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Displaying 2251 - 2260 of 6947Capacity Development in Land Administration
General
The programme was developed jointly by the Liberia Land Authority (LLA) and the Swedish Mapping, Cadaster and Land Registration Authority (Lantmäteriet), based on the results of a fact-finding mission which had been funded by the Embassy of Sweden in Monrovia.LLA is a new government agency in Liberia, with a core mandate to undertake actions and implement programmes in support of land governance, including land administration and management in Liberia in the interest of citizens’ equitable access to and use of land. This includes administering the deed registry and land registry systems, public survey and mapping services, and the promotion, support and development of land use plans and zoning schemes (and their implementation). As a new government agency, LLA lacks adequate funding for operations and has extremely low capacity in land disciplines, making it extremely difficult to carry out its statutory responsibilities. The Lantmäteriet is a Swedish Authority with a framework agreement with Sida. Lantmäteriet has experience from international cooperation with “sister” public authorities in its areas of expertise, such as IT support, property registration systems, infrastructure for geodata and land management issues, in Africa (e g Botswana and Rwanda) as well as Eastern Europe (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia and Kosovo). The framework agreement provides for the purchase of services (tjänsteköp inom staten) by Sida for capacity development of government agencies in Sweden’s partner countries in development cooperation, where Lantmäteriet can be assigned projects without public procurement given their unique competence and function. The overall goal of the proposed intervention is to contribute to “inclusive, transparent, effective and efficient delivery of land management and administration services in Liberia”. In addition, the proposed intervention is expected to have effect on the wider land sector, including capacitating civil society to carry out outreach and information campaigns on women’s land rights and improving the tenure security of customary land-owning communities through improved systems for land demarcation and registration. Strengthening LLA’s capacity for more effective donor coordination is an integral part of the project, which will ensure more effective use of the available resources across all priority areas of the LLA, including increasing LLA’s presence outside Monrovia where the need will be high.The expected outcomes of the proposed intervention are:• Needed skills and knowledge of LLA staff considerably improved and LLA staff are effectively and efficeintly carrying our their respective duties and responsibilities;• Women participating in land administration and management;• Local government creating and enforcing Land Use Plans;• Customary and protected land demarcated and managed.The proposed intervention is expected to be achieved through institutional cooperation between Lantmäteriet and LLA covering a proposed 5-year period (2018-2023). LLA will perform major parts of the work to achieve the expected outcomes, supported by the Swedish experts and others involved with the project. The project manager, an employee of Lantmäteriet, will be stationed full-time in Liberia, and will plan, manage and monitor the programme with the mandate to act within the approved agreement, plans and budget, and coordinate the activities of the Swedish Experts as well as support, guide and advise the LLA, as requested and needed. The local Project Director, a staff of the LLA, is responsible for the coordination of all LLA projects. These two main functions will have support from a quality assurance controller, a component leader, a coordinating expert and an advisory group.
Objectives
The overall objective of the proposed intervention is 'inclusive, transparent, effective and efficient delivery of land management and administration services in Liberia'. The achieve its overall objective, the project identified the following outcome areas: OUTCOME A: Needed skills and knowledge of LLA staff considerably improved and they are effectively and efficiently carrying out their respective duties and responsibilities. OUTCOME B: Women participating in land administration and management functions as a result of increased awareness and capacity within LLA and at the levels of counties, CSO´s and the public, supported by a gender mainstreamed legal framework (Women participating in land administration and management). This is abbreviated to mean: Women participating in land administration and management OUTCOME C: Increased capacity in Land Use Planning in Liberia allowing local government structures to develop and enforce Land Use Plans, according to guidelines from LLA, involving the local communities (Local government creating and enforcing Land Use Plans). This is abbreviated to mean: Local government creating and enforcing Land Use Plans OUTCOME D: Customary land demarcated and managed.
IFAD Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme
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The Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) was launched by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in 2012 as a new window of cofinancing to scale up and integrate climate change adaptation across IFAD's regular work pro gramme. ASAP provides earmarked funding for smallholder farmers in developing countries to improve their capacity to respond to the challenges posed by climate change. ASAP funds will be used e.g. to improve land management promote climate-resilient agricu ltural practices and technologies increase availability and efficient use of water resources improve climate resilience of rural infrastructure and enhance climate risk management. As ASAP projects are joined up with iFAD's regular investment processes the y make use of the same quality control and supervison systems.The world's over 500 million smallholders provide around 80 per cent of food in the sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia and make up the largest share of the developing countries' undernourished people. The speed and intensity of climate change is transforming the context of smallholder farming exposing it unpredictable and more extreme weather events which undermines vulnerable rural livelihoods.
