Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association Core Support Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association Core Support The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association has applied to Sida for funding of 26.5 Million SEK as core support for their organisation with particular focus on their work in the Climate Change and Energy areas as well as Land and Natural Resources. The work will be carried out in Zimbabwe and specifically in the rural areas of Gwanda, Gutu, Binga and Mbire during the period September 2021-September 2024. 

The intervention aims at Strengthening community level governance frameworks for improved food security, climate resilience and environmental sustainability in Zimbabwe by 1) Strengthening institutional capacity of ZELA to contribute to sustainable natural resource governance and climate change resilience. ; 2) To strengthen the governance capacity of local level actors to drive sustainability of food security systems, climate resilience and natural resources management and ; 3) To strengthen the capacity of communities especially women and young people to influence the design and implementation of climate change and natural resource management policies. ZELA will implement the intervention with close collaboration with Government and local level institutions such as Rural District Council and Ward Development and Environmental Committees . 

The intervention’s total budget is 26.5 million SEK. Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association har ansökt till Sida om medel på 26,5 miljoner kronor som kärnstöd till deras organisation med särskilt fokus på deras arbete inom klimatförändrings- och energiområdena samt mark och naturresurser. Arbetet kommer att utföras i Zimbabwe och specifikt i landsbygdsområdena Gwanda, Gutu, Binga och Mbire under perioden september 2021-september 2024.

Insatsen syftar till att stärka samhällsstyrningsramar för förbättrad livsmedelssäkerhet, klimattålighet och miljömässig hållbarhet i Zimbabwe genom att 1) ??stärka ZELAs institutionella kapacitet att bidra till hållbar naturresursstyrning och motståndskraft mot klimatförändringar. ; 2) Att stärka förvaltningskapaciteten hos aktörer på lokal nivå för att driva hållbarhet i system för livsmedelsförsörjning, klimatmotståndskraft och förvaltning av naturresurser och ; 3) Att stärka samhällenas kapacitet, särskilt kvinnor och ungdomar, att påverka utformningen och genomförandet av politiken för klimatförändringar och naturresursförvaltning. ZELA kommer att genomföra insatsen i nära samarbete med myndigheter och institutioner på lokal nivå.

Insatsens totala budget är 26,5 miljoner kronor. This intervention provides core support for ZELA an organisation that has been a critical player in the natural resource governance and management in Zimbabwe over the past 20 years.  

There are three main objectives to this intervention:
Objective 1: To strengthen the governance capacity of local level actors to drive sustainability of food security systems, climate resilience and natural resources management.

Objective 2: To strengthen the capacity of communities especially women and young people to influence the design and implementation of climate change and natural resource management policies.

Objective 3: Strengthened institutional capacity of ZELA to contribute to sustainable natural resource governance and climate change resilience.

Essentially this intervention aims to enable people living in poverty to understand and exercise their rights when it comes to natural resource management to
better manage and unlock the value from the natural resources around them and to make their voices heard when it comes to the design of environmental policies that concern them.