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Action Against Desertification
REG/FED/24525

Agreement No. FED/24525 – Action Against Desertification was signed on 4th March 2014 for an amount of €20.0 million and to be implemented over a period of 84 months.

Implementation Mode

Direct Management (2 Contribution agreements between the EC and FAO). One Agreement (Africa Region) and the other agreement (Caribbean and Pacific)

Additional Contribution by other stakeholders are as follows:

  • AUC: €300,000;
  • Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew: €1.5 million;
  • Governments contribution (Africa): €12.0 million

Objectives

The purpose of the project  is to improve the condition and productivity of the agro-pastoral landscapes affected by Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (DLDDD) in ACP countries

Expected results

  • Enhanced enabling environment and capacity of relevant governmental and non-states institutions and stakeholders in ACP countries in terms of effective cross-sectoral work, planning, financing, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of sustainable land/forest management and restoration at a landscape level;
  • Local communities, governmental and non-state stakeholders in selected landscape of 8 ACP selected countries have adopted and are using improved sustainable land/forest management practices and technologies, as part of their UNCCD national action plans.

The Programme is ongoing

The programme complements the intervention of the FAO and AUC in the regions to alleviate the challenges of desertification.

Beneficiary countries

Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Gambia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Haiti, Fiji.

More information, contact: Department of Sustainable Economic Development and Trade