| Countries |
Title |
Area of Support |
Status |
| Algeria |
Appui a l’Elaboration du PAN/LCD signed in July 2001 |
- Strengthening institutional framework and building-up national capacities to implement the CCD (strong focus on role of civil society)
- Establishment of national fund for channeling financial resources for local drylands development initiatives
- Development of a partnership and resource mobilization strategy
|
Phase I Completed |
| Jordan |
Establishment of a National Strategy and an Action to Combat Desertification Signed in August 2001 |
- Strengthening institutional framework and building-up national capacities to implement the CCD
- Formulation of national action programme including decentralized consultations, organization of national forums and write-up of NAP document
- Development of partnership and resource mobilization strategy
|
Phase I Completed |
| Iran |
Pastoral Stewardship of Arid and Semi-Arid Lands in Iran: Sustainable Livelihoods and Community-Based Natural Resource Management Signed in March 2005 |
- Enhancing knowledge and awareness on pastoralism as a form of sustainable land management and a means of poverty alleviation
- Capacity-building of target pastoral communities
- Advocacy for a proper policy and legislative environment at the national level
|
Phase II On-going |
| Lebanon |
National Action Programme to Combat Desertification in Lebanon Signed in December 2001 |
- Strengthening institutional framework to implement the CCD
- Decentralized pilot projects focusing on grass-roots implementation of CCD
- Preparation of priority proposals for funding
|
Phase I On-going |
| Morocco |
Programme d’Appui a la Lutte contre la Pauvrete Rurale, la Desertification, et les Effet de la Secheresse (PAL-PDS) Signed in October 2002 |
- Strengthening national capacities to support local drylands development initiatives
- Strengthening capacities of local actors to plan, negotiate and implement rural development initiatives
- Development of sustainable mechanisms for funding rural/drylands development initiatives
- Technical assistance for improving local governance and natural resources management
|
Phase I On-going |
| Palestine |
Mainstreaming Biodiversity Management Considerations into medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAP) Production Processes |
- Promoting sustainable livelihoods by enhancing production and market access
- Demonstrating mainstreaming approaches in medicinal plants to ensure conservation of MAP biodiversity while providing an enhanced and sustainable source of livelihood support to vulnerable socio-economic groups
|
Phase II To be launched |
| Syria |
National Action Programme to Combat Desertification in Syria Signed in June 2002 |
- Strengthening national capacities and institutional frameworks
- Raising awareness about desertification and poverty linkages
- Building capacities of local communities (focus on Badia Region)
- Developing priority proposals for funding
|
Phase I Completed |
| Project Development Funding (PDF-B) for a GEF Full Size Project on Sustainable Land Management in Syria |
- Promote mainstreaming of drylands development issues into national development frameworks
- Support good policy and practice
|
Phase II |
Tunisia |
Support to the Elaboration of Regional Action Programmes to Combat Desertification in 4 Governorates. Signed in July 2004 |
- Support elaboration of Regional Action Programmes in 4 Governorates affected by land degradation and poverty
- Promote the integration of NAP priorities in the 11th National Socio-Economic Plan (2007 – 2011)
- Strengthen planning /coordination among stakeholders at the national, regional and local levels
|
Phase II Ongoing |
| Yemen |
Decentralization and Local Development Support Programme (DLDSP) Signed in |
- The project pilots in selected governorates and districts a system of decentralized planning and financing of local development, building on the foundation provided by the Decentralization Law.
- The DDC is responsible for delivering the output on ‘Best practices in dryland management and water conservation are identified, disseminated and applied in at least 2 pilot districts.
|
Phase I On-going |
