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Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
Global Environment Facility, UNDP, Country Ministries (e.g. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment)
Summary:

In recognition of national and global environmental benefits the overall expected goal of this project is the promotion of effective sustainable land management in Samoa so as to promote ecosystem heath, integrity, stability, functions and services. Its objective is to strengthen local and national capacity for Sustainable Land Management (SLM), including mainstreaming into national development strategies and policies, improving the quality of project design and implementation, and ensuring that all relevant stakeholder views are reflected and integrated into the process. Key activities will include completion of a National Action Plan (NAP) under the UNCCD, capacity building, strengthening legislative and policy frameworks and the development of a Medium Term Investment Plan and its Resource Mobilization.

The programme aims to generate multiple global and local benefits through promoting SLM in 14 Pacific island
Countries. Often land degradation issues are not systemically and strategically mainstreamed into national development policies and
strategies, such as PRSPs, National Sustainable Development Strategy (NSSD) and other national development frameworks in order
to achieve the MDGs. The program aims to develop individual, institutional and systemic capacities to mainstream SLM through a
programmatic approach.

Project Components:

Outcome 1: Mainstreaming of SLM into national policies and strategies
The range of activities to be implemented under this Outcome should raise the profile of SLM throughout the countries and provide the opportunity for SLM principles to be considered and used to guide decision-making in land-use, budgeting, policy and strategy development and on-the-ground implementation of activities by communities and other national stakeholders that are involved in designing and implementing development activities on land.

Outcome 2: Capacity development for SLM
Under this Outcome countries have identified a wide range of capacity development activities aimed at enhancing the capacity of national stakeholders to plan and implement activities and undertake tasks that address land degradation and contribute to SLM.

Outcome 3: Development of a Medium Term Investment Plan (MTIP) and Resource Mobilization Strategy to support SLM
This outcome will strengthen capacity of national stakeholders to jointly develop a national plan and strategy aimed at identifying priority SLM issues and their related funding needs, potential funding sources and mobilizing resources in an integrated and coordinated way.

Outcome 4: Development and mainstreaming of National Action Programs (NAPs) to address Land Degradation and mitigate the effects of drought.

Expected Outputs:

OUTCOME 1: COMPLETION OF THE NATIONAL ACTION PLAN.
Output 1.1 Preparation of NAP
Output 1.2 Adoption of NAP

OUTCOME 2: CAPACITIES DEVELOPED FOR SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT
Output 2.1 Enhanced capacities for the effective administration and sustainable management of
land and land-based resources.
Output 2.2 Strengthened capacity for sustainable agriculture particularly in drought prone areas
Output 2.3 Enhanced capacities for the rehabilitation of degraded coastal areas.
Output 2.4 Enhanced governance to promote proper land use of degraded watershed areas.
Output 2.5 Assessments of appropriate uses of land
Output 2.6 Enhanced SLM through improvements of individual, systemic and institutional
capacities including relevant national plans and policies.
Output 2.7 Development of monitoring and evaluation systems on the effectiveness of the
implementation phases of the SLM Project

OUTCOME 3: MAINSTREAMING OF SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT
Output 3.1 Mainstreaming of SLM
Output 3.2 Sharing of knowledge on SLM

OUTCOME 4: MEDIUM TERM INVESTMENT PLAN
Output 4.1 Development of a Medium Term Investment Plan with associated resource
mobilization plan that incorporates SLM.

Project Status:
Ongoing SLM commenced and on track: Technical assessment of selected degraded land areas completed
Funding Source:
UNDP
Financing Amount:
500,000
Cofinancing Total:
Each LDC/SIDS is able to access up to USD 500,000 GEF funding and is required to provide co-financing on a 1:1 ratio
Contacts:

UNDP
Easter Galuvao
Email: easter.galuvao@undp.org
Tel: +685 23670

Resources:
SPREP - GEF-UNDP Targeted Portfolio Project on Capacity Building and Mainstreaming of Sustainable Land Management (SLM) for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
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