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Capacity-building and strategic planning support This project was launched during the 20th anniversary year of Asia Muslim Action Network (AMAN), when CAFOD agreed to support a process whereby the network could re-visit their vision, mission, goals and objectives, taking in where they’ve come from and considering what challenges they will face in the future.  This process created an opportunity to review AMAN’s portfolio of programmes, especially their peace education work, and to look at whether they were reaching their intended outcomes, how their focus has evolved, and what priorities should be set for the future.  A continuation of funding during 2011-12 included some support to AMAN’s organisational overheads; this continuation was to allow further time to engage in strategic planning, building on the outcomes of the 2010 evaluation.  
In 2012 -13 we began investigating how AMAN’s programmes can better support our work in other countries more strategically, particularly Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh & South East Asia. Whilst this process continues we have pledged a further instalment of support to their core costs.
Caritas Asia Programme Evaluation Caritas Asia serves as the regional coordinating office for CI member organisations operating in countries and territories in Asia. Caritas Asia has 23 member organisations that are situated in four sub-regions of Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, and South East Asia. Caritas Asia’s mandate is to build the institutional and human resource capacities of its member organisations. It does this through various capacity building activities under four thematic programmes (emergency/DRR; anti-trafficking; sustainable agriculture; and organisational strengthening). 

This project will provide funding for a semi-external evaluation that will review Caritas Asia’s work, focussing on its approach to capacity building. The evaluation will assess the design, strategies, and activities of Caritas Asia’s programmes, in order to obtain key leanings on how it can better fulfil its mandate of strengthening the capacities of its member organisations. The results and learning from the evaluation will be used to inform Caritas Asia’s Strategic Planning in March 2015.
Caritas Asia regional anti-trafficking programme (old project file) Human trafficking involves transporting people away from the communities in which they live and forcing them to work against their will by means such as violence, deception or coercion. Men, women and children in Asia are trafficked for various purposes including sexual exploitation, domestic, agricultural and fishing work. They are trafficked within and between countries in the region, as well as beyond to destinations such as the Middle East. Many Caritas agencies throughout Asia are working to prevent human trafficking and promote safe migration. This project will enhance the capacity of Caritas Asia member organisations (MOs) currently working on, or concerned with, human trafficking issues in their respective countries. It will involve MOs and associated organisations across the region from Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Timor Leste, Laos, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Taiwan and Mongolia. The project aims to strengthen the national programs of Caritas MOs through regional and sub-regional needs-based training and workshops, sharing of experience and expertise across the region, and by strengthening networking and advocacy work. The project will also directly support two national level MO initiatives that promote the prevention, protection or prosecution of trafficking cases.
Contribution towards operational costs of FABC offices FABC Central Secretariat has to raise annually US$150,000.00~US$175,000.00 for its overall expenses which include subsidizing the Operational Expenses of nine FABC Offices, four FABC Desks and the FABC Documentation Centre. FABC have struggled to cover these operational costs and in 2014/15 CAFOD agreed to provide the Central Secretariat with funding to cover the following two offices and one desk:
- Office of Human Development (OHD). This will contribute towards the Camillian Pastoral Centre programme on peace and tolerance in Bangkok in April 2015. The funds will also support the 'Joy of the Gospel' programme within OHD.
- Office of Social Communication (OSC). This will contribute towards a series of broadcasts informing Radio Veritas Asia (RVA) listeners about the topic of climate change expected to begin on April 22 2015 (Earth Day).
- Climate Change Desk – Central Secretariat 

