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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Resources
Displaying 186 - 190 of 809Land Management and Decentralised Planning in Laos PDR (LMDP)
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Improvement of the land tenure security of the rural population in the target area. Improved governance of investments within the public and private sector.
Land & Corruption in Africa
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Launched in 2014, the Land and Corruption in Africa Programme is addressing land corruption risks by: Sharing information on how land corruption manifests and what its effects are. Ensuring that land corruption and actions to fight it are put on the agendas of governments and international bodies like the African Union. Raising the importance of combating land corruption in the global land governance debate. Educating citizens about their land rights and how to defend them. Working with governments, traditional authorities, the private sector and civil society to find solutions to combat land corruption. Ensuring intergovernmental organisations, governments and business have procedures in place to sanction offenders and bring about justice for affected citizens. Pushing for solutions to land corruption that are responsive to the needs of women, young people and other marginalised citizens
Real estate orthophotos for Moldova ('Moldphoto')
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Orthophotos with 20 cm resolution for the entire country, as well as aerial photography.
Services in the context of supporting the use of the Forests Rights Act and the VGGT among Indigenous Peoples'
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A series of awareness-raising and capacity development material on the VGGT and the Indian Forestry Rights Act (FRA) with a specific focus on indigenous peoples (Adivasi in India) were developed. The materials include a kit targeting community leaders and local authorities, including posters, leaflets, cartoon booklets and videos. The materials were developed with the objective of giving simple information on the relevant legislation and applicable procedures to secure Adivasi’ lands and forests at local level. At the same time, the VGGT have been translated and disseminated in four indigenous languages used in India. in January 2017, a meeting was organized at the Nalsar University of Law to discuss the establishment of a network of lawyers, lawmakers, judges, universities, and organizations working in supporting the rights of Adivasi and other marginalized communities. The network, which is currently being established, will support the recognition of tenure rights of indigenous peoples in India in collaboration with NALSAR University, PRAYOG and other organizations working with Adivasi and indigenous peoples.
Participatory Natural Resource Management and Rural Development Project in the North, Centre-North and East Re
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The project aims to improve the living conditions and boost the incomes of 40,000 rural households in the area of Neer Tamba by assisting them in developing and strengthening their autonomy and ability to play an increasingly proactive role in creating a sustainable economic and social fabric. On land and natural resource governance, the project aims to strengthen land tenure security, especially for women, youth and rural landless. Land tenure security has been given critical importance in the project area, thus related interventions cut across all of the project's components. The strategy with regard to this is based on a general principle of securing user rights among the target populations, and a proactive approach to facilitating access to the developed plots. To this extent the project will contribute to the dissemination of legal and administrative texts among the key actors of the project. Further the project will support the establishment of village committees dealing with land tenure issues, in target villages. The project will organize trainings of young professionals in this area to overcome the obstacle for the construction and maintenance of facilities to secure access to land.