presentation of the participants, the workshop and the project

Presentation of the participants, the workshop and the project

Involved in the Environmental Lens project

Private sector

Partners and member organizations.

Government authorities

Planning the workshops and developing the tool

Lead partner

Funding the project

Purpose the Environmental lens project

More well thought and sustainable projects and programs.

Increased cooperation between organizations

Purpose the Environmental lens project

More well thought and sustainable projects and programs.

Increased cooperation between organizations

Meet demands from back donors.

The Environmental lens project – what is it about?

Project/program


Project/program

Discovering the linkages


..to improve the..

Project/program

Discovering the linkages


The Environmental lens

Project/program

The Environmental Lens – some characteristics

• A type of impact assessment

• Can be used for different actors and facilitates cooperation.

• Possible to do a simple and a more in-depth analysis.

• Focused in identifying opportunities for improvements – to get new ideas.


• The lens can be changed to fit each organization.


• The lens can be changed to fit each organization.

Gemensam version

Project activities during 2011

• Workshops in seven countries

• Build a webpage for the Environmental lens

• Adapt and adopt the Environmental lens for each participating organization

• Share the result with other organizations

Where do we have workshops?

Kenya

Sweden

Bolivia Zambia

Jordan

Bangladesh

Cambodia

This workshop – possible results

1. You can apply the Environmental lens in your work

2. You have identified possible entry points for integration.

3. You help us to adapt the Environmental lens to your needs.

Lecture about the environmental situation in the world

Presentation of “Gaman”, the case and the Environmental lens

What is the environment?

• Environment is the surroundings and the resources in which an individual and the society exists in – the base of our existence

• Includes air, water land, the climate, natural resources, the ecosystems, plants and animals – and the human society.

• A matter of human rights and justice.

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Information about Gaman

• Rain during summer and a cooler and dryer winter. • Population about 8 millions. Gaman is half the size of

Sweden. • Human development index is 0,54 and Gaman ranks 141

for 178 countries. • Economy dependent on agriculture, and increasingly on

mining and extractive industries. Growth rate is 5% per year. The government have implemented a free trade approach with foreign investor from Europe and China

• A Swedish company is planning investments in the coal mines

• The unions organize miners and factory workers.


• 52% of the population are women and they suffer systematical discrimination and oppression.

• Half of the population are below 25 years. • HIV/Aids is a increasing problem. Disabled people are

often discriminated. Most children do today finish primary level.

• “National Alliance” rules Gaman since 20 years. • There has been a decentralization process, but no real

involvement of people in the development process. Weak municipality authorities

• Corruption at all levels.


• The civil society is quite weak, but have grown in strength last years.

• Some donors organizations present, one Swedish.• Sweden has a consulate in Gaman • Often good laws, but inadequate implementation. • There are different ethnic and religious groups and there

are at times tensions, but no open violence. • The indigenous communities that lives in the Forest and

Hills lands are often discriminated and they are excluded from the political process.

Who are you?

• A group of advisors

• Working with two organizations

• Will give suggestions how the organizations can change their practices by considering the environment.

What is already done?

• Information about the environmental situation in Gaman.

• Gathered by right holders together with the donor and universities through workshops.

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Yearly droughts

Flooding

Air and water pollution

Causes

Adaptive capacity

What role can an organization play?

Environmental problem Impact on people


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What to do?

- What role can your organization play to;

- Work with the causes of environmental problems

- Strengthen the adaptive capacity of people affected by environmental problems

- Reduce the impact of environmental problems on people.

Present the groups most interesting results for everyone (5 min)

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Indigenous Community Support (ICS)

• A member-based local NGO where 130 community groups are members

• Vision:

• To develop independent and self-managing indigenous community

• Keep the cultural identity in a changing world

• Goal: • Indigenous communities maintaining the social

and economical resources on which they depend.

Indigenous Community Support (ICS)

• Works together with 130 indigenous community groups.

• Livelihood projects as craft and tourism

• Advocacy against discrimination, land grabbing and other types of explotation. Takes cases to court.

• Have not been considering environmental issues before

What can this organization do to deal with the situation – to work with the causes, the effects and peoples adaptive capacity.

• A local NGO where 130 community groups are members.

