📋 Tender Overview
Project sponsor: Caritas Austria
Country: Congo, Dem. Rep. Funding amount: €85,000.00 Start: November 25th, 2022 End: November 24, 2026
SHORT DESCRIPTION:
project goal
The project aims to contribute to the creation of peaceful and inclusive societies that contribute constructively and equally to humane, sustainable and inclusive development.
expected results
Result 1: Capacity building of civil society organizations (CSOs) – CSOs are better organized, structured and trained to take on the role of a credible interlocutor with the authorities and their civil society control function in the areas of social cohesion, humane and sustainable development to exercise.
Outcome 2: Security of land tenure – CSOs in rural areas participate in political dialogue on the implementation of the Land Rights Act and citizens' and local communities' access to and safe use of land.
Outcome 3: Conservation/Promotion of Biodiversity – CSOs carry out activities to protect local, threatened species in collaboration with the University of Lubumbashi.
Result 4: Mobilize the public through awareness and information.
target group
Direct beneficiaries of the project are: 200 organizations of agricultural producers (including 11 women's organizations and 60 indigenous organizations); 20 cooperatives; 70 authorities / authorities; 20 women's networks/movements; 3 networks/movements of indigenous people; 50 youth networks/movements; 20 media.
Measures
represent and protect natural resources and the promotion of sustainable agriculture; Conducting a study on land ownership and access; dissemination of tools to secure land ownership; Supporting local communities in obtaining forestry concessions; Supporting indigenous groups in formally recognizing their lands; Conducting a threatened/endangered species study; training CSOs on biodiversity and natural resources; reforestation actions using natural species; Advocacy actions for the preservation and promotion of biological diversity, against illegal exploitation of protected species; Establishing a community-level alert system; Support participation of CSOs and media in national and provincial level conferences/meetings; Campaigns and sensitization of the population in the city to promote local products; Exchange of experiences between CSOs and partners / students / politicians / authorities in the areas of land security and biological diversity.
background information
The RECAPTER project is being carried out against the background of a land law reform that has been underway in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the provinces of Tanganyika, Haut-Katanga, Lualaba and Haut-Lomami. This process is accompanied by political uncertainty due to conflicts related to the land issue (ethnic conflicts, displacement, land grabbing and illegal resettlement due to the increase of mining companies, among others) and food security.
