Overview catalogue of projects with description (detailed)


Title of project / Employer

National Program to Support Protected Areas (SNAP)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The main objective of the National Program to Support Protected Areas (SNAP) is contributing to the sustainability of biologic diversity and life basis in Ecuador by strengthening SNAP in priority zones and involving regional and local coresponsible actors for the biodiversity conservation. Within this context, authorities (regional, provincial, municipal and local) are expected to assume gradually more responsibilities in the territory through land use planning and by implementing ordinances that would meet the local economic development purposes and conservation objectives. Ecuador
2011 - 2015
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Support to to Land Reform in Communal Areas
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
In November 2006, the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement (MLR) and the German Development Cooperation through KfW Development Bank concluded a "Separate Agreement" on the cofinancing of the Land Reform Programme. In order to speed up programme implementation and the disbursement of funds, MLR and KfW agreed to fund an accompanying measure. The key challenges are to overcome the lack of a management support mechanism with the main objective to keep track of the implementation of the financial cooperation programme, both technically and financially, synthesize lessons learned and best practices, and the subsequent dissemination of information to the key stakeholders. The key objective pursued by the Programme is that communal lands in Namibia are developed and tenure rights secured in line with the Communal Land Act of 2002. The consultancy aims to assist the Ministry of Land and Resettlement (MLR) with a comprehensive and well coordinated implementation of the basket fund / financial management. Namibia
2011 - 2014
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Sustainable Land Management
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The development objective of the SLM program is to reduce land degradation in agricultural landscapes and to improve agricultural productivity of smallholder farms, specifically targeting "high potential" areas that are increasingly becoming vulnerable to land degradation and food insecurity. The main program components comprise:
  1. Watershed development/management, which is
    subdivided in 4 sub-components, namely:
    1. Communal land and gully rehabilitation;
    2. Farmland and homestead development;
    3. Community infrastructure.
  2. Rural land certification and administration; and
  3. Project Management.
 Ethiopia
2011 - 2014
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Supporting the Organisation of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The Organisation of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions (Organización Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Entidades Fiscalizadoras Superiores – OLACEFS) is an independent international organisation offering technical advice, help and coordination for the Latin American and Caribbean supreme audit institution (SAI). OLACEFS targets the strategic organising of the countries’ SAIs and the strengthening of their ability to support good governance, transparency and the fight against corruption. In this process, the following areas will be revised: Cross-linking and increasing the communication between the SAIs (hub function); development of knowledge management structures as well as development and implementation of capacity development measures. Colombia
2012 - 2013
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Support Programme for Decentralization and Poverty Reduction: Promotion of Decentralization and Local Economic Development
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
Objective: Capacity building of municipalities and other decentralization stakeholders in the provision of basic services through public participation and promotion of local economy. The decentralization stakeholders are mainly the provincial administration and government decentralized advisory services offered by various ministries (education, health, agriculture, etc.) with experts at provincial or municipal level. Contribution of three following components to achieve the objective:
  1. The promotion of decentralization,
  2. Local governance
  3. Local economic development.
 Burundi
2011 - 2013
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KV- Programme Community Promotion (PACT), Component 3: "Governance, regional and local economic development"
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
We provide support for local authorities in improving the management of and access to basic social services, economic development and social participation in the regions of Ségou and Mopti. The contractor makes a responsible contribution to the Component 3 "regional governance and local economic development" in the subjects of: regional economic development, land use and development planning, and women and entrepreneurship. The aim of Component 3 is to strengthen the role and capacity of local authorities and intercommunal structures as promoters of local economic development. They shall support the private sector in using local economic opportunities and play their role as principal of infrastructure. Mali
2011 - 2013
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Decentralization Programme, Component 3: Financial management at local leve
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
he Component 3 focuses more on the management of the implementation of infrastructure as foreseen in the district plan at local level. This manner, activities will be directly involved with good management and includes:
  1. A reduction of the time used for administrative procedures;
  2. The percentage of public commissions awarded in the district are in accordance with decree 54/05 (national procurement regulations), as well as the percentage of the planned infrastructure executed during the financial year.

The main activities are:
  1. (i) National Standards and Procedures
  2. (ii) Marketing and Dissemination
  3. (iii) Vocational-Technical Training
  4. (iv) Plan Implementation and Procurement.
