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Building the capacity of CSOs in the landscape/seascape conservation

Landscapes/seascapes have provided many environmental goods and services to the communities living within and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Over the course of many decades, these services have been put under severe stress greatly lowering their capacity to deliver. Communities recognize this factor and have come to the realization that their way of life is under threat if they continue ?business as usual. It is against this premise that the SEPL conservation approach is introduced. The Concept is a however fairly new and a greater portion of the beneficiaries have limited knowledge and skills in engaging in this approach. It is against this background that this project seeks to build the capacity of CSOs on the landscape/seascape conservation approach which will be promoted across the country and specifically targeting the priority landscapes and seascapes for OP 6 implementation.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Freedom From Hunger Campaign

Country:

Gambia

Area Of Work:

Biodiversity

Operational Phase:

OP6 - Y2 (Jul 16-Jun 17)

Grant Amount:

US$ 25,000.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 10,000.00

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 5,000.00

Project Number:

GMB/SGP/OP6/Y2/CORE/BD/16/01

Start Date:

9/2016

End Date:

5/2017

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Notable Community Participation

A significant number of NGO and CBO staff's capacities is envisaged to be built on landscape/seascape conservation. Amongst this number is a substantial percentage of young and new graduates who are engaged in environmental, farm and forestry management.

Planning gef grant

Depending on the availability of resources, it may be possible to scale up the project to a GEF MSP.

Linkages gef projects

Linkages will be sought with large GEF projects in the area.

Planning non gef grant

Once successfully completed, the project may be scaled up through non- GEF grants.

Policy Impact

Once the concept of SEPL is understood by the target Government Agencies such as Departments of Forestry, Community Development, Agriculture and the National Environment Agency, it is hoped that the concept shall be incorporated in the National Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy/Plan.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

Organisation of workshops, issue of progress reports, production and dissemination of leaflets, guidelines, brochures, posters, bags and T-Shirts countrywide.

Capacity - Building Component

The Project in its entirety aims at building capacity of NGOs and CBOs on the new approach on landscape/seascape conservation of OP 6.

Policy Influence

The aim of the project is to build the capacity of CSOs on community landscape/seascape conservation approach to enhance better management of natural resources and the environment.The outcome can influence the development f appropriate policies in that regards.

Project sustainability

The project places emphasis on developing skills on the community landscape/seascape conservation approach. The skills acquired will ensure the sustainability of the project.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

The project seeks to develop the capacity of CSOs and invariably those of the communities on the landscape/seascape conservation approach which is an integrated way of addressing issues related to the provision of goods and services by ecosystems to humans. This approach will ensure improvements in livelihoods through building and enhancing ecosystem resilience.

Replication of project activities

When successfully completed, it is envisaged that project activities will be replicated by other partners including noth local and national authorities.

Project Results

? 1 day Project Inception Meeting with CBO Board Members on the Purpose, Scope, Objectives, and Key Activities of the Project
? 1 stakeholder workshop with participants from the Department of Forestry of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Department of Community Development of the Ministry of Local Government, Lands and Regional Integration, the National Environment Agency and Freedom From Hunger Campaign to develop the capacity building training modules for the Civil Society Organisations. Here, 5 modules where developed; viz;
o What Landscape/Seascape Intervention Approaches are
o Rationale for Landscape/Seascape Intervention Approaches
o Landscape/Seascape Intervention Methodologies
o Development of a Strategic Plan on SEPL
o An Introduction to the Concept of Climate Smart Agriculture
? 1 Workshop to develop the Comdeks and Climate Smart Agriculture guidelines as well as the likely sensitization themes for the Posters and Brochures
? Procurement of the capacity building materials
? Designed Campaign and Capacity Building Materials such as:
o 150 Brochures on Landscape/Seascape Conversation for CSOs
o 150 Posters on Available Human and Environmental Resources in Landscape and Seascapes
o 150 Booklets on Comdeks Guidelines
o 150 Booklets on Climate Smart Agriculture
? Printed 150 T-Shirts to promote Landscape and Seascape Conservation.
- Conducted a national workshop for 40 CBOs on Community landscape/seascape conservation approach to enhance their level of understanding on this apprach.

- After concluding the workshop for CBOs, another workshop was conducted for 20 national NGO on the landscape/seascape conservation approach.

- At the conclusion of both meetings, participants were provided with a package containing brochure, posters, booklets, T-Shirts etc to serve as future reference materials in their respective institutions.

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