CAFOD hopes to develop our engagement with FABC around their climate change programme and would like to direct future FABC funding to this programme. As such, contributions to the operational costs of FABC will be short term and the partner is aware of this.
ICW Asia Pacific - Regional coordination office costs IICW is setting up a regional coordination in Asia Pacific.  Some funding has been secured for this work but ICW is seeking additional funding to ensure sustainability for this work.
Promotion of Laudato Si' among religious leaders in Asia CAFOD will support the Federation of Asian Bishop's Conference to develop a handbook on Laudato Si' for religious leaders in Asia. The handbook will be translated into 10 major Asian languages and aims to raise awareness on climate change and the urgency of the Church's response to Laudato Si' in the Asian context. The project's aim is for ordinary Catholics and religious leaders in Asia to have an improved understanding of Laudato Si' and an increased level of engagement with the encyclical. The handbook will be promoted amongst religious and communities leaders across a variety of Asian countries through a series of nationally held TOT workshops and an Asia level workshop, resulting in the development of an Asia climate crisis action plan. This project will build on FABC's previous project AME002 which aimed at targeting Christian business stakeholders in South and East Asia to increase their commitment to promoting sustainable business practices and tackling climate change.
Promoting sustainable agriculture and farmers' rights throughout Asia Poverty in rural Asia remains a huge issue. As well as usually earning low incomes, rural communities often lack basic amenities such as safe water, proper sanitation and electricity, and are trapped in poverty due to limited access to education, credit, technology and market information.   In many places small peasant farmers are struggling to support their families from land which is drought-prone or degraded.  Working through national Caritas partners in 12 countries, Caritas Asia aims to promote sustainable practices in agriculture, and to empower farmers to contribute towards an improvement in the quality of life of rural communities.  It involves campaigning for government and international policies to be more helpful to farmers and poor communities; capacity-strengthening for the partner organisations in their efforts to address poverty and encourage sustainable agriculture; disseminating information on sustainable agriculture, seed rights, trade and food security; and organising farmer’s conferences and learning exchange programmes at national and regional levels.
AME regional agroecology exchange Selected partners in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Lebanon have expertise or interest in agroecological practices, with a focus on food sovereignty approaches and the leadership of small-scale producers, particularly women. The project will foster a culture of encounter through cross-regional learning by bringing agroecological practitioners together for the first time, enabling evolution of practices and appropriate technologies, and strengthening the evidence base for farmers and policy influence. The primary focus will be the practice of organic compost production, drawing together expertise from across the region, with research to quantify positive impacts for small-scale farmers and the environment.

The project will include: 
1. A multi-country research study, to be conducted by a lead researcher and local research organisations. This will generate evidence relating to: 
- the scope and scale of partners' existing compost production practices
- mapping the existing research and evidence base pertaining to organic compost production in target contexts, and the environmental, economic and social benefits
- existing capacities and the role of communities in monitoring and capturing evidence for policy influencing
- the impacts of organic fertiliser production and use on the regeneration of the environment (including soil health and biodiversity)
- the impacts of organic fertiliser production on crop yields and household livelihoods
- scoping by partners/ CAFOD/ research organisation on the design for further research. 

2) Exposure/culture of encounter exchanges between partners in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh for: 
- increased knowledge through exposure to each other's projects and approaches
- collective generation of ideas for evolution of practices
- coping by partners of the potential for farmer-to-farmer exchanges and exposure

3) Establishing partner community of practice for continued exchange and learning
4) Webinars to disseminate findings
Caritas Asia Regional Anti-Trafficking Programme Caritas Asia have identified Safe Migration and Anti-trafficking as one of their programmatic strategic priorities in their new Regional Strategic Plan 2017-2020. This project builds on Caritas' Asia's regional Anti-trafficking programme documented under GAS114 that began in 2014. Many Caritas agencies throughout Asia are working to prevent human trafficking and promote safe migration. This project will enhance the capacity of Caritas Asia member organisations (MOs) currently working on, or concerned with, human trafficking issues in their respective countries. The project aims to strengthen the national programs of Caritas MOs through regional and sub-regional needs-based training and workshops, sharing of experience and expertise across the region, and by strengthening networking and advocacy work. It will involve 24 member organisations across the region from Central, East, South and South East Asia.
Collaboration with the FABC for Ecological Communication and Youth Mobilisation The Commission for Ecology of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) and the FABC (through its Office for Human Development / Climate Change Desk) recognise the need and urgency to respond to socio-ecological crisis evident in the cry of the Earth, the cry of the poor, and the cry of the young. 

Building on the Commission for Ecology's previous experience, programmes and feedback, this project proposes to: 1. Make available a booklet on ecological best practices to bishops, parishes, formation and religious houses in seven Asian and Indian languages, viz. Bengali, Hindi, Malay, Mandarin, Sinhala, Tamil and Vietnamese, and 2. Expand its Eco Youth Movement to Asia by organising five regional exposure programmes and conducting one hybrid youth event 

The overall goal of this project is to demonstrate the cultural palatability of ecological conversion in India in the context of language and involvement of the youth demographic as a model for replication in other Asian countries. The Commission for Ecology's mission and this project is well aligned with CAFOD’s Our Common Home Strategic Framework.  The project will: 1. Bring about positive impacts on vulnerable youth and influence Church leaders for systemic change 2. Amplify local voice, agency and leadership by strengthening the capacity of bishops, priests and religious  3. Create a culture of encounter between the Church hierarchy and the laity 4. Facilitate an on-going ecological conversion.
 
