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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Resources
Displaying 246 - 250 of 808Lindi and Mtwara Agribusiness Support project LIMAS
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Lindi and Mtwara Agribusiness Support project ‘LIMAS’ is a bilateral development project, funded jointly by the Governments of Tanzania and Finland. The project is implemented in accordance with the development policies of the two Governments, MKUKUTA in Tanzania and Finnish Development Policy, which both target at poverty alleviation and include gender equity, sustainable use of natural resources, adaptation and resilience to climate change and reducing of inequalities and as central cross-cutting objectives.LIMAS is being implemented in Newala and Liwale and their neighbouring Districts in Mtwara and Lindi regions. The project started with an inception phase in late 2010. The implementation commenced in July 2011 will continue till December 2015. This includes a non-cost extension of 16.5 months.
Strengthening Land Governance
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The recent transition to market economy and creation of land market has led to increased land speculation. In the face of weak legal frameworks and institutions for their protection, the land access of women and men farmers, especially those (mostly ethnic minorities) living in upland shifting cultivation areas, is at risk. Land governance will be a central issue in any political dialogue with ethnic leaders. The rapidly evolving political environment presents both opportunities and risks for equitable land governance.
Support to the Establishment of a Community Land Use Fund (Iniciativa para Terras Comunitårias), Phase 2, Moza
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Establishment of a national organisation for community land security (demarkation) and economic development.
Promoting Ecosystem-based Adaptation through Mangrove Restoration and Sustainable Use in Thailand and Vietnam
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Promote ecosystem based-adaptation (EbA) and mitigation by providing economic incentives for mangrove restoration and sustainable use by piloting projects and integrating results into provincial and national policies. EbA pilot projects in Ca Mau Province, Vietnam and Surat Thani Province, Thailand will test innovative financing that links climate change adaptation and mitigation, and sustainable aquaculture in mangrove ecosystems. Results will be fed into national and provincial laws, regional learning and global REDD dialogue.
Second Land administration Project
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(The funding amount only reflects the support from Finland) The development objective of the Second Land Administration Project is to improve the design and implementation of the land registration system in the project area. There are three components to the project. The first component of the project is systematic land registration in the project area. This component will provide resources to the Palestinian Land Authority (PLA) to complete Systematic Land Registration (SLR) of at least 180,000 dunums of land in the West Bank to be implemented in two phases, and to develop their capacity to further implement SLR in the rest of the West Bank. The second component of the project is institutional strengthening of the PLA. This component will assist the PLA in implementing its mandate and, in particular, managing systematic land registration through institutional strengthening including provision of enabling technology and office modernization. The third component of the project is project management, monitoring and evaluation. This component supports the consultants for the Project Management Unit (PMU); incremental operating costs for the PMU; and project monitoring and evaluation. Remarks: Both Finland and World Bank will withdraw their support prematurely due to lack of results. The project was supposed to end in May 2017.