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The GM has played a key role in shaping TerrAfrica and its overall agenda in order to support the objective that TerrAfrica responds to the needs of affected country Parties of the UNCCD.
Institutionally, TerrAfrica is a major driver of increased cooperation between IFIs and the GM, such as the African Development Bank, the World Bank and IFAD.
Regional-level coordination and harmonization of approaches at country level is intended to improve national level cooperation under government ownership as a constructive response to the call for alignment of the international community with national priorities and harmonization of contributions of the international community to national development programming.
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Partnership with TerrAfrica
Launched in October 2005, TerrAfrica is a new strategic partnership which aims to provide a collective response to desertification and land degradation in Sub-Saharan Africa, by up-scaling country-driven SLM.
Current partners include NEPAD, Sub-Saharan African Governments, their multi-lateral and bi-lateral development partners, the UNCCD and civil society groups.
Current partners include NEPAD, Sub-Saharan African Governments, their multi-lateral and bi-lateral development partners, the UNCCD and civil society groups.
The GM believes TerrAfrica constitutes a very powerful political and strategic initiative for rallying support and hence for mobilizing substantial financial and other resources for implementation the UNCCD.
TerrAfrica is congruent with the mandate of the GM.
TerrAfrica is congruent with the mandate of the GM.
The GM has played a key role in shaping TerrAfrica and its overall agenda in order to support the objective that TerrAfrica responds to the needs of affected country Parties of the UNCCD.
The GM supports TerrAfrica as a regional platform open to all countries of Sub-Saharan Africa which fosters national priority setting in favour of rehabilitation of degraded landscapes, particularly in drylands under subsistence farming, and the creation of favourable frame conditions to facilitate increased investments into land management as a major contribution to poverty reduction and sustainable development.
Regional-level coordination and harmonization of approaches at country level is intended to improve national level cooperation under government ownership as a constructive response to the call for alignment of the international community with national priorities and harmonization of contributions of the international community to national development programming.
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