General

This project aims to strengthen partner municipalities and federations to improve the delivery of public services, better promote and regulate local development, and support economic and social development. It seeks to increase the transparency, efficiency and financial sustainability of local governance institutions, and enable them to be role models in municipal management and local service delivery for the rest of the country. The project also supports municipal initiatives that benefit citizens and small businesses, such as improved roads, electricity, water and sanitation and waste management, and stimulate local economic growth. The project builds on the results of the Haiti Earthquake - Haiti-Canada Municipal Cooperation Program - Phase 1 by continuing to build the institutional capacity of five Haitian local governments (the City of Port-au-Prince and the municipalities of Gressier, Leogane, Grand Goave and Petit Goave) and three national associations of elected officials (the National Federation of Mayors of Haiti, the National Federation of Boards of Communal Sections and the National Federation of Assemblies of Communal Sections). The project also supports the Ministry of the Interior and Local Authorities in its progress towards decentralization. Some project activities include: (1) providing technical support by Canadian municipal experts in administration (budgeting, budget monitoring and reporting), urban and land use planning, road repair, economic development and waste management services; (2) implementing a tax collection system, including issuance of tax accounts communications and monitoring of revenue collection; (3) developing and implementing regional urban plans and economic development plans; (4) providing technical support to the three national federations of locally elected officials to design and implement training programs for their members, improve their advocacy capacity and optimize the integration of common services; and (5) supporting the Ministry of Interior and Local Authorities to enhance its capacity to respond to municipal needs and to design and produce relevant municipal management and communication tools for nation-wide dissemination.

Objectives

Ce programme vise la réduction de la vulnérabilité des communautés locales face aux risques de catastrophes et d’épidémies dans 3 zones au sud du Bénin dans les départements de l’Ouémé et du Littoral. Le changement climatique, la dégradation de l’environnement et la vétusté des infrastructures associés au manque de connaissance sur les pratiques de réduction des risques contribuent fortement à intensifier les crues dans la lagune qui causent des inondations et favorisent apparition de maladies hydriques telles que le choléra, diarrhée). L’impact sanitaire, social, économique et environnemental sur la population, est de plus en plus élevé et la rend toujours plus vulnérable, particulièrement les femmes et les enfants: maladie, précarité, conflit foncier, déscolarisation, malnutrition, etc. À travers le programme, la Croix-Rouge de Belgique s’assure d’augmenter les capacités de résilience des communautés locales, de la société civile béninoise, des communes ciblées et de la Croix-Rouge Béninoise en renforçant la préparation et la réponse aux catastrophes, les pratiques d’hygiène avec une attention particulière aux femmes et aux enfants et à leur accès durable aux infrastructures d’assainissement de base. Afin de renforcer son intervention, la Croix-Rouge de Belgique s’inscrit dans un consortium avec la Croix-Rouge Béninoise et la Croix-Rouge Néerlandaise et développe des synergies avec des acteurs belges de la Coopération non gouvernementale et des organisations béninoises de la société civile : échange d’informations et d’expériences, réflexion autour de stratégies et méthodes, développement d’approches innovantes intégrant des nouvelles technologies.

General

EF’s outcome in the Philippines will increase the resilience of rural and coastal communities facing ecological and socio-economic challenges through the scaling up of agroecological practices and the adoption of public policies favourable to fair and sustainable food production systems. This will be achieved by enhancing agroecological production in a perspective of food sovereignty. Furthermore, the resilience of the communities will increase through improved natural resource management, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. Moreover, living conditions will be improved through the diversification of livelihood and the creation of viable social enterprises. Finally, rural movement capacity will be strengthened towards influencing political decisions that favour a sustainable agricultural production system (land tenure security, regional and national advocacy in towards agroecology and family farming, women’s rights, peace building). Small subsistence farmers and fisherfolks households who belong to the most vulnerable groups will be the target population of the outcome, with a special focus on women, youth, the elderly and IPs (indigenous people) to ensure that no one is left behind. The outcome will be reached in Mindanao region with 5 partner organizations. EF has chosen to work directly with local partner organizations, through local coordination, because development is mainly an endogenous process.

Objectives

The outcome in the Philippines is to develop and strengthen the resilience and sustainable living conditions of the farming and fishing households (especially women and youth) in Mindanao through continuous organizing/movement building of the rural population, widespread adoption of agroecological productive practices, the creation of diversified livelihood and viable SEs in a more favourable political, legal and institutional context within the overall framework of food sovereignty.

Target Groups

The outcome will be targeting 1,785 farming and fishing households 8,925 individuals. The households are organized as POs who will also be targeted by the program. This will include following categories : - rural youth - rural elderly - rural women - Lumads - Muslims - Christians The outcome will also target other stakeholders such as : - local and National Government Agencies - legislators - academic institutions - civil society organizations - social movements - social enterprises