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Forest landscape restoration in Zambia: Challenges and prospects Restaurering av skogar och landskap i Zambia: Utmaningar och framtidsutsikter Restaurering av skogar och landskap i Zambia: Utmaningar och framtidsutsikter Restaurering av skogar och landskap har fått stor global uppmärksamhet under de senaste tio åren. Restaurering bidrar till att återställa ekosytemens struktur och funktion och ökar samtidigt lokalbefolkningens försörjningsmöjligheter. Området har hög prioritet i Afrika, däribland i Zambia, och är ett av fem temaområden inom Sveriges politik för globala utveckling som fastställts av Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet. De stora områden som utarmats i Zambia till följd av träkolproduktion, skiftesbruk och gruvdrift ger oss en möjlighet att studera och utveckla nya och effektiva restaureringsmetoder. Samarbetsprojektetet kommer att lägga grunden för utveckling av adaptiva restaureringsmetoder i skogar och landskap i Zambia genom etablering av permanenta försöksytor där de sekundära skogarnas utveckling kan studeras, indikatorarter kan identifieras och testas så att restaureringen av kopparbältet i Zambia påskyndas. Det kommer att ge ett bättre vetenskapliga underlag för beslutsfattare, miljöövervakare och allmänhet så att restaureringen av utarmade områden effektiviseras och förvaltning av de sekundära skogarna blir mera hållbar. Resultaten kommer även att utgöra en bas för forskarutbildning vid de båda universiteten och bidra till utvecklingen av restaureringsmodeller som kan tillämpas i liknande områden i regionen eller på andra håll i världen. Forest landscape restoration (FLR) has gained global attention in recent decade as an approach to meet the challenges of ecosystem conservation and eco-livelihoods of the local communities simultaneously. It has become an emerging issue in many parts of Africa, including Zambia. However, there is no blueprint for FLR, in the one hand, and most previous attempts to reclaim mining waste lands in Zambia have failed due to mismatches of species and sites and lack of site amendment measures, on the other. The collaborative project will lay the foundation for developing adaptive forest landscape restoration approaches through establishment of permanent plots and monitoring development of secondary forests on degraded and abandoned landscape; and identifying indicator species and testing different site amendment measures for reclamation of mining waste lands on the Copperbelt in Zambia. It will be implemented through experience sharing during the design of the studies, discussing technical findings and visits. The collaborative project is expected to provide evidence for decision-makers, environmental watchdogs and the general public about pathways for reclamation mining waste sites and sustainable management of secondary forests. Scientific publications emerged from the collaborative project will feedback education at both universities, and contributing towards the development of FLR models that can be applied in similar areas in the region or elsewhere.
OSCE Kyrgyzstan OSCE Kyrgyzstan OSCE Community Security Initiative (CSI). To assist the Kyrgyz Police in the trust-building between the Police and the Kyrgyz population. OSCE Kyrgyzstan
Stipendieprogram Swedish Institute Scholarship Programmes Syftet med stipendieprogrammet är att utveckla framtidens globala ledare från 35 länder på OECD/DAC-listan som kommer studera ett masterprogram i Sverige och efter avslutad examen bidra till FN:s globala mål – Agenda 2030 The SI Scholarship for Global Professionals aims to develop future global leaders from  35 OECD/DAC countries that will contribute to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and contribute to a positive and sustainable development in their home countries and region.
Bilateral development cooperation within the field of peace and security Bilateralt utvecklingssamarbete inom fred och säkerhet Together with Sida, the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) is responsible for the implementation of Sweden's development cooperation strategy with Afghanistan 2021-2024. FBA's work shall contribute to participatory dialogue and mediation processes, with a special focus on women's participation and integration of youth perspectives. Folke Bernadotteakademin (FBA) ansvarar tillsammans med Sida för genomförandet av Sveriges strategi för utvecklingssamarbete med Afghanistan 2021-2024.  FBA:s arbete ska bidra till inkluderande dialog och medlingsprocesser, med särskilt fokus på kvinnors deltagande och inflytande samt ungas perspektiv. FBA’s activities in Afghanistan are to contribute to a more peaceful and inclusive development in the country, with focus on improving conditions for participatory peace processes, whereby a range of actors are enabled to influence trajectories for peace. The meaningful participation of women and integration of youth perspectives are particularly prioritised. 

