| Overview : Note: deadline extended to 10 August 2017 Re-Advertisement The Mainstreaming Rio Convention Provisions into National Sectorial Policies in Jordan- funded by the Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - opens a call for project grant proposals for pilot projects on the national rangelands strategy and the national drought management plan for water sector in order to respond to the following main constraints hindering the mainstreaming processes in the targeted national strategy/plan: 1. The existing regulatory-institutional set ups for rangelands and drought management; 2. The technical expertise, capacities and technologies used in rangelands and drought management; 3. The weak coordination/ collaboration mechanisms to effective rangelands management and drought response; 4. The linkage of rangelands management to local poverty eradication; 5. The use of traditional local knowledge and information exchange; 6. The co-management and participation; 7. Women involvement in both rangelands and drought management; 8. Resilience and adaptation to drought. Project proposals using attached template, a signed declaration by the applicant in addition to the supporting documents must be submitted in English via email to rana.saleh@undp.org. Deadline for application submission is 3 August 2017. Attached files: - Annex 1: Application template;
- Annex 2: Declaration by the applicant; and
- Annex 3: List of supporting documents.
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