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Cross-Cutting Capacity Development (CCCD) - Full
General
Medium Size Project of Capacity Development for Implementing Rio Conventions through Enhancing Incentive Mechanisms for Sustainable Watershed/Land Management
Reg. Tenencia de la Tierra
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Implementación de un sistema con información de base para la regularización de la tenencia de la tierra.
Expenditure Verification for enI/2017/384-631 "Fostering Tenure Security and Resilience of Palestinian Communi
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Expenditure Verification for enI/2017/384-631 "Fostering Tenure Security and Resilience of Palestinian Communities through Spatial-Economic Planning Interventions in Area C" -
Expenditure Verification as per Audit Plan 2021
Pathways to Accountability in the Global Land Rush: Lessons from West Africa
General
In recent years, investors have shown renewed interest in acquiring farmland for agricultural investments in developing countries. Research suggests that media reports have over-estimated the scale of land acquisition, but underplayed how investors focus on more valuable lands, which already generate interest from a variety of competitors. While investment in agriculture can create jobs, improve access to markets, and develop infrastructure for agricultural development, large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) are also associated with negative impacts on local populations. These include depriving them of their land and access to other resources. Since many villagers depend on land and natural resources for their food security and livelihoods, land acquisitions can have major and lasting negative repercussions for local livelihoods. If they are not properly managed, LSLAs can also increase the risk of conflict, both between and among companies and communities. Governments and communities face the very real challenge of ensuring that decision-making on land and investment builds on local needs and aspirations. Improving accountability is critical to ensuring that lands and local communities are equitably managed and governed. Through action-oriented research, this project aims to fill a crucial knowledge gap on what practical steps can best promote and improve accountability in LSLAs. The research team will assess the strengths and weaknesses of legal frameworks in regulating LSLAs in Ghana, Cameroon, and Senegal. Their analysis will feed into a participatory process that will enable local communities to design, experiment, and engage in activities to improve accountability in agricultural investment processes. In each country's pilot sites, researchers will test legal and social accountability tools. These tools aim to support local efforts to secure land rights and address governance structures. The project team will design tools to address LSLA gender dimensions; in other words, how LSLAs influence men and women. Their findings will help communities gain a better understanding of existing legal processes, map gaps in legislation, and propose alternatives to existing legal frameworks and governance structures. This work will form part of larger efforts to engage policymakers on how to achieve inclusive, transparent, and accountable decision-making around land and investment and is part of a series of projects promoting accountability on LSLA in Africa.
Unlocking the Poverty Penalty and Upscaling the Respect for Rights in Kenya's Informal Settlements
General
Kenya's population is becoming increasingly urban. In Nairobi, over half the population lives in slums or informal settlements, which are plagued by cramped living conditions and poor access to basic services. Women face additional burdens, particularly in the area of personal security. In Nairobi's Mukuru settlement, the "poverty penalty" means that residents pay three to four times more for the available poor services than in wealthier neighbourhoods nearby. Behind the scenes is a complex informal and highly commercialized web of power and governance, where landlords and criminal organizations thrive, often through violence or extortion. In part, these conditions result from both gaps in existing laws and policies and from failures to apply them; however, Kenya's 2010 Constitution has provided some hope in confronting decades of exclusion and lack of access to justice by the poor. This project, implemented by local partner Muungano Wa Wanavijiji Akiba Mashinani Registered Trustees, will build on previous research efforts that have developed legal, financial and planning models that provide a first approach on how to unlock the poverty penalty. The solutions address both technical and governance obstacles to upgrading, improving service delivery and the security of land tenure that ensure basic rights and living conditions for Mukuru residents. Once living conditions are improved, residents can tap into their economic potential and escape the current cycle of exclusion and poverty. In Nairobi, new research and continued engagement with the county and with local residents will feed into the development of further tools to support upgrading programs and policies. Implementation of pilot projects, such as a special housing fund for the Mukuru settlement, will generate new legal, planning, and financial knowledge that can feed into scaling-up efforts across the county. In Kiambu County, research will focus on settlements in Thika, a fast-expanding peri-urban centre. Drawing on experiences from Mukuru, the research will support proactive efforts by the county to address informal settlement challenges, which are only now emerging, and not yet at a scale seen in large centres like Nairobi. The research in this case could then guide policies and practices in other peri-urban centres across the country.
Sustainable Forest - Land Management Project Building Resilience and Empowering the Community
General
The purpose of the action is to address forest - agricultural land management issues, to improve household livelihoods and alleviate poverty.
Sustainable Management and Restoration of Degraded Landscapes for Achieving Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN)
Objectives
To achieve land degradation neutrality (LDN) through sustainable ecosystem-based management and restoration of degraded landscapes across agricultural, forest, pastoral lands and surface water bodies.
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Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.