In addition to contributing to Sweden’s strategy for bilateral development cooperation with Afghanistan 2021-2024, FBA and Sida are also involved in a EU-funded project known as the “EU Afghanistan Peace Support Mechanism” (EU APSM). The project, which has been implemented since June 2019, aims to contribute to a more inclusive peace process in the country. FBA’s activities mainly focus on provision of technical and thematic support, in the form of advice or trainings, to actors on different levels and can be viewed as complementary to those of Sida’s. FBA:s verksamhet i Afghanistan ska bidra till en fredligare och mer inkluderande samhällsutveckling i landet med fokus på förbättrade förutsättningar till deltagande och inflytande av en bredd aktörer i processer för fred samt ökad kapacitet att hantera och förebygga konflikter.  Kvinnors meningsfulla deltagande ska särskilt prioriteras och ungas perspektiv tillvaratas. 

I tillägg till att FBA – tillsammans med Sida – bidrar till Sveriges bilaterala strategi för utvecklingssamarbete med Afghanistan 2021-2024 ingår de båda myndigheterna även i ett EU-finansierat projekt vid namn ”EU Afghanistan Peace Support Mechanism” (EU APSM). Projektet, som har genomförts sedan juni 2019 och nu är i en andra fas, syftar till att bidra till en mer inkluderande fredsprocess i landet. FBA:s insatser inom ramen för projektet består huvudsakligen i att ge tekniskt och tematiskt stöd, i form av rådgivning eller utbildningar, till aktörer på olika nivåer och är att betrakta som kompletterande till Sidas.
Zambia Threshold Project The Zambia Threshold Project is helping the Zambian government create greater accountability, transparency, public access, and efficiency in business registration, border movement of goods and people, and land administration.
Quality Education Services Through Technology (QUESTT) The QUESTT project contributes to USAIDs Education Strategic Objective (SO6) on Improved Quality of Basic Education for more School-aged Children with special emphasis on two IRs; IR 6.1 Improved Quality of Basic Education Delivery System and IR 6.4 Mitigate the Impact of HIV/AIDS on the Education System.
TB Local Organizations Network (LON) (Zambia):  TB LON is USAID/Zambia's premiere local TB award, a key component of  the Accelerator to End TB  initiative to double the decline in TB incidence and ultimately end TB by 2030. This mechanism  will work in Lusaka and Southern Province to close gaps in TB elimination activities in specific populations with high TB burdens, including underserved communities, people in congregate settings such as prisons, mining communities, children, and people living with HIV/AIDS. Using FY 2020 resources the mechanism will focus on: revision and dissemination of updated guidelines; infection control; intensified and active TB case finding, treatment and prevention activities; and capacity building in various areas of TB control. TB LON will build on existing USAID investment through our bilateral Eradicate TB and will leverage PEPFAR as well as other partner and stakeholder funding to implement interventions and ensure provision of essential prevention and treatment services for TB with a view to build sustainability. Under USAID's Country Development Cooperation Strategy, the mechanism will support Development Objective 3: Capacity of Zambia's Government, Citizens and Private Sector Increased to Improve Health Outcomes and Meet Critical Needs of Vulnerable Populations... .
CCN UNICEF SVC EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY FOR VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS. CCN UNICEF SVC EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY FOR VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.
