Serat Misagh

Pilot project for the implementation of action program to combat Desertification at a local level

Project Name:
A Cooperative managerial economic & executional System to Combat Desertification and fulfill Sustainable Development Aims at local level: Pilot Project “Behabad”

Project Area:
Behabad watershed area

Operational Program/ short-term measure:
Presentation of methods and results of proposed Misagh cooperative management systems to related desertification combat action plan.

200.000 Hct

Project rational and Objectives

The problem
The complexity and the size of desertification combat plans and its dependence on participatory approaches with the emphasis on non-governmental organization involvements., and the limitations in international and national resource allocation potentials to meet global aims from top to bottom brings to light the importance of defining and implementing a self-supported system of local development cooperative management and investigating NG system to meet the targets of combating desertification and fulfilling the aims of sustainable development at the local level.

The opportunity
The existence of the designed methods and field experiences of over 20 years of research and field application by the applicant in tackling the problems of participatory action plans from national level down to local community level. The present establishment of Misagh local participatory consultancy and management office at project level. The agreement of the authorities of the national Action Program and the Governor of the State of Yazd to support a joint internationally committed project guided by the consultant in the pilot project area of Behabad.The situations above provide a suitable opportunity to apply participatory methods to meet global action programs based on a local development organization basis linked to state – national & international levels.

Aims
The implementation of a cooperative managerial and economic framework to combat desertification at local level .To make full use of local environmental and development awareness created by the consultants' previous activities during the project periods of the 1994-96 and 2001-2004 in order to strengthen and speed up intended action plans.To make full use of resource allocation by improving internal participation.
To link new action plan aims to previous project successes so as to permit an early start of executional work with the local society.

The expected outcomes

The materialization of a self supporting techno-executional-economic system of desertification combat and sustainable development management at local level on a commitment and partnership agreement basis (gradually) becoming dependent on its own resources.

The formation and structuralization of non-governmental organizations becoming involved on the National Action Program to Combat Desertification at project level.
Acquaintance and involvement of governmental departments and officials with project at local Level Prototype of programs, Projects and new implemented methods adoptable for use in other project areas.

Planned activities to achieve outcome

Define mutual programs with authorities and the local community as members of action plan and stakeholders Define role of members in the cooperative plan, their resource allocation commitments and share holding of benefits.
Project design at local office level through a cooperative action Definition of resource requirements of each project and programming cooperative involvement.
Project execution and management Reporting and filming the process

Expected outputs and completion dates

5 years. the formulization of methods of local cooperative managerial systems answerable to Action Program to Combat Desertification.Workshop training material based on field experiences Project prototypes as reference.The institutionalization of the local community movements to meet aims desertification combat action plans.Water harvesting projects improving rehabilitation aims and groundwater resources Revegetation of range land and forests with the aims of combating Desertification sources and improving economic stability. Intensive fodder production projects to be stored and distributed to reduce destructive pressure on range land during draught years.

Total Budget and Information on how costs will be met

The local community participatory support is strongly available. The local resources refunding system initiated and run by the consultant and the local society with the aim of mobalizing financial local resources from executed development project will be actively approachable to invest and pay shares to shareholders by the 5^th year.

Information on the applicant institution

In cooperative oriented projects, the consultant organizes a joint venture consultancy and managerial team with members of the related governmental departments , research and educational and local society as committed members of the action plan. This method stimulates close inter-disciplinary and inter-managerial involvement and commitments are defined in the subcontracts of the members to guarantee a systematic approach on research and information application and use of local indigenous knowledge. Participation in educational goals at the local level is also the responsibility of the expertise consultancy team. Active members of the team become shareholders of part of the benefits resulting from the execution of the development plan.In this method of collective organization members are objectively joint using the Misagh cooperative methods of organization and project management.

Mandate / terms of references

the management’s Cv : attached References in cooperative development experiences attached References in town planning and architecture experiences

Recent activities and programs in particular those relevant to aims

Green-belt development in Behabad sponsored by municipality the pilot project of sustainable local development and the reduction of governmental involvement sponsored by the Management and Planning Organization of Yazd and the Governor of State with the cooperation of Jihad Daneshgahi of Yazd. The pilot project for the study and implementation of a sustainable urban management system for the Municipality of Mashad with the cooperation of Ferdosi University of Mashad. UNCCD project in Bahabad Flood reduction project
* The company Serat Misagh under the leadership applicant has produced a variety methods, formats and software's to facilitate the aims of cooperative management of development at the local level which are the companies know-how and will be used in project. It can be made available for other regions and projects under the articles 16(g) – 17c- 18 b under the terms of intellectual property rights of the UNCCD convention. The methods, experiences and approaches are available in the pamphlets and cd’s attached.

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