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Oxfam Novib
Oxfam Novib
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Mission and Vision


A just world, without poverty. That is our mission. We believe that people can build independent livelihoods, provided their rights are respected. That is why we help people around the world to stand up for their rights.


1. Right to sustainable livelihood resources

Everybody must be sure of a fair income and enough to eat. Yet this is not the case for 20% of the world’s population. That is why we are working on better access to land and water, and on fair working and trading conditions.


2. Right to basic social services

Education and health care are essential for building better societies. Yet even as we make progress towards universal primary education, around the world, there are still 130 million kids in school who fail to learn basic reading, writing and maths. When governments fail to deliver, Oxfam together with partner organizations invest in quality basic social services.


3. Right to life and security

Natural disasters, climate change and armed conflicts hit millions of people every year. We support them with relief aid and reconstruction. And we prepare people to prevent or mitigate the effects of disasters and conflicts.


4. Right to social and political participation

Knowledge is power. We believe that when people can participate in public decisions that affect them, they can build independent livelihoods and thriving communities.Together with partners we give people access to information and a voice.


5. Right to an identity

Gender inequality is both a violation of human rights and an obstacle to sustainable development. In a just world there is no place for the discrimination of women and minorities.


Our Core Values


When people’s basic rights are respected, we can rid the world of poverty and injustice. This is what we stand for:


  • Empowerment

We work on the basis of the power and potential of people. We provide practical and innovative solutions to empower people to build their livelihoods without poverty.


  • Accountability

We call on those in power to consider people in a vulnerable position in word and action.  And we of course account for our own work to governments, donors, supporters, volunteers, corporations and almost 17 million Dutch men and women.


  • Inclusiveness

We are all equal, irrespective of the accident of birth, gender, faith or sexual orientation. In all our work we give special attention to the position and rights of women and minorities. And given the potentially pivotal role of women as agents of change, gender justice is at the heart of everything we do.

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HO-ONL HQ SIDA GROW Bridge Fund 2018

General

Oxfam#s GROW campaign works for the billions of us who eat food # and for the more than one billion poor men and women who grow it.Through our global campaign, we address inequality in the global food system. Our overall objective is that people living in poverty claim power in the way the world manages land, water, and climate change, so that they can grow or buy enough food to eat # now and in the future. We support local communities to claim back their power, earn a living income, and to grow or buy food by ensuring investments in rural people. By ensuring investments in rural people, we support them in overcoming the dramatic impacts of climate change on agriculture, allowing them to thrive. GROW focusses on change at national levels and on opportunities to achieve international impact. More specifically, by 2019 we aim for more governments, multilateral institutions and companies implementing policies that promote sustainable food production and consumption, while supporting those most vulnerable to adapt to climate change, and helping communities# realise their rights to land with a particular focus on women who produce much of the world#s food. To ensure that the Sustainable Development Goals, including zero hunger, become a reality, we need innovative ideas that hold a promise of a better future for many # not just a privileged few. We believe there are key factors that drive hunger and inequality: unfair distributionwithin value chains, insecure land rights, climate change, gender inequalityand ever more young people desperate for opportunities leaving rural areas. Oxfam#s GROW campaign tackles the key sources in the broken global food system by working to mobilise impacted communities and active consumers alike. Since the launch of the GROW campaign in 2011 more than 10 million people have been reached through on- and offline campaign activities and a multitude of people has been reached through media coverage. We are proud of the achievements of GROW. We gave small-scale female farmers avoice; through the Behind the Brands campaign significant new commitments have been made by big food and beverage companies to improve social and environmental standards in their vast supply chains; we are proud of our contribution to keep climate finance, especially for adaptation and resilience, on the agenda of the global climate negotiations at COP21 in Paris; and we recently celebrated a land mark victory as the Constitutional Court in Colombia recognized the Land Rights of the indigenous communityCañamomo Lomaprieta and granted protection for ancestral mining activities. An overview of ourresults can be found on the interactive map. Oxfam is at the beginning of a new phase of the GROW campaign (2017 # 2020). Throughout the years, we have been actively updating our context analysis, testing drivers of change, reflecting on models of campaigning, addressing new key actors, and, exploring new alliances. Nonetheless, now more than ever we feel the need to increase our impact and change systemic drivers of inequality in the food system. In this document, we present three innovative work streams running until atleast 2020. 1. A new worldwide campaign addressing inequality in food value chains (expected launch October 2017) 2. The LandRightsNow campaign 3. Effective adaptation finance to support women farmers. These three projects have received seed funding from inter alia SIDA and we are currently looking for opportunities to up-scale them between 2017-2020 to reach our ultimate objectives. Wewant to note that this document does not present the future direction of the entire GROW campaign but presents three selected trajectories (2017 # 2020) where innovation is key.

