Bago
Bago
With regard to the financial situation, the initial amount of USD 50,000 which was funded by Pyoe Pin Program-DFID for setting up of the Secretariat and capacity building activities for member organization. Furthermore 350,000 USD has been granted from Pyoe Pin to MERN for overall project implementation. The following Small Grant Projects are implemented by member organizations with the Pyoe Pin budget.
“Southern Shan State, Southern Rakhine State, Chin State, Ayeyarwady Region, and Bago Region” Project
| Implement By | (Jointly Implemented by MERN and 6 partner organizations) MERN Facilitate & Coordinate the program |
|---|---|
| Budget | USD 600,000 |
| Project Area | Southern Shan State, Southern Rakhine State, Chin State, Ayeyarwady Region, and Bago Region |
| Project Period | Dec 2013 to Dec 2017 |
| Project Activities | Smallholders (Community Forest User Groups), communities and indigenous people’s organizations have improved their livelihoods and the decision-making over forest and farm landscapes • Strengthen smallholder, women, community and Indigenous Peoples’ producer organizations for business/livelihoods and policy engagement • Catalyze multi-sectoral stakeholder policy platforms with governments at local and national level • Link local voices and learning to the global level through genuine participatory processes, communication and information sharing |
“Conducting 5 Sub-national consultation workshops on Climate Change and Providing 3 National Experts working on formulating National Climate Change Strategy and Action Plans” Project
| Implement By | Implemented by MERN |
|---|---|
| Budget | USD 191,173 |
| Project Area | Bago Region, Mandalay Region, Ayeyarwady Region, Kachin State, Rakhine State |
| Project Period | Sep 2015 to June 2016 |
| Project Activities | Professional service for implementation of sub-national consultation workshops for National Climate Change Strategy Action Plan development process • Organize consultation workshops at sub-national level in 5 regions • Obtain substantive information required for formulating the Strategy and Capacity Development Plan • Work with Myanmar Climate Change Alliance Unit and other teams leading the formulation of the Strategy and Capacity Development plan • Support the international team that leads the Strategy formulation process in collecting data and information through sub-national consultation and sectoral/thematic group interviews • Support the formulation of the Strategy based on the collected data and Information and under the lead of the international team, MCCA Unit and UNEP • Support the formulation of full project document for the project entitled Building climate resilience of urban systems through ecosystem-based adaptation by providing an external expert to carry out the activities • Support the development of a full project proposal for the project entitled “Adapting Community Forestry landscapes and associated community livelihoods to a changing climate, in particular an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events', by providing three (3) national experts |
“Professional service for implementation of sub-national consultation workshops for national REDD+ strategy development process” Project
| Implement By | Implemented by MERN HQ team |
|---|---|
| Budget | MMK 203,237,040 (Equivalent US$ 149,439) |
| Project Area | 15 State and Regions including Nay Pyi Taw |
| Project Period | 1 Dec 2017 to 31 May 2018 |
| Project Activities | • Communicating with Regional and State Forest Department for the necessary arrangements for holding the consultation workshop • Presenting the REDD+ draft strategy, priorities and measures, and facilitating the consultation workshop • Collecting the suggestion and feedback from participants and preparing the workshop reports • Preparing sub-national consultation workshop report for updating the draft REDD+ strategy development |
“Participatory development of a Forest Law Enforcement and Governance Work Programme for 2020-2021 for Myanmar through an inclusive process of multi-stakeholder dialogue” GCP/GLO/397/EC” Project
| Implement By | Implemented by MERN HQ team |
|---|---|
| Budget | MMK 163,899,000 (eqv. US$ 100,000) |
| Project Area | 15 States & Regions |
| Project Period | 7 Feb 2020 to 7 Aug 2020 (will be extended due to Covid-19 situation) |
| Project Activities | To develop a FAO-EU FLEGT Work Programme for Myanmar that defines priority activities, which reflect the aspirations of relevant stakeholders from the national, regional and state levels • Output 1: Technical capacity built for conducting the multi-stakeholder dialogue process • Output 2: Participatory and inclusive multi-stakeholder dialogue to develop and finalize a FAO-EU FLEGT Work Programme for Myanmar • Output 3: Relevant information and consistent with the EU FLEGT Action Plan is disseminated to stakeholders in a coordinated and transparent manner • Output 4: Monitoring, evaluation and visibility framework developed, and communication and visibility is ensured throughout the project |
“provision of services partially fulfilling activities contributing to Outcomes 1 and 2 of the UN-REDD Initiative on “Sustainable Forest Trade in the Lower Mekong Region (SFT LMR)” as part of UNJP/GLO/795/UNJ” Project
| Implement By | Implemented by MERN HQ team |
|---|---|
| Budget | USD 50,000 |
| Project Area | Yangon, Bago |
| Project Period | 15.3.2022 to 31.05.2023 |
| Project Activities | Strengthened bilateral and regional cooperation in place to facilitate legal and sustainable trade in forest products across the Lower Mekong Region and China, specifically with regard to Output 1.6 “Communications campaigns developed, to raise public awareness and incite social and behavior change on forest crime” - Development of communication campaign plan, IEC and implementation of communication campaign plan with regard to sustainable forest trade Improved forest governance for legal and sustainable trade of forest related products, specifically with regards to Output 2.6 “Community-based groups and smallholders enabled to access legal and sustainable forest product value chains” - Identification of CFs with potential for legal timber harvesting, including data on their location, forest area, registration status - CF inventory data for eventual input into CF database - technical assistance to CFs for legal timber harvests |
Provision of services partially fulfilling activities contributing to Outcomes 1 and 2 of the UN-REDD Initiative on “Sustainable Forest Trade in the Lower Mekong Region (SFT LMR)” as part of UNJP/GLO/795/UNJ
| Implement By | MERN HQ Team |
|---|---|
| Budget | USD 50,000 |
| Project Area | Yangon, Bago |
| Project Period | 15.3.2022 to 31.05.2023 |
| Project Activities | Strengthened bilateral and regional cooperation in place to facilitate legal and sustainable trade in forest products across the Lower Mekong Region and China, specifically with regard to Output 1.6 “Communications campaigns developed, to raise public awareness and incite social and behavior change on forest crime” - Development of communication campaign plan, IEC and implementation of communication campaign plan with regard to sustainable forest trade Improved forest governance for legal and sustainable trade of forest related products, specifically with regards to Output 2.6 “Community-based groups and smallholders enabled to access legal and sustainable forest product value chains” - Identification of CFs with potential for legal timber harvesting, including data on their location, forest area, registration status - CF inventory data for eventual input into CF database - technical assistance to CFs for legal timber harvests |