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Chepangs and Tamangs live in the hills and mountains of central Nepal facing many types of hazard that affect both lives and livelihood.They are regarded as the most marginalized and resource poor groups in Nepal.Their tiny land holdings provide no more than 3 to 6 months of food security.The forest and overall landscape is degrading because of the human pressure in forest land.The already formed Community Forest User Groups are not functioning well because of their limited capacity.Due to lack of knowledge of efficient and sustainable agricultural practices and land-tenure rights, the communities practicing the traditional slash and burn cultivation have reduced the cultivation cycle from 3-5 years to one year.This had led to serious soil erosion problems that cause regular landslides that destroy agricultural fields and threaten the lives of people and animals. The main objective of this project is to uplift the livelihoods and food security of the Chepang and Tamang communities through agro-forestry development and improved community-based natural resource management.This is achieved by developing sound biodiversity management and sustainable livelihood activities in order to maintain, rebuild, and revitalize socio-ecological production landscape.Capacity building of CFUGs will be done to strenghten their operational capacity and women's self-help groups will be formed to promote women's empowerment and livelihood.The project will build capacities of local civil society organizations and duty-brearers and promote positive interaction between local government and Chepang and Tamang communities. The project implemented by NAFAN and supported by the Swallows supports Finland's development objectives by increasing food security and promoting sustainable use of natural resources, local democracy and participation of women in decision making. The project will strengthen local organization's capacity in community capacity building and establishing linkages between communities and local government. The project is expected to benefit directly around 2200 right-holders and 100 duty-bearers. In addition to this, approx. 3000 people are expected to benefit indirectly.

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The primary objective of the World Bank?s Donor Funded Staffing Program (DFSP) is to increase Finland?s influence in the World Bank by promoting the placement of Finnish experts in the World Bank. In addition to Finland the DFSP is funded by a total of 18 countries. The financing agreement between Finland and the World Bank was signed 30 June 2004. Finland has funded the programme by approximately EUR 12 million. In 2004-2021 the World Bank employed 24 Finnish mid-career level experts (12 women and 12 men). Finnish experts have worked in the gender human rights forest land use environment disability and education sectors. The DFSP is an effective tool for exerting influence making it possible to incorporate Finnish expertise into the World Bank. The World Ba nk is a highly valued organization and global development policy knowledge hub and the ministry and the relevant sector can make use of the work experience and contacts provided through DFSP placements in the World Bank. The mid-career level expert will in itially work for two years at the World Bank which can be extended by one year if the World Bank commits to paying for the next two years. The term of the expert will thus be 2-5 years in total. According to feedback from the World Bank Finnish experts are highly esteemed which demonstrates that many of them have been transferred to the World Bank?s payroll.

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The intervention is the second phase of REILA (Responsible and Innovative Land Administration Project) that supports the development of land administration in Ethiopia. Ethiopia is one of the least developed countries (LDCs) according to the OECD's classif ication. All the land in Ethiopia is owned by the government but the farmers have traditional extensive user rights to their lands. Official registration of such lands increases further the tenure security. Increased land tenure security encourages farmer s to use their lands in a sustainable way and to make investments to raise the productivity of the lands. Official registration also reduces conflicts over land.The project will be implemented in 2017-2021.The long term impact of the project is to achieve improved livelihood and economic well-being of the rural population through promotion of sustainable land management practices. The outcome is to have improved and appropriate land administration system for Ethiopia and improved land tenure security for ru ral land users. Expected outputs can be divided into three result areas: 1. Improved regional land administration and increased and certified land security for land users 2. Improved capacity of such civil servants in different levels of administration wh o manage and coordinate land administration and improved capacity of Ethiopian mapping agency to survey accurately and efficiently land and 3. Improved supply of skilled manpower to the land administration sector in Ethiopia. Ministry of Agriculture manage s the implementation of the project in Ethiopia. Finland will also procure via open tendering a technical assistance team to support the project. Finland's support to the intervention is 7.1 million euros with the following annual division: 2017: 1.2 mil lion 2018: 1 million 2019: 1.5 million 2020: 1.9 million and 2021: 1.5 million.