• Vision:

o To develop independent and self-managing indigenous community

o Keep the cultural identity in a changing world

• Goal:

o Indigenous communities maintaining the social and economical resources on which they depend.

• Livelihood projects as craft and tourism

• Advocacy against discrimination and other exploiting their resources. Takes cases to court.

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How the program impact the environment

• Direct and indirect

• Positive and negative

• Local and global

• To use in an Environmental Impact Assessment – a demand from donors.

The impact on the environment

The plane conveniently takes me to my meeting in one

hour.

The engine the runs the aircraft emits Carbon dioxide

into the atmosphere.

Increased levels of carbon dioxide adds to global warming

A village is flooded in India.

Upland Holistic development project

- Works with ethnic minorities in North of Thailand

- The minorities lacks of citizenships and cant own land

- By the work of the partners, the minorities gets ownership over land.

- Ownership over land may reduce environmental problems, for example soil erosion.

TBBC – Thailand

- Large refugee camps

- Has an negative impact on the environment by for example the building material they use and waste management.

- Are trying to reduce that impact.


What to do?

1. How do your program/project impact on the environment?

2. What are the opportunities of improvements?

Present the most interesting results to the whole group (5 min)

Project by Indigenous Community Support

• A two year project – in the planning phase.

• Are aiming to reach 75 communities, and to strengthen their livelihood and way of life.

• Environmental issues have not been considered.

Project by Indigenous Community Support – results

• Indigenous people have revitalized social and economical systems. • Cultural fairs and activities. Craft making.

• Gaman laws are being implemented so that offenders are punished• Bringing cases to court and communities made

aware about their rights.

• Indigenous people are organized into networks in order to have political power to prevent illegal or abusive activities.

Sida’s regulation for Environmental Impact Assessment

An Environmental Assessment, (EA), shall be carried out in all Sida contributions.

Why? Contribute to sustainable developmentPoint out positive and negative impacts

Responsibility of the program/project owner/cooperation

partner: to ensure that environmental aspects are adequately

covered in the project/program, and make an EIA.Brief or extensive EIA?

Lisa Åhrgren, Swedish University of Agricultural [email protected]

A brief EIA can be made by going through, answering and motivating the following questions:

Could the project/programme offer opportunities for positive contributions to environmentally sustainable development? Which are the probable positive contributions to environmentally sustainable development? Have these been identified? Are they optimised?

Could the project have a negative impact on the environment or add vulnerability to disasters? Which are the potential negative impacts? Have these been identified? Has the project been designed to minimise or avoid these impacts?

Does the project have an adequate plan and capacity for environmental management?

Are environmental concerns and opportunities addressed in management plans for implementation, monitoring, follow-up and evaluation?

Remember! The scope of the EA is flexible and should be adapted to the situation An EIA is not equal with a “good” project/programme

Lisa Åhrgren, Swedish University of Agricultural [email protected]

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How the environment impact on the program

• Understanding the specific environmental context

• Risks on the program – including climate change and natural disasters.

• The environmental situations impact on the rights holders and their lives.

Farmers union in Uganda


• The environmental context – drought

• Risks – No milk for the diary in case of drought.




Opportunities for improvements




• Store fodder and water.


Gender project in Bangladesh


• The environmental context – flooding increase in severity and frequency.

• Risks – Activities canceled due to flooding. Progress on gender equality threatened.

• Impact on rights-holders – women more affected.


• The environmental context – flooding increase in severity and frequency.

• Risks – Activities canceled due to flooding. Progress on gender equality threatened.

• Impact on rights-holders – women more affected.

• Climate change in the context analysis. Activities rescheduled. Gender equality is promoted as a way to adapt to climate change.



What to do?

1. How do the environment impact on your program/project?

2. What are the opportunities of improvements?

Present the most interesting results to the whole group (5 min)

Project by Indigenous Community Support – results

• Indigenous people have revitalized social and economical systems. • Cultural fairs and activities. Craft making.

• Gaman laws are being implemented so that offenders are punished• Bringing cases to court and communities made

aware about their rights.

• Indigenous people are organized into networks in order to have political power to prevent illegal or abusive activities.

General discussions on the Environmental lens

presentation of the participants, the workshop and the project

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