📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT DETAILS
Project number:
2021.0121.0
Status:
ongoing project
Responsible Organisational unit:
G530 Food and Land Use Systems
Contact person:
Antje Hecheltjen antje.hecheltjen@giz.de
Partner countries:
Global projects, convention/sector/pilot projects.
SUMMARY
Objectives:
Through the Land Degradation Neutrality Initiative of the Group on Earth Observations, the actors of the UNCCD parties have improved access to offers for the use of geospatial data for planning, monitoring and decision-making processes to achieve LDN.
Client:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Project partner:
No political sponsor
Financing organisation:
not available
VOLUME OF COMMISSION
Financial commitment for the actual implementation phase:
8 200 000 Euro
COFINANCING
not available
PREVIOUS PROJECT
not available
FOLLOW-ON PROJECT
not available
TERM
Entire project:
(including all previous, current and following project implementation phases, if existing)
21.12.2021 - 31.10.2028
Actual project implementation phase:
01.01.2022 - 31.10.2028
OTHER PARTICIPANTS
not available
FURTHER INFORMATION
Project websites
not available
POLICY MARKERS
Desertification
Principal (primary) policy objective
Gender Equality
Significant (secondary) policy objective
Climate Change: Adaptation
Significant (secondary) policy objective
CRS CODE
43040 Rural development
EVALUATION
not available
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (DE)
Background:
The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) is a partnership of more than 120 governments with the goal of establishing a global Earth observation system. Its Land Degradation Neutrality Initiative (GEO-LDN) supports countries in halting land loss by 2030. It was created to implement the resolutions of the international United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). However, the initiative has so far provided little broad-based coordination, networking, and public outreach. It also does not adequately support UNCCD member states in using geodata to achieve land degradation neutrality.
Goal:
UNCCD member states will use better and more easily accessible geodata for planning and decision-making processes, thus preventing further reductions in productive land areas.
Approach
: Simplified access to Earth observation information will enable UNCCD member states to align their land-use strategies more sustainably. The LDN Toolbox enables them to effectively track progress in soil protection and restoration and to make evidence-based decisions regarding future land use.
To this end, the project supports three areas:
- It is developing a collaborative system for the LDN Toolbox to integrate and analyze geodata.
- It is improving the digital skills of relevant stakeholders in the States Parties to use the LDN Toolbox for planning, monitoring, and decision-making processes.
- It is also supporting the exchange of knowledge and experienc
