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Capacity building of the Serbian Republic Geodetic Authority - Capacity building of the Serbian Geodetic Autho
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Swedish Lantmäteriet and the Republic Geodetic Authority of Serbia have applied to Sida for funding of 20 195 400 SEK to carry out "Improvement of Investment Environment" project in Serbia during the period 2018-2020. The intervention aims to establish a National Register of Investment Maps (NRIM) for creation, maintenance and monitoring of investment locations for the territory of the Republic of Serbia with a platform for stakeholder communication and decision making. Lantmäteriet will implement the intervention together with the Republic Geodetic Authority of Serbia. The intervention’s total budget is 20 195 400 SEK and it shall be completely funded from Sida contribution. Project is expected to ensure and utilize a full potential of geospatial data in managing an effective policy of development and operation in the public institutions of the Republic of Serbia through the support of the Republic Geodetic Authority of Serbia.
Objectives
The intervention aims to support the Republic Geodetic Authority of Serbia (RGA) to establish well functioning National Register of Investment Maps (NRIM). The key objective of the contribution is establishment NRIM for creation, maintenance and monitoring of investment locations for the territory of Republic of Serbia with a platform for stakeholder communication and decision making. Towards the end of the implementation period, the project is expected to achieve the following results: - Establishment of the National Investment Map Model - A system for collecting data on investment locations on a local level is created - Built capacities of local self-governments for attracting investments by presenting available resources to potential investors and land management - Establishment of direct and transparent channel of communication between investors and a local government „Location pool” as a part of NRIM. - Public monitoring & visibility tool for National Register of Investment Maps The proposal focuses on Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) as potential game-changing for development as it allows governments to integrate planning, investments, taxation, disaster risk management and climate change monitoring, mitigation and adaptation in new ways with great savings in time and funds, while improving overall service and governance. With constant technological improvements, society is able to actively use government’s data on daily base as well as to participate in the collecting new or maintaining existing data, which are at most importance for decision making on the governmental, regional and/or local level.
RECOFTC, Partnership for Forestry and Fisheries Community in Cambodia - RECOFTC, Partnership for Forestry and
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Partnership for Forestry and Fisheries Community in Cambodia (PaFF) has been conducted in two phases since its inception in 2014. The third phase will be led by RECOFTC in partnership with WWF, NTFP-EP and CEPA. The third phase will continue o empower communities and to improve their resilience by promoting community-based livelihoods, protecting ecosystems and reducing the pressures on the communal natural resource base. The third phase will have a stronger focused on improving local communities' enjoyment of their human rights, building capacity at the grassroots level for participation in democratic processes and promoting the rule of law in relation to access to natural resources. The program will support improvements to the policy environment for natural resource management to promote local organisations to take responsible for and to receive benefit from management of natural resources in their communities. The third phase will also priorities improving the sustainability of the community based organisation. Support will be provided to 77 community based organisations from the previous phases in four provinces (Kampong Thom, Kratie, Stung Treng, Preah Vihear) that, in total, are managing more than 90 000 Ha with a combined membership of almost 40 000 persons. The total program budget i approximately 52 million SEK and is funded jointly with the Swiss development agency SDC. Sida's financial contribution is 36 million SEK.
Objectives
This contribution supports the final 2-year phase of an 8-year programme - the Partnership for Forestry and Fisheries Community in Cambodia (PaFF) - with a focus on improving natural resource management to benefit vulnerable groups. The primary focus of the third phase for is to build the capacity and promote the sustainability of community-based organisations, using a rights-based, democratic and rule of law based framework. PaFF III is well positioned to promote and develop innovative sustainable financing instruments and to promote human rights at the grassroots level by capacity development and policy advocacy targeting the revision on laws on Forestry and Fishery and community Networks. Impact: Rural and indigenous communities and households are empowered to manage and protect their natural resources and secure their economic, social and cultural human rights by accessing long-term funding opportunities that contribute to sustained livelihoods and improved resilience to natural shocks Outcome 1: Target communities have dedicated investments and strengthened capacity in order to exercise their secured rights and manage their natural resources sustainably in an inclusive and participatory manner Outcome 2: Policy and regulatory processes and platforms for sustainable natural resource management and financing mechanisms, with participation of indigenous peoples and local communities, are supported and promoted. Support will be provided to 77 community based organisations in four provinces (Kampong Thom, Kratie, Stung Treng, Preah Vihear) that are managing a total of 92 680 Ha. The community based organisations have a membership of almost 40 000 persons and benefit approximately 15 000 families. At the end of the 2 year programme the CBOs will have legally recognized land rights (tenure), approved management plans and increased management capacity. This together with improvement to the enabling environment and increased access to finance will empower the communities to further enjoy their economic, social, and cultural rights.
Capacity building of the Serbian Republic Geodetic Authority
General
Swedish Lantmäteriet and the Republic Geodetic Authority of Serbia have applied to Sida for funding of 20 195 400 SEK to carry out "Improvement of Investment Environment" project in Serbia during the period 2018-2020. The intervention aims to establish a National Register of Investment Maps (NRIM) for creation, maintenance and monitoring of investment locations for the territory of the Republic of Serbia with a platform for stakeholder communication and decision making. Lantmäteriet will implement the intervention together with the Republic Geodetic Authority of Serbia. The intervention’s total budget is 20 195 400 SEK and it shall be completely funded from Sida contribution. Project is expected to ensure and utilize a full potential of geospatial data in managing an effective policy of development and operation in the public institutions of the Republic of Serbia through the support of the Republic Geodetic Authority of Serbia.
