General

Rechtsberatung für zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen und soziale Bewegungen

Objectives

In der Zielregion gibt es viele Landkonflikte. Ziel des Projektes ist die Befähigung von Gemeinschaften mit Landkonflikten, für ihre Rechte selbst einzutreten, damit das Territorium, auf dem sie leben und wirtschaften, ihnen auch formalrechtlich zugesprochen wird. Die begleiteten Gemeinden erhalten rechtliche Begleitung, Unterstützung bei Verhandlungen mit Behörden und im Prozessfall sowie Fortbildungen zu Laienjurist*innen.. Zielgruppe sind Führungspersönlichkeiten von Bewegungen, diözesanen Fachstellen für Sozialarbeit und Basisorganisationen.

General

This project represents Canada's support to the eighth replenishment of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), which is one of the largest sources of global environment funding. By supporting the GEF, Canada helps developing countries meet their obligations under several multilateral environmental agreements in a way that supports national sustainable development priorities and ensures benefits for local development. These multilateral environmental agreements include the Convention on Biological Diversity, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and Minamata Convention on Mercury. Through the GEF, Canada supports activities across six focal areas, including climate change, biodiversity, land degradation, chemicals and waste, international waters, and sustainable forest management.

General

This project with Alert International focuses on peacebuilding and aims to improve natural resources governance to restore social cohesion by promoting local conflict resolution initiatives in the Koulikoro, Mopti, Ségou, Sikasso and Tombouctou regions of Mali. The initiative is based on the principle that building capacities, coupled with facilitation, and enhancing communities’ understanding of statutory instruments, primarily the legal framework for land governance, is critical and will inevitably help improve the target communities’ resilience to climate and environmental shocks with a view to efficient natural resources governance. Project activities include: (1) providing communities with guidance on identifying, developing and implementing local peace initiatives focused on natural resources governance; (2) ensuring broad awareness of land statutes and regulations in Mali; (3) providing support to build the capacities of community forums and village/commune land commissions regarding the provisions of the land code, conflict analysis, gender sensitivity and conflict sensitivity, advocacy, and how the effects of climate change make conflicts worse; and (4) organizing a national forum to capitalize on best practices in land governance and natural resources management. These activities will bring together representatives of commune, village and local land commissions, legal authorities and court officers, and state technical services.