CACILM

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CACILM

• MULTICOUNTRY CAPACITY BUILDING (MCB) PROJECT

PROJECT CONCEPT AND SCOPE
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• PROJECT NAME Central Asian Countries Initiative
  for Land Management (CACILM) Multicountry
  Capacity Building Project
• IMPLEMENTING AGENCY UNDP
• REQUESTING COUNTRIES Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz
  Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
• GEF FOCAL AREA Land Degradation
• GEF OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME OP15 Sustainable Land
  Management

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RATIONALE

• All 5 National Programming Frameworks identified
  a need to develop national capacity to deal
  better with a variety of institutional, policy
  and other barriers to sustainable land management
  (SLM)
• Countries are proposing similar types of
  activities that would benefit from a common
  approach at the multicountry level
• There are also specific training activities that
  are best implemented at the multicountry level
• These factors combined with the cost
  effectiveness of administering a single project,
  argue for a multicountry capacity building
  project.

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PROJECT DESIGN

• Detailed problem analyses carried out for NPF
  preparation including root causes of land
  degradation - weak capacity is one
• Subsequent needs analyses identified areas where
  capacity building and institutional strengthening
  are required
• Project will help progress towards CMPF1 outcomes
  
• Favorable environment for SLM investments
  supported by SLM mainstreaming, and policy,
  regulatory and land administration improvements
• Improved capacity of the institutions in Central
  Asia to adopt integrated land use planning and
  management
• 1 CACILM Multicountry Partnership Framework

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OBJECTIVE

• To help overcome the barriers to SLM and, in this
  way, contribute to the principal goal of NPFs,
  which is "improve incomes and livelihood of the
  rural populations through activities that reverse
  the trend of land degradation, and generate, at
  the same time, broader environmental benefits".

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ACTIVITIES

• Three clusters of Activities
• National Capacity Activities
• Multicountry Training Activities
• Land User and Community Mobilization

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NATIONAL CAPACITY ACTIVITIES

• Establish an environment to encourage investment
  by national stakeholders into improved land
  productivity, which may include
• Legislative streamlining, clarifications and
  additions
• Increasing the efficiency of land administration
• Mainstreaming of SLM into government documents,
  planning procedures and budgets
• Improved policies for the use of irrigated and
  non-irrigated lands

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MULTICOUNTRY TRAINING ACTIVITIES

• Examples of multicountry training might include
• Governance and Natural Resource Management
• Monitoring and evaluation of National Action
  Programs
• Shaping the future key competences for
  sustainable development
• Land Use Planning/participatory land management
• Strategic environmental planning
• Train the trainers session

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LAND USERS AND COMMUNITIES MOBILIZATION

• Civil society role in SLM,
• Stakeholder mobilization,
• Community decision-making,
• Multi-disciplinary approach to problem-solving

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COSTS

• Total Cost 6,550,000
• GEF 3,000,000
• Co-Financing 3,550,000

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ELIGIBILITY CONFORMITY

• All countries satisfy GEF eligibility criteria
• Proposal conforms with GEF OP15 Sustainable
  Land Management
• UNDP has supported NCSA in each country