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 686 - 690 of 808Biodiversity and Watersheds Improved for Stronger Economy and Ecosystem Resilience Project
General
The 5-year B+WISER Program in the Philippines aims to (1) conserve biodiversity in forest areas, (2) reduce forest degradation in seven priority sites, (3) build capacity to conserve biodiversity, manage forests and support low emissions development, and (4) contribute to disaster risk reduction at sub-national levels. Activities related to land tenure and property rights focus on enhancing inclusion of indigenous peoples, upland farmers, and women in natural resources management. Illustrative activities include development of studies on costs and benefits of different land uses, co-management options for overlapping management regimes (e.g. protected areas within ancestral domains), payments for ecosystems services; forest land use planning and/or implementation; and support for land tenure and dispute resolution initiatives.
Bagre Growth Pole Project
General
The objective is to increase economic activity in the project Area, resulting in an increase in private investment, employment generation, and agricultural production. On land, the project will:(i)Design and install an effective and socially responsible system to resolve land tenure issues, facilitate access to land, and reduce the cost of land in order to make serviced land available for development, and (ii)Develop simpler and more transparent procedures for investors to acquire land use rights and reduce the cost of land transactions
Real Estate Cadastre and Registration
General
The project aims to help develop Kosovo's land and property markets and enhance security of tenure, by (i) supporting the improvement of the capacity of the Municipal Cadastre Offices (MCOs) to deliver services, (ii) strengthening the Kosovo Cadastre Agency (KCA) through institutional reform and technical infrastructure upgrading, and (iii) supporting the design and implementation of a comprehensive training program for KCA and MCO managers and staff, private surveyors and other key stakeholders in management, planning, legal, technical and administrative subjects.
Umurage wEjo, the Legacy for Tomorrow: Land and Livelihood in Rwanda
General
The overall objective is to strengthen decentralised implementation of land and livelihood policies in all districts of Rwanda. Specific objectives include: 1) Create opportunities for engagement and dialogue between local authorities, NSAs, and citizens, especially youth and other vulnerable groups, on policies related to land and livelihood; 2) Build capacity of Local Authorities and NSAs (media and civil society) at the local level to be more effective in ensuring appropriate implementation of policies related to land and livelihood
Productive Development and Capacity Building Project (Paulo Freire)
General
The goal of the project is to strengthen the organisational and individual capacities of 60,000 poor rural households, with priority to young people and women, in the State of Ceará, and increase their income through improved and increased production and enhanced access to markets and to public policies. Land and natural resource governance related activities include the participatory formulation and implementation of commercially viable business plans for agricultural and non-agricultural rural enterprises – including activities aimed at land regeneration and the adoption of good agro-ecological practices.