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5th Plenary meeting, China, October 2010

Feedback on bilateral NGO sessions by Both ENDS and CARI

October 12th, 2010

5th Plenary meeting, China, October 2010

Feedback presentation NGOs

• Outcomes UNCCD reporting process and DESIRE input

• General observations on policy work in the study sites

• Topics for the policy briefs for each study site

5th Plenary meeting, China, October 2010

5th Plenary meeting, China, October 2010

1. UNCCD reporting process

• Letters to SST and NFP have had different impacts yet but have started a relationship

• In some rare cases the NFP was just changed or did not respond

• In many cases the contact was welcome but the new webbased format was not yet well known and did not allow further contribution

• In some cases more direct exchange was established by phone or letter

• In some cases there was a real contribution from DESIRE to the national report process ( still ongoing), and mutual participation in workshops or national committee

• As a conclusion : the contact should be kept on long term, there is an opportunity to interact if the deadline is postponed (mid november ?) . DESIRE has made its job as a scientific consortium

5th Plenary meeting, China, October 2010

5th Plenary meeting, China, October 2010

2. General observations on policy work

A range of relations with decision-makers:• National government official in DESIRE team• DESIRE team involved in local decision-

making or management committees• DESIRE team directly responding to

questions of national government

5th Plenary meeting, China, October 2010

5th Plenary meeting, China, October 2010

2. General observations on policy work

• DESIRE team participating in drafting development plans and programmes

• Good relations with national government• Good relations with local/regional govt• Occasional contacts

5th Plenary meeting, China, October 2010

5th Plenary meeting, China, October 2010

3. Policy brief topics

• Botswana: “Highlights on the energy options and implications for Boteti area ”• China: “The DESIRE methodology in steps for a policy audience”. • Mexico:“ Designing SLM and combating land degradation

programmes needs to address economic benefits for local stakeholders;”

• Russia: “Cut water subsidies from 90% to 40%, and use the remaining

50% for farmers to buy new technologies for irrigation”

5th Plenary meeting, China, October 2010

5th Plenary meeting, China, October 2010

3. Policy brief topics

• Turkey: “Stimulating soil preservation can combat poverty ”

• Morocco: "Get national level SLM policies implemented by praising the method of local stakeholder involvement”

• Tunisia: “Support rangeland resting as a land management strategy”

• Italy: “Land degradation and decreasing food production: CAP

subsidies on the wrong track”

5th Plenary meeting, China, October 2010

5th Plenary meeting, China, October 2010

3. Policy brief topics

• Spain: “Local solutions adapted to the local

context are also solutions to global SLM problems”

• Portugal: “Unexpected impacts from tested land use

management strategies related to forest fires”• Chile: “Well-informed decision-making leads to changing priorities

for investing SLM resources”• Cape Verde: “Stakeholder involvement contributing to SLM: where the

methodology can make the difference” • Greece: ?

5th Plenary meeting, China, October 2010

5th Plenary meeting, China, October 2010

Some comments…• The issues mentioned are very different

according to SS but are all more or less related to processes rather than techniques

• Most of them are not strictly based on the scientific results or findings but on the lessons learned in practice during the DESIRE process

• DESIRE seems to have built more legitimacy in the SS for expressing a wider point of vue on local SLM

• The economic aspects cannot be avoided and are directly or indirectly adressed

5th Plenary meeting, China, October 2010

Next steps

• Workshop on writing policy messages in China

• Joint development of policy brief with each site: preferably ready for CRIC in February

• Publication: all policy briefs with analysis

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Thank you!

Marie José: mjb@bothends.org

Patrice: cariassociation@yahoo.fr