HIV prevention activities in target communities in Zambia HIV prevention activities in target communities in Zambia
Political Accountability and Leadership Program The purpose of USAID's Zambia Political Accountability and Leadership program is to support local civil society and government actors to promote and implement reforms and oversight activities that will deepen Zambia's democratic processes, promote elector
Zambia Economic Resilience Program for Improved Food Security Program (MAWA) (Zambia):  The Zambia Economic Resilience Program for Improved Food Security or Mawa, will increase the resilience of vulnerable families through nutrition, health and agricultural interventions. FY 2015 funding will promote better nutrition and growth by helping families produce, preserve and consume diverse, nutritious, and quality foods. The activity will train caregivers on essential care and feeding practices to support nutrition for pregnant and breastfeeding women and children under the age of two. They will also build capacity among vulnerable farmers, improving agricultural production skills needed to transition from subsistence farming to producing for market. Mawa will focus on building financial, business and marketing skills to grow assets and access markets, group management skills to access services collectively, innovation skills to help farmers adapt to change and sustainable production skills to help protect and sustain soil and water, thus adapting to climate change. FY 2015 funding will benefit 26,189 households and support improved feeding practices for 15,204 children under-five.
Various Incentive-based Grant Opportunities and Rewards (VIGOR) - Monkey Orange Crafts Monkey Orange Crafts (MOC) works in areas in Chibombo District dependent on the destructive production of charcoal for income to provide training to 180 individuals in sustainable craft production as an alternative livelihood and target 120 school children with environmental education.
Evaluation of the USAID/Zambia School Water Supply and Hygiene (WASH) and Quality Education Activity IBTCI is leading a summative performance evaluation for the USAID/Zambia School Water Supply and Hygiene (WASH) and Quality Education Activity, which is implemented in 12 districts in the Northern and Muchinga provinces. This evaluation is focusing on determining whether the School WASH and Quality Education activity has achieved the established program objectives of improved access to water and sanitation services in schools in all 12 districts of Northern and Muchinga Provinces, and promotion of education access, gender equity, girls education, teacher retention and improved health outcomes in Zambian schools. IBTCI is designing an evaluation sample for the data collection exercise that will be a fair representation of the activity scope of 950 schools, which are spread across the 12 districts.
Production, Finance and Improved Technology Plus (PROFIT+) (Zambia):  The PROFIT+ activity bolsters rural livelihoods through improved agricultural productivity, market access and food security for 200,000 smallholder farmers, using a value-chain and public-private partnership approach. With FY 2015 funds, 86,250 farmers will receive production support and over 70,000 hectares of land will be placed under improved management, resulting in a 28 percent increase over FY 2014. FY 2015 investments will build the capacity of farmers to adapt to climate change through climate-smart agricultural approaches. PROFIT+ will also strengthen linkages among agricultural input providers, producers and buyers through community-based marketing agents and Farmer Service Centers. ~Through these activities, farmers will improve product quality to meet grading standards expected by retail firms and work with agro-dealers and traders to improve linkages, thus increasing overall trade in key commodities.
Service Delivery for HIV Prevention (SDHP) The activity seeks to improve the health outcomes of Zambians by preventing new HIV infections among populations most at risk of acquiring HIV.
Various Incentive-based Grant Opportunities and Rewards (VIGOR) - Council Of Churches In Zambia Council of Churches of Zambia (CCZ) will improve the management of the 600 hectare Kaluwe Local Protected Forest in Lundazi District by commencing Joint Forest Management activities which includes training existing committee members in best practices, establishing a forest conservation club, creating a participatory forest management plan and reaching out to the larger community through educative drama performances.
Upgrading Electricity Infrastructure in Zambia The Power Africa team in Zambia and USAIDs Development Credit Authority (DCA) office approved a guarantee facility to support $60 million of a total $122 million loan from Standard Chartered Bank (a Power Africa Partner) to the Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO). Proceeds of the loan will go toward upgrading existing electricity infrastructure, as well as expanding selected transmission lines in Lusaka and four key geographic regions of the country. It is estimated that this project will add several thousand new connections.
