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Displaying 756 - 760 of 2116AFCE-POWER OF VOICES PARTNERSHIP UGANDA
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AFCE-Agency for Community Empowerment is a national based organisation that works with small holder farmers on agri-business value chains in westnile-Uganda. In Uganda, FAIR for ALL programme aims at strengthening CSOs to create space and mobilize demands of small-scale producers to contribute to more inclusive and sustainable agribusiness value chains (focus on agriculture, specifically coffee and horticulture) that respect land rights and promote grassroots women’s rights and economic empowerment in Uganda, and a conducive environment that promotes equal opportunities for individuals and businesses,resulting in poverty reduction, better service delivery and sustainable business practices. The Uganda FAIR for ALL programme will be implemented by Oxfam in Uganda and partners, aiming to: 1) Enhancing women’s access to local, regional and global value chains (agriculture, specific focus on coffee and horticulture) by strengthening their organizations and capacity to influence stakeholders in value chains, including public actors, for more inclusive policies and constituencies on production practices; 2) Strengthen women’s participation and leadership through capacity strengthening of women smallholder farmer groups in negotiation skills, policy analysisand advocacy, and market and price analysis; 3)Enhancing space for CSOs, in particular regarding land rights issues. Reviving cooperatives and collective enterprises of smallholder farmer producer groups as an alternative business model to mobilize and organize small-scale food producers in agribusiness valuechains; 4) Addressing human rights violations in agribusiness, with a focus on compliance with FPIC; and 5) Advocating for a fair tax system and budget transparency, paving the way for pro-poor spending, including investment in agriculture, social protection, basic services and human capital development with linkages to fair trade policies and practices. These objectives will be achieved by supporting civil society to navigate shrinking space; addressing deeply rooted cultural norms against women; strengthening CSOs’ and alliances’ influencing capacities, in particular related to land, fiscal and trade policies, inequality and exclusion; and by strengthening CSOs’ capacities to engage with the private sector. Under the Fair for All programme AFCE will be responsible for building capacities of small holder farmers to benefit from coffee and horticulture value chains. Their contributions will be under Pathway 1,2 and 3. AFCE shall implement the project in Zombo and Nebbi districts.
Fair for All-Ratanakiri
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NatureLife Cambodia (NLC) will work with Oxfam in Cambodia to establish the collaboration platform among key actors at the originate value chain of banana and rubber commodities to ensure fair investment while respecting human and communities’ rights andprotect biodiversity. This project will work in Ratanakiri Province to support the key actors (i.e. communities and private sector) at the origination of the value chain of two commodities (Rubber and Yellow Banana). The project will empower and build thecapacity of local communities (including women members) to talk about human/communities’ rights and trade value chain and establish the dialog platforms for all key actors involved in these two commodities to address the issue. Moreover, the abuse (rightand power) and the changed business practice will be documented for sharing to government focal points, policymakers, NGO partners, and the financial stakeholder of these two companies. NatureLife will also collaborate with other Fair for all project partners such as the Cambodian Agricultural Workers Federation (CAWF) looking to connect with the worker’s association in these banana and rubber plantations. The project will focus on: • Build the capacity of PTCF and O Rey CPA to manage their forest and document the human and community land rights violation and abuses due to banana and rubber plantation, and demand for corresponding solutions • Support O Rey CPA and conservation NGO (NatureLife) to work with Hong Anh Lomphat ELC and KRRC in piloting the new business model that respects community land use right and environment and fair investment • Support the establishment of the platform and safe space for dialogue and address the issue atthe origination of banana and rubber chains. KRRC and Hong Anh Lomphat ELC need to scale up their collaboration with local communities locate around its’ plantation, and change their business practices towards social and environmental responsibilities. • Contribute to developing the policy for promoting the social and environmental responsibility among ELC holders through the effort to establish the first conservation area within leased land. • Support the Fair for all partners to establish the workers association and cooperative in banana and rubber plantations • Encourage KRRC to become a more responsible investment company in the rubber sector via applying the voluntary guideline on mitigating socio-environmental risk for Vietnamese outward investors in agriculture in the Mekong sub-region. The project objective is to establish the collaboration platform among key actors at the originate value chain of banana and rubber commodities to ensure fair investment while respecting human and communities’ rights and protect biodiversity.
