http://www.search4dev.nlOnline library for Dutch development cooperationenwww.kit.nldpcmedewerkers-uba@uva.nldpcmedewerkers-uba@uva.nlFri, 24 May 2013 23:10:51 CEST/d/dprn/graphics/bbhead.gifhttp://www.search4dev.nlhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/443304http://www.search4dev.nl/record/443304Experiences around the world demonstrate the extent to which climate change impacts are felt at the local level and the ways in which local actors are already effectively adapting to these changes. At the same time they are implementing promising local mitigation measures. These efforts and the needs of those most vulnerable must be placed at the centre of the international response to climate change and the accompanying distribution of climate finance through funds such as the Green Climate Fund (GCF). This paper has been developed as part of a one-year project called ‘Exploring local access to the Green Climate Fund’ by a consortium of six civil society organisations around the world, and funded by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN).A. Marstonhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/443303http://www.search4dev.nl/record/443303FGG - Fair, green and global alliancehttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/441766http://www.search4dev.nl/record/441766With the arrival of the Rutte II cabinet, a wish of the members of the Fair, Green and Global Alliance (FGG) has come true; trade and global development are under the supervision of the same minister. Policy coherence in rich countries is the key to sustainable and equitable development. To actually help strengthen Trade and Aid , the Minister will be engaged in a balancing act for the next four years.In Balancing Trade and Aid, the members of the FGG Alliance have formulated a number of recommendations to Minister Ploumen, based on their years of experience in the field of policy coherence and international trade.FGG - Fair, green and global alliancehttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/440407http://www.search4dev.nl/record/440407From 12-18 August 2012, Both ENDS visited the Suape sea port, some 40 km south of the city of Recife in northeastern Brazil. This report reviews the potential social and environmental impacts of dredging activities for an entry channel and harbor basin for the construction of the Promar shipyard. This project is implemented by the Dutch dredging company Van Oord with an export credit insurance policy of Atradius Dutch State Business (Atradius DSB). The report describes the clearly dramatic impacts of the dredging activities taking place in the Suape area, such as the loss of livelihoods for local fishing communities, the destruction of coral reefs and forests, and forced evictions. These impacts add on to other problems related to the rapid industrialization of the Suape harbor region, such as violence, sexual exploitation and the disruption ofthe social fabric. The dredging project for the Promar shipyard suffers from a lack of transparency,particularly vis-à-vis the local communities. The limited public information on the project and the testimonies of people living in the Suape area do not suggest fundamental improvements in comparison to earlier dredging activities in the region. Thus an important conclusion of this report is that Atradius DSB did not well consider several social and environmental concerns in its decision making process, despite its obligations to do so under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy that the Dutch government formulated for the export credit facility. The findings in this report also suggest that Van Oord may be in non-compliance with various aspects of the OECD Guidelines for multinational enterprises. The report recommends a full public and participatory review of the project. Atradius DSB and Van Oord should consider setting up a complaint facility that could serve as a starting point for a structural dialogue with local stakeholders to help improve the sustainable development agenda in the Suape region. Much more transparency would be required by Atradius DSB and Van Oord to allow for constructive multi-stakeholder dialogues that may help to solve many of the pressing social and environmental problems emerging in the Suape region. Dutch stakeholders in the Suape harbor should consider promoting the setting up of an independent and permanent social and environmental monitor in the Suape region.W. Wiertsemahttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/439597http://www.search4dev.nl/record/439597In 2011, the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced it would provide a €500 million Climate Change Framework Loan (CCFL) to the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), mainly for projects in the renewable energy sector supporting climate change mitigation. BNDES’ track record of supporting a number of highly controversial hydropower projects in the Amazon, combined with its support for polluting energy companies like PetroBras, put civil society organisations in Europe and Brazil on alert, and they have followed this loan with a critical eye. The loan has also raised questions in the European parliament. However, attempts to obtain more information on the type of projects to be supported by the loan and the safeguards to be applied were not fruitful due to BNDES’ refusal to disclose any information or engage with civil society organisations. Based on discussions with civil society organisations in Brazil, a web and literature review, and the limited information obtained from BNDES and the EIB, this report attempts to find answers to four basic questions: • Are EIB climate change investments deployed where they are most needed? • Is BNDES’s development model climate-friendly? • Does BNDES comply with basic EIB rules on public participation, accountability, and transparency? • How can the EIB’s CCFL to BNDES contribute to promoting a sustainable energy path?A. Franckhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/434656http://www.search4dev.nl/record/434656This is a short factsheet about Rich Forests. Rich Forests is a partnership between the Amsterdam-based NGO Both ENDS, a former staff member of Cordaid and two international NGO networks: the Non Timber Forests Products Exchange Program (NTFP-EP) and the International Analog Forestry Network (IAFN). Rich Forest invests in the conservation and restoration of forests and in the creation of sustainable livelihoods for forest-dependent communities. It contributes to rural development and economic security while restoring degraded forest.Both ENDSNTFP-EP - Non Timber Forests Products Exchange ProgramIAFN-RIFA - International Analog Forestry NetworkKirkman Companyhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/426267http://www.search4dev.nl/record/426267This paper describes the key results and lessons learned of a PSO funded project in which Both ENDS and the abovementioned partner organisations jointly set out to refine three existing approaches to sustainable development on the basis of direct experience, best practices, and a review of the literature. These approaches are: the Negotiated Approach (NA), Participatory Land Use Planning (PLUP) and the Rights Based Approach (RBA). This paper aims to help strengthen these approaches and generate an agenda for action to develop each of them in the future.T. Schmitzhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/425867http://www.search4dev.nl/record/425867This paper provides a preliminary assessment of the energy-lending strategy of the European Investment Bank (EIB) in African countries in terms of their impact on poverty alleviation. The EIB's portfolio of energy funding to African countries has a strong orientation towards the construction and restoration of hydropower dams and the refurbishment and expansion of power grids. It appears to neglect the potential of investments in new renewable energy technology and decentralised power generation which would provide an alternative option better suited to reaching the poor, especially in rural areas. According to the United Nations Development Programme, access to energy for the poor is a prerequisite for achieving the anti-poverty targets contained within the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).P. JansenB. IlgeA. FranckR. KugonzaS. Aloukahttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/425865http://www.search4dev.nl/record/425865This is the 2011 annual report of Both ENDS. Both ENDS strives for a more sustainable and fairer world by supporting organisations in developing countries to fight poverty and to work towards sustainable environmental management. Both ENDS supports organisations from developing countries via a three-pronged approach, consisting of direct support via the service desk, strategic cooperation and policy development.Both ENDShttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/423457http://www.search4dev.nl/record/423457In theory the importance of gender mainstreaming in water management has been recognized for well over a decade; in practice most water management and agriculture initiatives still fail to effectively address gender relations in their design and implementation, and most policy discussions and scientific analyses continue to approach gender and general equity challenges as a separate dimension. The Comprehensive Assessment, with partners Both ENDS and the Gender and Water Alliance, has put together a minimum agenda to address some of the causes of slow progress and to jumpstart action on gender mainstreaming.S. CarrigerS. Williams