UNDP and Pokhara Metropolitan City Hold Portfolio Design and Sensemaking Workshop

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Kathmandu: UNDP Nepal and Pokhara Metropolitan City came together for a Portfolio Design and Sensemaking Workshop. According to them, the workshop moves away from traditional development silos and uses a systems-thinking approach to co-create an integrated urban transformation portfolio for the city.

Under the leadership of Pokhara’s Mayor Dhan Raj Acharya and UNDP Deputy Resident Representative and Officer in charge, Julien Chevillard, private sector leaders, youth, academia, and tourism entrepreneurs mapped out three bold, interconnected shifts for Pokhara’s future. These interconnected shifts are as stated:

1. Resilience & Digital Transformation: Transitioning to seamless, digital municipal services to boost the ease of doing business and enable data-driven decisions.
2. Youth-led Entrepreneurship: Strengthening local ecosystems to turn innovative ideas into formal, thriving enterprises.
3. Regenerative & Circular Tourism: Translating Pokhara’s natural beauty and circular economy opportunities into green jobs and waste-to-value solutions.

UNDP stated that with the youth they are building an urban transformation model that creates a connected system.