Objectives
The intervention aims to support the Republic Geodetic Authority of Serbia (RGA) to establish well functioning National Register of Investment Maps (NRIM). The key objective of the contribution is establishment NRIM for creation, maintenance and monitoring of investment locations for the territory of Republic of Serbia with a platform for stakeholder communication and decision making. Towards the end of the implementation period, the project is expected to achieve the following results: - Establishment of the National Investment Map Model - A system for collecting data on investment locations on a local level is created - Built capacities of local self-governments for attracting investments by presenting available resources to potential investors and land management - Establishment of direct and transparent channel of communication between investors and a local government „Location pool” as a part of NRIM. - Public monitoring & visibility tool for National Register of Investment Maps The proposal focuses on Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) as potential game-changing for development as it allows governments to integrate planning, investments, taxation, disaster risk management and climate change monitoring, mitigation and adaptation in new ways with great savings in time and funds, while improving overall service and governance. With constant technological improvements, society is able to actively use government’s data on daily base as well as to participate in the collecting new or maintaining existing data, which are at most importance for decision making on the governmental, regional and/or local level.
Capacity building of the Serbian Republic Geodetic Authority
General
Swedish Lantmäteriet and the Republic Geodetic Authority of Serbia have applied to Sida for funding of 20 195 400 SEK to carry out "Improvement of Investment Environment" project in Serbia during the period 2018-2020. The intervention aims to establish a National Register of Investment Maps (NRIM) for creation, maintenance and monitoring of investment locations for the territory of the Republic of Serbia with a platform for stakeholder communication and decision making. Lantmäteriet will implement the intervention together with the Republic Geodetic Authority of Serbia. The intervention’s total budget is 20 195 400 SEK and it shall be completely funded from Sida contribution. Project is expected to ensure and utilize a full potential of geospatial data in managing an effective policy of development and operation in the public institutions of the Republic of Serbia through the support of the Republic Geodetic Authority of Serbia.
Objectives
The intervention aims to support the Republic Geodetic Authority of Serbia (RGA) to establish well functioning National Register of Investment Maps (NRIM). The key objective of the contribution is establishment NRIM for creation, maintenance and monitoring of investment locations for the territory of Republic of Serbia with a platform for stakeholder communication and decision making. Towards the end of the implementation period, the project is expected to achieve the following results: - Establishment of the National Investment Map Model - A system for collecting data on investment locations on a local level is created - Built capacities of local self-governments for attracting investments by presenting available resources to potential investors and land management - Establishment of direct and transparent channel of communication between investors and a local government „Location pool” as a part of NRIM. - Public monitoring & visibility tool for National Register of Investment Maps The proposal focuses on Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) as potential game-changing for development as it allows governments to integrate planning, investments, taxation, disaster risk management and climate change monitoring, mitigation and adaptation in new ways with great savings in time and funds, while improving overall service and governance. With constant technological improvements, society is able to actively use government’s data on daily base as well as to participate in the collecting new or maintaining existing data, which are at most importance for decision making on the governmental, regional and/or local level.
Community-based forested landscape management in the Grand Kivu and Lake Tele-Tumba
Objectives
To scale up and improve forest landscapes through community-based natural resources management in targeted trans-boundary landscapes.
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Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.
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The project is designed to strengthen on-going efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as in the greater Congo Basin region to conserve globally significant biodiversity within forest landscapes and sustainably manage a big tropical peatland found within the country, and extending into neighbouring countries.Livelihood options are limited in rural landscapes on the DRC generally. In the project sites, livelihoods depend mainly on agriculture (small-scale subsistence of food crops and animal keeping), the harvesting and in some cases sale of Non-timber forest products (NTFP) (which include forest nuts, medicinal plants, mushrooms, edible caterpillars, etc; and rarely artisanal mining. The project will, however, deliver tangible economic benefits to local communities within target areas. These will be related to the benefits which will be generated from 6000 farmers engaged in climate smart production; 1000 climat smart projects (agroforestry, animal production, transformation, NTFP exploitation, etc); and 125 climate smart production and land use practices with socioeconomic impacts on IPLC. The project will contribute to assisting the local communities to enhance income from alternative livelihoods improvements, non-destructive collection of NTFPs, value addition, and other forms of alternative livelihood practices (Output 3.1.1). Another key livelihood opportunity that will be supported by the project will be the potential of sustaining ecosystem services, and benefiting financially from the initiatives, as well as sharing carbon finance for the local communities and helping them in harnessing such resources (Output 3.1.2). The project will thus contribute to increase local communities’ income in the long-term including income from sustainable agriculture through the creation of agricultural products collect, transport, processing and trading and develop their partnership with private agricultural companies, which could commercialize their processed production. The socioeconomic benefits will also be achieved at systemic level through developing and implementing land use management plans, improving the legal and policy framework, and improving environmental management within project area to help maintain existing livelihoods. The project will strengthen resource use governance at the landscape level by developing and implementing the landuse panning to benefit biodiversity conservation and nature protection, while safeguarding the natural resource based to support local and national development. It will work with national and sub-national level stakeholders to engage economic sectors, and negotiate the application of biodiversity conservation and sustainable use measures, and bring about necessary policy change. In line with the strengthening of resource use governance, the project will enhance the knowledge and understanding of the role of ecological processes and the services that biodiversity provides in benefit of local development. The related indicator to monitor progress in the efforts towards the strengthening of capacities will also be a global indictor: “Number of institutional staff members having strengthened capacities with regard to in-situ conservation and sustainable use of peatlands, forest and biodiversity (30% women)”. The project will engage with relevant sector ministries (e.g. agriculture, forestry, nature protection, pubic administration, etc.) and the