Objectives

To ensure strengthened capacities for protection of the internationally recognized biodiversity hot-spots of Montenegro and mainstream biodiversity conservation and sustainable use objectives into the land use planning framework and sectoral practices around the KBAs.

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

Project socio-economic benefits are associated with the following individual elements of the project intervention strategy: - Improved management of the PA estate holding a unique recreational value for the local population and visitors. Diversification and improved quality of tourist offer within the PAs - Enhanced financial sustainability of protected areas, innovative business planning and other finance tools providing for more sustainable PA finance; - Support to small businesses in tourism, forestry and agriculture; - Support to and incentives for private forest owners; - Promotion of biodiversity-positive entrepreneurship in forestry; - Support to green farming. Project beneficiaries are listed in the Prodoc in Section 3.2 on Partnerships, Stakeholder Engagement, and Coordination, and in Annex 12 of the Prodoc, the Comprehensive Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Plan. The project is expected to have a minimum of 50,000 direct beneficiaries, and provide gender-disaggregated reporting as stated in the Section IV of the Project Document “Project Results Framework”.

Objectives

Somalia is faced with the daunting prospect of rebuilding the country having been riven by more than two decades of conflict and lawlessness. Persistent insecurity, cyclic natural disasters, and widespread unlawful evictions continue to engender forced displacements, thus compounding an already dire humanitarian situation across the country. Evictions represent a unique protection challenge in Somalia with far-reaching consequences on physical security, dignity, and livelihood of victims. Important strides are being made to address the issue but ongoing initiatives have been outmatched due to the prevalence of the problem, thus necessitating a more robust, integrated and coordinated program response. In the absence of an effective response to address protection challenges that are being exacerbated by eviction, displaced communities will remain at risk of continuing secondary displacements. This project seeks to reduce the practice of unlawful evictions and to protect communities at risk from forced displacements, while at the same time supporting durable solutions efforts. This overarching objectives will be achieved through a broad range of prevention and response initiatives and community based processes that are anchored on three core outputs: Protection risks exacerbated by evictions are mitigated through integrated prevention and response initiatives displaced communities have increased access to information and specialized services necessary to navigate administrative and procedural obstacles linked to the enjoyment and exercise of HLP rights and local capacity supported to address HLP violations and contribute to social cohesion. A total of 34,186 individuals in 10 districts across 5 regions are expected to benefit from different project services and multi-sectoral assistance packages. Specific priorities shall include diversifying eviction prevention and response through proactive engagements with land owners, regional administrations and local municipalities strengthening coordination with the BRA and district authorities to address evictions in Mogadishu expanding access to tenure security documents helping victims of eviction cope with post-incident complications strengthening the operational capacity of the HLP Sub Cluster and upgrade of the current eviction information management system in order to enhance reliability and data availability. A parallel objective of the HLP Sub Cluster which this project will seek to advance is consolidating HLP capacity among national organization.

Objectives

The project will support vulnerable Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and host communities in North Baidoa to achieve immediate access to food and adequate nutrition. It will target an estimated 2,220 people from 7 settlements who require immediate food assistance. The one year project will contribute to the achievement of the 2016 HRP strategic objectives as outlined in the project logical framework. During project life-cycle, SYPD will distribute food vouchers to 200 most vulnerable households with malnourished children under 5 years, those categorized to be in IPC 3 and 4, women headed households, and pregnant and lactating mothers. The food voucher value of $50 will enable target households access 78% of the minimum food Basket per month for a series of 3 months. In the facilitation of the food voucher program, SYPD will adapt best practices including identification of local vendors and beneficiaries throughout a transparent and accountable process. Barometric data pertaining to selected beneficiaries will be loaded in electronic databases and serialized ID cards will be provided with each household to ensure that only intended beneficiaries are targeted. Beneficiaries in this category will also undergo sensitization on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices with emphasis on the benefits of breastfeeding and on household dietary diversity in an effort to improve nutrition levels among target households. Cognizant of the fact that livestock is among main livelihood assets for pastoralists in target IDP settlements and host communities, SYPD will provide 5 goats to 150 vulnerable households. This will create economic sources and improve food security and nutrition status among the target beneficiaries. Restocking will target pastoral households who lost most of their livestock due to drought and displacement and those who demonstrate the capacity and desire for effective animal husbandry. While no negative environmental impact is expected with the proposed restocking, SYPD will enhance IDPs awareness on controlling pasture and grazing to prevent land degradation, improving animal diets to reduce enteric fermentation and adapting appropriate recycling of manure to mitigate any potential environmental impact. In tandem with animal restocking, this project will also protect and promote target beneficiaries' livestock assets through training of select community animal health workers on livestock treatment and vaccination of the same against common diseases. 20 agro-pastoral households from the IDPs and target host communities will be supplied with donkey carts to further diversity household income sources. Provision of these carts will also help beneficiaries to carry a wide range of goods to district markets which will reduce overall costs on transportation thereby contributing to improved income levels and consequently food security. In the implementation of project activities, SYPD will coordinate with other partners active in the area, especially those with activities to improve food security, to maximize impact and avoid duplication of efforts. In the selection of beneficiaries, SYPD will utilize its vast field experience and familiarity with the context of Baidoa to ensure that the selection process is gender sensitive and that beneficiaries represent diverse clans and social backgrounds.