Training and capacity building with women in the community
This building block focuses on empowering women in local communities through targeted training and capacity-building initiatives. The aim is to equip women with essential skills, knowledge, and resources to engage in sustainable practices, environmental conservation, and climate change mitigation. By fostering leadership and entrepreneurial abilities, women can play a pivotal role in driving positive change in their communities and contributing to broader socio-economic development.
Collaboration with local leaders and organisations for community engagement.
Access to resources, tools, and technology that enhance training programs.
Inclusion of gender-sensitive approaches in curriculum design.
Continuous mentorship and follow-up support for sustained impact.
Financial and institutional support from government and NGOs
Tailored training programs that address the specific needs and contexts of women are more effective.
Building trust and community ownership leads to greater participation.
Ongoing support is essential to ensure long-term success and capacity retention.
Encouraging peer-to-peer learning boosts confidence and leadership among participants.
Women at the forefront of Mangrove restoration to inspire more people to join mangrove conservation efforts.
She Leads green Action participants also called She Leaders.
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Women face multifaceted challenges that hinder their active participation in climate change mitigation and environmental sustainability. These include limited access to financial capital and technology, heightened vulnerability to climate change impacts, limited education and awareness, gender-based discrimination, and restricted entry into leadership roles. Additionally, women's access to markets and capital is constrained by gender roles, insufficient skills, resources, and mobility.
Working together with coastal communities, fishermen and the Beach Management Unit (BMU) in Dar Es Salaam, also through our local partners, Aqua Farm Organization (AFO), Girls in Climate Change (GICC) and Tanzania Forestry Service.
Meeting with the local leaders to be able to work closely with the young women in the community.
Carried out research on the challenges that were impacting the mangroves and issues causing the lack of conservation of the mangroves by the coastal communities.
Ensured community ownership in this process, so that the women feel they are a part of the solution and are willing to volunteer in these conservation efforts.
Women’s involvement in mangrove conservation is a vital tool for empowering women to feel they are part of the solution and can take on more leadership roles in environmental conservation.
Involving community members before project implementation is crucial, they feel more mob to be part of the process and adds value to project implementation
Conservation of endangered and rare wild animals and plants.
Carry out field species population monitoring surveys, artificial breeding, field reintroduction experiments, and environmental factor habitat surveys, etc.
Women at the forefront of Mangrove restoration to inspire more people to join mangrove conservation efforts.
Training and capacity building with women in the community
Institutional strengthening & sustainability
The ACReSAL project collaborates with three key ministries: Environment, Agriculture, and Water Resources. It operates across multiple institutional levels, including state, national, local, and community levels. This approach ensures that project implementers at all ministerial levels have their capacities strengthened, thereby sustaining the project's investments and efficient landscapes management.
Effective collaboration across the three Ministries and the Institutions that are implementing the project through regular stakeholder engagements.
Technical support from the World Bank, the team provide support across project activities and ensure impactful project implementation.
The synergy between the Ministries and institutions is key to producing results, because for impactful results for the project it is key that all Ministries must work closely together. The synergy has provided more innovative and collaborative ideas for effective project delivery.
Implementation and Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
Effective policy lobbying and advocacy must address the implementation of both existing and newly finalized policies to ensure they meet their intended goals. This involves continuous monitoring to track progress and assess the effectiveness of policy implementation. All partners involved in a program or policy must participate in this ongoing process to ensure alignment with objectives and adapt strategies as needed.
Regularly assess and compare the goals and objectives to evaluate progress and identify gaps. Research and analysis support this comparative review
Working through coalitions enhances policy advocacy efforts by uniting diverse voices, amplifying impact, and strengthening influence
Policy implementation is a lengthy process involving diverse stakeholders with varying priorities. Patience and persistence are crucial
Initially, we overlooked sectors like tourism that have significant stakes in natural resource management. Including all relevant sectors can reveal important interests and enhance advocacy
Engaging a wide range of stakeholders is essential. Excluding key players can hinder progress and make achieving objectives more challenging
