Established in 1994, Sustainable Infrastructure Development Foundation (SIDeF) is a consultancy and research organisation working for participatory, sustainable rural infrastructure development including training, capacity development, and transfer of innovative technologies in more than 30 districts of Nepal. SIDeF’s major strength lies in the planning and construction of low cost, environment friendly rural road construction. Besides this it has proven its efficiency in the planning and construction of highways, feeder roads, district road, small scale hill irrigation projects, river training works, rural water supply and sanitation works and other community infrastructures etc. The organisation has gained extensive experience in working with the local government and the local community through partnership approach resulting in sustainable project output.
SIDeF has established a Geographic Information System (GIS) unit to provide the services in the field of preparation, digitisation, analysis and interpretation of maps and is planned to establish the GPS (Global Positioning System) based survey unit. SIDeF has completed the digitization of 3 layers (land use, land system and land capability) of 20 PDDP districts. Work was assigned by PDDP/NPC. SIDeF prepared the digital database of both biophysical and socioeconomic layer of selected pocket area of 10 VDCs (watershed and influence area of Melamchi Project) of Sindupalchowk district. Work was assigned by Melamchi Diversion Scheme Environmental Impact Assessment (MDSEIA/IUCN). GIS Division of SIDeF has completed the digitization of data of eight LGP districts for LGP/UNDP.
GIS Division of SIDeF has completed the preparation of DTMP of more than 10 districts.
Recently, GIS Division of SIDeF has just completed the updating of DTMP of Baglung, Kavrepalanchowk, Sindhupalchowk, Dolakha and Gorkha districts.
The organization works in partnership with local government and communities for sustainable development. Its noteworthy experiences include planning, concept development, training, survey/design, and implementation of the Dhading, Gorkha, Lamjung, and Sankhuwasabha ‘green’ road programme under GTZ, application of the ‘Green Roads’ concept and community infrastructures/micro-projects in 8 west/mid-west Districts (WFP/GON/GTZ), monitoring support for ADB financed district roads (USADP) in Solukhumbu, Okhaldhunga, and Khotang districts, World Bank (WB) financed (RIP) roads in Sankhuwasabha, DFID (RAP) financed roads in 4 districts, project management and implementation of USAID financed (INFRIN) roads in 3 districts, and implementation of WB financed national priority Jumla – Kalikot Road (part of Surkhet-Jumla Highway) under DOR using CBOs. A remarkable feature of all these assignments is planning, coordination of several stakeholders, concept (working modality) development, social mobilization, training, local capacity development, and transfer of technology to local institutions being the integral part of the assignments. It had been involved in the concept development and training programme for agricultural roads in Bhutan (financed by WFP) and forest roads in Philippines (financed by GTZ).
SIDeF has also been engaged in the planning and formulation of rural road development programme with similar approach in Gulmi Arghakhanchi Rural Development Project (GARDP), Nepal, with the assistance of European Community (EC), Access Infrastructure Planning of Bhojpur and Sankhuwasabha districts (Three Years Interim Planning for GTZ), preparation of Three Year RCIW Action Plan of Parbat & Baglung districts and preparation of District Transport Master Plan (DTMP) for Palpa, Achham, Dailekh and Sankhuwasabha districts with assistance from SDC/HELVETAS, Nepal and GTZ. Besides that, SIDeF’s senior professional is engaged as Training Co-ordinator for the Bioengineering Training provided to the engineers and overseers of the DoR, Consultants and Contractors working in bio–engineering sector, especially for the GEU with the assistance of DFID.
SIDeF has successfully provided technical and social mobilisation support in Dhading local road programme (115km) under DDP/GTZ and Lamjung local roads (105km) under RDSPL/GTZ and was able to establish a functional maintenance system in Dhading within the project period. The organisation was involved in the construction of rural roads with green road concept in Makwanpur district (22km) with the support of PLAN International; and in Parbat, Baglung, Surkhet, Dailekh and Pyuthan districts (RCIWP - 250 km) under the joint funding of WFP, HMG/N and GTZ. It very successfully initiated a road programme in security prone Kalikot and Mugu district, under WFP and DDC. At present, SIDeF is providing technical and social mobilisation support in the labour-based, environment-friendly rural roads in Sankhuwasabha and Gorkha with the financial assistance of RDP/GTZ. It is also involved in the technical supervision of rural roads and other community infrastructures under RCIW Project in Salyan, Pyuthan and Dailekh districts. Another noteworthy assignment in which SIDeF involved was two rural roads in Sankhuwasabha district under Rural Infrastructure Project (RIP) under World Bank/DOLIDAR assistance. Total length of these roads is 186 Km. SIDeF is providing its services in the field of infrastructure planning, designs, construction supervision, social mobilisation and progress monitoring of these roads.