 Mozambique
2011 - 2013
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Enhancing dialogue in the context of poverty reduction Budget Support to Mozambique
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The project consists of supporting the routine areas of analysis of the planning, reporting and monitoring documents which are produced by the Government of Mozambique (GoM) according to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between them and partners (programme support partners – G19 PAPs) for the provision of Direct Budget Support, with special emphasis on the planning, reporting and monitoring documents in the education sector with a special focus on financial planning, management and sectoral budget execution also under a sector MoU detailing the strategic plan adopted for the sector. Mozambique
2011 - 2012
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Support and Consolidation of the reform of criminal proceeding and of the justice sector
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The objective of the project "Support and Consolidation of the reform of criminal proceeding and of the justice sector in Peru" is to assure the reforms implementation is conform to criteria in accordance to the rule of law. The methodology applied bases on the strengthening of dialogue and it seffectiveness through communities of practice and on the development and sustainable implementation of training courses within local institutions such as universities. A regional long term expert accompanies this change process and manages a pool of international, regional and national experts (30 staff-months) for specific tasks in the general topics networking, training, direct counseling, financing the justice reform and local administrative reform. Peru
2010 - 2012
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Limpopo National Park: Implementation of the Support Zone Development Plan
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The rules for the use of natural resources in the Support Zone of the Limpopo National Park are determined by the Management Plan of the park. It is prohibited to commercially use natural resources. Currently, the mainly poor population is living from wildlife hunting (not legalized) and fishing, the marketing of non-forest products and small-scale agriculture and livestock husbandry for subsistence purposes. The objective of the project is to improve the livelihood of the people living in the Support Zone and in so doing to reduce the pressure on the natural resource use in the park ’s core area. Communities must be trained in a way that they can participate in the economic development of the country while at the same time using the available natural resources in a sustainable way and in harmony with the objectives and regulations of the park. The consortium oversees the implementation of the Support Zone Development Plan with the main focus on the development of income generating projects in the Support Zone. Mozambique
2010 - 2012
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Policy advice for the development and the consolidation of disaster risk management in Mozambique (PRO-GRC II)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
Mozambique is one of the countries in Africa most strongly and frequently affected by natural phenomena, such as hurricanes, inundations and droughts. The multiple natural risks and the high vulnerability especially of the poor rural population result in a high disaster risk, which even may increase in the future, among others due to climate change. During the last years, there has already been made important progress in disaster risk management (DRM); for example aprox. 350 local DRM-Committees in disaster-prone villages and districts have been created and developed. Nevertheless, the institutional capacities of the Institute for Disaster Management INGC are still insufficient to establish decentralised DRM in all disaster-prone areas in a qualitative adequate and sustainable way and to attend adequately the existing local structures. Furthermore, the necessary consideration of DRM in the relevant sector ministries (among others Ministry of Construction, Education, Planning) as well as in the development planning of the district administrations has to be further developed. Despite the good progress already made, the population in the disaster-prone areas still doesn’ have the necessary support to reduce its disaster risk effectively and sustainably, due to the insufficient capacity of the local structures (core problem). The objective of the second phase of the Programme is, that the population in cooperation with the local administrations and INGC applies methods and measures of DRM and reduces its risk in disaster-prone areas (considering climate change). Mozambique
2010 - 2012
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Strengthening Municipal Land Management
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
Serbia is in a transition process, which includes the change from state-owned grounds to privatisation of land. The Serbian communities don’ have the capacities yet for an efficient land management under these new circumstances. The objective of the project is to strengthen the capacities of the Serbian municipalities in the ecological, social and efficient land-use and planning to improve the local development of rural and urban Serbian municipalities. The objective of the first phase (2010- 2012) is to develop and test different instruments of spatial planning and land management. In the first phase, in close cooperation with the ministry of spatial planning and environment and the standing conference of Serbian towns and municipalities, ten pilot municipalities will be supported in the elaboration of plans and other instruments for land-use and management. These experiences will be published and presented to other municipalities to raise their interest and to support them in the second phase of the project. Furthermore the project will work on recommendations on legal reforms of the Serbian Spatial Planning laws. Serbia
2010 - 2012
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Promotion of democracy on local level and reduction of poverty
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The overall objective of the program is: "Selected municipalities organize local development in an efficient, participatory and transparent manner". The Programme includes four components:
