation, among other donors. It is part of the Swisscontact Development Programme, which is co-financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA.
As the Step Up project phases out, this video showcases the overall achievements of the project. Dive deeper into the achievements here:
Strengthening the Labour Market Information System is one of the core activities under the Step Up project. As part of this effort, Step Up introduced Shramsansar, a comprehensive Labour Market Information System (LMIS) platform. Shramsansar not only provides information on employment and entrepreneurial opportunities but also fosters greater engagement and information exchange among key system actors, including public and private labour market insertion service providers, training institutions, employers, and unemployed youth. To learn more about the platform, watch this video:
The LMIS, Shramsansar, is now being scaled up nationwide. Watch the video to learn how this expansion will support the long-term goals of the national policy by empowering Nepali citizens with the right to information and integrating all labour market-related services into a single platform. Learn more about this progress here: