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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Displaying 56 - 60 of 808Capacity Building in Support of Land Policy Development and Implementation in Africa
General
The programme fosters economic development and poverty reduction through improved land use, management and governance. The expected outcome is to facilitate the implementation of the Framework and Guidelines on Land Policy in Africa via enhanced capacity of the AU-ECA-AfDB LPI, RECs, African governments, civil society and other stakeholders in land policy development as well as improved land information systems, increased networking, lesson learning and knowledge sharing among practitioners in land policy and increased monitoring of progress in land policy development and implementation.
Support for the consolidation process of the Malagasy Land Policy
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In 2005, following a participatory and consultative process, the Malagasy Government adopted a Letter of Land Policy setting the strategic directions of the Malagasy Land Policy, which revolves around four strategic axes: the restructuring, modernization and computerization of land services; improving the implementation of decentralized land management; updating the national and land regulations;the implementation of a national training plan for careers in land, new skills and communication.
Sustainable management of natural resources and strengthening of entrepreneurial competencies
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Administration and cultivation of natural resources through local community, local government and relevant state institutions, preservation of biodiversity, sustainability criteria
Stenthening National Geographic Services in Lao PDR
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The programme purpose is to assist the National Geographic Department (NGD) in creating, managing and distributing reliable modern national spatial data services to public and private stakeholders and clients. The services include database for digital topographic maps at 1:50,000 and digital orthophoto maps based on fresh digital aerial photography which is part of the programme implementation. The programme also includes densification of the horizontal and vertical control point networks over entire country. SNGS project ended in August 2014. In general, the objectives of SNGS have been achieved rather well. Orthophoto coverage at the end of the SNGS will be twice the original project area, i.e. approx. 2/3 of the country. It has substantially increased technical and institutional capacity of the partner organizations (National Geographic Department, NGD, and surveying and Mapping Centre, SMC). High resolution digital orthopohoto (1:5,000) and topographic (1:50,000) maps are unique products in Lao PDR. The SNGS extension is planned to last from August 2014 until December 2015 and it serves as an implementation of exit strategy of SNGS project. The extension will focus especially on ensuring the institutional sustainability. The project purpose is to ensure that the NGD and the SMC have long term capability and financial means to produce and distribute good quality and up-to-date geospatial data.
Irrigation and Water Resources Management Project/Land Tenure Security Activity
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The Land Tenure Security Activity is part of the Irrigation and Water Resource Management Project. It provide support to identify and secure land rights, including existing rights and those of farmers benefiting from the project, and to mitigate conflicts that might arise from ambiguities regarding property rights, increasing land values, and increased demand for land. The project will assist in the development of community-based land allocation procedures to assure community participation and equitable allocation of land in the project area. The capacity of local institutions responsible for allocating and managing land rights will also be strengthened.