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Displaying 226 - 230 of 273FAO - Food Security, Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation in Dry Corridor JP
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The program aims to improve food and nutritional security for families and communities in 7 micro-watersheds of Jalapa and Chiquimula in the Dry Corridor of Guatemala, through the improvement of sustainable use of natural resources (forest, soil), integrated water management and increased resilience capacities for climate change adaptation. The implementation includes promoting and improving governance, gender equality and water security with special emphasis in women and children. The indigenous groups in the area are Ch´ortí´ in Chiquimula and Pocomán in Jalapa. FAO will be the lead agency, working in coordination in field with UNICEF, UNDP and WHO. The Dry corridor is a portion of land in Guatemala affected by reduced precipitation, weak soil and low yields located at the rural area. The program. At the end of the intervention the joint program is expected to: 1. Improve communitarian food systems, food and nutritional security, biodiversity, resilience and climate change adaptation through strengthened knowledge in agriculture good practices, nutrition, sustainable use and management of natural resources and the promotion of gender equality. 2. Families, community organizations strengthened as right holders and Municipalities with improved capacities as public servants and duty bearers to jointly identify needs to plan gray and green water infrastructure for water management, health, land use planning, municipal development plans and disaster risk prevention to improve food availability/production, food security, resilience, climate change adaptation and women participation and decision making. 3. Strengthened capacities at ministries and municipal officials, members of the development councils, food security and nutrition commissions and National Coordinator for risk disaster prevention - CONRED coordinators, to perform their legal responsibilities as duty bearers, activate public policy in territories and improve dialogue with right holders to design and present investment proposals for development councils for food security and nutrition, water security, climate change adaptation and resilience.
Objectives
The program aims to improve the food security and nutrition of families and communities in 7 micro-watersheds of Jalapa and Chiquimula in the Dry Corridor of Guatemala. The improvements will be achieved through the promotion of sustainable use of natural resources (water, forest, and soil), integrated water management and increased resilience capacities for climate change adaptation. The implementation includes the promotion and improvement of local governance, gender equality and water security with special emphasis in women and children. The indigenous groups in the area are Ch´ortí´ in Chiquimula and Pocomán in Jalapa. FAO is lead agency, working in coordination in field with UNICEF, UNDP and WHO.
Mali Local Democratic Governance phase 3
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Four INGOs led by Diakonia have submitted an application for the development intervention “Local Democratic Governance” (LDG), phase 3 in Mali during the period 2014-2017. The overall development intervention cost is approximately 76 MSEK. The intervention aims to improve inclusiveness and accountability of land governance and prevent conflict linked to land management in Mali. This will be achieved through the implementation of four components with the following results: 1) Improved performance of local land management arrangements; 2) Improved ownership of local government authorities in land and natural resources management; 3) Improved the performance of citizen control for accountability between stakeholders involved in land and natural resources management; 4) Improved sustainable use of agricultural land and other natural resources (forests, grazing, water). The four INGOs i.e Diakonia, Norwegian Church Aid, SNV and Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation will implement the intervention together with local Civil Society Organisations. The intervention is supported solely by Sweden and it is planned that the four INGOs will forward funds to their local partners.
Objectives
1) Improved performance of local land management arrangements; 2) Improved ownership of local government authorities in land and natural resources management; 3) Improved the performance of citizen control for accountability among stakeholders involved in land and natural resources management; 4) Improved sustainable use of agricultural land and other natural resources (forests, grazing, water).
Mali Local Democratic Governance phase 3
General
Four INGOs led by Diakonia have submitted an application for the development intervention “Local Democratic Governance” (LDG), phase 3 in Mali during the period 2014-2017. The overall development intervention cost is approximately 76 MSEK. The intervention aims to improve inclusiveness and accountability of land governance and prevent conflict linked to land management in Mali. This will be achieved through the implementation of four components with the following results: 1) Improved performance of local land management arrangements; 2) Improved ownership of local government authorities in land and natural resources management; 3) Improved the performance of citizen control for accountability between stakeholders involved in land and natural resources management; 4) Improved sustainable use of agricultural land and other natural resources (forests, grazing, water). The four INGOs i.e Diakonia, Norwegian Church Aid, SNV and Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation will implement the intervention together with local Civil Society Organisations. The intervention is supported solely by Sweden and it is planned that the four INGOs will forward funds to their local partners.
