5.4 Incentive and financing mechanisms ………………………. 35 5.4.1 National development and sectoral budget frameworks 37 5.4.2 Financing strategies and investment frameworks 39 5.4.3 Incentive and Market-based financing mechanisms 40 5.4.4 Microfinance 41 5.4.5 environmental funds 43 5.5 Territorial planning processes ……………………………………….. 44 5.6 Local level decision making …………………………………………. 45 6. SUMMARY OF KEY PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MAINSTREAMING AND SCALING OUT SLM 48 USEFUL PUBLICATIONS, TOOLS and REFERENCES……………………. 50
The following key policy instruments could be targeted, among others: Decisions enhancing SLM implementation are taken at all levels: Policy instruments to be addressed for mainstreaming and scaling out SLM Level of intervention National policies, regulations National Strategies, programmes and projects National + subnational Incentive and financing mechanisms National + subnational Territorial planning processes Subnational Decision making at ground level Local – landscape Table 6. Policy instruments for Mainstreaming SLM Instruments Level Instruments (examples) Key organizations and Institutions (examples) 1. Policies, regulations National Policy Acts National development plans Sectoral policies Laws Presidency Ministries Congress 2. Strategies, programmes, action plans National Strategies Poverty Strategy Papers Rural development strategy Ministry of Planning Ministry of Finance Ministry of Environment Ministry of Agriculture Sectoral strategies and programmes National action plan for combating desertification Agricultural development strategy Climate change adaptation strategy Forest management strategy Sectoral Ministries International cooperation Private companies, NGOs Academia Decentralized strategies and programmes Watershed management programmes Soil conservation programmes Extension programmes Sectoral Ministries International cooperation Private companies, NGOs Academia 3. Incentives and financing mechanisms National budgets National expenditure frameworks Sector investment plans Ministries of Finance, Forestry, Agriculture and Environment SLM financing strategies and investment frameworks SLM Financing strategies SLM Investment frameworks Ministries of Finance, Forestry, Agriculture and Environment International cooperation Incentive programmes SLM, forest restoration, sustainable agriculture incentive programmes Ministries of Finance, Forestry, Agriculture and Environment Innovative financing mechanisms Environmental Watershed funds Decentralized governments, NGOs, private sector International cooperation Climate change finance Agriculture and forest certification
The following 7 key elements may be considered when developing the DS-SLM mainstreaming and scaling out strategy: 1. A clear concept about what is mainstreamed is needed in the course of the DS-SLM project implementation. What are we going to mainstream?: the use of methodology? SLM as an integral concept? a specific SLM practice? a methodological tool for landscape assessment and SLM implementation? 2. Mainstreaming may to promote changes and activities facilitating the implementation and scaling out of SLM. 3. The Operational Strategy for SLM mainstreaming and scaling out shall guide the activities to be undertaken during the course of the DS-SLM project implementation for integrating SLM into national policies and for promoting the scaling out of SLM practices. 4. SLM be mainstreamed into key policy instruments at all levels and not only into national development strategies. Policy instruments include: Policies and regulations Strategies, programmes and projects Incentive and financing mechanisms Decentralized territorial planning decision making processes 4. The Operational Strategy for SLM mainstreaming and scaling out may be divided in 3 phases, where a preliminary institutional analysis may lead the institutions with whom the project will create synergies and will implement the project. A second phase can consist on implementing mainstreaming activities during and after the national/subnational and landscape/local assessments are done. A third phase focus on the development of partnerships for further scaling out. 5. The Operational Strategy for SLM mainstreaming and scaling out may include or be designed as a communication strategy, with objectives, target audiences, tools and budget for its implementation. 6. Among policy instruments that could be addressed, integrating SLM or developing financing strategies for SLM at landscape level could be an excellent input of the DS-SLM project in order to seek sustainability of SLM implementation. 7. DS-SLM project countries may include in their activities the design of a methodological process tool for landscape evaluation, identification and implementation of SLM best practices, based on LADA-WOCAT tools but resulting from its application at landscape level along with SLM implementation.