Transcript (UNCCD) and its collaboration with the

The Rural Poor
Transforming
livelihoods in the
drylands
Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty
IFAD’S Focus
Rural poverty alleviation
through
agricultural and rural development
supported by
loans, grants, policy dialogue,
partnerships & advocacy
Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty
Strategic Objectives
Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty
Key Findings
• 1.2 billion people live in extreme poverty
• 900 million (75%) live in rural areas
• most depend on agriculture for survival
• livelihoods of 1 billion people threatened
by desertification
• increased emphasis on national ownership
• land degradation variations across regions,
countries and agro-ecological zones
Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty
Sustainable Rural
Development
The twin challenges of
poverty
and
environmental degradation
Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty
IFAD’s Support to UNCCD
• support for local initiatives:
increased agricultural production
natural resource management
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hosting global facilities (GM, ILC)
research and NGO-ECP grants
NAPs, SRAPs & RAPs
Special Programme for African Countries
Affected by Drought & Desertification 1985-95
Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty
IFAD has been GEF Executing Agency since May 2001
What can IFAD bring to GEF?
• poverty focus & targeting
• delivery capacity
• effective partnerships & institutional
framework at local & country levels
• diversity of ideas & innovation
• resource mobilisation
• sustainability & replication
Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty
IFAD Pipeline of GEF Projects
Country
GEF focal area
Status
Partnership(s)
UNDP, Global Mechanism
* Brazil
Semi-arid lands of NE
Land
Degradation
(OP 15 with
links to 13)
PDF B
Chad & Sudan (Industrial
approach to combating
desertification
Land
degradation
(OP 15)
PDF B
UNIDO
(USD 540,000)
* Comoros
Biodiversity
Concept
UNEP
* China
Biodiversity
(OP 12 with
links to 15)
PDF B
AsDB, UNDP
Global Mechanism
Egypt (Second Matrouh)
Biodiversity and
Climate Change
(OP 12)
Appraisal
World Bank
Honduras
Multifocal
areas (OP 12)
Full size
(USD 4.9m)
UNDP, CABEI,
communities
* IFAD initiated
Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty
Contd.
Country
GEF focal area
Status
Partnership(s)
* Kenya (Mt. Kenya
land & water mgt.)
Multifocal areas (OP
12 with links to OP 4)
PDF B
USD 350, 000
UNEP
* Mali (Delta,
Mopti region)
Biodiversity (OP 1,2
with links to 12, 13 & 15)
Appraisal
(USD 6m)
World Bank
Mali (Boucle du
Baoule Biosphere
Complex)
Biodiversity (OP 1)
PDF B
(US 293,000)
UNDP,
French Cooperation,
GoM
* Mauritania
(Atef & Maghama
Ecosystems)
Biodiversity (OP 12)
MSP (final
stage)
UNDP
* Mauritania (Oasis
development )
Land degradation
(OP15 with links to 2 )
Concept Note
UNDP
* Mexico (National
microwatershed
plan)
Land degradation
(OP 15)
PDF B
UNDP
* Venezuela (Lara
& Falcon states)
Land degradation (OP
15 with links to OP 1)
Concept stage
UNDP,
Global Mechanism
* IFAD initiated
Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty
Mali GEF:
Biodiversity Conservation &
Participatory NRM in the Inner
Niger Delta & its Transition Areas
Baseline project:
Sahelian Area Development Fund (USD 13.59 m)
• education, information & communication
• local development
• sustainable NRM & biodiversity conservation
• decentralized financial services
• project management & coordination
Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty
Mali GEF:
GEF alternative: (USD 6.0 m)
• capacity building
• monitoring & evaluation
• restoration & development
Implementing Agency: World Bank
GEF work programme entry: July 2003
Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty
Mali:
Potential Regional/Global
Environmental Benefits
• conservation of severely threatened sites
• conservation of agro-biodiversity
• preservation of traditional knowledge
• strengthened institutional capacities for
sustainable, integrated approaches to NRM
• provision of environmental services &
goods by natural resource users
Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty
Honduras:
Integrated Ecosystem & NRM
Baseline components:
National Fund for Sustainable Rural
Development (FONADERS)
• institutional strengthening (13%)
• rural development funds (72%)
• implementation support (3%)
• programme management (11%)
Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty
Honduras:
GEF alternative components:
• mainstreaming IEM principles into
PRONADEL’s national procedures
& operations
• demonstration & validation of IEM
principles in PRONADEL’s operations
• capacity building & dissemination of
lessons learned
Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty
Honduras:
• GEF support for integrated ecosystem & watermanagement objectives, principles, techniques
& practices into PRONADERS
Global benefits:
• biodiversity conservation & reduced deforestation
• promotion of globally beneficial practices
• financing in USD: IFAD 29.2 m, GEF 4.2 m,
CABEI 4.9 m & communities 4.7 m
Implementing Agency: UNDP
GEF Council approval: May 2003
Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty
Advocacy and Political Will:
Working with partners
• national & international policy dialogues
• regional exchanges and workshops
• collaboration in local & global initiatives
Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty