proposals – Addendum

DETAILED PROJECT / PROGRAMME DESCRIPTION
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More precisely, the project will promote sustainable resource management through the use of formal mechanisms
developed by the GOP to guide the adequate use of renewable natural resources. The project will promote the
formulation and formalization of planning mechanisms required to guide land use and the sustainable use of natural
resources. The natural products extracted under the guidance of the operational plans will be transformed into
commercially viable products.
Fostering indigenous communities’ responsibilities for the sustainable use of natural resources responds to their appeal
to manage their ancestral territory, and includes, among other activities, the promotion of associations of indigenous
peoples to embrace inclusive, participatory and transparent management models. The project will provide technical
assistance and training aimed at improving management skills and conflict resolution.
While the proposed project is expected to generate emission reductions, these will be accounted at the national level
and discounted from the overall carbon accounting from the forest and land-use sector. The project will not claim for
results-based payments from the emission reductions generated. Nonetheless, the proposed project will participate
continuously in the development of the benefit sharing mechanism of results-based payments being developed at the
national level so clear and transparent information is shared with the communities.
C.3. Project / Programme Description
Component 1: Strengthening institutional capacity in government
The objective of this component is to strengthen the government’s capacity to plan for and implement guidelines in
response to the needs of communities living in PDM. Although these activities are government mandates, the project
argues and has shown that governments are weak in this area and require strengthening; that due to budgetary
constraints, detailed planning commitments might have to wait for several years while other immediate social and
political needs are addressed; and that the project proposes a paradigm shift towards a more inclusive and participatory
planning process, actively involving indigenous communities and natural resource users. The specific services targeted
are: (a) the POT, 6 formulated under the leadership of the provincial government with the active participation of
indigenous groups. The POT will integrate and harmonize the work led by indigenous groups in the formulation of an
EMP for their respective territories; (b) the formulation of the Provincial ZEE; (c) the establishment of new ACAs, 7 (d)
the entrusting of the implementation of agreed operational management plans in selected areas to community
organizations under open, participatory and transparent management practices, including accountability mechanisms,
and the granting of authority to communities for peaceful conflict resolution; (e) the formulation of climate-change
strategies and action plans by the region and the province; and (f) the promotion of the registration of indigenous
peoples. The project will provide technical assistance, training and logistical support, and will offer coordination among
interested key stakeholders.
Component 2: Strengthening capacity of community-based institutions
The project will work with indigenous peoples to facilitate their participation in the preparation and formulation of the
planning instruments mentioned in component 1. The main emphasis will be on creating the enabling conditions for
indigenous peoples to participate in a meaningful manner by voicing their points of view and building alliances for their
6 The GOP defines the POT as a planning and land-management tool that promotes and regulates the processes of organization and
sustainable management of the territory, articulated with environmental, economic development, social and cultural plans and with
other development policies in force in the country. The POT links the land-use planning process with other plans and instruments
related to land management and development.
7 The environmental conservation areas (ACAs) are created by the provincial government. ACAs are designed on three
basic pillars: management by local populations, participation and financially viable production as the basis of sustainability.
ACAs include predominantly untitled communities, with mixed populations, becoming areas of multiculturalism.