  • The improvement of municipal management
  • Local inter-institutional coordination and citizen participation
  • Cooperation between local and central financial administration
  • Diffusion of best practices
The performance capabilities and potentials of both local governments and civil society are developed and strengthened. The services of AMBERO are concentrated on the components 2 "Local inter-institutional coordination and citizen participation" and 4. "Diffusion of best practices". AMBERO’s concept is based on Capacity WORKS by GTZ and supports the process 6 of the program which is defined as "Apoyo a las Instancias de CoordinaciÓn y ParticipaciÓn para una mayor incidencia de la sociedad civil en el desarrollo local" with national and international experts. The services provided are permanent process consultation and capacity development activities (planning, political participation, monitoring, gender etc.) with coordination panels on community level as well as the systemic compilation of best practices in a manual and the installation of regional communities of practice. 		Paraguay
2009 - 2012
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Programme CERCAPAZ - Component 3: Sustainable and peace-developing Management of the environment and natural resources
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
Despite of relevant progress in the last years in the containment of the conflict, new conflict lines and stakeholders, especially in rural areas, appeared. The Programme "Development of peace by promotion of cooperation between state and society" has the aim: State and non- state actors cooperate in a constructive manner for developing peace and strengthening social inclusion. The Programme work in the following areas:

  1. Democratic Governance and Legitimacy
  2. Strengthening of the Capacities of the civil society for development of peace
  3. Sustainable Management of the Environment and Natural resources
  4. Development of a culture of peace

The Consulting Service is the implementation of the third component: Sustainable Management of the Environment and the Natural resources. The focus is on the peaceful, participatory and sustainable management of forest and water resources in the regions Eje Cafetero and Norte de Santander with participation of state- actors, civil-society and private enterprises. 		Columbia
2009 - 2012
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Programme Supporting Decentralisation and Local Development (PADDL)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
To create access for the Cameroonian partners to state of the art expertise and methods from different social and cultural backgrounds and to enable them to identify adequate solutions for the starting reform processes in Cameroon regarding the implementation of their Poverty Reduction Strategy and Decentralisation. Furthermore, giving assistance to the Program-Manager in the development of a concept for TA-Pooling in relevant subject areas of decentralisation. Due to selective interventions - consultancy services from an expert pool consisting of experts from German and French administration, from universities and institutions and individual consultants - the services in Cameroon concentrate on a mixture of government advisory services, specialist counselling and management/organisation consulting with emphasis on specialist counselling. Cameroon
2008 - 2012
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Sustainable Land Management Programme Participatory Forest Management
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The consortium AMBERO-GITEC is implementing the subcomponent Participatory Forest Management (PFM). Here the focus lies on support of the Ethiopian partner, the Oromia Forest Agency and its subordinated forest enterprises, in up-scaling and further development of the already tested PFM-approaches. The basic concept for the PMF-approach is the granting of rights of land-use to enable a regulated utilization. The project includes the following areas of activity: (i) the up-scaling and further development of the PFM-approach, i.a. capacity development; training of trainers, organizational consulting (ii) the promotion of income-generating possibilities from forest products and non-forest products / services, as e.g. the development of ecotourism, (iii) further development and harmonization of PFM, i.a. supporting networking and knowledge management and (iv) development of a regulatory framework, i.a. support awareness creation and sensitization campaigns on sustainable land management for communities and counterpart staff, advisory services and capacity development for the implementation of regulatory frameworks. Ethiopia
2009 - 2012
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Program Competitiveness and Environment (CYMA) Organizational Development and Capacity Development
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The project is offering consulting services in Organizational Development and Capacity Development in sustainable waste management. The objective of these services is, to strengthen the organizational, communicative and technical capacities of the stakeholder in the waste management sector for the implementation of the national waste management plan. Another objective is, to build networks and cooperations between national and municipal stakeholders, like civil society and private sector, to reach a better knowledge exchange and to develop synergies (also PPP). These national networks are connected with regional networks. An integrated system of Monitoring &Evaluation is created and the systemized experiences are integrated in the networks. Costa Rica
2009 - 2012
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Environment Fund
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The project aims to contribute to the reduction of CO2 Emissions and to the protection of forests, by strengthening
  • the management and control capacities in the six nature reserves and the buffer zones,
  • the local economy through promoting the implementation of the program for sustainable economic activities (PAES)
  • the development of a normative framework for climate change in the six conservation areas, especially through the commercialization of carbon certificates.
