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Project to Strengthen agricultural opportunities through training and technological investment (PROFIT) - Midterm evaluation

eval_number:

3537

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3537

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Tripartism & constituent partnerships

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

• The main users of this platform in this case would be the members of the municipal civil protection committees (CCPC) mobilized in the event of natural disasters to ensure proper management of the response. • The beneficiaries are the 6,000 farmers identified by GEONOVA who might be victims of recurring disasters.

challenges:

During the surveys, the direct beneficiaries were called upon to express their main concerns, which could be the subject of structuring discussions in line with the elements of adaptable responses to be formulated. The main claims can be appreciated through the following points: According to many beneficiaries, their priority and challenge is to have better sustainable economic opportunities to support themselves and their families. Local investments being absent or very rare despite the exploitable resources available (fisheries, tourism, agriculture), it has become difficult to succeed without migrating. Therefore, any external support must help them create a better living condition and reduce their economic and ecological vulnerability. The causes of their poverty must be addressed to enable them to have a better tomorrow. It is impossible to think about the growth of these populations without taking into account the natural and socio-political brakes which can destroy any progress before achieving concrete results. We believe that PROFIT has the potential to lay the groundwork to help create local opportunities for the creation of sustainable green jobs that will help reduce the poverty of many families and, consequently, reduce the poverty of the beneficiaries.

success:

Beneficiaries and notables of the various municipalities where the project operates are very concerned about the department's development challenges, mainly natural disasters which represent a brake and which directly affect their economy. They would like the support of the various sectors to address this problem upstream and downstream in order to ensure better risk mitigation and management of devastating events. The sustainability of the project's achievements depends on it, and this tool developed is a first step that can be easily enhanced.

context:

Most of the PROFIT intervention areas are landlocked and difficult to access. In addition, they are very vulnerable to the passage of natural cataclysms such as cyclones and earthquakes. For example, in 2016 the category 4 hurricane Mathew caused massive destruction with strong winds reaching 230 km/hour. One of the challenges faced by the authorities is to be able to determine the overall economic impact in order to measure the extent of the disaster as quickly as possible. In an emergency situation, it is necessary to be able to estimate the damage as quickly as possible in order to mobilize the financial resources necessary to provide an adequate response. In this sense, the database produced in the project by GEONOVA could serve not only for agro-economic purposes, but also for civil protection, in this case natural disasters. The lack of SMART and georeferenced information is one of the main constraints of these local Civil Protection Directorate (DPC) systems. The development of synergy bridges between the project and the DPC actors at the local level would have been a win-win.

description:

POSSIBILITY OF DEVELOPING SYNERGY BRIDGES WITH CIVIL PROTECTION ACTORS. The traceability system set up within the framework of the project, with the support of the service provider GEONOVA, can also be used by the municipal civil protection committees in the management of emergency situations, in particular the occurrence of natural disasters.

administrative_issues:

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url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/251192

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location:

country:

Haiti

region:

Americas

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eval_title:

Project to Strengthen agricultural opportunities through training and technological investment (PROFIT) - Midterm evaluation