The project agreement is signed with SWC and project is implementing in Terhathum and Taplejung districts of eastern Nepal.

Output 1: Client’s capacity and knowledge built for uses of financial services for efficient production, enterprise planning and effective market access

Output 2: Capacity development of Community Institutions (CIs) i.e. Cooperatives and Groups and formal Financial Service Providers (FSP) to create appropriate financial products and services for clients in rural Mountains and Hills

Output 3: Promising practices and innovative approaches of Mountain Finance model shared with key local and national stakeholders for replication and scale-up

• Client's capacity built for efficient production, enterprise finance planning and effective market access
• Identification of target individuals/ HHs and community groups, Baseline survey design, training and study, Assessments of community institutions (CIs) such as local informal groups, cooperatives and CBOs, Identification of appropriate CIs for partnership with Project, Formation of groups, Enterprise Development/ Livelihoods Training package development, Enterprise Development/ Livelihoods Training delivery to individuals and groups, Development of individual/ group enterprise business plans, Financial Literacy Training package development, Financial Literacy Training delivery to individuals and groups, Linkages with Financial Institutions/ Community Institutions for appropriate financial products and/or services
• Capacity development of Community Institutions (CIs) and Financial Institutions (FIs) to create appropriate financial products and services for clients in rural Mountains and Hills
• Assessments of Financial Institutions, Partnership with Financial Institutions, Design, development and marketing of Financial Products, Assessments of Community Institutions (CIs), Institutional Capacity Development of partner CIs, Linkages of partner CIs with partner FIs for whole-sale loan, Seed Fund support for institutional Development of CIs
• Promising practices and innovative approaches of Mountain Finance model shared with key local and national stakeholders for replication and scale-up
• Research, design and development of case studies, Dissemination of case studies through appropriate mediums and channels, District based “Access to Finance – key lessons from Samriddha Pahad” workshop, Regional  “Access to Finance – key lessons from Samriddha Pahad” workshop, National workshop on “Promising Practices on Access to Finance”,
• Review, Evaluation, Monitoring and Workshops
• Inception workshops and meetings (Districts and VDCs), Formation of Central and District Project Advisory Committees (CPAC and DPAC), Half-yearly Project Review meetings of DPAC, Quarterly Review and Planning meetings for Samriddha Pahad Project, Annual Project Review Meeting, On-site monitoring by the Trust, Joint monitoring and supervision by DPAC, On-site monitoring by CPAC, SWC and relevant line agencies in coordination

Contribution in the poverty reduction and improve livelihood.

Increase in access to formal financial services of community people living in rural and remote mountains and hills of Nepal