The main objective of the consulting services is to define a baseline of deforestation and the development of future scenarios in order to create an effective monitoring system for the six nature reserves and the buffer zones. The impact on the reduction of CO2 emissions in relation to the proposed Forest Carbon Partnership Facility in Peru will be analyzed. 		Peru
2010 - 2011
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Implementation of Community Development Strategy in Chimanimani TFCA in the Framework of the TFCATD Program
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The Conservation Areas and Tourism Development Project (TFCATD Project) aims to support the conservation of biodiversity while improving the livelihood of local communities through economic development, in particular sustainable tourism within four Transfrontier Conservation Areas (Libombo, Limpopo, Chimanimani and Zimoza). The objectives of the project in conserving the natural environment and supporting biodiversity conservation and natural resource management in the protected areas include measures like the modification of boundaries, the use of potential for establishing new protected areas, and the development of regulations, procedures and institutional structures for planning, management and development. Local communities are to play an important role in a sustainable management of the natural resources and the development of economic activities. They are included in zoning and development plans for resource use (community based informal creation of protected areas) as well as economic development. Mozambique
2009 - 2011
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Support to Land Management and Land Reform Project - "Modelling Integrated Regional Land Use Planning" component: Training of Facilitators for Participatory Land Use Planning
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
Within the framework of the Land Management and Land Reform Project, the Ministry of Land and Resettlement (MLR) is currently implementing the Modelling Land Use Planning Project aiming at the production of Integrated Regional Land Use Plans (IRLUP) for all 13 regions in Namibia. The first pilot plan is currently developed in Karas region and shall serve as a replicable model for IRLUP. Moreover, a comprehensive digital GIS database is developed in the context of the project to serve the land ministry as well as other line ministries for land use planning and land reform purposes. The consulting services contribute to the development of a participatory approach for the land use plan development, the training of future facilitators, the identification of key issues as well as the development of planning procedures and tools and thus contribute to the accomplishment of the Modelling Land Use Planning Project. Namibia
2010
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Regional project Strengthening of Indigenous Organizations in Latin America, PROINDIGENA
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The regional project, ’ Strengthening indigenous organisations in Latin America, PROINDIGENA’, is empowering indigenous organisations and community groups to attain their political, cultural, social and economic rights, and to stand up effectively for those rights in national and international forums.On demand of the BMZ, PROINDIGENA’s activities ought to be expanded to Paraguay in 2010. AMBERO, through international and national expertise, assures the relevant concept through field studies and participatory panels. Paraguay
2010
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Reducing disaster risk by an improved weather forecasting
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The objective of the project is to reduce disaster risk and to improve the disaster management through an integrated and more reliable weather forecasting. Promotion of new technologies of weather forecasting, institutional development of the Mozambican meteorological service and university training as well as the integration in the national disaster management. Mozambique
2009-2010
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Survey on the "Impacts of Capacity Development approaches in the geo sector"
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The BGR projects focus on the development of the partner’s capacities in responsible management of geological resources in the context of sustainable resource management. This requires extensive technical knowledge about the potentials for use of the national geological resources, as well as the development of capacities to enable the partner institutions to assume their social, economic and ecologic responsibilities. The BGR aims at procuring this knowledge, capacities and procedures and address both the individual level, the partner’s institutional structure and the regulative conditions, which determine the operations of the geo sector in the partner countries. The objective of the survey is the description of the different capacity development-approaches in the selected project, the analysis of the achieved impacts in the partner institutions, as well as the analysis of the relevance, effectiveness and efficiency of the implemented instruments of capacity development considering the achieved impacts and their sustainability. Also a presentation of alternative, additional and/ or accompanying instruments of capacity development is an expected outcome of the survey. Supra-regional: Indonesia, Colombia, Namibia, Uruguay, Paraguay
2009-2010
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Community land management and land tenure in the Program for Community Development and Decentralization (PACT)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The project community land management and land tenure aims at several objectives for securing access to land: Foremost, transparency and efficiency in administration have to be improved. This means capacity development and enlargement of the group of decision makers who are familiar with the different fields of application of land information systems (LIS) and their cost-benefit ratio. Another objective aimed at is the creation of a basis of implementation of a nationwide LIS in semi-urban municipalities and main townships as well as the introduction of land management and land tenure as inherent part of the curriculum of the Centre de Formation des Collectivités Territoriales (CFCT). The achievement of the objectives will be measured by the growth of the number of semi-urban municipalities and main townships in the program area that successfully use LIS adjusted to their needs and their capacities. Mali
2009 - 2010
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Programme Good governance at decentralised level and poverty reduction (PBG): Development of a M&E system oriented on impacts in the ministry of finance
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The third component of the PBG "Cooperation between local and central financial administration" links local and national levels of administration. Even though capacity building regarding the management capabilities of local municipalities is the focus of the programme, the interrelations with important national institutions cannot be neglected. A central ministry for the local city administrations is the ministry of finance that finances the municipalities through income form the bi-national generating plant, so called royalties. These funds are essential for the majority of municipalities in Paraguay.