Coalition claim civil society space
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This 40-month Project aims to expand space for Vietnamese civil society to engage in policy processes through capacity building forseven multi-stakeholder coalitions and advocacy for improvements in laws and policies relating to cross-cutting issues that are critical to an enabling environment for civil society. Through various capacity building activities, the seven coalitions will have improved knowledge, skills, mutual value and cooperation on fundamental human rights, role of civil society in development, policy making process, advocacy and organizational improvement. They will deploy their improved capacity in collaboratively advocating for improving policies on freedom of association, rights to access to information and freedom of assembly, which will also further improve their capacity in claiming and practicing civil rights. The Project builds on and links to the results and experience of Oxfam in supporting civil society-led advocacy coalitions, which include participation of supportive government agencies, media, academic experts, and the private sector since 2013 under the Coalition Support Program. The co-applicants to this Project coordinate four such coalitions: the Coalition on Agriculture and Farmer#s Welfare, Forest Land Coalition, Mining Coalition, and the Clean Water Coalition.Three other civil society-led coalitions/ networks # the Budget Transparency Coalition, People#s Action for Health Equity, and the M.net migrant workers# rights network # will participate in capacity development activities of the Action as beneficiary groups. The Overall Objective of the Project is to contribute to increased space for Vietnamese civil society to engage in policy processes. This overall objective will be realized through a combination of policy advocacy, public education, and alliance building around three cross-cutting civic rights affecting civil society space: access to information, freedom of association, and freedom of assembly. These are basic conditions of an enabling environment for civil society participation in public life. The Action seizes opportunities in the National Assembly#s legislative agenda to raise awareness and seek to influence policy discussions surrounding the Law on Access to Information (passed in April 2016, entering into force in July 2018), proposed Law on Associations (to be considered by the NA in November 2016) and Law on Demonstrations (also known as Peaceful Assembly, to be considered in 2017), plus sub-law decrees and guiding circulars for each of theselaws. The Project has two Specific Objectives as follows: 1. Vietnamese civil society has increased capacity to influence policy decisions and implementation that affect their lives. 2. Policy processes on cross-cutting issues relating to civil society space are influenced by coalition members# policy recommendations. And four results as follows: Result 1: Annual plans for capacity development, cross-cutting research and advocacy among 7 multi-stakeholder coalitions are developed. Result 1 will deliver: # A political economy analysis of policy opportunities relating to Access to Information, Association, and Assembly, updated in Years 2 and 3 # Detailed schedules for capacity development and advocacy activities in Years 2 and 3 # Seven annuallyupdated advocacy strategies and plans of the seven coalitions Result 2: Coalition members have improved knowledge, skills, and mutual cooperation on cross-learning topics critical to increasing civil society space. Result 2 will make changes as follows: # 560 cumulative participants in capacity development activities (50% female) # 7 coalitions complete bi-annual Qualitative Assessment Scorecards to monitor their progress # 4 coalitions have improved capacity in advocacy, campaigning, negotiation andcommunication skills,and research as assessed through a partner capacity tool. Result 3: At least 2 advocacy campaigns on cross-cutting laws and policies relating to rights to association, information and assembly are conducted by Oxfam and the coalition partners. Specifically, the Project will produce the following changes: # 6 sets of recommendations on laws and sub-laws on access to information, association and assembly are produced and signed by Oxfam and coalition members and sent to relevant policy making bodies. # 500 state officials are reached by the coalitions# joint advocacy on access to information, association and assembly # At least 250 print, online, and broadcast media products about coalition-led advocacy over the period of the Action. Result 4: An assessment on the progress of changing civil society space in 2015#2018 is completed. Specific deliverables: # A published civil society space assessment (2000 copies in Vietnamese, 500 in English) # Assessment available online # Atleast 5 media articles about the assessment results # An academic journal article describing the findings # Findings presented at 3-5 workshops and conferences, organized by Oxfam as well as other international development partners. The Centre for Environment and Community Research (CECR), an NGO based in Hanoi that coordinate the Coalition for Clean Water. CECR initiated the Hanoi Lakes Club and now coordinates six local community monitoring groups (who aremembers of the coalition) around the country. Due to its community links and active advocacy on local water pollution issues, CECR has been invited by the Ministry of Justice to contribute to provincial workshops on human rights. With an interest in access to information and thepolicy-making process, CECR will host activities on these subjects and reach out to the coalition#s local members tobuild their capacity on policy influencing and monitoring.
Protect the Environment and Secure Lands
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Briefly, in one or two paragraphs, summarise Oxfam Novib's relationship to date with this organisation. Also, mention any other salient points for the reader that will not be in either in this Appraisal or in the Counterpart and Project Description. Kesan emerged from the youth group Karen Nature Conservation Group, which has its origins in Thai refugee camp. Its founders who practically grew up in the camps participated in an inspiring environmental training from Images Asia Environment Desk (a former Oxfam Novib partner) in 1997 leading to the creation of Kesan in 2001. While initially addressed at improving rural livelihood security and gaining recognition and respect for local and indigenous people#s rights in Karen State, recent ceasefire and peace process negotiations have pushed Kesan to focus more on policy advocacy, land registration and management, and building networks among key government and civil society actors. It is now in the process of establishing a presence in Yangon. Given this direction, Kesan will remain as a strategic partner to contribute to three key programs of Oxfam Novib: natural resource management in relation to conflict transformation, DRR and resilience and potentially humanitarian response given the potentialrepatriation of some 130,000 officially registered refugees along the Thai-Myanmar border who fled decades of ethnic conflict, back to Myanmar. Significant number of these refugees are Karens. As mentioned in the evaluation of Kesan (Dec 2013): #Kesan#s impressive work and strategic interventions have strengthened Karen communities to be able to withstand the ongoing threats to their security and livelihoods. KESAN has also equipped them with skills and resources to be better prepared for the new challenges that they and their children will be facing in the future.# However, the resultant budget cut as a consequence of country budget reduction will have a more significant impact on Kesan#s programming as Oxfam Novib is their biggest, single donor.Hopefully, with the approval of the regional Water Governance Program, Kesan is assured of more resources to drive this aspect of its program specifically the Salween River advocacy work.
Master's Degree Program in Urban and Regional Development(2022)
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To enhance participants knowledge and experience in the field of urban and regional development including master planning land use planning real estate and housing development urban redevelopment and new town development
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To enhance participants knowledge and experience in the field of urban and regional development including master planning land use planning real estate and housing development urban redevelopment and new town development