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.
Members:
Resources
Displaying 501 - 505 of 808LGAF (Land Governance assessment framework)
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to create the technical, legal and social conditions that give legal security with respect to land property within the framework of sustainable development
Amzonia Fund, Phase II
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The aim is to contribute to the fight against deforestation as well as the protection and sustainable use of forests in Amazonia.
Strengthening sustainable communal forestry (with SNV)
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SNV-Sida co-financed project to promote pro-poor economic development through capacity building in farmer based forest management.
Support Programme for Rural Microenterprise Poles and Regional Economies (PROSPERER)
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The programme aims to increase the incomes of poor rural people among 51,000 households in five of the country's poorest and most densely populated regions: Sofia, Analamanga, Itasy, Vatovavy Fitovinany, Haute Matsiatra. It aims to promote increased revenues by consolidating rural micro enterprises at local and regional levels and improve their competitiveness; to contribute to the development of an institutional framework and national policy support to rural microenterprises; and to create a structured environment fostering the modernization of rural industries. Land and natural resource governance related activities include the opening of 22 land offices to obtain land ownership certificates and the establishment of 19 Single Windows Multi-Services / Ivo Fanoitra (GUMS / IF) at the district level, which will be led by two management consultants. These unique windows are also a key operational tool to make contact with professional organizations and federations, identify support service providers to SEA and supervise the services provided.
Land-use planning and sustainable biomass production for climate protection
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In conformance with the EU Renewable Energy Sources Directive on sustainable production of liquid biomass and biofuels, the purpose of the project is to mitigate the negative consequences of uncontrolled land-use change (greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss, negative climate impacts and land-use conflicts) for the purpose of biomass cultivation in Indonesia, Colombia and Brazil. The affected regions will be mapped and methods developed for the identification of carbon-rich areas. The project goal is to provide support to decision-making processes in connection with the creation of new and the expansion of existing plantations, in the interests of climate protection and nature conservation. In addition, policy advisory services on land use (LUC/ILUC) will be provided and the results made available to decision-makers in the partner countries as well as at European level.