It is important to note that though CAFOD does not have an active presence in India, much of the Commission for Ecology's work at the CCBI has a regional Asian reach and prioritises addressing the challenges of climate change across Asia, aligning well with CAFOD's work in the region. The FABC referred this project to CAFOD given its regional reach and it will be funded by the AME regional grants budget on a one off basis.
AME Regional Peacebuilding Learning Exchange Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding is a focus in several of the regional/country programmes across AME including the Middle East, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and is an emerging area of work in Afghanistan. With several countries working on peacebuilding with diverse approaches and definitions, there is strong potential for regional engagement.The purpose of the AME Regional Peacebuilding Learning Exchange is to produce co-ordinated learning across CAFOD’s peacebuilding programmes in Asia and the Middle East to draw lessons and inform contextually-appropriate best practice.
Contribution towards “State of the World's Minorities” annual report “State of the World's Minorities” is a yearly, in-depth global survey of major developments facing minority and indigenous communities around the globe. It is the only publication of its kind, and each year it focuses on a particular area of concern and how it impacts on minority communities, which so often lack the political power to have any input into decision making.   Recent years have focused on Land and Resource Rights (2012), Women's Rights (2011), Religious Minorities (2010) and Education (2009).  Aimed at governments, the EU and UN, humanitarian and advocacy organisations, and global public opinion generally, this publication aims to highlight the problems faced by indigenous minorities, thereby pushing governments to review policies and priorities, and supporting the ongoing campaign work of civil society organisations. All thematic editions include regional sections which highlight progress or problems for minorities in hot spots, high risk areas for minorities together with ground-breaking analysis commissioned from leading experts in the field and first- hand testimonies of representatives of minority communities, which attempt to pull together the extent and manifestations of the situation faced by minority communities when it comes to a specific issue.  Each report is launched with maximum publicity and media coverage, is immediately disseminated in print form to relevant decision makers, and is also readily available via the internet.
Support to Caritas Asia's Regional Strategic Plan 2022-2025 Caritas Asia is a strategic regional partner for the Asia and Middle East region. Our support to date has focused on organisational capacity strengthening, support to Caritas Asia's safe migration work, and the development and implementation of their strategic plans.

This project continues that strategic support, with the aim of supporting the implementation of Caritas Asia's latest Strategic Plan for 2022-2025. The strategic plan has identified three priority areas, which align closely with CAFOD's own strategic framework, Our Common Home. The three priority areas for 2022-2025 are: 
1. Inspiring care for creation by practicing servant love-based* leadership. 
2. Reducing impact of disasters by effective emergency preparedness and response across Asia 
3. Upholding dignity of the person for integral human development by global solidarity and promotion of peace. 
* Servant love-based leadership is the leadership focused on serving people and not on leading people; it is fuelled by the love for humanity and the planet, not by individual or organizational interests.

CAFOD has agreed to provide flexible support to Caritas Asia to enable them to effectively implement their Regional Strategic Plan.
Effective DRR policy and practice througth regional advocay and policy influence at ASEAN level South East Asia’s particular vulnerabilities to disaster are well-documented;The region is considered to be highly affected and at risk from climate change  and re-occurring major natural disasters leaving many people and particularly the poor highly vulnerable to shocks. Responses to disasters differ between countries depending on the level of preparedness and response capacities. Reducing vulnerabilities to disaster needs appropriate risk reduction. Base on our regional analysis The Association of South-East Asian Nations is the one supranational body which has an undisputed role across the whole region. In the instance of disaster risk management , one of the most positive recent shifts has been ASEAN’s significant role in the nitroduction of ASEAN Agreement for Disaster Management and Emergency Response ( AADMER) for the region, which could be one of the influence tool for CSO  to advocate for better policy regarding to resilient work across the region. Important to note is the fact that much influencing of ASEAN still needs to be undertaken by through representatives of individual member countries, rather than in directly approaching the body as such.
The Asia Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) is a biennial conference in the Asia region to ensure political and stakeholder’s commitment towards Disaster Risk Reduction implementation. Five AMCDRR conferences have been organized by countries in Asia in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) since 2005. The 6th AMCDRR will be hosted by the Royal Thai Government in collaboration with UNISDR. The conference will be a venue for countries, organizations and individual practitioners to meet and discuss the way forward in reducing disaster risk in the region. It will also be the final regional inter-governmental meeting in Asia before the completion of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-15.  This AMCDRR will provide a unique opportunity for Asian DRR organizations and practitioners to shape the HFA2, the successor arrangement of the HFA. so to take an advantage of this high profile platform, thus  CAROTAS Asia under support from CAFOD and other Caritas Members will work together to find the potential way to advocate for better policy relate to Disaster Management in this region. However, the project will continues to identify the potential regional advoacy activities that we could work together beyond the 6th AMCDRR. The project will be under management of CARITAS Asia.
Support to Caritas Asia's Regional Strategy and Operational Plan 2017-2020 Caritas Asia is strategic regional partner for the Asia and Middle East region. Our support to date has focused on organisational capacity strengthening and support to Caritas Asia's safe migration work. In 2016/17, CAFOD supported Caritas Asia in the development of their Strategic and Operational Plan 2017-2020 (please see AME003).