Enterprise Development and Growth Enhanced (EDGE) (Zambia):  USAID's Enterprise Development and Growth Enhanced (EDGE) works to build the capacity of financial service providers to introduce new financial products that enable them to develop tailored loan and investment products to cover the entire range of SME financial needs. The EDGE mechanism will provide technical assistance to financial intermediaries to strengthen their capacity for lending to rural enterprises and improve management capacities of SMEs. With FY 2023 funds, EDGE will support activities with finance institutions to design financial products and services that are relevant to the needs of rural enterprises; strengthen their capacity for lending; and design methods to simplify the lending process to reduce the costs of lending. The mechanism will also address the challenges that private enterprises face in increasing their own customer base and, ultimately, will increase their demand for and effective utilization of financial services. The main activities will include a) Strengthening the ability of banks and finance institutions to serve SMEs and catalyze the growth of non-bank financial institutions, and b) Making SMEs and their products more competitive. The mechanism works to strengthen SME management and marketing capacity and improve network input/output relationships. Through a business advisor network, the mechanism helps agricultural SMEs to reduce costs and increase efficiency by strengthening managerial capacity and improving their ability to seek and qualify for financing. More efficient and competitive SMEs will increase employment, especially for youth and women. This approach will increase the profitability of agricultural SMEs by facilitating greater revenue through increased sales and expanding access to new markets with premium sales prices.  The mechanism will contribute to the Mission ICS Goal: 2 Promote trade and investment for sustainable, inclusive economic growth. .
Expanding Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (Zambia):  The USAID Expanding Water and Sanitation mechanism is facilitating provision of reliable and sustainable Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) service to improve household economic and health outcomes and thereby contribute to rural poverty reduction. The mechanism will improve delivery, promote financially sustainable models for construction, operation and maintenance of WASH services. It will support the regulatory and institutional capacity of government, civil society and private service providers in WASH planning and budgeting. Further, the mechanism will train enterprises to provide WASH services such as household latrine construction and operation and maintenance of water facilities. With FY 2023 funds, USAID will support sustainable WASH service delivery, facilitate private sector participation, improve operation and maintenance, promote good governance and accountability to contribute to water and sanitation service provision, and address policy barriers to improved access to WASH services. This will ultimately contribute to achieving the goal of sustainably improving access to safe drinking water and sanitation services by addressing both the water supply and demand side constraints while also addressing the business enabling environment for provision of WASH services. The mechanism contributes to the U.S. foreign policy priority of working with partner countries to help improve business environments and moving beyond assistance to trade relationships, partnerships that promote prosperity, and building global health security capacity by investing in basic health care systems. The mechanism will also contribute to the Mission ICS Goal: 2 Promote trade and investment for sustainable, inclusive economic growth and shared prosperity.  More broadly, this mechanism contributes to the U.S. foreign policy priority of working with partner countries to accelerate water security and advance resilience, prosperity, and stability...
USAID Let’s Read Project (Zambia):  .The USAID Let's Read Project is USAID's flagship education activity that supports the Ministry of General Education (MOGE) to improve reading skills of approximately 1.4 million children in pre-primary through Grade 3 in public and community primary schools across five target provinces. In line with MOGE's 2014 roll-out of the Primary Literacy Program and revised curriculum, the activity will promote grade-level reading with comprehension and writing in Zambia's seven official local languages of instruction and address the provision of quality education - one of the major challenges in Zambia's growing education system. Interventions will ensure that teachers are proficient in literacy instruction to teach students essential literacy skills needed to learn other subjects. Let's Read will support teacher training; development of teaching and learning materials; strengthening school management and assessment; performance tracking; ; and engagement of parent, community, and private sector partners to broaden support, involvement, and oversight in education. The activity will incorporate innovative approaches such as broadcasting literacy lessons through radio and teacher training content to improve reading levels among children...Developing foundational learning skills will result in more children progressing academically, and ultimately being able to participate meaningfully in Zambia's social and economic development. The activity also establishes public-private partnerships to leverage resources to support the delivery of quality education to improve learning outcomes. Let's Read contributes Development Objective (DO)4: Quality of Primary Education Strengthened to Improve Learning Outcomes; and directly to the Administration policy priority of promoting healthy, educated, and productive populations in partner countries to drive inclusive and sustainable development and support U.S. prosperity and security objectives....
