General

Assessed contributions are made to a number of UN agencies arising from Ireland’s membership of organisations such as the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), the International Office for Migration (IOM), the UN Convention on Biodiversity (UNCBD), the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).

Objectives

UNIDO serves as a forum and broker for knowledge transfer on industrial development for poverty reduction, inclusive globalisation and environmental sustainability. IOM works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration and to promote international cooperation on migration issues. UNCCD works to improve the condition of affected ecosystems, combat desertification/land degradation and promote sustainable land management.

General

Overall objective: The action works to ensure that People-centred land governance policies contribute to poverty reduction for landless and poor communities in the North, South and North East of Thailand and the attainment of SDGs 1, 2, 5 and 10.

General

Indigenous and rural communities in Chiapas, Mexico, face increasing challenges due to violence resulting from conflict. The increasing complexity of conflict between and among communities arising from land disputes, power struggles, differences over faith issues, or other disagreements between groups undermines social and economic development. The IAF supports community-led solutions to promote peaceful solutions to conflict and chronic violence. Our grantee Comisin de Apoyo a la Unidad y Reconciliacin Comunitaria, A. C. (CORECO) supports the development of skills among Indigenous and rural communities to analyze conflict, engage groups to peacefully transform conflict, and resolve thorny issues that could easily escalate into violence. This grant brings faith-based strategies and diverse Indigenous networks to the IAF's approach to overcoming chronic violence.