Conservation and Sustainable Management of Forested Landscapes in Southwestern Ethiopia

Business Development budget is sought to support maximize opportunities for impacts on gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Forested Landscapes in Southwestern Ethiopia project. A limited gender components integrated into the project proposal, however, there is a need to further elaboration on the project’s gender component through a gender analysis to inform the projects indicators and approaches, and to meet the high ambition of the project donor, Sweden, and their Feminist Foreign Policy. The requested fund of 4000 USD from the Business Development Budget is aims to: cover the cost of the field trip for two staff to join the mission for 15 days to collect the primary data on gender to support the gender analysis, formation of gender baseline data, gender indicators and the development of appropriate and effective Gender Action plan in the proposal. This project is designed to support new and existing participatory forest management groups and Community Based livelihood Organizations in Southwestern Ethiopia and improve management and conservation of forested landscapes, biodiversity, livelihoods. It aims to build governance and building resilience capacity of target communities. It will be implemented in a landscape that has multiple functions, using multiple approaches, including the UNESCO biosphere reserve and Participatory Forest Management (PFM) approaches in five adjacent zones and one special woreda located in Oromia and Southwest Ethiopia Peoples’ (SWEP) Regional States. The project will be implemented by the Global Green Growth Institute and two local partners, which have excellent track record and project experience in Jimma and Kafa zones. This project is developed for funding from the Swedish Government as part of its support for the sustainable forest management, biodiversity conservation and market in Ethiopia.