Mauritania: Mainstreaming Local Environmental Management in the Planning Process
JOINT PROGRAMME QUICK FACTS
Total Budget $5,000,000
Delivery Rate
Participating Agencies UNESCO, UNICEF, UNDP, WHO. UNEP, WFP, FAO
Main Achievements
- Plant cover has increased significantly due to conservation and regeneration of hundreds of hectares of land.
- Increased access to clean water and sanitation has reduced the incidence of diarrhoeal disease. Household incomes have increased.
- National and regional anti-poverty planning is incorporating environmental issues. Participatory training is being provided for NGOs and decentralized government bodies.
Contact Alain Sichet, alain.sichet@one.un.org
The aim of this programme is to ensure environmental issues are taken into account in the planning processes of poverty reduction activities. Taking a bottom up approach, the Programme focuses on tackling challenges linked to achieving the MDGs, based on two strategic outcomes.
Firstly, the implementation of a portfolio of participative environmental and poverty reduction projects designed to achieve sustainable management of natural resources, the promotion of hygiene and sanitation, while giving priority to national ownership and sustainable development. Secondly, the Programme aims to strengthen the country’s capacity to mainstream environmental issues into the national planning process. The project will be implemented by the Ministry Delegate for the Environment, in collaboration with relevant departments, local communities, NGOs and grass roots organisations (CBOs).