Consultancy main subject area are
  • Consultation for the clarification and the coordination in and between ministries about the concept of Impact and the possibilities of verification
  • Training of the technical staff of the department "budgetary control and financial evaluation" in the ministry of finance and staff from other selected institutions in the implementation of evaluation methods concerning the impact of public programmes from the perspective of public administration
  • Development of and advice for the implementation of a M&E system about the impact of public programmes
  • Development of a system for dissemination of best examples through reports for special clients (parliamentarians, senators, institutions and civil society)
 Paraguay
2008 - 2010
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Programme Good governance at decentralised level and poverty reduction (PBG):
Development of capacities in management with civil society's organisations
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
A central aspect of developing communities' capacities is the strengthening of their performance in managing cooperation and in coordinating and integrating civil society actors in political decision processes. Therefore the programme encourages on the one side the creation of coordination panels on community level bringing together important public and civil stake-holders lead by the local mayor; on the other side the programme tries to increase the capacities of civil society actors to articulate and organise themselves for being valuable development partners. The core issue of the consultancy services is the theoretical and practical impartation of knowledge with 12 groups of multipliers. An international expert develops the concept, the methods and the materials which are brought to the groups by a national expert. The participants are meant to learn by doing through practicing their new knowledge with their reference groups on the basis of the materials handed out to them. The objective of the workshops is initiating a domino-effect of capacity building. The Workshops and the exercises in the reference groups take place in the municipalities carried out by the national expert backed up by the international expert. The requirements and timely dispositions of the participants are defining the rhythm and the content of the workshops. Paraguay
2008 - 2010
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Modernisation and Decentralisation; Implementation of component 3 coordinated provision of public services (GTZ)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
Modernization and decentralization in Ecuador are hampered due to centralization of administrative tasks, not clearly defined responsibilities and parallel structures that are leading to weak local authorities.
The public administration is significantly modernized and decentralized and local authorities on provincial and municipal level assign theirs tasks efficiently and transparently comprising civic participation and based on the needs of the population.
The project comprises three components: First, state modernization, second, fiscal management and interstate financial cooperation and, third, decentralized, coordinated provision of public services. Implementation of component 3. 		Ecuador
2007 - 2010
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National Programme for Decentralized Planning and Finance (PPFD) - Component 2: Capacity Building to Implement District Development Plans (GTZ)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The primary goal of the Program is the improved utilization of the social and economic potential in three provinces with emphasis on poverty alleviation and better access to social services. The project team gives advice to national and provincial governments on low cost/innovative construction technologies with the objective of making these types of constructions the standard for decentralized construction; on appropriate procurement procedures; on budgetary considerations; on appropriate curricula and procedures for training local entrepreneurs, craftsmen, and small-scale business to use the innovative technologies.

The project is part of a program-based approach (PBA), jointly developed with the World Bank and UNDP. In this context, in addition to education and training activities, delivery (provision) of materials and local grants and subsidies, crucial development components include the financial participation in project oriented cooperative funding on a national level (PGF). 		Mozambique
2007-2010
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Programme for Community Development and Decentralisation (GTZ)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The program aims at enabling communities and local administrations that already exist or are in the process of installation to offer best services for the population. This shall be achieved by improving the communities' ability to administrate and govern themselves.
The program supports communities in the process of decentralisation. There are four areas of technical assistance: First, municipality administration and financial management. Second, participatory development planning (integrated economic, social, cultural and ecological development plans). Third, local economic development and natural resource management (moderation, elaboration and implementation of local conventions on natural resource use to avoid conflicts between different user groups). Fourth, water and sanitation as well as waste management (sensitisation and promotion on adapted technical solutions).
