The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development is a network of 38 bilateral and multilateral donors, international financing institutions, intergovernmental organisations and development agencies.
Members share a common vision that agriculture and rural development is central to poverty reduction, and a conviction that sustainable and efficient development requires a coordinated global approach.
Following years of relative decline in public investment in the sector, the Platform was created in 2003 to increase and improve the quality of development assistance in agriculture, rural development and food security.
// Agriculture is the key to poverty reduction
Agriculture, rural development, and food security provide the best opportunity for donors and partner country governments to leverage their efforts in the fight against poverty.
However, the potential of agriculture, rural development and food security to reduce poverty is poorly understood and underestimated.
Cutting-edge knowledge of these issues is often scattered among organisations, leading to competition, duplication of efforts, and delays in the uptake of best practices.
// Addressing aid effectiveness
Therefore the Platform promotes the principles of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, the Accra Agenda for Action for sustainable outcomes on the ground, and the Busan Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation.
Increasing aid to agriculture and rural development is not enough. Donors must work together to maximise development impact.
// Adding value
The Platform adds value to its members’ efforts by facilitating the exchange of their development know-how, which consolidates into a robust knowledge base for joint advocacy work.
Working with the Platform, members are searching for new ways to improve the impact of aid in agriculture and rural development.
- An increased share of official development assistance going towards rural development
- Measurable progress in the implementation of aid effectiveness principles
- Greater use of programme-based and sector-wide approaches
- More sustainable support to ARD by member agencies
// Vision
The Platform endorses and works towards the common objectives of its member institutions to support the reduction of poverty in developing countries and enhance sustainable economic growth in rural areas.
Its vision is to be a collective, recognised and influential voice, adding value to and reinforcing the goals of aid effectiveness in the agricultural and rural development strategies and actions of member organisations in support of partner countries.
// Evaluation
Between August and October 2014, the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development underwent an Evaluation. The evaluators interviewed across board focal points (FPs) of member organisations, partner institutions, staff of the secretariat and key agricultural and rural development experts from different organisations involved in the Platform initiatives. KIT reviewed Platform documentation of the past 10 years, online resources and services to complete the assessment.
According to the report, the change in overall global development objectives of the Post-2015 agenda and its sustainable development goals (SDG) will only reiterate the relevance of the Platform’s work in coordinating donor activities. Agriculture and rural development are incorporated in many of the SDGs. The targeted development of appropriate policies and innovative strategies will depend on increased, cross-sectoral cooperation which the Platform stands for. The achievement of the Platform’s objectives of advocacy, knowledge sharing and network facilitation functions remains to be a crucial contribution to agriculture and rural development.
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Follow-on support to continue to build on the existing work of promoting the use of technology, such as drones and mobile applications, to improve the cost and efficiency of applying and processing land titles in Philippines. Goals include: (1) Incorporate mobile application into national Land Administration and Management System (LAMS) and support the government in smooth integration of the app for improved efficiency in the pre-titling process; (2) Promote drone-assisted surveys for titling through developing training modules and scaling the use of drones through pilots covering 1500 titles in both urban and rural areas; and (3) Conduct background research on key tenure related challenges in the Philippines, with particular reference to agriculture and forest tenure.
Support to the International Land Coalition Strategic Framework 2011-2015
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Support to the Strategic Framework 2011-2015 of the International Land Coalition.
Transerve Technologies
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While technology solutions can help drive efficiency, most urban local bodies find high quality solutions expensive. Transerve Technologies works with cities to provide affordable tech solutions to infrastructure management issues such as property tax collection. Transerve Technologies uses geospatial services such has unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and satellite imaging to more efficiently serve its customers. In many Indian cities, Transerve provides more efficient ways for individuals to exercise their rights to property through itsSmartMu product, which is a GIS-based property tax management system.
Third Phase Community Based Rural Development Project
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The objective of the Project is to enhance the capacity of rural communities and decentralized institutions for the implementation of local development plans that promote sustainable land and natural resources management and productive investments at commune level. Therefore, the project seeks to support the implementation of the land tenure policy and law. This would be pursued through: (i) the establishment and operation of rural land tenure services (Services Fonciers Ruraux - SFR) at commune level, village land tenure commissions (les commissions foncieres villageoises) and village conciliation commissions (les commissions de conciliation fonciere villageoise); (ii) land titling operations; (iii) strengthening of capacity of local actors and rural communes to carry out land titling processes efficiently and transparently; and iv) dissemination of the law to increase men, women and illiterates' awareness about their rights, and pave the way for a more gender-balanced access to land. The project will also strengthen land security processes through: (i) diagnostic land tenure studies linked to the revision of Commune Development Plans; (ii) the elaboration of land tenure charters; (iii) elaboration of land tenure charters (chartes foncieres locales) and other documentation provided for by the Rural Land Legislation such as registration of usufruct rights (attestation de possession fonciere rurale); (iv) the regularization of land set aside for investment by the local government; and (v) strengthening the capacity of local actors to conciliate disputes related to land tenure. Given the preponderance of local disputes linked to land issues - including titling, pastoral vs. agricultural usage, and crop destruction - the component will also provide specific training modules on conflict resolution. Finally, the project will pilot a mobile court system in selected regions to enhance the ability of citizens to access formal justice services.
PULITZER CENTER ON CRISIS REPORTING
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The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting supports a large network of independent journalists who cover under-reported global issues, such as property rights, and disseminates their stories across top-tier news media partners. The Center aims to raise awareness and to increase public dialogue on the current barriers to property rights around the world.Through written content, video, data visualization, and photography, the Center promotes high-quality international reporting and innovative platforms for the public to engage on key issues. It also provides in-person and online programs for secondary and university students, including those enrolled in public policy, business, and environmental programs. Omidyar Network is funding The Pulitzer Center to launch a three-year program to advance property rights awareness through investigative journalism reporting and workshops, micro-grants, and education activities.