Conexion-Bolivia 2022-23 Conexion-Bolivia 2022-23 En bemyndigad befolkning, särskilt kvinnor och ungdomar, bygger sin försörjning på ett hållbart och motståndskraftigt sätt för ett samhälle som bättre utövar sina rättigheter. The present initiative has an innovative approach to explore and to develop creative solutions through strategic “connections” to reduce certain vulnerabilities faced by the targeted groups as identified by Conexion-Bolivia.Thus, the idea of ??connecting is committed to working on three different levels: i) at a personal level, focused on processes of individual empowerment and development of personal skills; ii) at a group level, seeking the consolidation and strengthening of social actors for the knowledge and exercise of their rights; and iii) at a more general level, which assumes an integration of social groups seeking solutions to their different socio-economic vulnerabilities.Moreover, in line with the multidimensional poverty analysis for the country, Conexion-Bolivia plans to develop the following interrelated connections:Rural-urban connection to generate integration and economic opportunities both, for young people and small producers living in rural and peri-urban areas, and for the final consumers who will benefit from getting healthy and sustainable food products.Business + values ??connection: With a visionary perspective, various initiatives will be developed to strengthen business initiatives (to generate economic incentives) while also working with values (social, environmental) to generate coherence between values ??and actions.Intersectoral or programmatic connection: Seeking to articulate efforts to help/train persons (youth, women and LGTB+) formerly exposed to sexual violence, commerce and/or abuse, so they recover their self-esteem and new life’s perspective as a first step of a renewed social empowerment.Connection between traditional practices and modern technologies: Digital solutions to improve education, employment, training and management experiences will be promoted, while also satellital monitoring and the use of drones will be enhanced not only to identify emergencies in the forests (fires, thefts), but to develop intelligent agricultural practices. Conexion-Bolivia will develop its activities in four (out of the nine Bolivian regions): La Paz (including El Alto), Sucre (Bolivia’s capital city), the Chaco region (Villamontes and Yacuiba) in Tarija, and the northern part of Potosí in the municipalities of Chayanta, San Pedro de Buena Vista and Pocoata.A detailed set of objectives and indicators to measure the advances during the implementation of this initiative is presented in the project document, theory of change and chain results (Annex 1 and 4). 

Empowered population, especially women and youth, build their livelihoods in a sustainable and resilient manner for a society that better exercises its rights. By the end of the intervention the proposal seeks to achieve the following objectives: 

1: Young people and women have achieved access to better socio-economic opportunities through training and employment promoted by Conexion.

2: Agro-forestry management practices resilient to climate change have been implemented in targeted territories.

3: Public and private actors coordinate with civil society organisations to improve social protection actions aimed to reduce gender based violence practices in the targeted areas.