Project implementation on regional planning and development planning as well as local economic development. 		Mali
2007 - 2010
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Consultancy of the Vice Ministry of Housing Affairs and Urban Development (GTZ)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
Efforts to modernize the state have to date not succeeded in reducing the considerable inequalities in socioeconomic development and the high poverty levels. The aim of the German Technical Cooperation is to strengthen the local authorities' capacities in such a way that they are in a position to fulfil their current and also expanded, future obligations while involving the population to a greater degree. This approach is complemented by the development of shared visions and by coordination between the local authorities and regional and national bodies.
The spatial planning project aims at enabling the municipalities in the La Paz region to manage their territorial development in a participatory way as part of the national development policy. The essential management instrument is transparent development planning which builds upon decentralized and participatory planning processes. Intermediaries and beneficiaries of spatial planning consist of the municipal and special-purpose associations which already exist in some areas of the country and/or are being established. The political counterpart of the project, the Vice Ministry for Housing Affairs and Urban Development (VMVDU), is concentrating on setting up decentralized administrations of its own in the regions. To this purpose, it equips and establishes offices for territorial planning which shall coordinate regional tasks as well. 		El Salvador
2007 - 2010
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Integrating Vulnerability and Adaption to Climate Change into Sustainable Development Policy Planning and Implementation in Southern and Eastern Africa (ACTS / UNEP)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The goal of the regional Integrating Vulnerability and Adaptation in Eastern and Southern Africa project is to reduce the vulnerability of communities to the impacts of climate change. In addition, the regional project with its three pilot projects in Kenya, Rwanda and Mozambique provides global environment benefits by contributing to the mitigation of land degradation and greenhouse gas emissions.

The goal of the Mozambique pilot project is to reduce current vulnerability to bush fires in Sofala and Inhamabane Provinces, Mozambique, and promote the inclusion of vulnerability to climate change into relevant district level and national policies. The anticipated outcomes of this pilot project are:
  • Community-based preventive measures for wild and fire management in the content of climate change are accepted in selected fire prone districts of Central Mozambique;
  • A round table for the coordination of wild land fire management in the context of climate change matters in central Mozambique is supported by the main participants; and
  • Community-based fire management as a strategy for reducing vulnerability to climate change is accepted by local and national decision makers and integrated into national policies.
 Mozambique
2008 - 2009
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Sectoral Project Land Management: Study for developing up to date principles of content and methodology of land use planning in development cooperation (GTZ)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
Defining the context and importance of land use planning in regard to developments of the last twenty years and recent/ up-coming challenges e.g. climate change, rising agrarian prizes, land-use competition (e.g. for (certified) forests, carbon sequestration, nature protection, agriculture, bio-fuels), disaster and crisis prevention. Elaborating of an editorial proposal for an up-dated manual on land use planning. Supra-regional
2008
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Alternative Development in the Andean Area: the UNODC experience
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
Review and capitalisation of the experiences and concepts for alternative development in drug production areas in the Andean area. Identification of the state-of-the-art. Integration of new approaches (integral approaches, value-chain, crisi and conflict etc.). Organisation of expert panels and elaboration of an international publication. Supra-regional
2007 - 2008
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Strengthening of National Disaster Risk Management System (GTZ)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
Mozambique is frequently confronted with natural disasters like floods, droughts and hurricanes that cause deaths, harvest and livestock losses and destruction of infrastructure. As the un-preparedness of population and administration is raising the risks and damages of natural disasters, the project aims at increasing the preparedness of population and administration on district and local level.
Project implementation and training for the National Institute for Disaster Management and Prevention (INGC) on Best Practices to minimise drought vulnerability in agriculture. Consultancy and training for INGC, district administrations and civil society on the implementation of a disaster prevention system. Conceptual, strategic and organisational consultancy for INGC (institution building). 		Mozambique
2007 - 2008
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Disaster Risk Management, Flood Warning System Rio Save (GTZ / Münchner Rück)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The German Technical Cooperation with the support of the Munich Re Foundation has successfully tested and implemented a flood warning system at the river Buzi during the rainy season in the autumn of 2005 and 2006. The successful project goes into the second round with IP Consult responsible for the overall management. The second phase entails installing the warning system on the river Save. Proof of replicability is an essential prerequisite to showing that early-warning systems geared to the people at risk will also work successfully in other risk areas.

