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"Support to Zambia Land Alliance Work Plan 2013. The project is continuation to the ""Support to Zambia Land Alliance Work Plan September 2009-September 2012"" which is based on the ZLA strategic plan 2009-2013. Activities to be implemented :Land rights an d empowerment programme a)To promote security of customary land and sustainable land use by poor men women and youths especially in ZLA operational areas b)To promote and protect the rights of displaced and potential internally displaced persons and minori ty groups in ZLA operational areas c)To strengthen local accountability in the land administration system for the urban and rural poor in ZLA operational areas d)To advocate for appropriate and timely reforms of laws and policies pertaining to land deliver y and administration especially for the poor and vulnerableCommunication and networking programmea)To provide land related information in innovative and appropriate formats for use by stakeholders at local national and international levelsInstitutional dev elopment and management programme a)To review and strengthen the structures linkages and operations of the District Land Alliances b)To improve ZLA's governance and management effectiveness and sustainability of its organizational programmes"

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Project seeks alternative means of improved livelihood strategies for traditional pastoralism by sensitization, trainings and advocacy. Specifically, the activities include sensitization and training in human rights, improvement of natural resources manage ment for sustainable pastoralism and conflict resolution skills to facilitate the co-existence and harmony between farmers and pastoralists. Skills to start and improve income generation activities embodied with entrepreneurship skills training and busines s development services are highly addressed, as well as cross cutting issues; land rights, environmental protection, food security and crop cultivation, hiv and aids and gender development. Pastoralism as a livelihood and lifestyle require mobility of past oralists with their cattle in search of pasture, water and salt licks. Population growth and growing need of farm land have diminished grazing areas and the situation causes conflicts between pastoralists and farmers. National policy processes reduce the c apacity for pastoralists to engage into meaningful livestock based livelihood practices. Most policies and laws of the land are designed to restrict the practice of pastoralism while at the same time converting land and other resources under pastoralism in to other uses. As outcome of the project, pastoralists’ awareness and skills in alternative means of livelihood and income generating activities will be raised and sustainable and environmental friendly means of grazing livestock will be in use. Conflict s regarding land use will be reduced and pastoralists’ legal ownership to land will be clarified and raised. Beneficiaries of the project are pastoralist and agro pastoralist members of the Maasai, Barabaig and Sukuma ethnic groups living in southern Tan zanian, specifically in Morogoro region. In phase 2015-2017 project will also put more emphasis on gender issues and persons with disabilities. Project is implemented by HIMWA (Development Services for the Pastoralists), which is a development organization of Maasai, Barabaig and Sukuma ethnic groups.

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The project is going to work with two partners (ALinn Bamaw and Kachin Conservation Working Group - KCWG) at 22 villages and 5 Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camps in 5 townships, Kachin state. The project targeted women and men in that 22 villages and 5 IDP camps to improve their knowledge and skill on their right and access to land and forest. The project is also going to form farmers group and community forest user groups in the villages and applying land registration and Community Forest certification to secure their land and forest, at the same time improving their livelihoods based on their land and forest. Civil Society Organisation (CSO) networking group would be created by the project partners and local CSOs in Kachin for creating the platform between the government and community group for improving their law and policy discussion on gender, land and forest. The women empowerment and leadership and encouragement of gender on land activities would be implemented by the project for the improvement of women role in land and forest sectors including law and policy.