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Displaying 416 - 420 of 2113Strengthening knowledge, evidence use and leadership in the Global South on forced displacement – Focus on Nor
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North Africa is experiencing a forced displacement crisis, with a total of 16 million forcibly displaced and stateless people at the end of 2021 (UNHCR, 2022). The Sahel region presents several intersecting factors that are driving forced displacement in North Africa. The presence of non-state armed groups like al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, JNIM and Ansar al-Din are driving people from Mali, Burkina Faso and northern Nigeria from their homes. Climate-related factors such as drought and land conflicts between nomadic herders and farmers are also driving forced migration across North Africa. These displaced persons are being driven into contexts with systems that are not strong enough to manage the situation due to underfunding, limited policies related to protecting and monitoring these populations and insufficient attention to gender and gender-based violence. Host communities in North Africa are underequipped to take in displaced populations and this causes challenges and conflict between host and forcibly displaced populations. To address these challenges, this project aims to establish a research chair on forced displacement studies at the Faculty of Governance, Economic and Social Sciences at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Morocco. The proposed research chair program will focus on producing new knowledge on forced displacement challenges and solutions relevant to Morocco and the region, with a focus on the impact of climate change on forcibly displaced populations; the gender dimensions of forced displacement; and the legal and socio-economic considerations related to forced displacement. The chair will also mentor young scholars at the university and support the development of new curricula that focuses on migration, human rights and gender considerations in the context of forced displacement. Leveraging their well-established network of government institutions, public policymaking and non-governmental organizations, the chair contribute to the institutionalization of forced displacement studies at the local, regional and continental level; bring together decision-makers, community leaders and representatives of forcibly displaced persons to debate important issues and develop actionable solutions to advance policymaking in the field; and promote gender equality, inclusiveness and diversity in decision-making in the context of forced displacement.
Uprooting injustices and establishing formal linkages for inclusive, integrated African cities
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In Nairobi, Kenya and Kitwe, Zambia, long-standing land tenure questions have hindered urban planning and the provision of affordable housing and services in informal settlements. Poor access to services creates acute risks of insecurity for women and girls and denies them their dignity. The last decade, however, has seen concerted efforts to stem the deep inequality and exclusion in Nairobi’s informal settlements. Special planning areas (SPAs) have emerged as a transformational model to spur redevelopment, first in the Mukuru area, with plans to replicate those efforts in the Kibera neighbourhood and the Mathare Valley. In Zambia, new urban-planning powers to create improvement areas and title urban properties offer promise to support large-scale redevelopment. Building on those opportunities, this project will bring together grassroots movements, local authorities, universities, and civil society organizations to co-produce knowledge needed to foster inclusive and equitable change. In Nairobi, the project team will lead research to identify options for overcoming land tenure impediments to SPA processes in Kibera and Mathare. They will document ongoing support under the Mukuru SPA to apply emerging lessons across research sites. In Kitwe, Zambia, the project team will undertake a situational analysis that will serve as a basis for developing an integrated local area plan for the Ipusukilo settlement. Data collection across sites will involve strong participation of residents as part of larger efforts to place the urban poor at the centre of planning processes. This project was selected for funding through a competitive call for proposals entitled “Closing the justice gap - a legal empowerment research and learning agenda”. The resulting cohort of projects will cover 12 country case studies in West Africa, East and Southern Africa, and Southeast Asia, and include a regional hub for each of those sub-regions.
Building The Bahamas capacity in transparency for climate change mitigation and adaptation
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Build the capacity of The Bahamas to meet the reporting requirements of the enhanced transparency framework of the Paris Agreement
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Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.