private sector, in discussions and negotiations, where biodiversity and ecosystem conservation will be presented as an essential part of development planning, introducing a long term and sustainable development vision. In this respect, the project will promote the negotiation of trade-offs between conservation and development partners, with the aim to enhance environmental considerations within development planning; and will provide guidance and information to the government on the mitigation hierarchy, which can be applied when negotiating with large-scale investment projects. This will be monitored using another global indicator: “Strengthened policy, regulatory and strategic frameworks at provincial level support in-situ conservation and sustainable use of peatlands and forests, as indicated by legislations on indigenous people and local community land tenure and resources user rights”. The project will promote a multi-sector and transboundary landscape governance structure enhancing the negotiating capacity of local stakeholders, such as community members living in and around protected areas, hence building their knowledge and capacity to defend their rights to a safe environment and strengthening their ability to monitor potential violations on protected areas. Communities will be able to participate actively in decision making regarding land use planning, and safeguard their environment and their livelihood base. This wi be assessed with an indicator in Outcome 4.2: “Strengthened transboundary cooperation leads to more effective approaches for the conservation and sustainable use of peatlands and forest landscapes, including improved control and management of threats from IWT”.The project would promote sustainable forest management in the forests and peatlands of the project locations for biodiversity conservation, mitigation of climate change and securing forest ecosystem services i.e. provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting services. This project will build on the communities’ potential for sustainable forest management through civil society organizations and community organizations by developing their capacities on key aspects relevant for the sustainable management of forests and peatlands. This organization and capacity-building will improve awareness on local environmental challenges, mobilization and organization skills for co-managing local natural resources, management effectiveness to ensure the sustainable use of local resources, and economic incentives to effectively manage or participate in SFM, biodiversity conservation and mitigation of climate change. The project will improve forest and peatland biodiversity resources by decreasing anthropogenic pressures, controlling forest fires, enhancing conservation measures and creating additional resources through afforestation, reforestation and rehabilitation. It will contribute to assisting the local communities to enhance income from alternative livelihoods improvements, non-destructive collection of NTFPs, value addition, and other forms of alternative livelihood practices (Output 3.1.1). Another key livelihood opportunity that will be supported by the project will be the potential of sustaining ecosystem services, and benefiting financially from the initiatives, as well as sharing carbon finance for the local communities and helping them in harnessing such resources (Output 3.1.2). The project will thus contribute to increase local communities’ income in the long-term including income from sustainable agriculture through the creation of agricultural products collect, transport, processing and trading and develop their partnership with private agricultural companies, which could commercialize their processed production. A major aspect of the project involves the strengthening and enforcement of regulations on anti-trafficking activities on monitoring biodiversity, developing financial mechanisms (Output 4.2.3). The related activities undertaken during the project will trigger a stronger and more efficient legal mechanism with better crime scene management and criminal investigations, as well as a stronger capacity of protected are managers and patrols to prevent and address wildlife crime in the project area. Local communities will thus benefit from an improved security in the zone, with better surveillance of routes and hubs preventing armed groups from freely entering the area. The project will support social cohesion in the regional transboundary area by fostering increased cooperation between stakeholders over essential issues concerning natural resources management and biodiversity conservation (Outputs 4.2.2. and 4.2.3). Consultations platforms will enable stakeholders to negotiate and solve issues concerning logging concessions for instance. In this process indigenous people and small local communities will be given the opportunity to participate to the decision-making process to ensure their fair representation and appropriation of the development process of the zone. These communities will also receive support to develop community-based forest management through the biological resources access. In the project landscapes, women are mainly responsible for collecting fuelwood and water and livestock rearing, so they are most adversely affected by deforestation and forest degradation. During the social and environmental screening process for gender equality and women’s empowerment (during the project preparation thematic study phase), it was found that it was highly unlikely that the proposed project would have adverse impacts on gender equality and/or the situation of women if adequate safeguards are not put in place. This project has put in place special and specific guidelines ensure representation of women equitably and fairly at all levels of project decisionmaking and access to benefits during project implementation. Guidelines on SLM, SFM, biodiversity conservation and landscape management plans, baseline studies and all other planning processes, implementation and reporting activities will integrate gender and ensure involvement of women and youth in decision-making and active participation in project activities. Improvement of products, access to market and business opportunities for income generation would be undertaken with the intent of actively seeking the participation of women, The project will undergo systematic screening and adjustment in activities at inception planning stage, after the results of baseline study becoming available, during annual work planning, and after formal external midterm review to improve and engage women in the project activities. Improving income generation through sustainable practices The harvesting and reliance on Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) is strong in both project locations. These include in particular, fumbwa (Gnetum africanum), caterpillars, cola nuts, lianas (rattans), wild honey and Marantaceae leaves. These are consumed at the household level, but also commercialized to support limited incomes to local communities and indigenous populations in villages. This project will build on models of community-based sustainable production systems called the Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Environment (SAFE) XE "Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Environment:(SAFE)" Platforms to develop NTFP value chains. The SAFE model can serve here as a learning platform and baseline approach on which the sustainable NTFP harvesting and commercialization initiatives could be designed (https://www.hivos.org/program/safe-platform/). The SAFE Platform has existed for long and its production model has been tested in different parts of the developing world, including African countries such as Kenya and Tanzania. The SAFE platforms will serve the purpose of fostering multi-stakeholder dialogue and consensus; promoting the development of sustainable and deforestation free supply chains for the selected products; and connecting buyers of sustainable products with producers to establish preferential purchasing agreements for products that comply with sustainable