Key participants in coordinated management to ensure rehabilitation measures are implemented and impacts are monitored. Chiefs Traditional natural resource Some chiefs can contribute as management authorities. Community Council members. Some have extensive technical All chiefs can contribute as leading knowledge. and knowledgeable members of their communities. Two chiefs are elected by their peers as members of each Community Council and can play a formal role in natural resource Council’s management decision making. MFLR Through its Forestry, Soil and Water Leading technical agency. Conservation, and Range Chair of Steering Committee. Management Divisions, the MFLR Source of co-finance. can provide technical knowledge and Provide guidance and technical practical/programmatic experience. support to communities and Domestic budget will be used for stakeholders. with GEF contribution. Should actively participate in knowledge management and networking activities. MAFS Increasingly active in promoting Should be an active member of soil and water conservation project Steering Committee. through soil fertility and soil structure Provide guidance and technical management and conservation support to communities and agriculture techniques. stakeholders. Responsible for agricultural Should actively participate in extension services for both knowledge management and croplands and livestock services networking activities. Responsible for promotion and advocacy of irrigation systems MoLGCA Responsible for guiding the Should be an active member of decentralisation process and the project Steering Committee. establishment of the new local Should actively participate in government system in Lesotho. knowledge management and Consequently, responsible for networking activities. assisting Community with Should advise and facilitate Councils’ their natural resource management Community development Council’s role. of natural resource management bylaws, which must be approved by the Minister of Local Government. Provide guidance and technical support to Community Councils. Department of Policy coordination role, with GEF Focal Point: key liaison role. Environment nee National particular reference to Member of Project Steering Lesotho’s Environment Secretariat global obligations and commitments. Committee. UNDP Extensive experience of sustainable Key agency for channelling and rural development strategies and supervision of GEF resources and challenges in Lesotho. providing advice on GEF Experience of GEF project delivery. procedures. Key member of project Steering Committee. Food and Agriculture Technical expertise in agriculture Coordinator of conservation Organisation (FAO) and natural resources including vast agriculture network. technical and sociological Potential collaborator in networking experience conservation agriculture and knowledge management, with and other climate change adaptation
Key participants in coordinated management to ensure rehabilitation measures are implemented and impacts are monitored. Chiefs Traditional natural resource management authorities. Some have extensive technical knowledge. Two chiefs are elected by their peers as members of each Community Council and can play a formal role in Council’s natural resource management decision making. Some chiefs can contribute as Community Council members. All chiefs can contribute as leading and knowledgeable members of their communities. MFLR Through its Forestry, Soil and Water Conservation, and Range Management Divisions, the MFLR can provide technical knowledge and practical/programmatic experience. Domestic budget will be used for with GEF contribution. Leading technical agency. Chair of Steering Committee. Source of co-finance. Provide guidance and technical support to communities and stakeholders. Should actively participate in knowledge management and networking activities. MAFS Increasingly active in promoting soil and water conservation through soil fertility and soil structure management and conservation agriculture techniques. Responsible for agricultural extension services for both croplands and livestock services Responsible for promotion and advocacy of irrigation systems Should be an active member of project Steering Committee. Provide guidance and technical support to communities and stakeholders. Should actively participate in knowledge management and networking activities. MoLGCA Responsible for guiding the decentralisation process and the establishment of the new local government system in Lesotho. Consequently, responsible for assisting Community Councils’ with their natural resource management role. Should be an active member of project Steering Committee. Should actively participate in knowledge management and networking activities. Should advise and facilitate Community Council’s development of natural resource management bylaws, which must be approved by the Minister of Local Government. Provide guidance and technical support to Community Councils. Department of Environment nee National Environment Secretariat Policy coordination role, with particular reference to Lesotho’s global obligations and commitments. GEF Focal Point: key liaison role. Member of Project Steering Committee. UNDP Extensive experience of sustainable rural development strategies and challenges in Lesotho. Experience of GEF project delivery. Key agency for channelling and supervision of GEF resources and providing advice on GEF procedures. Key member of project Steering Committee. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Technical expertise in agriculture and natural resources including vast technical and sociological experience conservation agriculture and other climate change adaptation Coordinator of conservation agriculture network. Potential collaborator in networking and knowledge management, with
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