Objectives
1) Improved performance of local land management arrangements; 2) Improved ownership of local government authorities in land and natural resources management; 3) Improved the performance of citizen control for accountability among stakeholders involved in land and natural resources management; 4) Improved sustainable use of agricultural land and other natural resources (forests, grazing, water).
UN Women Uganda 2016-2019
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The Government of Uganda has made significant progress in developing legal frameworks, policies and programmes which respect, protect and promote human rights and empowerment of women and girls. Progress, however, often remains at the policy level with implementation on the ground lacking behind due to inadequate capacity or priority in government institutions. As a result, women in Uganda continue to be marginalized and experience discrimination in in all spheres of life. Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) constitutes another major obstacle to gender equality as well as to more overall development goals. Women have poor access to reproductive resources, and especially access to land and land tenure are areas of discrimination. Consequently, women struggle to access financial services including loans due to lack of collateral. Although 76% of Ugandan women are active in the labor market, women tend to concentrate in feminized occupations, clustering in low-value chains, part-time or informal employment. Violence against women and girls (VAWG) remains another main obstacle to the empowerment of women with the prevalence and social acceptance of VAWG consistently high. In addition, the link between WEE and VAWG is becoming increasingly apparent in Uganda. A great part of the violence reported at household level is economically motivated, with peaks around harvest periods. In response to the above situation analysis, the development intervention will provide core support to UN Women Uganda to implement the first three years (2016-2018) of its Strategic Note 2016-2020 with a total contribution of 66.5 M SEK (22 % of the total 5 year Strategic Note budget, 36% of the budget for the three years covered by the Agreement). In line with UN Women’s Global Strategic Plan, the development intervention targets six programmatic result areas: 1) Women lead and participate in decision making at all levels; 2) Women, especially the poorest and most excluded, are economically empowered and benefit from development, 3) Women and girls live a life free from violence, 4) Peace and security and humanitarian action are shaped by women’s leadership and participation, 5) Governance and national planning fully reflect accountability for gender equality commitments and priorities, and 6) Global normative and policy framework for gender equality and women’s empowerment strengthened and implemented. In addition, the development intervention has a seventh result area on organizational effectiveness and efficiency.
Objectives
The overall aim of the proposed development intervention is that “Women are empowered to lead, participate in, influence and contribute to national development.”To achieve this aim, the development intervention defines six result areas: 1) Women lead and participate in decision making at all levels. 2) Women, especially the poorest and most excluded, are economically empowered and benefit from development. 3) Women and girls live a life free from violence. 4) Peace and security and humanitarian action are shaped by women leadership and participation. 5) Governance and national planning fully reflect accountability for gender equality commitments and priorities. 6) Normative and policy framework for gender equality and women's empowerment strengthened and implemented.
eSPACE Cadastre project
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The project is a three-year intervention (2022-2025) with the overall goal to support development of a modern data management standards and capacity building activities for spatial and urban plans and sustainable planning in Serbia. Support provided within this contribution is expected to lay the foundation for a more efficient, effective, transparent, and participatory governance model. The contribution will be implemented in cooperation between Serbian and Swedish authorities: RGA and Lantmäteriet.
Objectives
The overall purpose of the eSpace reform is to integrate all national digital registers important for the place-based approach (based on geospatial location and related data) to sustainable development, and to provide access to data and services when, where and how citizens, businesses and public bodies may need them. The expected outcomes of the proposed project are the following: Outcome 1: RGA has developed a strategic action plan, established cooperation with stakeholders at central and local government level, and developed capacity to lead the establishment of the ePlan system. Outcome 2: A Pilot database with verified digitalization tools, methodologies, and pilot data for responding to the INSPIRE Directive obligation and SDGs integration in the area of land use planning and management that is made available for all stakeholders. Outcome 3: A Pilot database with verified digitalisation tools, methodology and pilot data for storing and accessing information on legal regimes for land use planning and development is developed and functional. Outcome 4: Organizational structure for ePlan system implementation is established, all stakeholders (government institutions at central and local level) are informed and aware about ePlan system benefits for participatory and transparent sustainable development.