| Project's full title |
Fighting Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought through the Action Against Desertification - GCP/INT/157/EC |
| Countries |
Burkina Faso
Ethiopia
Gambia
Haiti
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
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| Start date |
01/07/2014 |
| End date |
31/08/2020 |
| Status |
Closed |
| Donor |
European Union |
| Recipient / Target Areas |
Burkina Faso,
Ethiopia,
Fiji,
Gambia,
Haiti,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Senegal
|
| Budget |
EUR 4 167 000 (Caribbean and Pacific Component) - EUR 15 763 479 (Africa Component)
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| Project Code |
GCP/INT/157/EC
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| Objective / Goal |
The first project Result focused on creating an enabling environment
and building capacities to manage land and forests sustainably.
This Result was achieved through a series of awareness-raising and
capacity-development activities. In total, 40 112 beneficiaries were
reached through 329 workshops and training sessions in the eight
beneficiary countries. The goal of Result 2 was to introduce improved
sustainable land and forest management practices and technologies
and to ensure that they were adopted and utilized. A total of 63 763 ha
of degraded land were restored in the beneficiary countries with these
practices and technologies. In the targeted African countries, the planting
that occurred under this Result supported the implementation of the
Great Green Wall (GGW), an Africa-led initiative to plant 8 000 km of trees
that stretch across the Sahel. The final Result sought to raise awareness of
the AAD in OACPS countries and in the European Union, with a particular
focus on the causes of and ways to combat desertification and land
degradation and how to improve resilience to climate change. Under this
Result, the visibility of the project was raised through a significant number
of publications, videos, broadcasts, articles, and other informational and
promotional materials.
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| Partners |
National ministries in charge of United Nations Convention
to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) implementation; the
ACP Secretariat (now the Organisation of African, Caribbean
and Pacific States [OACPS]); the Secretariat of the Pacific
Community; Caribbean Community; South Pacific Regional
Environment Programme; Non-governmental organizations;
the African Union Commission; Global Mechanism of the
UNCCD; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; and Walloon
Region/Wallonie Bruxelles International.
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| Beneficiaries |
National and local administrations; Local communities, including women and youth; Civil society organizations, including non-governmental organizations, community-based organizations and producers’ organizations; Technical and financial partners; and Key global and regional political and strategic actors.
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| Activities |
- Capacities were assessed, and capacity-development strategies
were developed and implemented.
- Integrated public/private investment approaches were formulated.
- Good practices in sustainable land management (SLM) were
disseminated.
- Knowledge products for a variety of different audiences were
created and distributed widely.
- Policy briefings were developed and dispatched.
- A dedicated Web site and social media accounts were set up, and
events were organized to share information about the AAD.
- National communication plans were developed and implemented
for each country.
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| Impact |
By improving the conditions and productivity of agrosylvipastoral
landscapes affected by DLDD, the results of the project are expected
to contribute to poverty alleviation, reduce hunger and improve
resilience to climate change in the targeted OACPS countries.
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| Contact |
Moctar Sacande (International Projects Coordinator) - [email protected]
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| SDG(S) |
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