production standards and/or implement certification schemes. The NTFP platforms will address accessing opportunities in market niches that value environmentally and socially responsible production to access differentiated prices to increase producers’ incomes and contribute to financial sustainability of adopting sound environmental practices and certification schemes. Building on the SAFE Platforms model, communities in the project site will be provided with the tools, resources and capacities to develop conservation-compatible livelihood opportunities in non-service livelihood sectors. These will include development in sectors such as sustainable agriculture (particularly the development of the NTFP value chain, as well as value chains for other potentially viable commercial and subsistence crops - such as spices and fruits incorporated into agroforestry systems). This support will be provided in terms of seeds for enhanced locally compatible breeds of crops and trees for farming initiatives to enhance agricultural production; and funding for opening up farms to market access by opening up key road infrastructure within the project area[1]. Given the established dependence of local communities on non-timber forest products, possibilities of developing these value chains will also be examined and promoted where the harvesting of these products is sustainable and the ecological impact of harvesting practices can be monitored and reported. Communities will also be equipped with the business-planning tools necessary for them to identify, develop and manage the mix of business enterprises most suitable for their needs in these proposed value chains. Adding value to Non-timber forest products (NTFPs): Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are wild plant and animal products harvested from forests, savannahs and other natural vegetation types. This definition includes the use of wood for canoes, woodcarvings, local house construction, fencing materials and firewood, but excludes industrial timber. In the Congo Basin region, the use of NTFPs is common, both in rural and urban areas. Some of the most common categories include NTFPs as (i) Food (wild fruits, vegetables, nuts, edible roots, bush meat, edible insects, and honey). Food additives: (spices, food colorants, fermentation agents). Construction material (palm leaves or grass for roof thatch, bamboo, wood, sticks and poles). Fuel (firewood, charcoal). Medicine (medicinal plants, bark, seeds). Environmental uses (ornamental plants, shelter trees). Local communities of the Lac Tumba Landscape and the Grand Kivu use and depend on a wide variety of NTFPs. These include spices, bushmeat, edible caterpillars, fibre, medicinal plants, nuts, etc. The main challenge faced with using NTFPs to support livelihoods is the lack of value addition. These products are exported to markets outside the local, rural environments in which they are harvested in the very raw form – very limited or often no processing. There is also no support for addressing issues of sustainable harvesting of these products. This project will address these two problems by (i) Supporting local communities to organize into NTFPs common initiative groups, and provide capacity building on the sustainable extraction and management of NTFPs. (ii) This project will also support local communities to add value to NTFPs by undertaking pre-processing or full processing. This will involve purchasing and installing at least four pre-processing, or full processing plants for at least two NTFPs identified through participatory processes as economically viable, and environmentally benign. While the type of plant and level of processing will be decided through community engagements, it is expected that these plants should support local communities in some of the key value addition processes of at least one NTFP. (iii) Finally, the project will support the local common initiative groups in obtaining organic certification for their products, properly packaging and labelling, identifying and accessing markets outside of the local communities. Examples of such certification schemes whose services may be sought include: AFNOR Certification (https://certification.afnor.org/agriculture/agriculture-biologique); DEMETER (https://www.demeter.net/); Rainforest Alliance (https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/articles/rainforest-alliance-utz-merger); and GLOBAL G.A.P (https://www.globalgap.org/uk_en/). Implementation on the ground: The NTFP value chains will be developed in the Bakano chiefdoms, the Batangi chiefdom, Buhavu, Kabare, Idjwi North, Ax Uvira, Elanga sector, Lusankani - Ngele sector, the Djonori sector and in the sector Bokatola, Pendjwa and Beronge[2]. Two approaches allow both to have a significant impact on landscapes and to favor micro-projects with real economic profitability. For the first approach, we propose 3 projects will be carried out in the province of Equateur, North Kivu and South Kivu[3]: 1. Valorisation of the honey sector by indigenous peoples associated with improved techniques of their sustainable collection, processing and packaging in Bikoro and Lokolama in the Lukolela territory based on the experience of the FAO model in Cambodia by FAO / WWF in addition to PIREDD-Ecuador activities; 2. Valorisation of essential oil from aromatic plants cultivated by the indigenous peoples of Kisimbosa in the Bakano sector in Walikale territory, which must be transformed into a pilot ecotourism site. This project will include several components including the establishment of basic infrastructure for the reception and promotion of Kumu culture (construction of a cultural performance hall and meeting, exhibition room of local handicrafts of a capacity of 15 rooms (huts made of local materials but of improved internal design) for the reception of visitors and will be carried by the Integrated Program for the Development of Pygmy Peoples (PIDP) - KIVU and GIZ; 3. Development of international standard fruit juice (maracuja) with 200 widowed indigenous peoples as economic targets, including in the Muhrobo-Chanderema village in Kalehe territory, Kalonge group, Buhavu chiefdom to be developed as first eco-village. This project, led by Union for the Coaching of Indigenous Women (UEFA), favours the partnership between local communities, NGOs and the private sector. The pilot site will be established in a 27-ha concession purchased by UEFA for the landless indigenous peoples bordering the Kahuzi -Biega National Park[4]. In the perspective of partnership with the private sector and cutting-edge research, it will be implemented in partnership with Green Revolution Initiatives in its capacity as the private sector. However, to reach the 100 projects (as detailed in the project information form) in more than 25% of the ICCAs, the micro-projects approach has to be integrated in its financing of small and medium enterprise projects. Financing of up to US $ 2,500 can be directed to projects in agroforestry, marketing of wild honey, reforestation and restoration landscapes, promotion of rattan, crafts, collection and marketing of Gnetum africanum, improved chikwange in Lukolela, value addition for edible caterpillars and fruit trees in Ingende, medicinal plants in Lokolama, etc. These will be implemented after having trained local associations of local communities and indigenous peoples to develop and implement projects. [1] By clearing and opening up these road infrastructure, the project will also be reducing access constraints to key ecotourism sites – a potentially limiting impediment to tourism flows. [2] Joël Bernardin KIYULU N’YANGA - NZO (2020) Rapport d’Etude sur la Thematique Populations Autochtones et Communautes Locales. Pour le projet “Gestion Communautaire des Paysages Forestiers du Grand Kivu et des Lacs Télé-Tumba segment de la RDC”. FEM-7 Programme à Impact sur les Paysages Durables de Bassin du Congo. Ministere de l’Environnement et de Developpement Durable (MEDD), Kinshasa, RDC. [3] Ibid. Joël Bernardin KIYULU N’YANGA - NZO (2020). [4] See details in Ibid. Joël Bernardin KIYULU N’YANGA - NZO (2020).
