SOCODEVI - Canadian Cooperation Society for International Development: federal grants and contributions: 25 agreements; $277M value; 1 departments; 3 programs.
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This project aims to increase the resilience of rural communities, especially women and youth, to climate change by sustainably improving biodiversity and connectivity of strategic ecosystems. The conservation of ecosystems, biodiversity and the benefits derived from them, also implies improving the effectiveness of members of farmers' organizations and cooperatives, to develop agroforestry value chains that respect biodiversity and are adapted to climate change. And finally, in a context marked by conflicts, the sustainability of the results implies an increased commitment of local communitie
The Natur'ELLES project aims to increase the adaptation to climate change of women and their vulnerable communities in the mangrove ecosystems of marine protected areas (MPA) of the Saloum and Casamance deltas in Senegal. SOCODEVI has established an operational and technical partnership with IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), as well as technical partnerships with IISD (International Institute for Sustainable Development) and Ostrom Climate Solutions. The activities of this project include: (1) supporting women's collective entrepreneurship projects maintaining mangrove bio
This project contributes to poverty reduction in Ukraine by increasing rural women’s income and addressing the deficits in food production caused by Russia’s full-scale invasion, environmental challenges, and persistent gender inequality. The project targets women farmers, members and leadership of selected agricultural cooperatives, agricultural extension services, agricultural marketing boards, and government decision-makers. While the project is focused on supporting women farmers, some support is provided to other vulnerable groups, such as veterans and internally displaced people in the p
P002969001: The project supports inclusive and green growth in Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and Ghana by strengthening co operatives, with particular focus on vulnerable populations and women. It supports the implementation of five model co-operatives in the housing and agri-food sectors. By the end of the project, the five entrepreneurial model co-operatives are expected to continue growing autonomously and reach even more households in their respective economic sectors. The project aims to build the skills and capacities of men and women, foster climate-smart economic activities, and facilitate a
This project aims to create sustainable livelihood alternatives to illicit coca production by increasing the incomes of women and men smallholder farmers of cacao. It seeks to help 5,000 families expand new areas of climate resilient cacao crops as a substitute for illicit coca and become “agropreneurs” or entrepreneurs who use agriculture to build a business.Project activities include: (1) providing technical assistance to participating families to improve productivity and increase the quality of cacao crops; (2) providing training to cacao smallholders and cacao cooperatives to increase wome
This project will support women's and girls' economic empowerment in rural districts along Mozambique's North-South Gaza/Maputo corridor. It will ultimately improve the economic empowerment of women and girl members of agricultural associations within the National Farmers' Union (União Nacional de Camponeses - UNAC). PAEF will adopt a multi-faceted approach that highlights women's and girls' constraints with regard to climate change-friendly income-generating activities -- constraints that perpetuate their lack of power and control over economic resources and their vulnerability to sexual and
This project aims to improve the economic and social conditions of the men and women living in the mining regions of Peru. It directly supports 3,000 family farms regrouped in 30 cooperatives, mostly in the agriculture and forestry sectors. More specifically, the project ensures that local cooperatives build the necessary capacities to increase the quantity and quality of their production, to increase their sales and to generate more revenues. By doing so, the project is supporting the Government of Peru's economic diversification efforts in rural mining communities.
