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A group of men in felt hats and woollen capes
“Public officers are also human beings”: trust and environmental governance
… and intercultural collaborations.  One would think that with the introduction of this law, the outlook was much better – not only for the … some lasting for up to seven years, the document lists nine local leaders killed because of their activism; some deaths are blamed … are as dramatic as this, most share this lack of trust between local people and government institutions. At a workshop (Spanish …
Insight, 08 July 2020
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 9 Institutional issues for monitoring local development in Ecuador
… PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988­2001 9 Institutional issues for monitoring local development in Ecuador Victor Hugo Torres D. Introduction describes how SISDEL is being used to integrate planning, … participatory What is SISDEL? methodologies that help empower local communities. It has developed a participatory monitoring and …
Publication, 01 January 1998
A graphic which highlights the enefits of investing in national M&E systems for climate change
Webinar: Benefits of investing in national monitoring and evaluation systems
… iacross widely varied ecosystems and at different scales, from local to national. This webinar looked at the benefits of investing in …
Event, 02 October 2018
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Shack/Slum Dwellers International: One experience of the contribution of membership organizations to pro-poor urban development
… International: One experience of the contribution of membership organizations to pro-poor urban development Celine d'Cruz1 (SPARC and … SDI) and Diana Mitlin2 (IIED and IDPM, University of Manchester) I. Introduction This paper considers the experience of the membership … Federations and their support NGOs. Each federation is made up of local community organizations that are savings schemes (in which women …
Publication, 01 January 1970
Phnom Penh: activists, students, monks and community members deliver a petition to Cambodia's National Assembly calling for increased protection for the country's natural resources (Photo: Luon Sovath, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED to host webinar on promoting accountability in agricultural investment chains
… for Citizen Empowerment . The legal tools initiative aims to help local communities protect their rights in the face of natural resource … terms of land deals and hold actors to account for any harm done.  An introduction to the webinar and the topic by  Philippine Sutz , senior …
Event, 11 September 2015
Elephants roam the plain in Kenya
Livelihoods Insurance from Elephants (LIFE) in Kenya and Sri Lanka
… or even death. In many cases this leads to killing of wildlife by local people, either directly in defence or from revenge, or through … by the end of the project, government data will demonstrate that the introduction of private insurance will have reduced elephant fatalities …
Project, 26 October 2018
Our annual report highlights pathways to change (Photo: Olivier Girard/CIFOR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED Annual Report 2017/18
… to invest more responsibly, and several initiatives on sustainable local timber production and processing.  Impact pathway 2: Targeting … our direct support. Impact pathway 3: Research to policy Working with local actors and partner organisations in the global South, we present … farmer organisations, tenure experts and civil society. In his introduction to the 2017/18 annual report, IIED director Andrew Norton …
Page, 24 October 2018
A street in Beirut.
Stronger Cities Initiative
… The Urban Crises Learning Fund  built the capacity of local and international humanitarian actors to implement effective urban … that supports displaced and host communities, and strengthens local systems. The tools focus on urban areas affected by protracted … appropriate multi-sector responses for urban programmes. Following an introduction to response analysis and brief overview of cash programming …
Article, 31 May 2017
The front cover of IIED's 2016/17 annual report (Image: IIED)
IIED's 2016/17 annual report highlights the institute's impact
… annual report shows how the institute is delivering impact at both local and international level, and across a wide range of policy areas. … The stories of change featured in the report include: Influencing local and national strategies on forests In Mozambique, IIED has … and quality of IIED's work. - Rebeca Grynspan, chair, IIED In her introduction to the 2016/17 annual report, IIED chair Rebeca Grynspan …
News, 17 October 2017
A woman returns to a farmer village near Dodoma, Tanzania (Photo: Cecilia Schubert, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED webinar: strengthening women's rights in land governance
… Dancer, senior lecturer at the University of Brighton, gave a brief introduction to gender issues in agricultural investments, based on her … Citizen Empowerment , a collaborative initiative that aims to help local communities protect their rights in relation to natural resource …
Event, 02 February 2016