Caritas Asia's Regional Strategy has identified 6 strategic priorities over the next three year period (2017-2020). Their programmatic priorities include emergency response and disaster risk reduction, safe migration and anti-human trafficking and environmental justice and climate change adaptation. Their organisational priority is institutional development and capacity strengthening and cross cutting strategic priorities include spiritual enhancement and interfaith dialogue and advocacy and communication. 

CAFOD has agreed to provide flexible support to Caritas Asia to enable them to effectively implement their Regional Strategy and Operational Plan.
CAFOD Partner Regional Advocacy and Learning Event on DRR and Local Governance CAFOD has identified UNISDR as a leading stakeholder on DRR work in Asia & Pacific, and in order to improve our networking and engagement at the regional level CAFOD participated in the ISDRR Asian Partnership meeting organized in August, and will attend and 5th Asian Ministerial Conference on DRR from the 22nd-25th of October. As the conference will focus on the role of local government in supporting DRR, CAFOD will support the attendance of partners from Cambodia, Philippines, Myanmar and Indonesia, and their local government counterparts, in order to contribute their experiences to the discussions. This will also be an opportunity to facilitate a CAFOD partner exchange to consolidate learning to date on opportunities, challenges and strategies for working alongside local government on DRR issues in follow up to the 2010 exchange. 

A CAFOD partner learning workshop on DRR will be held on the 26 October following the conference, followed by a visit to one of the DRR communities supported by Karina in order to identify how communities in Indonesia are working with decentralized government to strengthen DRR responses. 

 Desired Outcomes for DRR Conference Attendance:

1.     Partners contribute learning and best practice to the ISDRR conference on engagement with local government community, sustainability of DRR initiatives and innovation.
2.     CAFOD and Partners gain experience in engagement with regional DRR initiatives and networking with regional DRR stakeholders.
3.     Partners further engage with their national DRR agencies (enabling identification of advocacy opportunities and opportunities for engagement) and learn from the experience of other countries in relation to their work.

Desired Outcomes for CAFOD Partner Conference:

4.     Participants in the conference share and document learning from their attendance.
5.     CAFOD partners and their local government partners share experiences, challenges and solutions relating to engagement between local government and civil society in DRR work in order to inform CAFOD’s Regional Programme.
6.     Partners gain experience on the Indonesia DRR context through a field visit to a community implementing DRR strategies alongside their local government authorities.
Contribution towards “State of the World's Minorities” annual report 2015 MRG's ‘State of the World’s Minorities and Indigenous Peoples’ (SWM) is an annual report that places the situation of religious, ethnic and linguistic minorities and indigenous communities firmly in the global context, tracking the economic, social and political progress or problems found in each region of the world. This year’s edition’s focus is urbanisation, including minority and indigenous rights frameworks and conflict and conciliation in cities, advocating for inclusive cities, urbanisation from an indigenous perspective and the implications of gender for minority and indigenous communities in urban areas. 
This publication calls for a concerted effort to ensure that indigenous peoples and minorities enjoy their rights in the context of urbanisation. The main objectives of this publication are therefore to:
•	Raise awareness of the effect of urbanisation on minority and indigenous groups among key policymakers and stakeholders and increase their ability and willingness to act.
•	Ensure development actors design interventions to better meet the rights and needs of minorities and indigenous communities.
•	Provide the necessary information and materials for grassroots minority and indigenous activists to conduct well-targeted and informed advocacy campaigns regarding urban issues of concern to their communities.
By commissioning leading experts to research and write on a range of topics and to explore key challenges as well as collect examples of best practices and interventions that have had a positive impact on minorities and indigenous peoples in urban areas. SWM will serve as an advocacy tool to highlight inequalities experiences by minorities and indigenous peoples.