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The Government of Tanzania is convening a national workshop on Designing Integrated Financing Strategies (DIFS), from 9-12 March 2010, in Arusha, Tanzania, as it steps-up efforts to secure increased investments for sustainable land management (SLM). The GM, along with the United Nations Development Programme’s Tanzania country office will be supporting the Government in the organization of the event.
The workshop, which brings together a variety of UNCCD stakeholders in an interactive forum, aims to define an optimum pathway to develop and implement an integrated financing strategy (IFS) for SLM, thereby boosting UNCCD implementation.
The IFS is a tool developed by the GM which guides the process towards the establishment of an SLM Integrated Investment Framework (IIF): a package of bankable projects and programmes for restoring degraded lands. The development of the IFS is taking place under the leadership of the Government, represented by the Office of the Vice President (Department of Environment) with the support of the GM.
The strategy provides the know-how to help navigate the hurdles, whilst capitalizing on the opportunities to mobilize SLM resources from internal, external and innovative financing sources. Representatives from the UNCCD focal point ministry, the ministry of finance, civil society organizations and the private sector will all be in attendance at the workshop in Arusha.
A parliamentary session, to be held on 8 March, will precede the workshop to increase awareness amongst key policy and decision makers of the critical role of SLM in the country’s wider development efforts, in particular with regard to food security and poverty alleviation.
Agriculture continues to be the main driving force behind Tanzania’s economy with a large majority of Tanzanians earning their livelihood on the utilization of natural resources, including land. Despite this, land degradation - which undermines agricultural productivity - remains somewhat a marginal issue in national planning and budgeting processes. Securing political buy-in therefore is essential to increase momentum behind the IFS process and its ultimate aim, the establishment of an IIF.
Furthermore, for UNCCD implementation to effectively contribute to national development, it must be recognized as a national development priority and undertaken within the framework of Tanzania’s National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (NSGRP, also known as MKUKUTA under its Kiswahili acronym).
For more information:
Mr Kwame Awere-Gyekye, Programme Coordinator, East & Southern Africa
Tel. +39 065459 2199
k.awere (at) global-mechanism.org
Tanzania National DIFS Workshop
15 March, 2010 - 19 March, 2010
Arusha, Tanzania
The workshop, which brings together a variety of UNCCD stakeholders in an interactive forum, aims to define an optimum pathway to develop and implement an integrated financing strategy (IFS) for SLM, thereby boosting UNCCD implementation.
The IFS is a tool developed by the GM which guides the process towards the establishment of an SLM Integrated Investment Framework (IIF): a package of bankable projects and programmes for restoring degraded lands. The development of the IFS is taking place under the leadership of the Government, represented by the Office of the Vice President (Department of Environment) with the support of the GM.
The strategy provides the know-how to help navigate the hurdles, whilst capitalizing on the opportunities to mobilize SLM resources from internal, external and innovative financing sources. Representatives from the UNCCD focal point ministry, the ministry of finance, civil society organizations and the private sector will all be in attendance at the workshop in Arusha.
A parliamentary session, to be held on 8 March, will precede the workshop to increase awareness amongst key policy and decision makers of the critical role of SLM in the country’s wider development efforts, in particular with regard to food security and poverty alleviation.
Agriculture continues to be the main driving force behind Tanzania’s economy with a large majority of Tanzanians earning their livelihood on the utilization of natural resources, including land. Despite this, land degradation - which undermines agricultural productivity - remains somewhat a marginal issue in national planning and budgeting processes. Securing political buy-in therefore is essential to increase momentum behind the IFS process and its ultimate aim, the establishment of an IIF.
Furthermore, for UNCCD implementation to effectively contribute to national development, it must be recognized as a national development priority and undertaken within the framework of Tanzania’s National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (NSGRP, also known as MKUKUTA under its Kiswahili acronym).
For more information:
Mr Kwame Awere-Gyekye, Programme Coordinator, East & Southern Africa
Tel. +39 065459 2199
k.awere (at) global-mechanism.org
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