FRA Uganda SP Right to Food 2019-2020

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FRA will amplify voices of the consortium CSOs and small-scale food producers in relation to secure seeds and land rights at national level for effective engagements on policy issues by both government and private sector. FRA will be a national convenerresponsible for identifying and creating platforms for Right to Food Partners at all levels and mobilizing support of the consortium in all fora that advance small scale and women food producers# rights to seeds and land. FRA will also strengthen the program media engagements and presence, collaborations and linkages with key government entities, private sector players to voice key concerns related to seeds and land rights. Examples of polices that FRA will focus on include: For Uganda not to sign ARIPO#s Arusha protocol on PlantVariety Protection Act and ensuring that the Draft National Plant Genetic Resources Policy for Food and Agriculture passed and implemented

CO- AgriMulheres

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This project (2017-2021) has the objective of increasing the agricultural incomes generated and managed by the rural women of Nampula province through their insertion in local and sustainable agricultural production of horticulture (vegetables). It will strengthen the capacities of civil society organizations particularly women associations and women / girls in three rural districts (Malema, Ribaue and Monapo) of Nampula province to balance power relations between men and women and to influence the implementation of agricultural policies to facilitate women#s small-scale farmers access to technical and management training, production resources and access markets (vegetables supply chain). The project has 5 Mozambican civil society partners and 7 other stakeholders (Mozambican and international organizations and civil society platform, university research center, private sector). The expected results are the strengthening and security and protection of women's land access, the development of influence strategies to promote women's rights and interests in the implementation of agricultural policies, the creation of favorable conditions for the promotion of women in the supply chain of vegetables of and strengthening the capacities of civil society actors in Nampula province for advocate for more investment in agriculture focusing women small scale farmers. The target groups will be 1200 women small scale farmers, 2300 men and women from rural communities, 100 employees and members of partner organizations. The indirect beneficiaries will be 10,000 small scalefarmers in Nampula province. In its role of Executing Affiliate, Oxfam Novib offers support on capacity building to all affiliates who contribute to Oxfam's strategic program in Mozambique; This includes: capacity development (5C methodology, GAL methodology) hiring staff, renting offices, managing human resources and finances. This guaranteed role for all affiliates in the country contributes to greater efficiency.

Gollobé, le Mirroir de la femme

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It is a project that aims at the empowerment of girls and women. The project will be implemented by the Association of Girl Leadersof Torodi over a period of 12 months and 3 villages will be targeted in partnership with the municipal authorities and technical services of Torodi, for a total of 300 direct beneficiaries. Four main activities will be implemented : - Advocacy at the communal level to promote access to land for girls and women in Torodi. - Awareness raising caravan on school enrolment and retention of Torodi girls and women. - Fair hearing to enable 300 girls and women to have access to civil status documents for birth certificates. - Grouping of girls and women into associations to participate in activities to raise awareness and protect women's rights. The project encourages the participation of women in the development and empowerment of girls and women in Torodi. Indeed, women are very much marginalized in rural areas. The actions of the young girl leaders of Torodi will give a voice to women who are victims of discrimination in terms of land management and sharing. The women leaders of the department will be put in contribution to launch an advocacy at the level of the communal authorities.

EC VN Budget Transparency

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Specific objective: #Empowered CSOs, CBOs and communities in Hoa Binh and Quang Tri provinces are able to effectively influence thepublic budget process of poverty reduction and development programmes (including on health issues) with wider national impacts on relevant laws and decrees#. 4 results: R1- Poor people, ethnic minorities and women at local level have increased awareness of the budget process and are able to exert influence on this process of poverty reduction and development programmes (including on health issues) R2- The budget transparency coalition is expanded to include multiple stakeholders and strengthened to promote and advocate for budget transparency, accountability and participation at local and national levels, including in relevant laws and decrees at national level R3- Targeted People#s Councils from commune to provincial levels are more effective in the oversight of the budget process, promoting budget transparency, accountability and people#s participation R4- Targeted People#s Committees from commune to provincial levels open spaces for civil society#s meaningful engagement in public budget formulation and budget monitoring of poverty reduction and development programmes (including on health issues) ACDC has experience working for the rights of marginalised groups (including the rural poor, ethnic minorities and people with disabilities), and has specifically focused on influencing policies, and conducting participatory research and community consultations (responsible for developing provincial level consultations for the draft revised Budget Law in 2014 and Land Law in 2013). As an organisation well established in Hoa Binh Province, and with deep understanding of issues facing marginalised communities, ACDC will be responsible for the coordination of activities in Hoa Binh. As a member of the coalition, ACDC also coordinates national level work, providing legal expertise for policy advocacy and inclusive budgets.