CACILM: Capacity Building and on-the-ground Investments for Integrated and Sustainable Land Management - under CACILM Partnership Framework, Phase 1

The long term perspective of the project is to overcome the existing inconsistencies and disconnections between the policy framework for land management and actual needs of land users by initiating a participatory dialogue with involvement of the key ministries, local government and local land users. This will create an enabling environment for improvement of land use and for investment in SLM. An important document that sets the framework for more investment in SLM and participatory land management and which identifies the priorities in the management of land resources is the National Action Programme to Combat Desertification. The NAP/CD will be revised during the implementation of the project. The objective of the project is to improve the capacity of land users for sustainable management of their land resources. The project will concentrate on improving the technical know-how of land users, on stabilizing soil productivity in the project area, on a stronger participation of land users in decision making and on a better self-organization and cooperation particularly of the local stakeholders.