Design capacity building programme "Locally Controlled Forest Restoration" - Design "Locally controlled forest
General
Forest degradation and deforestation have severe negative effects on livlihoods for rural and urban societies, biodiversity, climate and ecosystem services such as sutainable access to clean water. There is a urgent need to halt deforestation, restore degraded forest land and manage remaining forests sustainably. There are several international initiatives, processes and agreements that hav ambitions to address the challenges through forest and landscape restoration programs and there is an urgent need to provide capacity building to key stakeholders, not least forest smallholders and minorities. In response to these developments the Swedish Forest Agency submitted a proposal for an international capacity building programme to Sida titled "Locally Controlled Forest Restoration - A Governance and Market Oriented Approach to Resilient Landscapes". This contribution is a design support to the Swedish Forest Agency to develop a proposal for a capacity building programme with start in 2019.
Transforming Eastern Province through Adaptation (Trepa)
General
Climate projections show that climate change will have an increasingly serious effect on the Eastern Province in Rwanda, largely as a result of rising temperatures and changing patterns of precipitation. The mean rainfall is predicted to increase by between 0.1 and 1.24 mm per year, except during the short rainy season (Mid-September -Mid-December), showing a marked decline of between 0.412 and 1.65 mm per year. Temperatures in the Province have already increased 2.6 °C over 1961-201610 and are projected to increase a further 2.5 °C by 205011, up from the 1970 average.Temperature rise will increase evapotranspiration, resulting in increased crop water requirements and reduced soil moisture capacity. A study from ICRAF using the CGIAR CSI model for projection of the Soil Moisture Index estimated decrease in evaporation and increase in evapotranspiration by 2050 which will begin crossing critical thresholds in crop tolerance.12The combination of increased temperatures for longer periods and decreased rainfall especially in the short rainy season, makes the Eastern Province highly exposed to more dry spells with up to 7 days by 2050 The project will be implemented through three Executing Entities (Rwanda Forestry Authority, enABEL and IUCN through its Rwanda country office). In the EE role the IUCN Rwanda country office functions as an in-country entity based on its host country agreement on project management, member and advisory services The project’s objective is: to achieve a paradigm shift in land management practices in Rwanda’s Eastern Province from landscapes that are degraded, fragile and unable to sustain livelihoods in the face of climate change to restored ecosystems and landscapes through building community resilience to enhance livelihoods, food and water security of the most vulnerable rural population. Cordaid is tasked to enhance financial nclusion and investments in climate resilient value chains for climate resilient agricultural and tree products.
Objectives
Cordaid's objective it to enhance financial inclusion and investments in climate resilient value chains for climate resilient agricultural and tree products.
Target Groups
Members of groups (formal and informal) involved in the green activities such as agroforestry and selected value chains such as Maize and Beans
UN-Habitat 2020-2025 - UN-Habitat 2020-2023 GLTN New Strat 2022-2026
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This is a cooperation with the United Nations Human Settlement Programme. UN-Habitat was established in 1978 as an outcome of the First UN Conference on Human Settlements and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat I) in 1976. It is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to promote socially-, environmentally- and economically- sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. It is a member of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG), a consortium of 36 UN funds, programs, specialized agencies, departments and offices that play a role in development. The normative-operational mandate of UN-Habitat derives from the Habitat Agenda, adopted by the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) in 1996 and renewed in 2016 (Habitat III). The twin goals of the Habitat Agenda are adequate shelter for all and the development of sustainable human settlements in an urbanizing world. UN-Habitat's mission is to advance sustainable urbanization as a driver of development and peace to improve living conditions for all. The agency is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, with four main regional offices covering Africa, the Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean. UN-Habitat also has liaison and information offices in New York, Brussels, Beijing, Moscow and Geneva and project offices in 76 countries across the world. As part of its comparative advantage, UN-Habitat is able to directly engage and sign agreements with sub-national entities (cities, local and regional governments), not just national governments which is the usual case for UN entities. Through this Program Cooperation Agreement (PCA), Sida will continue to focus its support on UN-Habitat's core programmatic mandate by aligning to the agency's 4-year Strategic Plan 2020-2025 and ongoing institutional reform initiatives. This PCA has a total budget of SEK 277 million, and is proposed to be organised into 3 components where funds will be soft-earmarked as follows: Component 1: Soft-earmarked funding to selected domains of change/subprogrammes and result areas of the Strategic Plan 2020-2025, and the implementation of UN-Habitat's organisational reform. These domains of change are: 1. Reduced spatial inequality and poverty in communities across the urban-rural continuum. 2. Enhanced shared prosperity for cities and regions. 3. Strengthened climate action and improved urban environment. 4. Effective urban crisis prevention and response. Component 2: Funding to the area of land ownership and tenure rights in least-developed countries, including post-conflict. This allocation to be managed through the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), a program of UN-Habitat. Component 3: Funding to UN-Habitat's COVID-response and rehabilitation strategy during June 2020 to May 2021.
