Domains: Research, Innovation

Themes: Assistive & Accessible Technology

Situational Analysis of Manual Wheelchair Provision: Nepal

Background

The Enabling Friday Community (EFC) Nepal has proposed a vision for change based on 4 working sessions over the past few months - Enabling Fridays Vision.

While we want to focus on building sustainable assistive technology innovation and systems, we as a group recognised the obvious need for specific data to inform the work. Collaboratively we have agreed that a situational analysis and action plan for sustainable manual wheelchair provision should be prioritised to develop a working methodology and service system template.

An initial concept note for the work can be found at the below link on which official consultation is being sought within Nepal before proceeding.

Parent project

Nepal Country Flag

Local Systems Strengthening: Nepal

Our current workstreams in Nepal: This project is investigating the potential to strengthen local systems of AT provision and innovation to address gaps in service.

Sibling projects

Nepal Country Flag

Local Bespoke Device Development: Nepal

Highly individual and customised needs are an area that global markets do not currently address well. This workstream is exploring the potential to support the development of local innovation ecosystems of assistive technology to address these gaps in service.

Graphic logo. Enabling Friday

Enabling Fridays Community Nepal

The Enabling Fridays Community Nepal want to bring together local and global expertise working in the AT sector to identify routes that would unlock local innovation, and improve current gaps in service.

Sibling projects

Nepal Country Flag

20 May 2022

Local Bespoke Device Development: Nepal

Highly individual and customised needs are an area that global markets do not currently address well. This workstream is exploring the potential to support the development of local innovation ecosystems of assistive technology to address these gaps in service.

Graphic logo. Enabling Friday

18 May 2022

Enabling Fridays Community Nepal

The Enabling Fridays Community Nepal want to bring together local and global expertise working in the AT sector to identify routes that would unlock local innovation, and improve current gaps in service.