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REDD Preparedness 2010-2012. Main Activities of the Project: A Small Grants Facility to provide grants of between $2,000 and $20,000 to communities and NGO’s working on REDD+ preparedness and engagement, with a focus at the local or regional level.
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REDD Preparedness 2010-2012 Main Activities of the Project: • A Small Grants Facility to provide grants of between $2,000 and $20,000 to communities and NGO’s working on REDD+ preparedness and engagement, with a focus at the local or regional level. • Mentoring and Support to grantees to assist them to develop and implement successful projects.
Principal Activities and Outputs The 2010-2011 REDD+ Preparedness Small Grant Program funded by NORAD and CLUA, provided USD 545,000 grants to support the work of 41 groups in 18 provinces. Major activities include: • Participatory mapping – support for 38 mapping activities through 14grants • Training of Trainers in Participatory mapping, FPIC and REDD+ - support for 17 trainings through 9grants • Discussions between local communities, NGOs and Local Governments - support for 5 discussions through 4grants • Hearings with government, proposing legal status for customary lands – support for 8 hearings through 6grants • Engaging the Media - support for five talkshows on radio and TV which were widely distributed, and dozens of newspaper articles, involving many of the grantees • Creating and strengthening public information on Climate Change - support for three web portals, through three grants, and films and research • Regional and National meetings In order to facilitate cooperation between grantees • Mentoring and Grantee Support. Samdhana allocates significant resources to mentoring and support of its grantees, covering all aspects of grant management and content related to project implementation
. TelukKanjang Village, Central Kalimantan • . Mollo Village, Southern Central Timor • . Kepayang Village, South Sumatera Participatory Mapping Participatory mapping is a key tool for communities to define and assert their rights over their customary territory
b) Map of Terusan Village, Bonti sub-district, Sanggau, West Kalimantan Picture 2. Examples of Community Maps
. Training of FPIC at Aruk Village, Central Kalimantan • .Training of Participatory Mapping • Training of on Conflict Management and Paralegal Training of Trainers in Participatory mapping, FPIC and REDD+