ICS promotion in Nepal is on the cross-roads of prospective future characterized by the following opportunities:

• The use of ICS is estimated to save 25-40% of fuel wood, plays great role to reduced smoke. Create hazards free health and sanitation situations at individual, family, community levels.
  
  
• The existence of the Network among ICS promoting organizations has helped in the process of institutionalization of the affiliated NGOs, which is also encouraged by the government.
  
  
• The Programme is primarily focused to the rural women with the appropriate strategies to build capacity at local level.
  
  
• The promoters are paid by the end-user in cash or kind & the promoter acts as self-entrepreneur and therefore can be tuned with poverty reduction activities/Programme with ease.