Sector Project Rural Development
OBJECTIVES
Concepts for a sustainable transformation of rural areas are mainstreamed into international and na-tional policy processes and programmes.
DESCRIPTION
Despite progress in recent decades, 80% of people affected by extreme poverty worldwide live in rural regions. Especially the growing young population in rural areas lacks prospects: Shortage of jobs, lack of access to land, capital and education, inadequate opportunities for political and societal participation, weak institutional structures and poor infrastructure are major constraints for a sustainable development.
On top of the social challenges, the overexploitation of natural resources and the impacts of climate change are further exacerbating the precarious situation. This is leading to conflicts over natural resources and land and increases rural poverty.
Coherent policies and programmes, cross-sectoral action and transformative approaches are needed so that people in rural areas can have viable prospects, generate income and obtain a healthy diet – without exceeding planetary boundaries.
The Sector Project Rural Development advises the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) on issues of rural regional development, good rural governance and access to land, agroecological transformation, protection and sustainable use of natural resources and climate change adaptation and mitigation in rural regions.
APPROACH/FIELD OF INTERVENTION
The project works along three fields of action, with gender-transformative and digital approaches playing a key role throughout:
Policy and Strategic Consulting:
- Advising BMZ on formulating policies and strategies, developing its thematic portfolio and positioning itself as a relevant stakeholder
- Observing, analysing, and commenting on academic and policy processes
- Providing evidence-based findings from international research
Development of Methods and Concepts:
- Analysing practical implementation experiences and developing innovative methods and concepts
- Contributing to the design of knowledge platforms and networks
- Developing knowledge products and using them to mainstream relevant content into the German development portfolio
Learning, Networking and Knowledge Management:
- Supporting international development organisations and their partner institutions in building capacities via learning and exchange formats
- Promoting the elaboration of new approaches and helping to disseminate proven ones
TARGETED BENEFICIARIES
BMZ and partner organisations
PUBLICATIONS/KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS
- Project factsheet – Sector Project Rural Development
- Territorial Approaches for Sustainable Development
- Landscape Approaches: Background Paper
- BMZ strategy paper ‘Alternative development: Sustainable change through development-oriented drug policy’
- Raising voices: Empowering female farmers in drug crop cultivation areas
- Land in German Development Cooperation: Guiding Principles, Challenges and Prospects for the Future (BMZ)
- Secure Land Tenure Rights for All: A Key Condition for Sustainable Development
- Fact sheet: Agroecology
- Fact sheet: Agroecology and organic farming
- BMZ fact sheet: Climate change and rural development
- Fact sheet: Climate change and rural development
- Rapid Loss Appraisal Tool (RLAT): User guide
- Rapid Loss Appraisal Tool (RLAT): Toolbox
VIDEO
COUNTRY
Global
DURATION
Aug 2021 - Jul 2024
Commission Agency
BMZ