Support to Urban Land Reform Project
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Die Landbesitzrechte der städtischen Haushalte sind in ausgewählten Pilotgebieten gesichert.
Objectives
Die Landbesitzrechte der städtischen Haushalte sind in ausgewählten Pilotgebieten gesichert.
Land Degradation Neutrality Fund
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This Fund aims to restore 350,000 hectares of degraded land, create or support 70,000 jobs for vulnerable populations, and reduce or avoid 25 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in developing countries. This unconditionally repayable contribution will contribute to the Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Fund in Fiscal Year 2020/2021 for an amount of CAD$53.1 million The LDN Fund is a unique investment fund investing in profit-generating sustainable land management (SLM) and land restoration projects worldwide. The LDN Fund leverages private sector finance to provide debt and equity to small and mid-sized companies working in sustainable agriculture, forestry and other LDN related sectors like green infrastructure and ecotourism. Through these investments, the Fund contributes to achieving land degradation neutrality and climate resilience while improving the physical, social and economic wellbeing of marginalized and vulnerable populations, particularly women and girls. Canada’s contribution to the Fund also leverages additional private sector investment in sustainable land management demonstrating the viability of this type of blended finance model to support the Sustainable Development Goals. Project activities include: (1) developing and delivering training on gender-sensitive in Sustainable Land Managemant techniques for smallholder farmers, including women; (2) providing suitable financing tailored to each project and its final beneficiaries for high-impact projects; (3) tracking and recoding additional private sector investment in developing countries; and (4) supporting gender equality in Land Degradation Neutrality interventions.
UN Women Uganda 2020-2023
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UNW has requested support for the implementation of the UN Women Country Office Strategic Plan and Programme 2019-2022 in Uganda. The country programme is aligned with the UNDAF/UNSDCF in Uganda and the national development plan, national legislation and policies for gender equality, and the global UN Women strategy. It focuses on four thematic areas and four areas of organisational effectiveness and efficiency; 1: Women lead, participate in and benefit equally from governance systems, 2: Women have income security, decent work and economic autonomy, 3: All women and girls live a life free from all forms of violence, 4: Women and girls contribute and have a greater influence in building sustainable peace and resilience, and benefit equally from the prevention of natural disasters and conflicts, and from humanitarian action. • more effective and efficient UN system coordination and strategic partnerships on gender equality and women's empowerment, • Increased engagement of partners in support of UN Women's mandate, • High quality programmes through knowledge, innovation, results-based management and evaluation, • Enhanced organisational effectiveness, with a focus on robust capacity and efficiency at country and project level. Sida provides non-earmarked support to UNW for implementing the programme in Uganda during the period 2020-2023. Several donors are funding UNW's operations in Uganda, primarily with project support.
Objectives
Programme Focus: Impact area 1: Women lead, participate in and benefit equally from governance systems • 1.1: Women engage in political institutions and processes. • 1.2: National and Local Plans and budgets are gender responsive • 1.3: Policy and Financial Environment to track GEWE • 1.4: Gender statistics to monitor policies and reporting commitments under SDGs • 1.5: Gender statistics used by different players to inform advocacy, policies and programmes Impact area 2: Women have income security, decent work and economic autonomy • 2.1: Public and private procurement is gender responsive, • 2.2: Climate smart agricultural policies are gender responsive and womens land tenure security is increased. Impact area 3: All women and girls live a life free from all forms of violence • 3.1: An enabling legislative and policy environment in line with international standards on EVAWG, Womens Access to Justice, and other forms of discrimination is in place and translated into action, • 3.2: Favorable social norms, attitudes and behaviors are promoted at community and individual levels to prevent VAWG and end child marriage, • 3.3: Increased use of available accessible and quality essential services by women and girls who experience violence. Impact area 4: Women and girls contribute and have a greater influence in building sustainable peace and resilience, and benefit equally from the prevention of natural disasters and conflicts and from humanitarian action • 4.1: More commitments on women, peace and security are implemented by GoU and the UN, and more gender equality advocates influence peace and security processes, • 4.2: Women benefit from Humanitarian action in the context of refugee response. ORGANSATIONAL DEVELOPMenTS • More effective and efficient UN system coordination and strategic partnerships on gender equality and women's empowerment, • Increased engagement of partners in support of UN Women's mandate, • High quality programmes through knowledge, innovation, results-based management and evaluation, • Enhanced organisational effectiveness, with a focus on robust capacity and efficiency at country and project level.