Education Improvement Project 2 (EQUIP2) The Education Quality Improvement Program 2 (EQUIP2) provided extensive research and technical support to USAID and governments across Africa, Asia and Latin America to develop education policy, improve educational systems, build organizational capacity, strengthen management skills in the education sector, and improve data collection and use in policy and planning. In exploring complementary education models and strategies for achieving education for all, the project researched how community-based approaches to schooling produce outcomes that meet or exceed what regular public schools attain.
INCREASED USE OF INT. CHILD & REPR. HEALTH & HIV/ - Assistance for HIV/AIDS PEPFAR: Increased use of integrated child and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS interventions - Assistance for HIV/AIDS
USAID/Zambia Community HIV Prevention Project (Z-CHPP) USAID/Zambia Community HIV Prevention Project (Z-CHPP)
Lubuto Library Partners (LLP) Lubuto Library Partners Zambia Office (LLPZO) Lubuto Library Partners (LLP) Lubuto Library Partners Zambia Office (LLPZO)
Humanitarian Assistance FY23 IDA funded award for support to the WFP csp for refugee relief in Zambia (mantapala refugee camp).
Improved enabling environment for growth Improved enabling environment for growth
INCREASED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICE INCREASED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICE
Commodity Distribution PASCO is a commodity distribution program whose objective isto improve lifesaving commodity availability at SDPs throughZAMMSA. PASCO takes the current 3PL activity managed by theGHSC-PSM project a step further by including last mile distribution.
Evidence for Health (Zambia):  The Evidence for Health mechanism will help Zambia's Ministry of Health (MOH) improve the use of data for decision-making and expand the information base to strengthen and inform health programming and performance improvement. Quality data for decision making is critical for effectiveness and accountability of taxpayer resources as it enables USAID and the MOH to focus on the most pressing development concerns within their scope while contributing to USAID's goals of preventing child and maternal deaths, controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and combating infectious diseases. With FY23 funds, this mechanism will: 1) strengthen the Government of the Republic of Zambia-managed National Health Management Information System through systems upgrades and user trainings, 2) improve monitoring, evaluation, and research capacities within key partners through training and mentorship, and 3) expand the evidence base for existing approaches to health programming in malaria, family planning, maternal and child health, and HIV through focused research in these technical areas.  This IM is crosscutting in that the mechanism will support the use of strategic information for several awards that will receive both family planning, MNCH, and HIV funds. This activity has received the approval of the Ambassador.Under USAID's CDCS,, the mechanism will support Development Objective 3: Capacity of Zambia's Government, Citizens and Private Sector Increased to Improve Health Outcomes and Meet Critical Needs of Vulnerable Populations. This mechanism contributes directly to the Biden Administration's policy priority of building global health security capacity by investing in health care systems..
Commercial Agribusiness for Sustainable Horticulture (CASH) (Zambia):  The Commercial Agribusiness for Sustainable Horticulture (CASH) activity increases rural incomes through sustainable production and marketing of horticultural products in Zambia.  Implemented by a regional NGO, CASH trains farmers in production technologies, such as pre- and post-harvest quality control, integrated pest management procedures, post-harvest loss reduction and storage mechanisms, and food safety and quality.  The project will also continue to promote improved water and soil management, and conservation agriculture. CASH will link farmers to new markets, such as hotels, supermarkets, and food processing factories.  With FY14 funds, 4,500 horticulture farmers will receive technical assistance in agricultural productivity and will plant over 1,000 hectares of horticulture crops. Trade in horticultural products is expected to increase by 400 percent reaching $6,000,000, and increasing participating farmers' incomes by 40 percent.