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The project is aligned with GEF focal area CCM-3-8, i.e., “Foster enabling conditions for mainstreaming mitigation concerns into sustainable development strategies through capacity building initiative for transparency.”The socio-economic benefits of this project are indirect and long term; as such, it is not possible to attribute clear causalities (either positive or negative) to the scope of work. However, if the project achieves its stated aims, then it will contribute - again indirectly - to investment in climate-focused projects in support of future NDC ambitions, which in turn will lead to technology transfer and job creation in priority sectors. Assuming this transition to sustainable production and consumption is based on models of equitable and gender-sensitive development, this will result in strong socio-economic benefits, in line with the ambition of the national Vision 2040. The project will in fact contribute to the improvement of local and global environmental conditions through enhancing transparency related to GHG emissions, impacts of climate change, and mitigation and adaptation actions in the country.The created data and knowledge platform will improve The Bahamas's knowledge of its own efforts to curb emissions and build resilience. Moreover, as the system is developed, its linkages with other environmental data will also be analysed, established and / or improved. Crucially, its relationship to the transparency system for the National Development Strategy, Vision 2040 and the progress on the SDGs, will prove to be a powerful tool to track and evaluate policies. In fact, this project will also assist The Bahamas in achieving its Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 13 by supporting the integration of climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning; building knowledge and improving education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning, and promotion of mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in the country. The project will additionally contribute to achieving SDG 5 by supporting the empowerment of women in decision-making, land ownership and through gender-sensitive budgeting.The strengthened national transparency system will enable The Bahamas to better track and manage its resources. Thus, it will allow for interventions to be planned, executed and evaluated quicker. The better knowledge around adaptation, and the M&E system established will serve to provide information about climate change impacts on these sectors. For agriculture, for example, this can mean better evidence on increasing droughts that could help farmers make informed decisions about irrigation practices and enable the government to prioritise sector resources toward drought management programmes for those affected.The Bahamas' planned climate actions will require public intervention in the form of investments. With better climate data systems, The Bahamas will be able to better track and evaluate the impact of the policies, introducing adjustments to achieve better outcomes. This increased efficiency can free up resources for other public investments and interventions, which in turn could benefit Bahamas socio-economically and this aspect of the system is expected to increase political buy-in for climate policy.Another important benefit lays on the linkage with the national planning processes. The wide array of data compiled throughout the data and knowledge platform will provide a solid basis for informed national policymaking on climate and other related matters, an element that will be fully developed as part of Output 1.1. A virtuous cycle is expected to result from the combination of coherent data that improves the consistency of climate projections and business-as-usual scenarios and leads to the further refinement of the country’s NDCs.
Promotion of Integrated Biodiversity Conservation and Land Degradation Neutrality in Highly Degraded Landscape
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Strengthen governmental and non-governmental capacities to achieve biodiversity conservation and land degradation neutrality in Middle Euphrates landscape through integrated landscape management.
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Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.
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The global environmental benefits that this project will bring should result at the local level, in the medium term, in enhanced ecosystem services and improvement of availability of natural resources in the areas within and surrounding the 2 new established PAs and also in the areas surrounding the pilot SLM areas. Local communities will enjoy in these areas a healthier environment and improved conditions for livelihoods based on natural resources. Moreover, local communities, thanks to the project, will be less vulnerable and more adapted to climate extremes. Farmers in particular (an estimated 5000 of them) will enjoy an increase in quality, productivity and sustainability of crops production. The success of these case studies, as also of those from the sister projects (FAO and IFAD), will prompt a spread, through scaling up and replication, in ecologically similar areas of the country; and therefore, during the medium to long term hopefully there will be positive outcomes also at regional and national level.The proposed alternative scenario - with the GEF project - will support the design and initial steps for the integration of biodiversity conservation and land degradation neutrality at national level, contributing to the ongoing transition process by:· Support the GoI’s capacity to effectively integrate biodiversity conservation and land degradation neutrality into sectoral policies· Establish 2 new PAs significantly contributing to the extension of the national PA network coverage and the number of species of global importance that will be under effective conservation management in the country; support in engage and involve the local stakeholders; development of management plans and prompting their implementation; support in providing trained staff and equipment to the new PA· Piloting a testing ground for SLM methodologies, tools, and stakeholder involvement mechanisms, thus creating a model to improve agro-ecosystem services and demonstrate sustainable flow of agro-ecosystem services to sustain food production and livelihoods. · Supporting the MoE in managing and use knowledge and in raising public and authorities’ awareness on the value of biodiversity and the importance of maintaining ecosystems and their services for human well-being into national planning processes and achieving sustainable use of land and biodiversity resources in the country.
Strengthening of the management capacities of the Cultural Affirmation initiatives that improve the socio-cult
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Asociacin No Gubernamental Rural Amaznica Andina Choba Choba (Choba-Choba) will help communities living in the buffer zone of the Cordillera Azul national park to recover and reestablish traditional land management and agricultural production practices, promote agricultural biodiversity, and carry out natural resource conservation and sustainable economic development activities. The project will benefit 3,680 community members who live in the districts of Pilluana and Tres Unidos, in the Mishikiyacu Valley of San Martin Region.