Objectives
UN-Habitat är FN:s organ för boende, bebyggelse och hållbar stadsutveckling och ska på uppdrag från FN:s Generalförsamling främja socialt, ekonomisk och miljömässigt hållbara städer med målet att tillhandahålla adekvat boende för alla. UN-Habitats vision är "En bättre livskvalitet för alla i en urbaniserad värld. UN-Habitat har ett normativt mandat men är också en organisation med operativ verksamhet som genomför program och projekt. UN-Habitat är exempelvis ansvarig för stadsfrågorna inom FN-systemet och arbetar för att göra städer och bosättningar inkluderande, säkra, motståndskraftiga och hållbara, bland annat som förvaltare av det globala målet om hållbara städer och samhällen (SDG11) samt som fokalt organ för genomförandet av New Urban Agenda (NUA). Det övergripande syftet med insatsen är att stödja genomförandet av UN-Habitats strategiska plan (SP) 2020-2023. SP ger en detaljerad analys av hur hållbar urbanisering kopplar till och bidrar till att uppnå en övergripande hållbar utveckling. SP tydliggör också UN-Habitats åtagande och strategi för hur organisationen, med hjälp av sitt normativa/operativa mandat och sin roll inom FN-systemet, ska bidra till Agenda 2030 och målen för hållbar utveckling, Parisavtalet, Sendai-ramverket och andra globala utvecklingsagendor såsom genomförandet av "New Urban Agenda" (NUA). SP tar särskilt upp löftet i Agenda 2030 "att inte lämna någon utanför". Det övergripande målet för UN-Habitats strategiska plan 2020-2023 är att främja hållbar urbanisering som en drivkraft för utveckling och fred för att förbättra levnadsvillkoren för alla (Sustainable urbanisation is advanced as a driver of development and peace, to improve living conditions for all in line with the SDGs.). För att uppnå huvudmålet har UN-Habitat formulerat fyra sammanlänkade resultatområden (Domains of Change); 1. Minskad ojämlikhet och fattigdom i samhällen och städer. (Reduced spatial inequality and poverty in communities across the urban-rural continuum) - Ökad och lika tillgång till grundläggande tjänster, hållbar mobilitet och till offentliga platser. - Ökad och säker tillgång till mark samt säkra och ekonomiskt överkomliga bostäder. - Effektiv bosättningstillväxt och förnyelse. 2. Ökad fördelning av välstånd i städer och regioner.(Enhanced shared prosperity of cities and regions) - Förbättrade förbindelser och produktivitet i städer och regioner. - Ökade och rättvist fördelade lokalt genererade intäkter. - Utökad användning av ny teknik och innovationer för stadsutveckling. 3. Stärkt hantering av klimatförändringar och förbättrad stadsmiljö. (Strengthened climate action and improved urban environment) - Minskade utsläpp av växthusgaser och förbättrad luftkvalitet. - Förbättrad resurseffektivitet och skydd av ekologiska tillgångar. - Effektiv anpassning av samhällen och infrastruktur till klimatförändringar. 4. Effektivt förebyggande och hantering av kriser och katastrofer i urbana områden. (Effective urban crisis prevention and response) - Ökad social sammanhållning och inkluderande planering för konfliktförebyggande och återuppbyggnad. - Förbättrad levnadsstandard och inkludering av migranter, flyktingar, internflyktingar och återvändande genom effektiv krishantering och återuppbyggnad. - Ökad resiliens av bebyggd miljö och infrastruktur. Under UN-Habitatstödet ingår också en komponent med specifikt stöd till Global Land Tool Network (GLTN). Komponenten finansieras och handläggs av enheten för global ekonomisk hållbar utveckling (GLOBEC). En kort analys av GLTN-komponenten kommer att ingå under denna sammanfattande resultatuppdatering, som görs av ansvarig handläggare från GLOBEC. GLTN rapporterar resultat under fyra övergripande målområden: 1. En accelerad marksektorsreform i organisationer, regioner och länder ("Reform of the land sector accelerated across organizations regions and countries") - Stärkta internationella och nationella markpolicyer, program och praxis -Stärkt internationell och nationell koordinering av marksektorn - Ökad kunskap hos internationella och nationella markaktörer om viktiga markrättighetsfrågor och möjlig lösningar, och deras koppling till bredare utvecklingsresultat 2. Inkluderande, jämställda och ändamålsenliga markrättighetsmetoder och tillvägagångssätt som institutionaliserats av internationella och nationella markaktörer för att stärka och ytterliga skydda markrättigheter ("Inclusive, gender responsive and fit-for-purpuse land tools and approaches instituzionalised by international and national land actors to scale up tenure security interventions") - Prioriterade markrättighetsmetoder för kvinnor, unga och sårbara grupper utvecklas och implementeras - Ökad kapacitet hos internationella och nationella markaktörer för att främja och implementera ändmålsenliga markrättighetsmetoder 3. Förbättrad uppföljning av åtaganden kopplade till markrättigheter för ändamålsenlig planering och politiska beslut("Improved monitoring of land-related commitments for planning and policy decisions") - Förbättrade metoder för uppföljning av markrättigheter på nationell nivå - Förbättrad kapacitet för att samla in och analysera data för relevanta nationella och internationella landorgansationer - Etablering av en globala mekanism för säkrade markrättigheter 4. Kapacitet, kunskap och resurser om marksäkerhet delas och utvecklas mellan internationella och nationella aktörer Capacities, knowledge and resources on land tenure security shared and developed among international and national actors ("Capacities, knowledge and resources on land tenure security shared and developed among international and national actors") - Etablering av effektiva samarbetsmekanismer för program utveckling och implementering - Etabelerade och förbättrade kunskapsplattformar -Stärkt partnerkapacitet för att sprida kunskap och medvetenhet om GLTNs arbete till andra internationella och nationella partners. 