DRYNET

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• DRYNET

Strengthening civil society networks to address
dryland degradation and poverty issues in the
context of strategic development frameworks and
the UNCCD
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WHAT ?
A 3-year networking and capacity building
initiative taken by 14 NGOs working in 17
countries on issues related to drylands, land
degradation and CSO participation in policy
development Based on previous work (eniD, RIOD)
and shared views and concerns
WHO TOOK THIS INITIATIVE ?
Both ENDS Netherlands, CAREC Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan
/Kyrgyzstan /Tajikistan/Turkmenistan, CARI
France, CENESTA Iran, EMG South Africa, ENDA TM
Senegal/Madagascar/Morocco, Instituto Sertão/ASA
network Brazil, LPP Germany, LPPS India, OLCA
Chile, PROBIOMA Bolivia, TENMIYA Mauritania,
SCOPE Pakistan, TEMA Turkey
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SHARED VIEWS AND CONCERNS

• Policy frameworks that should ensure political
  and budgetary attention for drylands have had
  little effect so far, and should therefore be
  integrated into general development processes and
  aid agreements
• Majority of dryland CSOs are strong in
  approaches and strategies to combat land
  degradation locally, but weak in linking their
  successes to wider political context/players
• CSOs - and many times the administrations as
  well - are not aware of, and are not able to
  utilise the interconnection between development
  cooperation frameworks.
• Limited access to info for CSOs on best
  practices, results from science local successes
  that could inspire others stay local instead of
  being spread and used to design innovative or
  replicate successful projects.
• Limited CSO capacity in project development and
  management techniques to transfer ideas into
  feasible and bankable projects
• In most dryland areas in Africa, CSOs working on
  sustainability and poverty reduction are not
  working together, are not organised to have a
  larger impact together towards policy makers and
  donors (through alliances and such)?

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PROJECT ACTIVITIES

• Building and expanding the network
• Reviewing, analysing and facilitating NGO/CBO
  participation
• Building capacity for participation and project
  development
• Knowledge science, technology and institutions
  identifying best practices and innovations
• Communication in and beyond the network

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Poverty Reduction Adaptation to Drought

• NGOs
• CBOs
• Communities
• etc.

• CCD Actions
• Way of satisfying basic
• needs
• Sustainable livelihoods

Best Practices Success Stories
Local Dev. Plan
Information Exc., Cap. Building
Development framework Including Adaptation to
Drought Combat against Desertif.
Other initiatives
Drynet
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NAP/CCD
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Drynet Platform (global level)
Drynet national regional
Drynet national regional
Drynet national regional
Global coordination
Drynet national regional
Drynet national regional
Tools Internet Intranet Discussion
forum Newsletter Skype etc.
Drynet national regional
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ACTIONS

• CSOs and donors mapping in countries concerned
• Increase Public Awareness
• Analysis of CSOs participation in UNCCD process
• Establishment of coordination mechanisms for
  CSOs
• Documentation and dissemination of best
  practices
• agroforestry
• soil and water conservation
• Desertification adaptation
• rural and pastoral livelihoods
• Environmental education
• reforestation
• food security
• Biodiversity conservation, etc.
• Capacity building of CSOs for there effective
  participation in the combat against
  desertification
• Advocacy and lobbying

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KNOWLEDGE SHARING
ADAPTED TOOLS FOR BENEFICIARIES AND OTHER USERS
NEEDS

• Networking
• Publication of newsletters in various languages
• Radio programs
• Position papers on hot topics
• workshops, Side events
• Development and maintenance of Web site
• www. dry-net.org

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LESSONS LEARNED

• Weakness of capitalization to make available the
  experiences
• Difficulty to harmonize initiatives on CCD
  between various actors at national and local
  levels
• Lack of indicators which can be used to measure
  the progress carried out within the framework of
  adaptation to drought and the combat against
  desertification
• Difficulty of articulating in a concrete way
  different strategies (desertification, drought,
  climate, PRSP, etc.)
• Actions undertaken to adapt to drought and combat
  desertification match urgent actions of
  adaptation to climate change which aim to improve
  management of water resources, forest, food
  security of affected countries
• Need to facilitate the access of knowledge to
  local decision-makers for a better mainstreaming
  of drought and land degradation issue in the
  local development plans

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RECOMMENDATIONS

• Enhance communication and capitalization of the
  best practices to pass on the knowledge and
  existing methods
• Improve visibility of CSOs activities on CCD
• Put in place frameworks of dialogue and
  information exchange decentralized at local level
• Federate more an important number of actors,
  including the local populations, to reinforce
  cooperation and harmonization of interventions
• Strengthen partnership with institutions working
  in the fields of drought and widen Drynet
  activities in other affected countries
• Put information at States disposal for a better
  consideration of NGO/CBOs actions in the UNCCD
  national reports

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THANK YOU!
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