This project aims to enhance the climate resilience of cocoa producers and their vulnerable families, particularly indigenous ones, in Amazonas, Cajamarca and San Martín. It seeks to promote climate-smart, nature-based solutions (NBS) for small cacao farmers and their families to improve productivity and counter deforestation. The project also strengthens associations and cooperatives to improve governance, business performance, and connections to niche markets. The project focuses on women’s empowerment throughout its implementation to enable greater participation and influence in their fami
This project aims to reduce poverty and contribute to equitable economic growth by increasing the competitiveness and productivity of Vietnamese agricultural cooperatives. The project seeks to establish new market-oriented agricultural cooperatives, strengthen the knowledge, skills and competitiveness of farmers, strengthen cooperative management practices and develop a policy and regulatory environment that promotes cooperatives. The project expects to benefit up to 10,000 farm households in five provinces. Working with the Government of Vietnam and the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance, an umbre
The project contributes to sustainably increase the economic empowerment of 15,000 women, men and youth in the coffee and honey value chains, by supporting the economic recovery in the context of pandemic, socio-economic shocks and climate change. The project’s activities include: 1) implementing an equitable access to land program for women and young women; 2) training in education and financial management, leadership focused on women's rights and positive masculinities; and 3) establishing productive agroforestry systems; 4) creating a social enterprise from responsible private investments;
This project aims to support the operationalization of the axes of the Forest Strategy 2030 to prevent overexploitation and lack of valuation of the forest sector in Morocco. The project’s contribution to the implementation of the 2030 Forest Strategy will take the form of technical support, expertise and support on the ground, in order to help achieve the expected results. The activities of this project include: 1) differentiating and developing national parks and productive forests to maximise their efficiency in terms of valorisation, environmental preservation and conservation; 2) reinvent
This project aims to increase the adaptation of young rural women and their communities to climate change in the Guéra province of Chad. The project also contributes to strengthening the skills and effectiveness of groups and cooperatives in developing climate-smart food systems with and for young women groundnut and sesame producers. Project activities include: (1) training women in peanut and sesame production in soil restoration and conservation techniques adapted to water stress and based on improved local knowledge; (2 ) implementing community reforestation and restoration campaigns for
This project aims to empower women and young adults (18-35 years old) in rural cocoa-producing communities in the Ashanti and Western regions of Ghana. The training and support the project provides encourages collective savings, entrepreneurship and financial inclusion and contributes to the sustainable resilience of the cocoa sector and the equal distribution of economic benefits and opportunities. Project activities include: (1) Interactive training and long-term support on financial and digital literacy for women and youth members of village savings and loans associations to encourage finan
The project seeks to support the economic empowerment and resilience of women farmers in Senegal’s Casamance region by improving their access to agricultural insurance as a way to mitigate the impact of climate change. The project focuses on the availability of financial products and services tailored to the needs of women farmers and enhances their ability to access and use them. Project activities include : (1) Providing training and support to women farmers so they can access and use financial products and services, including agricultural insurance; (2) building the capacity of grassroots
The project aims to improve the living conditions of women and men in rural communities who are members of forestry cooperatives in the Middle Atlas and the Eastern Plateau of Morocco. The project targets women members of rosemary and cedar cooperatives, in particular. The project aims to improve the well-being of 10,000 direct and indirect beneficiaries belonging to vulnerable rural communities, members of ten forestry cooperatives. The project aims to improve the performance of forestry cooperatives to create and sustain decent jobs, including at least 2,000 jobs for women, by supporting su
The Inclusive Development of the Green Tara Value Chain in Bolivia - SAYARIY (Quechua language word that means to stand up, with strength and energy to consolidate our work and achieve our dreams) project aims to ensure economic, social and environmental sustainability of producing families, mainly from indigenous communities. The tara pod is extracted from the seeds of a tree high in the Andes. Tara is a high value crop used in the tanning of premium leather. Its seeds are used as stabilizing ingredients in cosmetics and food. This Andean plant improves soil quality, promotes biodiversity and
The project aims to increase the economic empowerment of Q’eqchi’ women and youth in Alta Verapaz in Guatemala. It proposes a multi-dimensional approach challenging traditional gender roles within the family unit, overcoming socio-cultural barriers to women’s participation within the Federation of Cooperatives of the Verapaces (FEDECOVERA) and its member cooperatives, and advocating for gender equality at local, regional and national levels. The project seeks to improve agricultural entrepreneurship in the sectors of organic cardamom and turmeric, and to position the the products in niche mark
This project aims to increase the economic empowerment of omen and youth and their participation in decent work activities within tourism-related sectors in the Lake Atitlán area of Sololá, Guatemala. This project contributes to increasing the skills of Indigenous omen and youth and their access to resources. Project activities include the following: (1) strengthening support for women and youth to access and pursue specialized and adapted training related to the sustainable tourism sector; (2) improving tourism-related organizations’ capacity to implement good practices in inclusive governanc
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