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Sustainable Livelihood and Disaster Mitigation (SLDM)
General
The intervention works on the nexus of DRR, food security and agroforestry and successor programme of the Sloping Land Management programme (SLM). Building on SLM, food security remains central, but DRR is the principle concern of the domain of intervention. Combining food security and DRR increases the scope to work holistically towards sustaining the resources on which livelihoods depend. The emphasis on sustainable food production addresses the humanitarian needs of communities. Coupling this with a focus on community action serves to enlarge the scope for groups and individuals to act more autonomously.
The Tenure Facility (RRI-ILFTF) 2014-2018
General
Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) has applied to Sida for funding of SEK 100,5 million to carry out "International Land and Forest Tenure Facility - leveraging greater public and private commitment and finance to secure land rights in the forest and rural areas of the developing world" during four years 2014-2017. Sida has an on-going agreement on support to the Rights and Resources Initiative’s (RRI’s) framework program 2013-2017. The proposed contribution concerns additional support to RRI for a project that will develop, establish and test an independent, global facility that would contribute to secure land and forest tenure for smallholders (especially women), communities and Indigenous Peoples. The proposed contribution includes support to the establishment of the facility as well as to its operations during the first two years of implementation. Agreement partner for the contribution will be Rights and Resources Group (RRG), which is the secretariat of RRI. Clear and secure land tenure för local communities is an important precondition for several aspects of development, including sustainable use of natural resources, including decreased or avoided deforestation, increased resilience, economic development and enhancement of human rights and democratic societies. Special attention to securing women’s rights is part of the intervention's design. The facility would have two principal lines of action: 1. Provide funding and technical support for selected tenure reform projects proposed by civil society, Indigenous Peoples, governments and investors, in developing countries; and 2. Serve as a neutral platform for convening all kinds of stakeholders to coordinate commitments and develop shared community tenure reform strategies. The priority will be to promote reform that is beneficial for vulnerable groups and those in most need. The facility will not be structured to help to fund actions by private sector investors or companies to resolve tenure security in specific sites where they are active. Sida assesses the proposal to be relevant and innovative and that it therefore deserves further support. Sida has during 2012-2013 supported background studies and consultations for the preparations of the current proposal with SEK 1,5 million and has also contributed with comments on earlier versions. The proposed intervention's total budget is SEK 235,6 million (USD 35,16 million) and full finance is not yet confirmed, but support is expected mainly from Norway. There are positive indications also from other donors.
Objectives
Increased security of tenure for Indigenous Peoples and local communities in rural, forest, and dryland areas in order to contribute to climate and human rights goals, local and national economic development, forest governance, food security, and biodiversity conservation.
UNCCD Backstopping Mandate
General
Desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD) are major drivers of global change, especially in drylands, where some of the most vulnerable ecosystems and peoples can be found. The Committee on Science and Technology (CST) of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is a subsidiary body to provide advice on scientific and technological matters relating to DLDD. SDC has the lead function for UNCCD matters within the Federal Administration. SDC is supported by scientific expertise and as a consequence enabled to provide scientific evidence to the CST.
UNDP - Strengthening Disaster Risk Governance in Tajikistan (SDRGT)
General
Due to frequent occurrence of natural disasters the Government has endorsed number of laws and regulations, and developed relevant structure for DRM. However, the disaster risk governance requires further improvement. The project will assist the Government to expand approaches to risk governance at the national level involving the Government, civil society and the international community and improving local risk governance using risk assessments and risk informed land use planning targeting land owners and users.
WCM 2016-2020
General
Project Title: Shan Communities’ Equal Rights Opportunity & Access Project Aim: Men and women enjoy equal rights, opportunities, access to information, and government services in Northern Shan State. Objective: By end of 2020, 3,184 men and women in 16 ethnic villages in two townships have improved capacity to lead their own development and improved access to health and social services. Problem Analysis: For women; lack of opportunities, lack of social protection, lack of women’s self-help competences, lack of access to health care in combination with their reproductive role, stereotypes the ‘people’ have and the domination of men are root causes for gender inequality. For ethnic groups; the following root causes contributed to ethnic inequality whereby minority groups are marginalized: lack of opportunities, lack of social services, lack of awareness on ethnic rights, not being included in business opportunities as well as being dominated by Burmese and fearing to lose their ethnic identity. Result 1: Community Health Workers and Health Insurance Funds are functioning. Result 2: SHGs are functioning and members completed business training and started individual or group business. Result 3: VDC’s completed training on leadership skills, PCM, community organizing, human rights, gender, land law and developed VAPs. Result 4: Community, in particular youth, has improved awareness on safe migration, acquiring legal documents and trafficking. Result 5: Local Partner Organizations have improved capacity. Main activities and Thematic priorities: - Basic health services, including pregnant and lactating mothers, nutrition, family planning, HIV/Aids and TB awareness - Social services, including Self-Help Groups and small business support - VDCs capacity building and village action planning (land use planning and DRR planning) - Community awareness, including land rights, safe migration, youth migrants, legal documents and exploitation/ trafficking - Capacity building LPO
Objectives
This project mainly contributes to results within Economic empowerment of women. Results will be reported later in the Global Civsam grant period 2016-2020
WOCAT 2020+ The Global Network for Sustainable Land Management
General
Implementing sustainable land management is essential for reducing land degradation and achieving climate and livelihood resilience. WOCAT, the Swiss founded Global Sustainable Land Management Platform, offers robust and up-to-date knowledge and tools for evidence-based decision-making to implement the most appropriate practices within a given context to improve land resources, ecosystems and livelihoods.