The second phase of the project also involves adding vulnerability maps. In the summer of 2007, methods and maps will be developed on the Búzi in order to give an indication of the vulnerability of the people living along the river. The maps will be compared with existing flood warning and evacuation maps. The techniques developed for these vulnerability analyses will subsequently be used for the Save too. Knowing where the communities have their weak spots will help to optimise the design of the flood warning system. 		Mozambique
2007 - 2008
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Program for Integrated Social and Sustainable Development (EU)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The federal state of Chiapas in Southern Mexico faces severe interest conflicts around several protected areas like the biosphere reserve of Mt. Azules and Lacantúm. Conflicting interests arise from the use of natural resources in and around the protected areas like timber and non-timber products and the exploitation of petrol. Pushing influence evolves from the specific role and situation of indigenous population.
The project aims at the development and implementation of a strategy for a sustainable regional development. The project empowers regional and local stakeholders in planning and implementing of development projects. Key aspects are first the elaboration of a planning model on national, regional and community level including instruments and procedures of the planning process and second capacity building of social and governmental structures in regional councils and communities. 		Mexico
2007 - 2008
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Participatory Spatial Planning for the Region of La Paz (GTZ)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
Objective of this project is to improve the ability of communities in the Region of La Paz to manage their spatial planning and development in a participative and decentralised manner within the frame of national planning politics.
The planning process includes a spatial development plan with explicitly identified land use zones. Influencing factors during the determination of land use zones are for example disaster risks (e.g. volcano eruptions), protection of natural resources and economic potential.
The development plan includes the participatory identification and implementation of social and economic infrastructure investments. Focus lies on participatory approaches and action towards joint management of territorial development. 		El Salvador
2005 - 2007
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National Public Waste Management Concept for Costa Rica in the Program Competitiveness and Environment (GTZ)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
Project Implementation with the objective to improve the legal framework and the political development strategies in public waste management. Design of the plan and consulting of national and communal stakeholders in the definition of concrete measures for services and implementation. Development of Innovative concepts of recycling, technical consulting and organisational development (networks and local municipalities), PPP, Policy design. Costa Rica
2006 - 2007
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Early warning and catastrophe precautions in Southern Caucasus (GTZ)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
Project assessment of a supra-regional project of the Caucasus initiative (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgian Republic). The project aims at empowering municipalities to be prepared in case of catastrophe and to react faster and more efficient. Therefore national and regional collaboration between local authorities and national institutions has to be enhanced. Assessment of the project's concept. Participatory Development of joint impacts and indicators as well as responsible structures and partner-contributions in the project region. Preparation of trilateral transborder collaboration. Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgian Republic
2005 / 2006 / 2007
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Watershed management Río Mariño, Abancay and irrigation program Apurímac II (KfW)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
Consulting services for the regional government, the irrigation association and local authorities (project bearer) for the design of two new projects and for procurement. Clarification of the modes of execution, instances of participation and coordination, Watershed management, irrigation systems, value added chains, environmental and municipal services, mediation of conflicts, preparation and implementation of the international tender. Peru
2006
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Climate Protection Program for Developing Country: Adaptation of disaster prevention to the climate change (GTZ)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
Objective: Adaptation of disaster prevention to the climate change (catchment area of the river Búzi and other regions in Southern Africa, Phase II).

The Climate Protection Program for Developing Countries is a supranational project with the main focus on the realisation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In the framework of the Climate Protection Program for Developing Countries, the consultancy assignment intends to involve administration and schools in the district of Búzi in the disaster risk management.

Children and youngster will be familiarised with sustainable disaster prevention and the adaptation to climate change, so that they know the key aspects of disaster risk management and how to behave in the case of evacuation. 		Mozambique
2006
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Program Modernisation and Decentralisation PROMODE and Decentralised Resource Management NAMARES (GTZ)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
Consulting services for the conception and organization of both GTZ-programs. Topics: modernization of the state, local economic development (PACA) and promotion of local authorities, communal services, fiscal transparency, social control and participation, governance of natural resources.