2021: The overall aim of the intervention is to support the implementation of UN-Habitat's Strategic Plan for 2020-2023, which was approved and adopted by Member States in May 2019 during the first session of the UN-Habitat Assembly, the organization's main decision-making body. This document provides a detailed analysis of how sustainable urbanization links directly to, and helps achieve, overall sustainable development. It is also a commitment and strategy for how the agency, using its normative/operational mandate and focal point role, will contribute to Agenda 2030 and SDGs, the Paris Agreement, the Sendai framework and other global development agendas, and will accelerated progress in the implementation of the New Urban Agenda (NUA). It particularly addresses the pledge in the 2030 Agenda "to leave no one behind". The overall vision is "A better quality of life for all in an urbanizing world". The mission is that "UN-Habitat promotes transformative change in cities and human settlements through knowledge, policy advice, technical assistance and collaborative action to leave no one and no place behind." The overall strategic objective is "Sustainable urbanization is advanced as a driver of development and peace , to improve living conditions for all." A host of persistent and new development problems have been identified by this intervention, including extreme poverty, socioeconomic inequality, slums, social exclusion and marginalization, gender-based discrimination, humanitarian crises, conflict, air pollution, climate change and high unemployment, all of which are increasingly concentrated in urban areas. At the end of the intervention, UN-Habitat intends to realise the following changes: 1. Reduced spatial inequality and poverty in communities across the urban-rural continuum (Domain of Change 1) through - Increased and equal access to basic services, sustainable mobility, and public space; - Increased and secure access to land, and adequate and affordable housing; and - Effective settlements growth and regeneration. 2. Enhanced shared prosperity for cities and regions (Domain of Change 2) through - Improved spatial connectivity and productivity of cities and regions; - Increased and equitably distributed locally generated revenues; and - Expanded deployment of frontier technologies and innovations for urban development. 3. Strengthened climate action and improved urban environment (Domain of Change 3) through - Reduced greenhouse emissions and improved air quality; - Improved resource efficiency and protection of ecological assets; and - Effective adaptation of communities and infrastructure to climate change. 4. Effective urban crisis prevention and response (Domain of Change 4) through - Enhanced social cohesion and inclusive planning for conflict prevention and recovery; - Improved living standards and inclusion of migrants, refugees, internally displaced persons and returnees through effective crisis response and recovery; and - Enhanced resilience of the built environment and infrastructure. The cross-cutting thematic areas are: Resilience and Safety. The social inclusion issues are: Human rights; Gender; Children, youth, and older persons; and Disability. An additional organisational outcome is UN-Habitat as a global Centre of Excellence and Innovation for urbanisation issues. UN-Habitat aspires to increase its presence as a global actor in "setting the global discourse and agenda on sustainable urban development, driving political discussion, generating specialised and cutting-edge knowledge, shaping technical norms, principles and standards, and acting as a multiplier in the exchange of knowledge, experience and best practice in getting cities and other human settlements right". Working through the urban spectrum assumes that UN-Habitat will engage with, affect and impact on a very broad range of actors. UN-Habitat has what is known as Habitat Agenda Partners (HAPs) which groups stakeholders around 15 different partner constituency groups and facilitate engagement at policy, strategy, program and project levels. In a sense, all will benefit from the successful implementation of the strategic plan. However, the main stakeholders whose situation will improve for the better if the program outcomes are achieved, and who will benefit from access to norms, tools and increased capacity development are primarily: national governments, local and sub-national authorities, civil society organisations, grassroot organisations (including organised groups of the urban poor), and urban communities, particularly their women, children and youth. In addition to the support to the Strategic Plan, the Sida PCA will have two more specific components: Support to land rights and secure tenure issues, implemented through the Global Land Tool Network program GLTN was formed by UN-Habitat and a network of partners in 2006, with seed and development funding from Sweden and Norway. The objective is to overcome the challenges and obstacles in delivering land tenure security at scale and to fill critical gaps in land governance and administration approaches, tools and systems. Today, GLTN is a UN-Habitat program that provides a dynamic multi-stakeholder alliance of more than 85 land institutions and actors committed to increasing access to land and tenure security for all, with a focus on the poor and women. GLTN uses an inclusive approach to the development of land tools, builds knowledge on land tenure and broader development outcomes, and develops the capacity of land actors to use the tools. GLTN has a program strategy for 2018-2030 and is implementing its 3rd phase during 2019-2023. The program objective - "improved tenure security" - directly contributes to all domains of change in the UN-Habitat strategic plan, and specifically the outcome area on "Increased and secure access to land and adequate and affordable housing". Through this PCA, Sida intends to continue to support GLTN core program activities which will help enable scaling up its work at country level. In addition to delivering improved land tenure in countries such as Zambia, Uganda, DRC, Nepal, etc., GLTN has contributed to greater consistency in the use of land tenure concepts and approaches by the international land community. It is contributing