Integrated Approaches to Peacebuilding Through Joint Livelihoods
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The aim is to establish practices, rules and/or standards to reduce risks to the environment, human and animal health in trade in wild animals and wild animal products in selected partner countries in global biodiversity hotspot regions. Among other things, risk assessments, the design of educational measures in different formats (digital and non-digital campaigns, training courses, etc.) and the scientific monitoring of the implementation of good practices (e.g. impact assessments) are to be promoted. The Alliance brings the relevant actors together across sectors and use concrete findings to formulate adapted regulations or or supports the institutionalization of relevant practices.
Existing political and GIZ structures, as well as other local partner organizations in the selected partner country.
Depending on the initial situation in the partner countries, you have to start at different levels. In some cases working together at the political level is possible, in other places it is more effective to implement the goals via a partner organization that already has experience on site and a network of local actors.
The goal of the Consultation Facility is to provide context-specific multidisciplinary consultancy services from Alliance experts to governments/governmental institutions in countries with a high risk of novel diseases of zoonotic origin to prevent spill-over infections.
The expertise of more than 180+ member organisations and individual experts in the Alliance will be used to put together those interdiscplinary teams.
The Consultation Facility specializes on medium-term, primary preventive and context-specific government advisory services with concrete results in the context of health risks in wildlife trade and consumption along the entire contact and trade chain.
Effective and sustainable counseling requires thorough policy analysis/screening to identify suitable governments.
Existing political action or other political regulations regarding the intersection of wildlife and human health for example, are particulary helpful at the beginning of the consultation.
The facility was launched in December 2023. For this reason, the lessons learned will only be communicated in the course of 2024.
International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade
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Governmental Consultation Facility
Feasibility Study
A study on how the carbon market could potentially finance climate adaptation/mitigation projects.
Collaboration with researchers in the climate financing field and relevant governmental stakeholders.
The Indonesian carbon market is yet to be fully developed, with many uncertainties in the policy side. Nonetheless, feasibility study became a guideline for other initiatives who are searching for sustainable financing for their mitigation projects.
Although the findings were not fully conclusive, connections with the Government were established along the way to receive the necessary information for future implementation.
A dialogue or workshop with governmental stakeholders to present case studies or solutions that could be incorporated into national policies.
An ongoing collaboration with the national government and close communication about various project updates that are beneficial for policy.
Conducting panel discussions or FGD has been shown to facilitate dialogues between the public and private sectors. Such discussions are important for information accessibility to the private sector, while also influencing policies that are not resistant to project goals.
For instance, the carbon market workshop was significant in elaborating the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) plan on the Indonesian Carbon Market. Elaborating projects such as the biogas initiative early on is necessary to ensure smooth implementation once the policies are ready.
The Sustainable Blue Economy Training emphasizes an interactive and participative approach, fostering a dynamic learning environment. Unlike traditional training programs, the facilitators prioritize engagement and active participation, which allowed for a more contextualized and meaningful learning experience tailored to the participants’ specific needs and realities.
The training combined the presentation of concepts and ideas with a series of interactive exercises in which participants apply these concepts and learn about practical tools to use within their own organizations and wider actor networks. The materials were adapted to help practitioners and decision-makers discuss conceptual knowledge on SBE, and to create interactive work sessions that provide participants with opportunities to practice methodologies and tools that they can take away and use subsequently to address or strengthen their contribution to an SBE.
Engaging participants to reflect on their own challenges and actively discuss solutions proved vital for the training's success;
Logistics should be more related to training methodology;
It is advisable to conduct trainings preferably outside of the city to prevent participants from being called back by their superiors, as well as to create a more immersive training experience.
The facilitators maintained a neutral stance and should have provided more critical feedback on group work results.
The training assumed that participants had read the materials, which was not possible for many participants.
There was a decrease in the number of participants over the course, particularly in the case of the BE Council
There was a gap in participant selection, as representatives from the private sector and local community leaders should have been invited.
The use of Miro Boards was challenging for most participants.