SIDeF’s another major strength is in the field of rural infrastructure planning, training and research related with application of green road concept. Till now, SIDeF has successfully completed rural infrastructure planing in 13 districts of Nepal. A range of personnel (from layman to policy makers): technical as well as non-technical of more than twenty five hill district of Nepal have been trained by SIDeF and many other training programmes are in the process. In fact, SIDeF’s training programmes have not been limited to Nepal only. Senior Engineers from PWD Bhutan and PGCFQ Philippines were trained by SIDeF in LERC (labour based road concept).
In recent days, SIDeF’s Senior Professionals have been entrusted with responsibility of impact assessment of bio-engineering training programme supported by DFID, assessment of hill transport component of USADP for Loan Review Mission of ADB and study on institutional arrangement for rural development in terai and hill (Road Sector) for the World Bank. SIDeF in association with one national and two international consultants have completed under ADB-PPTA project planning of Second Rural Infrastructure Development Project currently known as DRILP.
Established in 1994, Sustainable Infrastructure Development Foundation (SIDeF) is a consultancy and research organisation working for participatory, sustainable rural infrastructure development including training, capacity development, and transfer of innovative technologies in more than 30 districts of Nepal. SIDeF’s major strength lies in the planning and construction of low cost, environment friendly rural road construction. Besides this it has proven its efficiency in the planning and construction of highways, feeder roads, district road, small scale hill irrigation projects, river training works, rural water supply and sanitation works and other community infrastructures etc. The organisation has gained extensive experience in working with the local government and the local community through partnership approach resulting in sustainable project output.
SIDeF has established a Geographic Information System (GIS) unit to provide the services in the field of preparation, digitisation, analysis and interpretation of maps and is planned to establish the GPS (Global Positioning System) based survey unit. SIDeF has completed the digitization of 3 layers (land use, land system and land capability) of 20 PDDP districts. Work was assigned by PDDP/NPC. SIDeF prepared the digital database of both biophysical and socioeconomic layer of selected pocket area of 10 VDCs (watershed and influence area of Melamchi Project) of Sindupalchowk district. Work was assigned by Melamchi Diversion Scheme Environmental Impact Assessment (MDSEIA/IUCN). GIS Division of SIDeF has completed the digitization of data of eight LGP districts for LGP/UNDP. 
SIDeF has also been engaged in the planning and formulation of rural road development programme with similar approach in Gulmi Arghakhanchi Rural Development Project (GARDP), Nepal, with the assistance of European Community (EC), Access Infrastructure Planning of Bhojpur and Sankhuwasabha districts (Three Years Interim Planning for GTZ), preparation of Three Year RCIW Action Plan of Parbat & Baglung districts and preparation of District Transport Master Plan (DTMP) for Palpa, Achham, Dailekh and Sankhuwasabha districts with assistance from SDC/HELVETAS, Nepal and GTZ. Besides that, SIDeF’s senior professional is engaged as Training Co-ordinator for the Bioengineering Training provided to the engineers and overseers of the DoR, Consultants and Contractors working in bio–engineering sector, especially for the GEU with the assistance of DFID.
SIDeF’s another major strength is in the field of rural infrastructure planning, training and research related with application of green road concept. Till now, SIDeF has successfully completed rural infrastructure planing in 13 districts of Nepal. A range of personnel (from layman to policy makers): technical as well as non-technical of more than twenty five hill district of Nepal have been trained by SIDeF and many other training programmes are in the process. In fact, SIDeF’s training programmes have not been limited to Nepal only. Senior Engineers from PWD Bhutan and PGCFQ Philippines were trained by SIDeF in LERC (labour based road concept).