to monitoring 12 indicators of the SDGs related to land, land indicators of the NUA, and in pursuance of the guidance note of the UN Secretary-General on land and conflict. Support to UN-Habitat's COVID-19 Response Plan UN-Habitat recently shared its COVID-19 Response Plan with Member States and a range of partners as well as launched its COVID-19 Campaign. The response plan focuses on three main thematic areas of action: i) supporting local governments and community-driven solutions in informal settlements; ii) providing urban data mapping and knowledge for informed, evidence-based, decision-making, and iii) mitigating economic impact and initiating recovery and longer term policy change to build greater resilience. Sida assesses that UN-Habitat's planning and development approach will complement the humanitarian activities of other actors. At the moment, many humanitarian actors are unable to reach slum settlements or work with slum communities. UN-Habitat, together with its local networks, will facilitate the inclusion of slums in city-level responses. The PCA with UN-Habitat is relevant to the Swedish strategy for globally sustainable environment, climate and oceans 2018-2022. It will contribute to the specific outcome areas on "Environmentally sustainable cities and communities" and "Increased access to basic social services and housing for people living in poverty in urban areas". The PCA is also relevant to the Swedish strategy for global development cooperation on sustainable economic development 2018 2022, specifically the outcome areas on "Strengthened ownership and tenure rights for land and natural resources", "Strengthened women's economic empowerment"and "More effective domestic resource mobilization, increased financial stability and counteracting corruption".
IMVO Convenant Sierteeltsector
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The agreement for International Responsible Business Conduct (IRBC, Dutch: IMVO) in the floriculture sector (Dutch: sierteeltsector) is one in which signatories and otherwise supporting parties cooperate on making the floriculture sector more sustainable pursuant to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, whereby the Parties’ intention is to make substantial progress, within a three-year period, towards improving the circumstances of those who may experience adverse impacts in connection with the floriculture sector. The complexity of the international value chain calls for a collective effort to prevent or mitigate adverse impacts. Accordingly, many different parties in the sector, the Government of the Netherlands, the trade union and the NGO have joined forces to leverage their efforts. Companies that adhere to the Agreement will make every effort to discharge their responsibility for preventing and mitigating risks or adverse impacts of their own operations and/or the operations of their business relationships in the production or supply chain. To this end, they will perform due diligence, as described in the OECD Guidelines and the UNGPs. In doing so, they will have access to the collective and shared knowledge of the other stakeholders in this Agreement and benefit from the opportunities. The Parties have identified the following specific issues associated with international responsible business conduct that parties operating in the floriculture sector should prioritize (listed in random order): living wage, women’s (including combatting sexual harassment), health and safety related to exposure to plant protection products, land rights, climate change, water usage, environmental impact of plant protection products.
Durban Storm Water – Water sources and systems
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eThekwinie (greater municipality of Durban) suffers from flash floods due to increasing heavy and unpredictable rainfall (stormwater). In other periods the region suffer from shortage of fresh water, either for agriculture, industrial use or human consumption. eThekwinie did some initial explorations on how to match the periodic abundant rainfall with the demand for water in drier periods of the year.Possible technical solutions are aquifer recharge or controlled drainage to (existing) water treatment plants. Unfortunately eThekwinie Water Services (EWS, the water supply company of the metropolitan area) has not sufficient financial means to invest upfront in the technical and infrastructural solutions that need to be installed in order to capture water for profitable use. Therefor it seems needed to get to a ‘public-private’partnership’ (PPP). eThekwinie region has positive experience with PPP’s in the field of energy production. For the possible stormwater PPP it is expected that a South African major company, investor or ‘special purpose vehicle’ will be engaged in the long term commitment to the project. The Netherlands has experience with PPP’s in the water sector. Under the MoU both the Netherlands and eThekwinie wish to explore and further develop a PPP that will collect the stormwater and make it of available for different groups of users. A prefeasibility study should indicate whether it is worthwhile to continue with a detailed feasibility study. This project will explore the economic, financial, judicial and organizational elements of the proposed PPP solution.This project will:-Define most suitable area for stormwater ‘harvesting’ (level of rainfall, type of soil/surface, land ownership etc.) -Define water availability, water balance (quantity, based on historical figures, , run off)-Assessment of water quality in the defined area and options to improve quality in relation to proposed purpose of water.-Define different options for water storage with rough price estimates-List the available reports on water available at EWS and relevant other local institutes (university)-explore different options for (subsoil) water treatment steps according proposed use of water target group and (roughly) estimate costs of the different options.-Advice on the further steps to be carried out to make the project a success.