Target Groups
India is the second most populated country in the world and projected to surpass China to become the world's most populous country by 2023. It is expected to become the first country to be home to more than 1.5 billion people by 2030, and its population is set to reach 1.7 billion by 2050. With nearly 195 million undernourished people, India shares a quarter of the global hunger burden. Nearly 47 million or 4 out of 10 children in India are not meeting their full human potential because of chronic undernutrition or stunting. The impacts are multi-generational as malnourished girls and women often give birth to low birth-weight infants. There has also been an increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents in India, which has life-long consequences of non-communicable diseases in adulthood[1]. As mentioned in the baseline section, the government of India launched a number of programmes to double farmers’ incomes by 2022. These seek to remove bottlenecks for greater agricultural productivity, especially in rain-fed areas. In support of the Government initiatives, the aim of Sustainable Land Management (SLM) programmes is to maintain land resources and their associated ecosystem functions while, at the same time, sustaining production of goods and services, especially safe and healthy food. Effective and widespread adoption of SLM will also deliver large social and economic benefits through productivity gains and the enhanced resilience of agroecosystems. In this context, the project will generate scientific knowledge about SLM and its contribution to combating land degradation, enhancing food security and addressing climate change adaptation and mitigation. The project outcomes are intended to inform design and implementation of SLM programs, including supporting planning for land degradation neutrality (LDN). In addition, the project will support policy actions in India on sustainable land management through scientific-based studies through: (i) determining key causes of land degradation across agro-ecological regions of India, and (ii) better understanding of economic, social and environmental costs of land degradation and net benefits resulting from taking actions against degradation compared to inaction. The project will ensure that experiences in piloting new approaches for engaging, incentivizing, mobilizing investment in, and supporting smallholders and rural community members in restoration are adequately monitored, evaluated, and developed into high-quality knowledge products that are disseminated through relevant knowledge platforms and fora, so that these experiences can inform and further support restoration efforts going forward. Following socioeconomic benefits are expected as an outcome of this project: · Improved economic productivity through sustainable management practices, including efficient use of water resources, which would lead to rise in water table, introduction of soil conservation measures to improve soil fertility, introduction of integrated management of land resources to secure sustainability of restored landscapes, and introduction of land use planning to mitigate the drivers of land degradation such as agriculture, overgrazing, wastelands, and deforestation; · Conservation and enhance use of local agrobiodiversity in production systems; · Best practices for engaging smallholder and rural communities in restoration, including building awareness, support and capacity for restoration, and considering socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental factors; · Improved management skills at the local level through participatory learning and actions and involvement of local communities in decision-making processes for making on-the-ground investments for building social infrastructure and promoting SLM practices;Sustainable livelihood opportunities for rural communities, including scheduled tribes, and reduced poverty through benefits derived from ecosystem “goods and services” associated with improvement in land management. [1] https://in.one.un.org/un-priority-areas-in-india/
IGAD 2019-2023 Gender Responsive Land Adminstration and Monitoring - IGAD 2019-2021 Gender Responsive Land Adm
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This project envisions to achieve access to land and security of land rights for all land users in the IGAD region through the implementation of the AU Declaration on Land Issues and Challenges in Africa, leading to enhanced socio-economic development, peace and security. The project is expected to build the capacity of IGAD and its Member States to implement land administration reforms through the adoption and implementation of appropriate frameworks and instruments for improved service delivery, gender equality and land monitoring. The specific objectives of the project are: 1) Enhance further the capacity of IGAD and its Member States to effectively implement gender responsive land administration systems through the application of innovative tools; 2) Strengthen gender mainstreaming in land administration in IGAD Member States; 3) To facilitate land monitoring for improved land policy reform processes and implementation in the IGAD Region. 4) Enhance IGAD’s capacity to oversee the implementation of the Regional land program. The project has a duration of two years (October 2019 – September 2021) and a total cost of SEK 35,000,000 of which SEK 18,000,000 will be used for project implementation in year 1 (October 2019 – September 2020) and the balance SEK 17,000,000 will cover implementation costs in year 2 (October 2020 – September 2021).
Objectives
Project Goal: Enhance transnational land governance through capacity development on innovations in land administration, strengthening gender equality and improving land monitoring in the IGAD Region. Project Objectives 1) Enhance further the capacity of IGAD and its Member States to effectively implement gender responsive land administration systems through the application innovative tools 2) Strengthen gender mainstreaming in land administration for the IGAD Member States 3) To facilitate land monitoring for improved land policy reform processes and implementation in the IGAD Region 4) Enhance IGAD’s capacity to oversee the implementation of the Regional land program
IGAD 2019-2023 Gender Responsive Land Adminstration and Monitoring - IGAD 2019-2021 Gender Responsive Land Adm
General
This project envisions to achieve access to land and security of land rights for all land users in the IGAD region through the implementation of the AU Declaration on Land Issues and Challenges in Africa, leading to enhanced socio-economic development, peace and security. The project is expected to build the capacity of IGAD and its Member States to implement land administration reforms through the adoption and implementation of appropriate frameworks and instruments for improved service delivery, gender equality and land monitoring. The specific objectives of the project are: 1) Enhance further the capacity of IGAD and its Member States to effectively implement gender responsive land administration systems through the application of innovative tools; 2) Strengthen gender mainstreaming in land administration in IGAD Member States; 3) To facilitate land monitoring for improved land policy reform processes and implementation in the IGAD Region. 4) Enhance IGAD’s capacity to oversee the implementation of the Regional land program. The project has a duration of two years (October 2019 – September 2021) and a total cost of SEK 35,000,000 of which SEK 18,000,000 will be used for project implementation in year 1 (October 2019 – September 2020) and the balance SEK 17,000,000 will cover implementation costs in year 2 (October 2020 – September 2021).
Objectives
Project Goal: Enhance transnational land governance through capacity development on innovations in land administration, strengthening gender equality and improving land monitoring in the IGAD Region. Project Objectives 1) Enhance further the capacity of IGAD and its Member States to effectively implement gender responsive land administration systems through the application innovative tools 2) Strengthen gender mainstreaming in land administration for the IGAD Member States 3) To facilitate land monitoring for improved land policy reform processes and implementation in the IGAD Region 4) Enhance IGAD’s capacity to oversee the implementation of the Regional land program