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United Nations Development Programme Building Capacities to Reduce Vulnerability, Build Resilience and Improve Livelihoods in the Drylands UNDP Drylands Development Centre Activity Report 2010-2011 1 October 2012 Acknowledgements The Drylands Development Centre acknowledges the generous support of the following donors: Denmark, the European Union, Finland, Japan, Norway and Turkey. Their contributions have made the realization of the Integrated Drylands Development Programme (IDDP) in 2010 - 2011 possible. 2 Table of Contents Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................................... 2 List of Acronyms .............................................................................................................................. 4 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 5 The UNDP Drylands Development Centre at Work ........................................................................ 6 Putting Results Based Management into Action ............................................................................ 9 Delivering the Integrated Drylands Development Programme on the Ground ........................... 10 Mainstreaming Drylands Issues into National Development Frameworks .............................. 10 Making Markets Work for the Poor .......................................................................................... 19 East Africa: Improving Market Access for Drylands Commodities .................................. 20 West Africa: Institutional Capacities enhanced to facilitate participation in entrepreneurial and other economic activities ........................................... 22 Sub Saharan Africa: Round Table on Making Markets Work for the Poor ........................ 23 Arab States: Promotion of Livelihoods diversification to build resilience of drylands communities ................................................................................................. 23 Drought Risk Management ....................................................................................................... 27 African Drought Risk and Development Network ................................................................ 30 Africa-Asia Drought Risk Management Peer Assistance Network........................................ 31 Decentralized Governance ........................................................................................................ 31 Regional Water Governance Programme ............................................................................. 32 Managing and Sharing Knowledge ............................................................................................... 33 Delivering on Partnerships ............................................................................................................ 36 Programme Delivery Overview ..................................................................................................... 39 Looking Ahead ............................................................................................................................... 41 3 List of Acronyms BDP UNDP Bureau for Development Policy CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CGIAR Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research Centres COP Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification CRIC Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention DANIDA Danish International Development Agency DDP District Development Plan DEAP District Environment Action Plan FAO Food and Agriculture Organization IDDP Integrated Drylands Development Programme IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development MAP Market Access Project MDGs Millennium Development Goals MTEF Medium Term Expenditure Framework MYFF Multi Year Funding Framework NAPs National Action Plans to Combat Desertification PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers UNCCD United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification UNDP - DDC United Nations Development Programme – Drylands Development Centre UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UN- Habitat United Nations Human Settlements Programme 4 Introduction Fighting poverty and bringing development to communities in the drylands has been UNDP’s agenda since the 1970s. Today, UNDP supports development in the drylands using an integrated approach based on the Integrated Drylands Development Programme Phase II (IDDP II). Phase II of the IDDP was launched in 2010 and will run until 2014. Similar to phase I, IDDP II is a programmatic framework that combines three interlinked issues of importance to poverty alleviation in the drylands. The Programme takes a people-centred approach whose development objective is to contribute to rural poverty reduction and increased food security for the communities living in the rural drylands in the affected countries. Based on this principle, the IDDP puts emphass on the productive potential of drylands and ensures that developments on the ground are supported by adequate policy, legal and institutional frameworks. The overall goal of IDDP II is to contribute to poverty reduction through the sustainable development of drylands leading to reduced vulnerability and improved livelihoods. The envisaged outcomes of IDDP II are: i. Drylands issues, climate change adaptation and mitigation mainstreamed into national policies, planning and development frameworks and contributing to the effective implementation of the UNCCD; ii. Vulnerability of drylands communities to environmental, economic and socio-cultural challenges (such as climate risks, drought, land degradation, poor markets, migration) reduced and adaptation/mitigation capacity built; and iii. Drylands communities benefit from improved local governance, management and utilization of natural resources. To achieve these outcomes, IDDP II is supporting the implementation of elements of National Action Plans to Combat Desertification (NAPs), the review, analysis and/or development of national policies, and strengthening of capacities at national, local authority (provincial and/or district) and community levels to implement actions on the ground. The programme is also supporting and building effective peer learning networks between regions, countries and local communities that are facilitating the exchange of information, knowledge and technology transfer through south-south cooperation. Furthermore, the IDDP has established a knowledge base on drylands development through the development of a wide range of policy, technical publications, guidelines and advocacy materials. The IDDP also collects, documents and shares evidence-based lessons learnt, experiences and best practices from the actions implemented on the ground. The IDDP is managed by the Drylands Development Centre (DDC). Established by UNDP in 2002, the DDC is a specialized thematic centre dedicated to assisting countries to fight poverty in the drier parts of the world. Between 2010 and 2011, sixteen countries were implementing their national programmes under the IDDP (See Table 1 below). The programmes under implementation addressed one or two or all three of the IDDP thematic areas as described above. The support provided to programme countries during this period ranged from financial, policy and technical advice for mainstreaming of drylands issues into national development and planning frameworks to that for programme development, including 5 technical backstopping, advocacy and partnership building for implementation of livelihoods activities at the local and community levels. This activity report covers the period 2010 - 2011. It highlights the support provided by the UNDP-DDC through the IDDP to its partner countries for the implementation of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. It provides a synopsis of the key areas supported under the IDDP and illustrates main achievements. The UNDP Drylands Development Centre at Work Capacity building continues to be the core of UNDP’s work. As part of the organization's commitment to help drylands countries achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 and full implementation of the UNCCD, UNDP is building the capacity of governments, civil society and dryland communities. The aim is to enable dryland countries and communities to develop and manage programmes that can reduce their vulnerability, improve their resilience and enhance livelihoods and food security while ensuring sustainable natural resources management. This work is spearheaded by UNDP‘s Drylands Development Centre (UNDP-DDC). UNDP-DDC provides support for drylands programmes based on an integrated approach operationalized in the IDDP. In line with the three key programme outcomes, IDDP II focuses on five programme areas, namely: i. Mainstreaming of drylands issues into national development frameworks ii. Making markets work for the poor iii. Strengthening drought risk management iv. Enhancing land governance v. Improving decentralized governance of natural resources. The activities from the five programme areas are supported through cross-cutting functions, namely: policy advice; quality programming support and technical backstopping; advocacy and outreach; partnership building and resource mobilization; and learning and knowledge sharing. Through the IDDP, DDC delivered programme, policy, technical and financial support to partner countries which was channelled through the UNDP Country