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Community Organizations Foundation for Civil Society
Foundation for Civil Society
Foundation for Civil Society
Acronym
FCS
Non-profit organization
Phone number
+255 22 – 2664890/1/2

Location

Madai Crescent 7 Ada Estate
Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
Postal address
P.O. Box 7192
Working languages
Swahili
English

Foundation for Civil Society (FCS) is an independent Tanzanian non-profit organization that provides grants and capacity building services to civil society organizations (CSOs) so as to enhance their effectiveness in enabling engagement of citizens in development processes. It was established 15 years ago by development stakeholders in Tanzania.

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Design capacity building programme "Locally Controlled Forest Restoration"

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.

Land Administration (GESTERRA) Midterm Review

General

The Embassy of Sweden in Maputo (EoS) supports a capacity building support to land administration under a project named GESTERRA in Mozambique since September 2013. The programme is co-financed between the Government of Mozambique, Sweden and the Embassy of the Netherlands. The program is under the leadership of DINAT (Direccão Nacional de Terras) in the Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development (MITADER). The total budget for GESTERRA amounts to USD 21 864 064 out of which the donors contribute with USD 15 820 000 and where Sweden’s part is maximum of USD 9 000 000 (SEK 45 000 000). The support to GESTERRA is regulated through an agreement between Sweden and the Government of Mozambique. In Annex 3 of the Agreement it is stipulated that Sweden will separately procure the services of an independent monitoring and evaluation consultancy to follow up on the progress of all components of GESTERRA (financing not part of the budget of GESTERRA). This Decision concerns to such monitoring and evaluation consultancy and will cover the activity period ending in 31 December 2015.

Land Administration (GESTERRA) Midterm Review

General

The Embassy of Sweden in Maputo (EoS) supports a capacity building support to land administration under a project named GESTERRA in Mozambique since September 2013. The programme is co-financed between the Government of Mozambique, Sweden and the Embassy of the Netherlands. The program is under the leadership of DINAT (Direccão Nacional de Terras) in the Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development (MITADER). The total budget for GESTERRA amounts to USD 21 864 064 out of which the donors contribute with USD 15 820 000 and where Sweden’s part is maximum of USD 9 000 000 (SEK 45 000 000). The support to GESTERRA is regulated through an agreement between Sweden and the Government of Mozambique. In Annex 3 of the Agreement it is stipulated that Sweden will separately procure the services of an independent monitoring and evaluation consultancy to follow up on the progress of all components of GESTERRA (financing not part of the budget of GESTERRA). This Decision concerns to such monitoring and evaluation consultancy and will cover the activity period ending in 31 December 2015.