The project supports rural populations to improve their livelihoods and resilience capacity to recover from the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 in selected territories of Bolivia and Nicaragua. 

It targets in particular small-scale producers, small-scale fishers, women, youth, and Indigenous Peoples.

The project aims to develop and implement a territorial recovery and resilience plan that addresses economic, social, and environmental barriers of communities in the targeted countries. Furthermore, this plan focuses at enhancing access to markets, rural services, and social protection, as well as strengthening the role and the capacity of rural institutions in the delivery of community based agricultural and social interventions.

STATUS OF THE SUBPROGRAMME
On going

SET-UP AND PLANNING
The FAO country offices of Bolivia and Nicaragua have undertaken initial steps to present the project to relevant stakeholders, including national government ministries and local authorities. Together with technical officers in FAO headquarters in Rome, they have begun the process of organizing a capacity-training workshop to ensure a common methodology for the development of the territorial recovery and resilience plan.

Website: Rural Institutions, Services and Empowerment