In the following consulting services in process: Restructuring of two focal areas modernization of the state/decentralisation and environment on the basis of best practices in view of their integration. Moderation of workshops, coaching, preparation of tenders and procurement. 		Ecuador
2005
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Natural Risk management for food security in the department of Arequipa (GTZ)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
Specialist Counselling for the strategic orientation of a participatory communal land-use and regional planning, catastrophe precautions, environmental management and services, promotion of local authorities, citizenship and communication. Integration and participation of indigenous groups in decision processes. Level of district and province. Peru
2005
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Reduction of geological risks in Central America (BGR)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
Central America is one of the most affected regions concerning natural catastrophes world wide. To date there are no professional and user-oriented tools neither for decision-making to asses in time and reliably the potential risks of the permanent natural and geological dangers nor for planning and taking measures to reduce geological risks. This is the issue of the project working together with the national specialised institutions in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras und Nicaragua for designing a regional integrated and user-friendly data and information system to assess geological risks. The objective of the project is to operate this supra-regional information system in a user-friendly way. Control of advancement and consulting services for the project design: analysis and assessment of the risks and dangers of catastrophes, information systems, institutional cooperation on national and regional level. Organizational development, pilot projects, potential of enlargement to Guatemala and Honduras, development of concept, recommendations and implementation plan El Salvador, Nicaragua
2005
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Program Promotion of Decentralisation and Local Development for Peace (GTZ)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The program is aimed at increasing acceptance and trust in the state by citizens. Overall State-presence and performance in terms of his constitutional tasks shall assure acceptance of state-institutions. Analysis of the current stage of proceedings and the impact of two projects for alternative development in South-Colombia (Cauca and Nariño) within the program Promotion of Communal and Decentralised Development. Topics: regional and communal development, promotion of local authorities, communal networks as bearer of development, alternative development, communal services, PPP, conflict mediation. Colombia
2004
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Natural Risk Management and Food Security Rio San Pedro (GTZ)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
Sustainable Development in the marginalised zones of the Andes implies prevention of extreme natural phenomenon. The population had so far not hat the possibilities to prevent the aftermath of drought, erosion or hail to maintain their means of agricultural production and subsistence. The project aims at empowering them to plan and implement efficient activities to prevent catastrophes and to save sustainably their basis of life. In a control of advancement and consulting mission an analysis was made of the following topics: Precaution of catastrophes and risk management, analysis of risks and development planning, adapted agriculture and irrigation, food security, protective systems, participation and self-help. Bolivia
2004
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Promotion of decentralisation and local authorities PROMODE (GTZ)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The program's objective is: The municipalities assume their actual and future responsibilities in a participative way and contribute increasingly to local development with special attention to poverty reduction. The program is composed of five components (i) Dialog and Consensus (ii) Decentralised Services (iii) Functioning Communities (iv) Youth and (v) control of success and knowledge management. It follows a multi-level approach with vertical and horizontal networking of the stakeholders of decentralisation and local development. Continued specialised counselling on decentralisation, land use planning and promotion of local authorities was performed by the design of regional management approaches, impact orientation and concept development (AURA), design of the areas land use planning, socal founding, promotion of local economy and local authorities, PPP, administrative transparency, participatory planning and controlling, communal services. Ecuador
2003 / 2004
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Institutional Strengthening of Indigenous Organisations - COICA (GTZ)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
The objective of the regional program is the strengthening of the Organisation of indigenous people in Latin America, especially the umbrella organisation of the indigenous people of the Amazon region located in Quito with its national daughter organisations. Consulting services for the development of the concept and follow-up for the realisation in a seriously conflictive environment.
Topics:
Organizational development in supra-national pressure groups: organizational structure and representation, communication strategy, cultural and territorial rights, territorial development, municipalities and indigenous people, bearer structure 		Supra-regional Amazon region
2002 / 2004
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Program Decentralisation and Management of Local and Regional Development (several different contracts) (GTZ)
Content focus / Mission Country / Region / Advice period
Several consulting missions: specialised counselling, conception/design and control of advancement. Conjunction of modernisation of the state/Good Governance, decentralisation with land use concepts and promotion of local authorities. Conceptual development of the "competitive region" and the role of municipalities within it. Managerial approaches in regional planning, PPP, promotion of economy.
Process of program-building and counselling for the projects "Region Bio-Bio", "Regional Development and Environmental Management Aisén", "Land Use Planning Region Santiago", "Regional Management IX. Region Temuco".
Topics:
Modernisation of the State, Methods of participation and mediation, political dialogue, regional and local development, PPP, indigenous people. 		Chile
1996 - 2003
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