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Land Portal Foundation administrative account
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Promoting Inclusive Human Settlements (PIHS)
General
To contribute to a human settlements sector that benefits poor women, men and young people in Uganda. Expected results; Increased understanding of governance, accountability, housing, gender and human rights by members and partner organizations, Strengthened housing regional network articulating grassroots needs, fostering dialogue and participating in regional and international human settlements forums for advocacy, Increased reporting and recommendations on sustainable environmental management in targeted human settlements, Increased documentation and dissemination of affordable housing finance models, Enhanced capacity and voices of institutions and their communities to demand improved service delivery and establish partnerships enable land rights protection for the urban poor, Development of toolkits and information for advocacy to national and local authorities for influencing practices, enhancing participatory practices and articulating human settlements development agenda
Objectives
Board and staff equipped with skills in resource mobilisation. A resource mobilisation strategy was developed and currently, the organisation has engaged a consultant to come up with a proposal on establishing a Housing Cooperative financing Fund in collaboration with Uganda Housing Coop Union. Organised a Regional network forum where all housing partners in ROEA were equipped with skills in housing, human settlements, housing typologies, housing cooperatives and advocacy. Finalised the Eastern and Southern Housing Regional Network strategic plan . Participated in the ninth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF9) in Malaysia which provided a platform to show case some of the work done by the network and the project. Presented One position paper to the infrastructure committee of parliament on the ministerial policy statement of the Lands, Housing and Urban development sector highlighting the importance of housing to the socio-economic development of the country and the need to promote housing cooperatives. 2 petitions developed on the rampant evictions in the country and the environment concern of Lake Wamala in Mityana District. Managed to formalize our relationship with the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development by entering into an MOU which will ease our advocacy for the right to adequate housing as a government partner. Facilitated 3 network members in a leadership for change training where they have so far developed business plans. Developed a physical development plan for Kakiri Town council and in the process equipped 7 students with hands on skills in physical planning. Facilitated our community groups to exhibit their innovative products during INTERNATIONAL WOMen'S DAY and WORLD enVIRONMenT DAY where they were recognized by the president and another with a certificate. Participated in the options development phase of Uganda’s National Physical Development Plan where we proposed regional balance option that was adopted. Developed and submitted the Kakiri Town Council Physical Development plan in Wakiso district through partnership with Makerere University physical planning students and lecturers.
Ir Amim - Land rights in East Jerusalem
General
Core support to Ir Amim for their work with the protection of Palestinian rights to land and socio-economic development in East Jerusalem. Ir Amim is an Israeli NGO based in Jerusalem that monitors settlement expansion and Palestinian land rights in the city. The organization was founded in the year 2000 with the aim of supporting Jerusalem as a current home and a future shared capital for both Israelis and Palestinians. Continued expansion of settlements in and around Jerusalem, demolition and eviction threats against Palestinians and the challenging of the status quo in relation to the Temple Mount / al-Haram al-Sharif make it increasingly difficult for Palestinians living in East Jerusalem and undermines a future two-state solution. Ir Amim’s work aims to counteract these events and to promote the Palestinian people’s socio-economic rights in East Jerusalem.Ir Amim has received grants from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs since 2009. For the past five years, the support has been between SEK 500,000 and SEK 850,000 per year but in 2021 an increase was granted for a total grant of 1.2 MSEK. The MFA considers the activities well implemented and reported and has a favorable opinion of working with Ir Amim. Given the strategic significance and long term commitment to Ir Amim, MFA has asked Sida to consider taking over the support to the organization. This would enable a more long term support that will allow the organization better opportunity for planning ahead. It would also allow supporting capacity building measures for the organization. Sida intends to provide core support to Ir Amim, as has also been the support-form that the Ministry for Foreign Affairs has used in the last few years. Sida proposes to raise the level of support to Ir Amim to 2 MSEK per year for a period of 3 years. That would equal a bit more than 10% of the organization's total budget and make Sida the 3rd largest donor.Sida's assessment is that the work of Ir Amim is aligned to the Swedish strategy for Palestine and well complements the Human Rights portfolio. The Swedish Strategy for development cooperation with Palestine 2020-2024 highlights East Jerusalem as a prioritised geographical area and the support to Ir Amim responds to the expectation expressed in the strategy that Sida should be prepared to "respond to small scale initiatives of a strategic nature including initiatives aimed at following developments regarding settlement expansion".
Objectives
Objective 1: Safeguarding the conditions for an agreed two state solution and the character of Jerusalem as the present home and future capital of the two peoples, while impeding unilateral and formal and de-facto annexation steps. Objective 2: Protecting the individual and collective home of Palestinians in East Jerusalem including their physical and communal space, socio-economic rights and their right to the city. Objective 3: Local and international target audiences are informed, mobilized and subsequently act with regard to on-the-ground developments that affect the current reality in Jerusalem and the prospect for a negotiated solution.
U.S. Forest Resource Management
General
(USAID Central Africa Regional): ..The Forest Resource Management Activity will provide technical assistance to national governments, regional institutions, and civil society actors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, and potentially other countries in the region. The objectives are to scale up and institutionalize land use planning and strengthen community forest management and livelihoods, forest monitoring, and institutional capacity at regional, national, provincial and local levels. This activity will a) develop robust and transparent land use and forest management policies, regulatory frameworks, and planning processes as the bedrock of sustainable forest management; b) improve access to and use of data, tools and advanced technologies for forest policy and management; c) advance dynamic forest economies supporting expanded community-based forest management; and d) strengthen institutional capacity for sustainable forest management at regional, national and local government levels. ..This activity will contribute to advancing the U.S. government priorities in Central Africa designed to maintain the ecological integrity of the humid forest ecosystem of the Congo Basin, which is vital to regional stability, a U.S. foreign policy priority. It contributes to the Joint Strategic Plan (JSP) Strategic Objective 2.2: (Promote healthy, educated and productive populations in partner countries to drive inclusive and sustainable development, open new markets and support U.S. prosperity and security objectives) by protecting natural resources critical to long term, sustainable growth, and food and water security. Furthermore, this activity will build the capacity of regional governments to meet their Nationally Determined Contributions for the Paris Climate Agreement and to access global climate funding mechanisms such as the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI)