General

For the period 2016 to 2020, Solidaridad and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will join forces for sustainable sector transformation for thirteen selected agricultural, mining and industrial sectors in twenty six countries and the emergence of sustainably managed landscapes in four countries. Sustainability is defined by its economic as well as its social and environmental dimensions. Inclusive and sustainable development is the primary concept: sectors that provide fair and profitable livelihoods and business opportunities to all, and guarantee decent and equitable living wages for men and women, in a way that does not deplete the landscapes where people thrive, now and for generations to come. Solidaridad has a strong track record in creating sustainable supply chains in developing countries. The focus has been mainly on stimulating good practices resulting in sustainable farming, mining and industrial practices. However, experience shows that more is needed. For a transition toward socially and environmentally sustainable sectors, cooperation between stakeholders at landscape level and an enabling policy environment are key additional ingredients.

Objectives

The overall objective of the landscape component in the proposal to the DSO is to strengthen the capacity of landscape stakeholders to effectively and inclusively resolve sustainability issues and competing claims in four landscapes of global importance by 2020. For each of the sustainable landscape programme countries we foresee three concrete outcomes: 1) the establishment, strengthening or improvement of a multi-stakeholder landscape governance structure; 2) the scaling of current or new solutions for landscape management; and 3) the implementation of enabling frameworks, policies and incentives for sustainable landscape management. The Enabling Policy Environment component aims to support democratic and inclusive, participatory processes to enable the participation and representation of vulnerable groups in policy- and decisionmaking. Solidaridad aims for inclusivity in both public and private sector policies, at local, national and international level. Through support to the capacity development of vulnerable groups, civil society and producers to participate in private and public sector policy making, we want to contribute to policy instruments and frameworks that enable inclusive and sustainable development. We envision four types of outcomes: 1) improved policies of private sector associations; 2) improved national policies and implementation mechanisms; 3) improved land tenure and land rights in commodity/producing areas; and 4) government incentives for inclusive and sustainable production.

Target Groups

vulnerable groups, civil society, producers, miners, public sector institutions, companies

General

This project addresses risks in the soy supply chain from Argentina. The social and environmental risks primarily take place in the primary production process. This project focuses to avoid – and where needed restore – the impacts of soy on forests / ecosystems and people. However, the soy trade chain is a complex one due to a number of factors, among which:• Soy is produced in countries where sustainable land governance, including legal compliance to forest and labour legislation, is a challenge;• Suppliers of soy often do not sell their produce to the same customers each year;• Soy (meal) is mainly used for livestock feed, making it invisible for the end consumer, mostly requiring business to business solutions;• Soy is a low margin-high volume bulk commodity; gathered and transported in huge quantities. This makes separation of sustainable streams costly, and• The fear of additional costs in the sector is paramount, from farmers, to traders, to processors to retailers.This project will explore several temporary models / stepping stones to achieve field impact. These include "area mass balance" (supporting farmers to become certified in areas that link to the physical trade chain), and "direct trade" (companies directly supporting responsible production with credits and positive impact investments), as well as stepwise improvements and restoration of damage with farmers in risk zones.

General

Regional influencing climate action program The West Africa region has a high number of countries ranked among the most vulnerable to climate change in the world. In addition, this region has the largest number of countries where more than 30% of the population lives below the extreme poverty line (less than $1.90/day) and depends for its subsistence on activities that are highly sensitive toweather conditions: rain-fed agriculture, livestock breeding, fishing. These people are therefore particularly vulnerable to climatic shocks, which are increasingly recurrent and of unprecedented magnitude in the region. Climate action is not currently enough to achieve climate justice for those who rely on natural resources for their subsistence, those who have their food and nutrition security threatened by climate change. Their right to food, to land and forests are at risk as they are facing uncertainties in the middle of multiple climate shocks and stresses. Policies processes and implementation are not involving rural communities, women and youth organizations. The nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and adaptation plans are still to strengthen their human rights and gender equality aspects, while these frames need to improve nature-based solutions’ roles in their targets, to ensure the reduction of the emissions in the production sectors and the adaptation of communities’ livelihoods to CC effects. The climate action-influencing program in West African aims at achieving climate justice for women, youth and small-scale farmers so they realize their right to food and land rights, so that they can improve their resilience to climate change. Through alliances and supports to different stakeholders, our work on: 1) Climate and development policies (NDCs, NAPs, local development plans, etc.) to raise the adoption of agro ecology and agroforestry; 2) Climate governance spaces to hold governments accountable for their adaptation and mitigation commitments, especially regarding the communities, rural women and youth access to climate finance for their adaptation needs. The activities will take place in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Nigeria, implemented by Oxfam offices in partnership with local partners involved in climate and environmental action. This project is framed to strengthen others climate change program and influence activities running in countries, such as the Regreening Africa project (Mali), the AACJ project (Burkina and Nigeria) and the JESAC project (Burkina).