Community Based Watershed Management: Factors Activating Users for Post-Project Management in the Western Hills of Nepal

Most often externally induced local institutions fail as the support is withdrawn. This poses what motivates users to continue managing the project support. This book examines organizational structure, function, internal resource and external linkage of project induced watershed management user groups. Collective action due to common interest leads to better participation of users in activating group functions including regular operation and maintenance. With such initiatives, the active user groups have accrued apparent benefits. Active groups have better training and exposures. The activeness of a group largely depends on how far its members benefit personally and directly from collective actions. The book concludes that the externally induced collective actions that cannot provide direct benefits will not be managed after the withdrawal of support. Users’ contribution to implementation and operation and their rights would enhance collective action and accrual of benefits. Linking the groups with local government, instituting multi-purpose groups and providing training would enhance the regular management of project support.