Forum Syd Green Ownership 2017-2021
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In September 2016 Forum Syd submitted a proposal to Sida for support to the programme Go! Green Ownership 2017-2019. After dialogue with the Embassy during the period September - December, Forum Syd submitted complementary information regarding the programme, on 21st November, and a final budget on 23rd December 2016. The contribution is an independent continuation on the previously supported programme ""Forum Syd - Environment and Climate with human rights and gender perspective", (contribution 51100070). During the previous agreement period, Sida gave a support of 45 000 000 SEK for the period 2014-2016. The new programme, which builds on previous experiences and programme results, aim to strengthen local organisations to engage poor and vulnerable groups, including women, to manage the root causes to inequalities related to access to, use of and control over natural resources. Marginalised groups will have support to demand their rights, and local authorities are provided support to implement poverty focused and sustainable development plans regarding the management of natural resources and adaptation to climate changes. A rights based approach is the basis for the intervention. The programme amounts to an amount of 49,300,000 SEK for the period March 2017-December 2019. Sida is requested to fund the whole programme. The programme and the assessment was subject to a Quality Assurance committee review on 13th February 2017. Comments and recommendations from this review were incorporated into this assessment.
Objectives
The overall goal of the programme is to contribute to "Better living condition of community [ies] as they increase access to, control over, and sustainable and equitable use of natural resources by poor and marginalised people, including greater resilience to climate change". Three outcomes have been identified to contribute to the goal: - Increased application of more sustainable fisheries, forestry, and land management practices, and greater resilience to climate change by poor and vulnerable target communities; - Increased participation and influence in decision-making processes in order to increase access and control concerning natural resources and climate change by communities in collaboration with duty-bearers; - Enhanced use of Information/Communication Technology for Development and Communication for Development (ICT4D) measures by partner organisations for increasing equitable and sustainable access to and control over natural resources, and greater resilience to climate change.
Improving Governance and Civil Society Engagement to Prevent Deforestation and Land Degradation
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Improving Governance and Civil Society Engagement to Prevent Deforestation and Land Degradation or SETAPAK Programme fourth phase aims to improve forest and land governance which in turn will contribute to sustainable forest and land management practices in Indonesia. The programme, learning from the first three phases, has four outputs: (1) Improved forest management access for communities and vulnerable groups; (2) Green financing for environmental protection agenda reformed; (3) Law enforcement on forest and land use sectors strengthened; (4) Selected Natural Assets Restored or Rehabilitated
Real Estate & Geospatial Infrastructure Project
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The Project Development Objective is to increase the quality and availability of land administration and geospatial data and services.
Climate Resilient Rice Commercialization Sector Development Program
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The Climate Resilient Rice Commercialization Sector Development Program (SDP) is proposed to support and accelerate the efficient and effective implementation of the Strategy on Agriculture and Water (SAW) and the "Policy on the Promotion of Paddy Production and Rice Export" (the Rice Policy). It will address food security and rice commercialization by prioritizing: (i) strengthening the rice value chain; (ii) improving the legal and regulatory framework in agricultural land management; (iii) improving access to credit by paddy producers and rice millers/exporters; and (iv) enhancing paddy production and productivity through improved irrigation water use efficiency, establishment of paddy post-harvesting facilities, and paddy crop insurance pilots. The SDP will (i) address major strategic thrusts of the 2011-2013 Country Partnership Strategy, and sector strategies and roadmap; and (ii) complement the on-going sector initiatives by emphasizing the commercialization aspects of rice.
Burundi Landscape Restoration and Resilience Project
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The Project Development Objective is to restore land productivity in targeted degraded landscapes and, in the event of an eligible crisis or emergency, to provide immediate and effective response to said eligible crisis or emergency.